Zach’s ugly mug (his face) Zach Leatherman

I Never Blame My Tools

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Site History

Year Type Using Learn more…
2022 Host Netlify Migrating My 16+ Year Old Web Site to Netlify in a Few Short Days
2018 Software Eleventy GitHub commit (too busy to blog this one, apparently!)
2013 Software Jekyll zachleat.com is Dead, Long Live zachleat.com
2009 Host nearlyfreespeech.net
2007 Software WordPress

Timeline

Died
Upgraded (not from necessity)
Employer-provided
Paid subscription
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Category Subcategory Active Device Name
Hardware Desk 2025– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.flexispot.com/Flexispot E7 Plus Adjustable Height Desk
Software Donation 2025– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.wikimedia.org/Wikimedia
Hardware Power 2025– IndieWeb Avatar for https://anker.com/Anker Charging Station 140W (A9128)
Consumer Gaming 2025– IndieWeb Avatar for https://nintendo.com/Nintendo Switch 2
Hardware Battery 2025– IndieWeb Avatar for https://anker.com/Anker 20000mAh 87W (A1383)
Hardware Notebook 2025– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple MacBook Pro M3 (14″ 2023)
Software Domains 2024– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.squarespace.com/Squarespace Domains
Software Web Sites 2024– IndieWeb Avatar for https://vercel.com/Vercel
Software Web Sites
Domains 		2024– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.cloudflare.com/Cloudflare
Consumer 3D Printer 2024– IndieWeb Avatar for https://bambulab.com/Bambu Lab A1 with AMS lite (4-color)
Consumer Camera 2024– Sony Alpha ZV-E10
Hardware Keyboard 2024– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID
Consumer Music 2024– IndieWeb Avatar for https://music.apple.com/Apple Music
Software Notes 2024– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple Notes
Hardware Microphone 2023– Shure MV7
Consumer Social Network 2023– IndieWeb Avatar for https://bsky.app/Bluesky @zachleat.com
Hardware Display 2023– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.dell.com/Dell 27″ S2722QC (16:9, 3840×2160)
Consumer Music 2022–2024 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.tidal.com/Tidal
Hardware Mouse 2022– IndieWeb Avatar for https://logitech.com/Logitech MX Master 3S
Software Web Sites 2022– IndieWeb Avatar for https://masto.host/masto.host Mastodon Hosting
Hardware Notebook 2021–2025 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple MacBook Air M1 (13″ 2020)
Hardware Notebook 2020–2021 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple MacBook Pro (16″ Intel 2019)
Software Code Editor 2020– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.microsoft.com/Visual Studio Code
Consumer Watch 2020– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple Watch Series 6 (2020)
Consumer Mobile 2020– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/iPhone 11 Pro (2019)
Hardware Webcam 2020– IndieWeb Avatar for https://logitech.com/Logitech C920
Hardware Desk 2019–2025 Tresanti adjustable standing desk (Costco)
Hardware Mouse 2019–2022 IndieWeb Avatar for https://logitech.com/Logitech G903
Hardware Presenter Remote 2019–2020 IndieWeb Avatar for https://logitech.com/Logitech Spotlight Presentation Remote
Software Email 2019– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.fastmail.com/Fastmail
Software Newsletter 2019– Buttondown
Hardware Keyboard 2018–2024 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple Magic Keyboard
Software Donation 2018– IndieWeb Avatar for https://archive.org/Internet Archive
Software Domains 2018–2024 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.google.com/Google Domains
Software Notes 2018– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.notion.com/Notion
Software Web Sites 2018– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.netlify.com/Netlify
Consumer Gaming 2018– IndieWeb Avatar for https://nintendo.com/Nintendo Switch
Software RSS Reader 2018– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.feedbin.com/Feedbin
Consumer Mobile 2017–2020 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.google.com/Google Pixel 2 (2017)
Hardware Notebook 2017–2020 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple MacBook Pro (13″ 2017 Touchbar)
Hardware Battery 2017– IndieWeb Avatar for https://anker.com/Anker 20100mAh (AK-A1371012)
Hardware Printer 2017– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.brother-usa.com/Brother HL-L2340DW Laser Printer (monochrome)
Software Backup 2017– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.arqbackup.com/Arq Backup
Software Passwords 2017– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.1password.com/1Password
Consumer Watch IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.google.com/Fitbit Alta (2016)
Consumer Social Network 2016– IndieWeb Avatar for https://mastodon.social/Mastodon @zachleat@zachleat.com
Hardware Microphone 2015–2023 Blue Yeti
Hardware Display 2015–2023 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.lg.com/LG 34″ 34UM95-P (21:9 Ultrawide, 3440×1440)
Consumer Music 2015–2022 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.spotify.com/Spotify
Hardware Chair 2015– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.hermanmiller.com/Herman Miller Aeron Chair
Software Domains 2014–2025 IndieWeb Avatar for https://iwantmyname.com/iwantmyname
Software Notes 2014–2024 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.simplenote.com/Simplenote
Consumer Mobile 2014–2017 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple iPhone 6 (2014)
Hardware Presenter Remote 2014– IndieWeb Avatar for https://logitech.com/Logitech Wireless Presenter R400
Hardware Notebook 2012–2017 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple MacBook Pro (13″ 2012)
Consumer Music 2012–2015 Rdio
Software Code Editor 2011–2020 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.sublimetext.com/Sublime Text
Consumer Mobile 2011–2014 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple iPhone 4S (2011)
Software Passwords 2010–2017 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.lastpass.com/LastPass
Hardware Notebook 2009–2012 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.apple.com/Apple MacBook (2009 Polycarbonate)
Consumer Mobile 2009–2011 Palm Pre (2009) with webOS
Software Domains 2009–2013 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.yahoo.com/Yahoo Domains
Software Web Sites
Domains 		2009– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/nearlyfreespeech.net
Consumer Gaming 2009– IndieWeb Avatar for https://nintendo.com/Nintendo Wii
Consumer Social Network 2008–2016
2019–		 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.linkedin.com/LinkedIn /in/zachleat
Hardware Display 2007–2015 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.dell.com/Dell 24″ 2407WFP (16:10, 1920×1200)
Consumer Social Network 2006–2022 Twitter
Software RSS Reader 2006–2013 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.google.com/Google Reader
Consumer Social Network 2005–2016 Facebook
Hardware Notebook 2005–2009 IndieWeb Avatar for https://global.fujitsu/Fujitsu P5010 Lifebook (1.1GHz Windows XP)
Software Email 2004– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.google.com/Gmail
Software Web Browser 2003– IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.firefox.com/Firefox née Firebird née Phoenix
Hardware Display 2002–2007 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.viewsonic.com/Viewsonic P95f+ 19″ CRT (4:3, 2048×1536)
Consumer Gaming 1995– IndieWeb Avatar for https://nintendo.com/Super Nintendo

Haven’t hunted down specific dates for these yet:

Category Subcategory ~ Date Name
Software Code Editor ~2009 Eclipse IDE
Software Code Editor ~2009 Aptana Studio
Software Code Editor ~2006 Notepad++
Software Code Editor ~2000 Allaire Homesite
Software Code Editor ~1997 IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.microsoft.com/Notepad.exe
Hardware Desktop IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.amd.com/Custom Build (AMD 2.083GHz Windows 2000)
Hardware Mouse IndieWeb Avatar for https://logitech.com/Logitech Dual Optical Mouseman
Hardware Desktop IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.amd.com/Custom Build (AMD 1.1GHz)
Hardware Notebook IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.gatewayusa.com/Gateway Solo 2550 (550MHz Windows 2000)
Hardware Notebook IndieWeb Avatar for https://www.ibm.com/IBM Thinkpad 9547 (166MHz Windows 95)