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Kenneth Reitz
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The Setup
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:date: 2010-08-03 00:43
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:category: Code
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I'm Kenneth Reitz, one of the two co-founders of Züm Hosting. I'm a
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passionate Python developer for `NetApp <http://netapp.com>`_. I
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typically spend my nights developing a number of open source
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projects, and my weekends architecting the web.
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What hardware are you using?
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My sole machine is a 2010 MacBook Pro running a Core i7 processor
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at 2.66 GHz w/ 8GB of DDR3
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RAM. It's 15" non-reflective screen runs at a beautiful 1680 x
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1050. It features both a 250GB SSD and 500 GB HDD, for a total of
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750GB of local storage, thanks to the
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`OptiBay <http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/>`_. I often have it
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hooked up to one of many 23" LCD monitors. For general audio, I
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sport a pair of Bowers & Wilkins P5 Headphones. If I'm in a
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high-fidelity mood, I listen through a pair of open-backed SR-60s
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from Grado Labs. For telephony, I have an HTC Supersonic (EVO)
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running running the Nighty Android 2.2 (Froyo) CyanogenMod v6. This
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also functions as a perfectly portable hotspot. I read
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documentation and play arcade games on a 64GB Apple iPad (wifi). I
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play a PSP Go solely for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I have
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a large number of very powerful
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`Linode <http://www.linode.com/?r=7bd5ecafdec13147c6019ca1c90884dbf994d67f>`_
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servers at my disposal for various projects and builds. My system
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is backed up regularly to a cheap 1TB Western Digital drive. My
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media archives are backed up to a 1.5TB Seagate drive. My media
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exists on a NAS attached to my Netgear WNR3500L router. My code is
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backed up to various Git repositories local and across the net. All
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web projects and databases of relevance are backed up to Amazon S3
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on a nightly basis, along with all my tweets, Flickr photos, and
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Gmail messages.
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And what software?
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I develop and
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live on the latest build of Snow Leopard. My main Python
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environment is the latest 2.7 release, along with well managed
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virtualenvs for all other releases
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`via Buildout <http://blog.mfabrik.com/2010/07/16/easily-install-all-python-versions-under-linux-and-osx-using-collective-buildout-python/>`_.
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I also employ a very large number of virtual machines, via VMWare
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Fusion 3. I have a particularly efficient XP VM that is always up,
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providing me with OneNote 2010. I'd do anything for Mactopia to
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port OneNote to OS X. Anything. My development environment consists
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of TextMate + PeepOpen, [most recently] PyCharm, SequelPro,
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Titanium Mobile, Transmit, and GitX. I love using
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`HTTPScoop <http://www.tuffcode.com/>`_ for request sniffing. My
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favorite command-line utilities are: Terminal.app w/ Zsh + Git,
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JoelTheLion's `autojump <http://github.com/joelthelion/autojump>`_,
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Defunkt's `Hub <http://github.com/defunkt/hub>`_ and
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`Gist <http://github.com/defunkt/gist>`_, Mcxl's
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`homebrew <http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/>`_, nicksieger's
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`jsonpretty <http://github.com/nicksieger/jsonpretty>`_, and
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Rtomayko's `bcat <http://github.com/rtomayko/bcat>`_. On servers, I
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typically run the latest Ubuntu Server release, or CentOS (but only
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if I have to). I carry out heavy-duty writing with
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`Ulysses Core <http://www.the-soulmen.com/ulyssescore/>`_.
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`Soulver <http://www.acqualia.com/soulver/>`_ is the best
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number-crunching application around. I don't know how I lived
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without it. My audio production work is carried out in Adobe
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Audition CS3 and FL Studio 9. I use Adobe CS5 Master Collection for
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light design work and photo retouching. Photoshop Lightroom for
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kosher photography dark room work. I've been meaning to get into
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Fireworks for wireframing, but haven't had the time as of late. As
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for architecture work, I utilize OmniGraffle for diagraming,
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Mockingbird / Balsamiq for mockups, and MindNode Pro for
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mind-mapping. For note taking, as mentioned, I use OneNote 2010.
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Nothing compares, except my Soft Large Squared Moleskine Notebook.
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My tasks are managed with
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`Things.app <http://culturedcode.com/things/>`_. I can't wait till
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they roll out proper syncing. If they don't do it fast enough, I'll
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be switching to Macman's
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`Taskforce <http://www.taskforceapp.com/>`_. I use Kindle for
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purchased books, and iBooks for PDF reading on the iPad. I consume
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Google Reader via `Reeder <http://reederapp.com/ipad/>`_, the most
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beautiful application I have ever used. For Remote Desktop I use
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`CoRD.app <http://cord.sourceforge.net/>`_. Backups are performed
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by `arRsync.app <http://arrsync.sourceforge.net/>`_, a beautiful
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interface for rsync. My desktop's windows are managed well with
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`Cinch.app <http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/>`_. My music
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library is provided by Spotify at offline, 320KBPS Ogg Vorbis
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goodness. In the rare occasion that Spotify is missing an artist, I
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use 320KBPS MP3s and FLAC recordings for the ultra-special tracks
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(e.g. Liquid Tension Experiment). I buy my MP3s from the
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(wonderful) Amazon MP3 Store. I keep my video library nice and
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organized in iTunes, regardless of format, with
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`iFlicks <http://www.iflicksapp.com/>`_. I stream 1080 videos,
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NetFlix, and BlueRay Disks with a Play Station 3 Slim. I play
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emulated retro video games Wii. Best $200 I've ever spent. For
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communication, I use iChat + Chax, Linkinus, Echofon, and Skype.
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What would be your dream setup?
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No more chords.
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