Last updated: 2026-10-07

Books

My book collection is important to me. I am always interested in adding great books to my anti-library. The best gift anyone could get me is a great book to read.

• Most Wanted: These are the books that I am most interested in acquiring.
• Computer Science and Mathematics: I love collecting technical literature and exploring the concepts therein.
• Philosophy: The writings of Rene Girard are fascinating. Any of his books would be a great addition to my anti-library.
• History: I'm interested in a wide variety of historical time periods and events.
• Personal Development: Personal development books tend to get a bad rap, but there are some that are worth reading.
• Business: I think I've collected enough business books, but there are a few more I'd like to acquire.
• Politics: I find politics to be dull, distasteful, and generally unworthy of consideration. As such, there aren't many political books that I'm interested in.
• Fiction: While I generally prefer non-fiction books, I do enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy novels from time to time.

Technology

Technology has always interested me. Although I am mostly a software guy, I also have some interest in hardware and one of my goals for the next year is to build a homelab.

• Raspberry Pi 5 Board: I need three of these devices. My intention is to build a homelab to run a Kubernetes cluster. Note: get the 16GB memory variant.
• Micro SD Card with Raspberry Pi OS: This provides a some onboard storage and the OS pre-flashed. Need one for each board.
• Raspberry Pi 5 PoE HAT: This will allow me to power each board via just the ethernet connection. Need one for each board.
• Raspberry Pi 5 Cluster Tower: This tower will allow me to stack the Raspberry Pi boards and thus keep everything tidy. Only need one of these.
• Netgear GS308EPP Switch: This switch will allow me to network all of the boards together.
• Opal (GL-SFT1200) Wireless Travel Router: This will provide the network switch with access to the home wifi network as a repeater.
• 5-Pack Cat6 Snagless Ethernet Patch Cable: These cables will connect the boards to the switch and the switch to the router.
• CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD UPS: This will help protect the homelab from power outages.

Fitness

I am looking to improve my home gym a bit. Rogue Fitness equipment is preferred because the company makes their products in America.

• Captains of Crush Advanced Set: Grip strength is something that's important to develop, and these trainers should help develop it more rapidly.
• Captains of Crush Key: Allows me to gauge progression in the grip training.
• Captains of Crush Grippers: A book that details a training program for increasing grip strength with the Captains of Crush grippers.