Wes Ellis./ a personal notebook
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A thread · 7 notes · Uses / My Setup

Games and gear.

Mod loadouts, handheld shopping, Steam Deck tools and one very wet VR headset.

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    Uses / My Setup5 min read

    My Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Loadout

    I bounced off Cyberpunk once because the guns felt stiff. Here's the mod list I'm running on the 2.3x Steam version now, and what all those frameworks actually do.

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    Uses / My Setup4 min read

    Modding Shadow of Mordor in 2026

    A twelve-year-old game, a proxy DLL, a ReShade preset and a trick for hiding the HUD. The Shadow of Mordor mod setup I put together this month.

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    Side Projects4 min read

    Deckport: Getting Native Linux Games Onto the Steam Deck Without the Busywork

    Deckport is my open-source Python tool that registers portable native Linux games as Steam Deck non-Steam shortcuts, with artwork, so they show up in Game Mode ready to play.

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    Picking One Android Handheld for Emulation and Movies

    One device for PS2 emulation and my own movie files, smaller than a Steam Deck, with a microSD slot. The shortlist, the detour into phones, and where I'm leaning.

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    Uses / My Setup4 min read

    Quest 2 After a Swim: Stuck Boot Dot, Buzzing Controllers, and What I Tried

    My notes from trying to bring a water-damaged Meta Quest 2 back to life, what each symptom probably points to, and where I'd go next.

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    Uses / My Setup4 min read

    Linux Mint on a ThinkPad T14 Gen 3

    My everyday laptop is a ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 running Linux Mint. Why that pairing, how Dropbox fits in, and the few things worth setting up on day one.

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    Uses / My Setup4 min read

    The Four-Letter Bookmarks Bar

    Six folders, four capital letters each, one tidy row. How I keep my browser bookmarks from turning into a junk drawer.