New Phone, who this?

Hi, I’m Dandelion-Utilitarian—though most folks just call me Dandy. You might remember me as HexDSL from my Linux content days, but these days I’m more of a writer than a YouTuber. Around here, you’ll find my thoughts, reflections, creative ramblings, and the occasional deep dive into the Bible.

I’m a British fella in my 40s, living life with my loyal Chihuahua, Backup, and a grown-up daughter (hello, daughter!). I spend my time writing strange novels, indulging in old and often terrible sci-fi shows, and sketching with great enthusiasm and questionable skill.

Hardware I use to a make things

People often ask about my hardware. It’s not particularly interesting, but here’s a list of what I use.

  • MacBook Air (M2, 16GB Unified memory and 1TB storage) and a magic mouse because, I like it
  • iPad Air (M2, 512gb storage) with a pencil pro
  • iPad mini 6 (I accidentally ended up with this, I use it for reading the news)
  • iPhone 14PM (I have no reason to upgrade)
  • Kindle Paperwhite (2024)
  • Huion Keydial Mini K20 for art shortcuts.
  • A Miyoo mini, for my gaming down time

Software I use to make things

  • Ulysses - Writing
  • FadeIn - Scripting (usually comic pages)
  • Procreate - General sketching
  • Clip Stupid Pro - Larger artworks and comic pages
  • Adobe Fresco - Motion and vector
  • Apple notes - Notes
  • Apple Reminders - Task manager
  • Apple Calendar - Do I need to explain that one?

Things I like

These are some of the things I enjoy, in no particular order. Books are listed separately on the books tab of the Dandelion-utilitarian.com

Apps & Games

  • Chess.com - though, I have no natural aptitude.
  • Titan Quest - An ARPG
  • Apple Music - For music.
  • eSword - The best bible study app that doesn’t require subscription
  • Loop Hero - A game about tweaking things
  • Wipr - An adblocker
  • Apple news - For news and magazines
  • Pixaki - Pixel art app, for when I am that kind of mood
  • Kiwix - For using a local copy of wikipedia
  • Yomu - An ebook reader for ipad
  • Diarium - Because apple Journal isn’t on iPad, for some reason!
  • Reeder - an RSS reader that makes it look like a timeline

Video media

  • Star Trek (like… all of it)
  • The Muppets
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • Vampire Diaries
  • Mean Girls
  • Casablanca
  • Hackers
  • Everything everywhere all at once
  • Pretty in Pink
  • Breakfast Club
  • Nebula.tv - it’s like YouTube but with less shite

A random list of objects I like

  • My 3DS, despite the fact that I have not turned it on in over a year
  • Cans of Pepsi Max (Cherry)
  • Crocs - No shame!
  • Bibles that have nice covers
  • Really big buildings with lights on
  • Battery powered things, because wires suck
  • Photos from the 80s and 90s
  • Floppy Disks
  • Goats (I didn’t know where else to put them)
  • Frogs (see above)

Social media.

Look… No one should be on social media, its bollocks and basically toxic to humans… but when I post to this website, it’s set to cross post to Blue Sky because it seems like a good way to make people aware of my site, I never interact with social media, I don’t even check Blue Sky notifications. I will reply to all comments on my website and if you send me an email, I will definitely read it and reply if I think I have anything useful to say.

I also use Discord because at the moment there isn’t anything better, or at least less awful. You are welcome to come talk to me there.