Software >
abandoned original: https://github.com/tylerhall/simple-url-shortener
forked: https://github.com/cargilcm/simple-url-shortener
Make your own URL shortener. e.g. for the owner of example.com links can be shortened like so:
example.com/some-long-url
to
example.com/abcd2
Impressively simple and easy to use. I chose it because it has one single very small script.
2024-08-17 – Abandoned: https://tyler.gd/3qumd is dead; I found a fork which seems maintained.
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Hardware > Microphones >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/streaming-gear/yeti-nano-usb-microphone.html
A high quality budget microphone.
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Software >
(on Wikipedia)
https://obsproject.com/
I use this for video creation, and streaming on YouTube and Twitch.
Requires a hell of a lot of fiddling, and is missing some incredibly basic things.
https://github.com/lxqt/qterminal
Since every desktop environment needs one, for whatever reason, this is a terminal emulator for LXQt, which comes with Lubuntu.
It works fine.
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Hardware >
https://www.ipevo.com/products/vz-r
On-device buttons, optical zoom, native H.264 hardware.
Garbage; do not buy this overpriced toy. It’s only “good” because it comes with a stand, but newer webcams are coming out with the threading for mounting to a simple $20 stand.
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Software >
https://stefansundin.github.io/altdrag/
Abandoned — As of 2022-09-05, 1.1 was released 2015-08-23
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Google > Chrome >
Software > Web browsers, SVG viewers >
(on Wikipedia)
offline installers
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge?ep=0&form=MA13T3&es=176&ch=1
Yet another Chrome derivative, but Microsoft took it seriously and made improvements.
You gain access to an artificial intelligence if you use it.
This is regarding “version one” You probably want Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about
A way to run Linux commandline software from a specialized console, similar to how a command prompt runs DOS or PowerShell.
It works well, but it’s imperfect.
Sometimes mis-named Bash on Ubuntu on Windows or Bash on Windows
See also:
XLaunch to run GUI Linux software.
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Computers >
Hardware, Reading >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.kobo.com/
https://ca.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura-one
An E-book reader.
Because this is my first e-reader, I can’t judge it against it’s peers. It works well.
It is spectacular hardware-wise. Its software works, but it is sometimes obviously or even critically lacking. It lacking a file browser and respecting directories is bad enough that I can’t really use it for its intended purpose, and almost regret buying it.
