uses - things I like using

Things I enjoy using

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Developer Tools

1. Java
   1. Java Pub House podcast tutorials for java professionals
   2. A Bootiful Podcast about spring boot etc
2. Angular
3. TypeScript & JavaScript
   1. Syntax FM podcast
   2. FireShip.io YouTube channel
4. Git
   1. git log -1 --pretty=oneline
5. Linux
6. Python
   1. Calm Code Video tutorials for modern ideas and open source tools.
   2. Python Bytes podcast
   3. Django Chat - Django Web Framework podcast
7. Docker
8. Printing enscript --columns=2 --highlight=java --line-numbers --landscape --word-wrap http://SomeClass.java -o - | ps2pdf - a.pdf
9. gpg -a --symmetric slightlySensitiveFile.whateverExtension # makes an "ascii armor" *.asc file. Then gpg slightlySensitiveFile.whateverExtension.asc on the other side.

Services

1. Ten Percent Happier
2. Grammarly
3. BitWarden.com
4. YouNeedaBudget.com
5. SafariBooksOnline.com
6. YouTube
7. Google Meet -- let's chat sometime
8. Mastodon: I am tooting here: @MattPayneOrg@mastodon.sandwich.net
9. yoodli.ai helps when practicing speeches
10. ForwardMail.net free tier is forwarding my vanity domain email to my gmail email. So far, so good...
11. UPrinting.com for 2 x 2 square calling cards & stickers

Presentation Tools

1. MARP.app for making slides from markdown
2. Google Slides
3. Google Meet -- video calls with screen sharing in the browser
4. ScreenFlow - a way to create screen casts on a Macintosh computer

Misc

1. Seek Phone Application for identifying plants
2. TaskWarrior.org
   1. https://inthe.am/

Tricks

1. Re-enable paste in a webpage paste into devTools:

document.addEventListener("paste", e => e.stopImmediatePropagation(), true);

Hardware

4. 2012 Mac MINI

Backlog of things to try

1. GoPass.pw
2. Django
3. NextJS
4. RedWoodJS

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