Enhance your Lifestyle

What methods can make living in a small space in a strange city more interesting?

What are some expensive but worthwhile products to buy?

What are some things that, once bought, make people feel like they should have bought them earlier due to the improvement in quality of life and happiness?

What are some good products or brands that are not well known among the general public?

A year or two ago, when I had just started working, I rented a room in a shared house and found that a girl had decorated her small room with various things, making it very cozy.

At the time, I was making nearly double her income, but when I looked at our living spaces and lifestyles, it seemed like the opposite was true.

I soon realized that the correlation between quality of life and income is not linear, or at least not what I originally thought.

Those posts on Zhihu are so long, I’ve been reading them for a while and still haven’t finished. Based on my needs, I selected a few:

Cote&Ciel Rucksack

As a male, spending 1K on a mouse and keyboard is no big deal, but this price for a bag feels expensive.

I’ll wait until I get paid.

OKO Water Filter Pitcher

This weird thing turns Cola into purified water, mind-blowing (Is it for drinking high-concentration Cola? →_→)

But I also need it for brewing tea or coffee, so the demand is not strong.

Retina MacBook Pro 13

A development tool and a meal companion.

Looking at it this way, it’s an investment rather than just consumption.

I regret not getting the 15-inch top-of-the-line model.

iPad Air

I was influenced to buy a kindle before, but in the end I couldn’t avoid getting an iPad.

It’s great for reading PDFs, I just threw the kindle in a drawer, so those who didn’t buy a kindle should stop worrying about it.

iPhone 6

Waiting and waiting, finally there’s a big screen, eagerly awaiting the release.

BOSE QC 20i (Active Noise Canceling)

The whole world becomes quiet…

Feeling:
Great value, highly recommended.

Logitech G700s

From G1 to MX518, now it’s time to go wireless.

But I don’t play games as much anymore, so I’ll wait until I get paid.

Feeling:
11 customizable shortcuts, honestly can’t use them…
1W6 DPI, feels like floating.

Filco 87

Looked it up for a while, finally understood the Cherry MX Blue/Brown/Red/Black switches.

I thought the built-in keyboard and trackpad of the rMBP were enough.

But after playing Warcraft with the Filco and coding for a while, when I switched back to my laptop, the difference was immediately apparent - if I press the keys quickly, the keycaps won’t bounce back (I’m addicted…).

I decided to try the rumored electrostatic capacitive keyboard: HHKB or Realforce.

But HHKB doesn’t have an F1 key, and Realforce is just too ugly…

And I want a silent one, there’s so much noise in the office, plus I have the QC 20.

Also, I just like the sound of the keyboard when playing Warcraft, magnetic levitation keyboards are still in the conceptual stage, so I naturally chose a mechanical one.

The Filco has a nice design.

The 67-key layout is a bit weird, but most importantly, I can’t select heroes with it. Aaaah!

I don’t need a 104-key compact keyboard.

So, I settled for the 87-key.

Feeling:
Can only say that the touchpad experience on a MacBook is top-notch.

When coding, I use the keyboard for positioning, I don’t move my hand much, but a mouse can’t do that.

That’s why we have things like Vim and Emacs for pure mouse flow.

There’s no sound when playing games.

Check the APM, it’s still the same…

It’s about interacting with others…

Braun CoolTec Shaver

Oral-B Electric Toothbrush S26

Feeling:
It’s really good, bought one for my parents too.
Now I brush my teeth every morning and evening.

Wooden SPA Bathtub

I’ll wait until I have my own place.

Hmm, it looks like income is still very relevant…

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