Robert’s few but long-lasting things. List incomplete; last updated on Nov 28, 2023

I own at least 123 things. 78% of them are made locally

23 are made with plastic—21 too many.

Body and health

Body, 2003+++ 🇷🇺. I’m in great health and I will never kill myself

2 Muji steel nail clippers, 2019+ 🇯🇵

Copper tongue scraper, 2022+ 🇮🇳

Botavikos wooden dry-brush with cactus bristles, 320 ₽. 2022+ 🇷🇺

Juniper ball, 2023+ 🇷🇺

Shungite, 2023+ 🇷🇺

Wooden hairbrush, 2023+ 🇷🇺

Leone mouthguard in black-polypropylene case, 12.90 €. 2023+ 🇮🇹 🇨🇳

Plastic toothbrush, 2023…2024

Clothes. I avoid covering my body when mightly; otherwise I dress simply

White shirt with plastic buttons, 2019+ 🇮🇹

Romer winter boots, 2021...2023. Shoes exist only to shield from cuts and cold; I check for spiders before putting them on

Linen trousers, 2000 ₽. 2022+ 🇷🇺

Marten fur, 2022+ 🇷🇺

Beige hoodie, 999 ₽. 2022+ 🇷🇺

Orange tee, 8.98 €. 2022+ 🇧🇩

Woolen jacket, 60 €. 2023+ 🇮🇹

Pringle yellow turtleneck, 35 €. 2023+ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Socks made of yak wool, 2023+ 🇲🇳

Frette bathrobe, 2023+

Black tee, 7.95 €. 2023+ 🇧🇩

String wristband, 2023+ 🇮🇹

Black trousers, 29.99 €. 2023+ 🇧🇩

Black-and-yellow-grid shirt with plastic buttons, 19.99 €. 2023+ 🇧🇩

Violet tracksuit bottoms, 15.95 €. 2023+ 🇧🇩

Brown-leather Lalizas Skipper deck shoes, 90 €. 2023+

Tools

Zavtra wallet with 3 plastic cards, a library card, and cash, 2018+ 🇷🇺 🇪🇺

Stainless-steel Gerber Shard, 2020+

Matches, 2021+ 🇷🇺

Opinel oak pocket knife, 1955 ₽. 2022+ 🇫🇷

Music 🎶

Hohner HC26 guitar, 2016+

African drum, 2023+

Literature

My “Chick-Chack in Rome and Dolocks Badding”, 2010+ 🇮🇹

6 school yearbooks, 2011+ 🇮🇹 🇷🇺

Maths book, 2015+ 🇺🇸

Il Regesto magazine, 2019+ 🇮🇹

Physics book, 2022+ 🇮🇹

Gino Laura’s “La vita, la casa”, 2023+ 🇮🇹

Ungern Khan, Storia e memoria”, 2023+ 🇮🇹

Print

Passports and writs, 2003...2034 🇷🇺 🇮🇹

Papers and tickets, 2003+ 🇷🇺 🇪🇺

Photos, 2004+ 🇷🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇹

18 notebooks, 2019+ 🇷🇺 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

Home

Kurlov Gallery art pieces, 2009+ 🇷🇺 🇮🇹

9 metallic keys and 2 plastic ones, 2011+ 🇮🇹 🇷🇺. Combinations are better

Oak Shapdesk U2 with steel frame, 2019+ 🇷🇺 🇩🇪. Standing is healthier than sitting

BIS conference lanyard, 2022+ 🇷🇺

Clay pot, 2022+ 🇦🇲

Petrova Studio ceramic holder for beeswax lights, 700 ₽. 2022+ 🇷🇺. Waxlights chilled before use

2 pine cones, 2022+ 🇷🇺 🇮🇹

Glass jar, 2022+ 🇮🇹

Incense, 2023+ 🇮🇳

White seashell, 2023+ 🇮🇹

Hardware

256 GB 13.3″ Apple MacBook Pro with black plastic webcam cover and 79-key keyboard, 2017...2024 🇺🇸 🇨🇳. Keyboard sent into repair 3 4 times :-/

Red 64 GB Apple iPhone XR with 3 buttons, 2018...2024 🇺🇸 🇨🇳. The only private mobile phone is no mobile phone at all . (Prison-)cell phone = self-own

Plastic Casio calculator with 47 buttons, 2020...2023 🇨🇳

Blue 500 GB Samsung T7 SSD for backups with blue LED, 8600 ₽. 2020...2024 🇰🇷

Three С batteries, 2021+ 🇷🇺

Plastic Baseus 100 W USB-C cable, 551 ₽. 2022...2024 🇨🇳

Plastic Xiaomi 65 W USB-C power adapter with European plug, 2245 ₽. 2022...2024 🇨🇳

Third-party software

nvALT for notetaking, 2022...2024

Sublime Text code editor, 2022...2024

ImageOptim, 2023+

HandBrake, 2023+ 🇫🇷

Little Snitch, 2023+ 🇦🇹

MacWhisper, 2023+

Lokinet, 2023+

OWASP ZAP, 2023+

Cinny, 2023+

Figma, 2023

Mullvad Browser, 2023+ 🇸🇪

Tunnelblick, 2023+

GIMP, 2023+

SimpleX, 2023+

Services

Posteo for email, 1 €/mo. 2020...2024 🇩🇪. Email delenda est

Uberspace hosting, 2020+ 🇩🇪

LocalMonero, 2021+ 🇻🇬

Mullvad VPN, 4.50 €/mo. 2022+ 🇸🇪

Njal.la for robertblinov.net domain, 1.25 €/mo. 2022+ 🇸🇪


Blog posts about objects