About Me

My name’s Max and I’m an economics master’s student at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I’m an avid lover of the outdoors and in my free time I go kayaking, sailing, and bouldering with my friends. I’m also a certified kayaking and sailing instructor. I post a handful of updates and personal projects here, so welcome to my corner of the internet!

What I’m Doing Now

Finishing up my master’s
Reading “The Way of the Spirit” by Elder Aimilianos

What I Use

Here is a fairly up to date list of the things I use on a daily basis. I’m only putting things here that I have found to be reliable, but obviously this list is subject to change.

Laptop & Phone: This is all in flux right now. I currently use a MacBook Pro and an iPhone 16, but I’m thinking about switching back to an OpenBSD laptop and my old GrapheneOS Pixel 7a. The simplicity is really appealing to me right now.
Watch: A simple Casio Royale. Allegedly, it is water resistant up to 100 meters which makes it suitable for kayaking. It tells the time 🤯 and has a stopwatch. I always recommend people not leave their phones in their bedrooms, so I also use a really cheap Casio TQ140 travel clock as my alarm clock.
Notebook: I bulk ordered cheap graph paper pocket notebooks (Portage brand) and I keep one in a leather sleeve with a ballpoint pen. A paperclip serves as a bookmark. This and the watch basically replaced my phone.
Email: I’ve moved my mail around a lot, but I’m currently hosting it with OpenSMTPD, Dovecot, and Rspamd on the same OpenBSD server as this site.
Web Server: I’ve run this website in some capacity since I started experimenting with free software in 2020. The version you see now is generated by Hugo and is hosted at obsda.ms.