About Me!
Hello! My name is Luis Gabriel, I also have 2 last names, and sometimes my friends and family call me Gaby and/or Gabz, and the very very old friends may still call me Luisga. I am a tired Dad of two girls and a photography and video games enthusiast, I sometimes even blog about them. I am from an Island called Puerto Rico, currently living in the United States of America, in the State of Idaho.
Besides being a professional procrastinator, I am a scientist at heart. I've worked for over 5 years in a Biotechnology Company as a Biochemist and currently working in agriculture for a Vegetable Seed Company doing Genetic Purity QC stuff.
About this site.
I started this blog around 2016-17. At first, it was called Two Beers and a Marley, then in 2018, it became Gabz/mL after my second kid was born. It has been hosted in many places over the years, including WordPress, and Micro.blog, Ghost, Weblog, and now, Scribbles.
In this blog, I write basically about anything and everything that tickles my fancy. My thoughts, stories, things I like (hopefully nothing about what I don’t like), and whatever is on my mind, but I mainly do it for my own enjoyment. I have always wanted a place where I can express myself, talk about things that interest me, and at the same time, have a “site” that I can call my own and so, here we are.
Elsewhere
- Glass - My Camera Roll Site-ish
- Mastodon - Random Posts
- BlueSky - I barely post here but sure!
- Threads - I barely post here but sure!
- Instagram - Random Photos and Stories
- Nintendo Friend Code - SW-0870-9535-9309, add me!
- PSN - Gabytron83
- XboxLive - Pixelgabz
What I'm Using?
Devices
- 13 inch, MacBook Pro late 2017
- Dell Latitude 5430 14 Inch Laptop
- iPad Air (5th generation)
- iPhone 14 Pro
Gaming
Photography
- Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III (Silver)
- Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 25mm f/1.8 Lens (Silver)
- Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm f/1.8 Lens (Black)
- Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.8 Lens (Black)
Everyday Carries
- Everyday Backpack V1
- Techno™ - Spyderco
- Parker Jotter Pen
- Pentel P209 Series Mechanical Pencil
- Retractable Ultra Fine Point Sharpie
- AirPods Pro (2nd generation)
- Apple Watch Ultra
Default Apps
📮 Mail Server
- iCloud and HEY
📨 Mail Client
📝 Notes
- Notes.app, Drafts, and Simplenote
✅ To-Do
📷 iPhone Photo Shooting
- Camera.app
🟦 Photos Management
- Photos App
📆 Calendar
📅 Calendar Backend
- iCloud
📁 Cloud File Storage
- iCloud Drive
📖 RSS
- Reeder/NetNewsWire: RSS Reader(backed by Feedbin)
🙍🏻♂️ Contacts Management
- Contacts (often forget this even exists)
🔎 Browser
- Safari, and Chrome (Work)
💬 Chat
🔖 Bookmarks
- TBA
📑 Read-it-Later
- TBA
📜 Word Processing
- Word (for Work)
🛒 Shopping List
- Shared Reminder List
🍴 Meal Planning ( as Recipe Management)
💰 Budgeting and finance
- Pass
📰 News
When I care to check, News app and Podcast shows as Today Explained
🎵 Music
- Apple Music
🎤 Podcast
- Currently a battle between Apple Podcasts and Overcast
🔐 Password Management
- iCloud KeyChain but considering getting back to 1Password
📸 Photo Editing