2017-03 In Links

I know, I’m late this month with this blogpost – and it is just my second attempt.
March was a quite busy month for me, at least bookmark-wise. I have also tried to get them into some-kind-of thematic order ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anyway, here comes the

New bookmarks in February

  • MediathekViewWeb – a fast and easy to use search/overview for content from german public television
  • XKPasswd – As password generator based on the popular XKCD comic.
  • Speaking.io – tips for public speaking
  • URLscan.io – web service for testing websites / URLs
  • securityheaders.io – web service to test the SSL security of websites
  • ssllabs – another web service for analyzing SSL security
  • PodSync – a web service for turning Youtube channels/playlists into RSS feeds for podcast-clients
  • Palletton – web tool for color schemes
  • Circuits.io – Prototyping for Arduino in the browser
  • Figma – Design prototyping web service
  • Walls.io collects and displays all social media interaction using your hashtag in a social hub.
  • TagSpaces – TagSpaces is an offline, open source, personal data manager (Win, Linux, macOS)
  • UNetbootin – Open source tool to create bootable Linux USB drives (Win, Linux, macOS)
  • Abricotine – an open-source markdown editor built for desktop (Win, Linux, macOS)
  • FromScratch – A simple but smart note-taking app (Win, Linux, macOS)
  • Madoko – a markdown processor for writing professional articles, books, manuals, etc.
  • WinCDEmu – open source tool for Windows to emulate/mount ISOs, etc.
  • Microsoft Garage Mouse – a windows tool to use your mouse/keyboard with multiple computers
  • Pencil – an open-source GUI prototyping tool that’s available for all platforms
  • Normbrief-mit-Markdown – template for writing a german ‚Normbrief‘ in markdown
  • AltDrag – small Windows tool for window management (drag any window while holding down the Alt-key)
  • LAN Speed Test (Lite) – Windows and macOS tool test writing/reading speed with network drives
  • Ubuntu Budgie – another flavour of the most famous Linux distribution
  • AllTube Download – a web service similar to the commandline tool youtube-dl
  • CyberDuck – Free FTP/SFTP client for Windows and macOS
  • OSMC is a free and open source media center built for small computers like Raspberry Pi (based on Kodi)
  • Charles – a HTTP/HTTPS monitoring software for macOS
  • AnyBar – a small, coloured, programmable indicator for your macOS menubar
  • Pixel Winch – a macOS tool for quickly measure the pixel-size of screen-elements
  • Querious 2 – a pretty MySQL GUI editor for macOS
  • Sequel Pro – an open source MySQL GUI editor for macOS
  • Drop to GIF – easy to use video to GIF converter for macOS
  • Contexts – Radically simpler & faster window switcher for macOS
  • MoneyMoney – Advanced banking App for macOS
  • Witch – an advanced app-switcher for macOS
  • TripMode – a macOS tools to save bandwidth while being on a phone hotspot/metered connection
  • Munki – Managed software installation for macOS
  • Copied – clipboard manager for iOS and macOS
  • HocusFocus – Keep your macOS desktop clutter free, a menu bar utility that hides your inactive windows
  • Monodraw – Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac
  • Amethyst – window manager for macOS
  • LightPaper – „Simple, beautiful yet powerful text editor for your Mac“
  • Write – Writing & note taking App for iPhone, iPad and Mac with Dropbox and iCloud Sync
  • eyeD3 – a python cli tool for editing (mp3) metadata
  • ripgrep – cli search tool that combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of GNU grep
  • Commitizen – a CLI to make git commits easier to use
  • noti – CLI tool for (system-native) notifications when processes are done
  • mackup – CLI tool to backup your personal application settings
  • prettyping – a more advanced (and prettier) version for the CLI ping
  • pushblast – Get PushBullet notifications when a shell program exits
  • httpie – a CLI HTTP client (e.g. sending POST and GET requests)
  • massren – a CLI to easily rename multiple files at once
  • Dropbox Uploader – a cURL-based BASH script command line interface for Dropbox.
  • RainbowStream – a twitter-client in your terminal
  • PhotoSwipe – JavaScript gallery, no dependencies.
  • Apaxy – make those apache2 directory listing pretty!
  • Tufte CSS provides tools to style web articles using the ideas demonstrated by Edward Tufte’s books and handouts.
  • HTML5 Up! – beautiful HTML5/CSS3 templates
  • Haste – open-source pastebin software written in node.js
  • Lychee – selfhosted open source photo gallery
  • MDwiki – Wiki software based on markdown
  • HTMLy – Databaseless Blogging Platform, Flat-File Blog and Flat-File CMS
  • Mail-in-a-Box – „Take back control of your email with this easy-to-deploy mail server in a box.“
  • Miniflux – A minimalistic, open source RSS reader, compatible with the Fever API
  • koel – a pretty, selfhosted, personal music streaming server
  • Zeal – an offline documentation browser for software developers (Win, Linux, macOS)
  • Raneto – open source Knowledge-base platform based on markdown-files
  • GoAccess – open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer
  • streisand sets up a new server running L2TP/IPsec, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, a Tor bridge, and WireGuard. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow activists
  • Algo VPN – Set up a personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud

Read in March