Recommendations
This is just a place for personal recommendations in a variety of categories. I will update this page as I discover new things :)
Software
- Anki, flashcard learning software
- AntennaPod, Android podcast player
- btop, a beautiful resource monitor for the console
- Gemini, an internet protocol without the diseases of HTML/HTTPS
- GIMP, image manipulation program
- git, decentralized version control system
- Gitea, lightweight git server, used by e.g. codeberg.org
- hugo, the static HTML generator I use for this website
- KiCad, computer-aided design for electronics
- Lagrange, a web browser for the Gemini protocol
- Linux/GNU, operating system
- MPD, music player
- newsboat, RSS reader for the console
- OsmAnd, an OpenStreetMap viewer for Android
- ranger, the best file manager in the visible universe
- RSS, a standard for news aggregation
- tmux, like a tiling window manager in the terminal
- VIM, text editor
- XMPP, privacy-focused chat protocol
Tools
- Victorinox Swisstool Spirit X, my favorite "full sized" multitool. Well-engineered, ergonomic, full metal, and versatile enough to replace an entire toolbox in a pinch. After filing down the 2mm flathead screwdriver to 1.8mm, it even fits my laptop screws.
- Leatherman Style PS, an airplane-approved keychain multitool. Not very powerful, but small enough to always carry around. The toolset is perfect for IT, tinkering, grooming, and everyday tasks.
- Sequre SQ-D60 Soldering Iron, small, light, USB-C-powered, fast heating (~10s from 25°C to 360°C), digitally controlled, replaceable tips, I love it. The only quirk: so far I have only been able to power it with the recommended power supply. None of my other USB-C power supplies make it turn on. See also the "Pinecil."
Art
James Fletcher
"High detail fantasy illustrations and artwork."
Yuumei aka Wenqing Yan
"Illustrator, comic artist, and designer."
Rob Rey
"Art to help make science a more meaningful part of our lives."
Games
- Prey (2017) (avoid spoilers!)
- Outer Wilds (definitely avoid ALL spoilers!)
- Rimworld
- Factorio
- Deus Ex series
- FTL
- Red Strings Club
- ΔV: Rings of Saturn
- Kerbal Space Program
Books
Fiction:
- Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
- Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
- Neuromancer, by William Gibson
- Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
Non-fiction:
- Mindfulness in Plain English, by Henepola Gunaratana
- Nietzsche and Zen, by André van der Braak
- Thinking in Systems, by Donella H. Meadows
- Antifragile, by Nassim N. Taleb