uses - things I like using

Things I enjoy using

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
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. 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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