Here are some links that I find are cool.
Websites that I have made:
- https://blackpiratex.com
- https://blog.blackpiratex.com
- https://status.blackpiratex.com
- https://notes.blackpiratex.com
- https://quotes.blackpiratex.com
- https://sudipx.in
- https://blackpirate.be.eu.org
- https://sambot.blackpiratex.com/ (obselete)
- https://smandalofficial.zohosites.com (offline - clicking on it will show archived version)
Friends
Cool Web 1.0 Websites That I Like:
Favourite Blogs
- https://www.vipshek.com/blog/
- https://www.izzy.co/blog.html
- https://heather-buchel.com/
- https://www.arp242.net/
Tools
- https://willus.com/k2pdfopt/download/ - Convert PDF files to readable on kindle.
- https://www.goatcounter.com/ - Open Source and free analytics for website
Opensource Android Apps
This list contains opensource apps that I have used over the years which are not very well known. I would update this list from time to time.
- Ente Auth - Its a TOTP app. After using Aegis for a long time I moved to this. I use it alongside KeePass’s own TOTP feature. It syncs the TOTP automatically.
- Kvaesitso - A homescreen launcher that I come back to everytime. The killing feature is swipe to search apps, since most of time I open apps by searching. It also has a place to put widgets which looks pretty and clean. You can access that page by swiping up.
- DAVx⁵ - This app lets me sync my contacts and calenders.
- Gitjournal - This is the app I use to post status updates to my website. You can use it as a notes app and sync using git.
- Futo Keyboard - My choice of keyboard app. It’s really good once you get the hang of it. Made by Louis Rossman. I quit Gboard finally after starting to use this. 9/10 so far.
- LocalSend - Easy to use file sharing app. Works on same WiFi. I use it occasionally to share files between devices.
- Birday- A birthday manager app. Helps me to remember birthdays of friends and acquaintances.
- SongSync - Helps you to find lyric (synced) for your music.
- AnkiDroid - This app doesn’t need an introduction. I use this app to study. One of the best.
- Pano Scrobbler - This is my choice of app for scrobbling music I’m currently playing. Very reliable and has lots of feature. Even let’s you view monthly statistics without premium.
Services That I Use
Password Manager: Right now I use Keepass as my password manager. I have used all the major password managers in the past. Really liked Bitwarden but quit due to lag on android apps. I use Keepass2Android and Keepassdx on Android, and KeepassXC on Windows and Linux.
Cloud Storage: For cloud storage I use both free and open source as well as proprietary solutions. Google photos is my choice for keeping my photos and videos. I use Disroot Cloud for miscellaneous stuffs.
Email: I use protonmail (free) for my email. I also use Disroot email for newsletters. I do have gmail accounts and those are for very important stuffs. I also use SimpleLogin for email aliasing and to host email on my domain.
Contact and Calender Sync: I use Fruux to sync my contacts and Calender. It gets the job done, I have no complaints.
Search: For searching the web I use Brave Search on my Firefox. Sometimes Google also. I have used Ecosia in the past and its also good.
DNS: My choice of DNS is NextDNS. It’s highly configurable and privacy friendly(?). I also sometimes use Adguard DNS (dns.adguard.com).
Useful Resources:
- Funny Username Generator - https://foulomatic.hnldesign.nl/
- Simpsons series episodes - https://archive.org/details/thesimpletons
- Courses from IIT in different languages - https://spoken-tutorial.org/
- Top 100 free kindle ebooks (updates daily, works only on desktop) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/digital-text?tf=1&pldnSite=1
- Get a free TLD - https://nic.eu.org/
- Non-commercial search engine to find personal website - https://search.marginalia.nu/