Usability

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Blacklist Call & SMS Blocker logo

Software, Android >

(on F-Droid)
https://github.com/kaliturin/BlackList

Blocking unwanted calls and messages. Has extraordinarily refined functionality.

A simple way to stop unwanted calls from ringing through.

  • Contact access required.
  • Make and manage phone calls required.
  • Phone call logs required.
  • Photos, media and files on your device required.
  • Send and view SMS messages required.
  • Must be set as the default SMS app.

  • Abandoned – The author states it is not being maintained.


Blackhole for Bad Bots icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/blackhole-bad-bots/
https://perishablepress.com/blackhole-bad-bots/

Bots trigger a block trap when they ignore a robots.txt block request.

REMOVED – Erratically blocks The Internet Archive Wayback Machine



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Kobo Aura ONE 01a

Problem: Given an item in the Internet Archive, e.g. The works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, you may be tempted to download the PDF for its exactness. Admirable! However, my e-reader is horribly slow for opening it and turning pages. I find slow page turning aggravating; it makes me lose my train of thought and strains my reading comprehension.

Solution: Download a different format of individual images, bulk-scale them down exactly to your device’s screen, then package the images back into one single file.

This extra work is well worth it for me.

  • TODO – See also PDF? I haven’t tested it, but I wonder if “repairing” a PDF would also help with e-reader speed.



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Code Snippets icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/

This plugin allows you to add code snippets as an alternative to directly editing a theme’s functions.php.

I used to manually edit functions.php for my child theme Parament-spiralofhope.



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