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      <title>Software &amp; Gadgets, 2020</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 04:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;My most-used apps in 2020 were:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.voidtools.com/&#34;&gt;Everything&lt;/a&gt;. Locates files. Like &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finder_(software)&#34;&gt;Finder&lt;/a&gt;. Fast and brilliant.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.google.com/chrome/&#34;&gt;Chrome&lt;/a&gt;. But &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge&#34;&gt;Edge&lt;/a&gt; is pretty good, and I&amp;rsquo;m using it for secondary accounts.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://code.visualstudio.com/&#34;&gt;Visual Studio Code&lt;/a&gt;. It&amp;rsquo;s my note-taker, TODO list, outliner, &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; IDE.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.minecraft.net/&#34;&gt;Minecraft&lt;/a&gt;. I&amp;rsquo;m addicted.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/powerpoint&#34;&gt;PowerPoint&lt;/a&gt;. I use it to make &amp;amp; edit videos, not just slides.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://zoom.us/&#34;&gt;Zoom&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks to the lockdown. Breakout rooms are great.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/mail-and-calendar/9wzdncrfhvqm&#34;&gt;Mail&lt;/a&gt;. It uses under 50MB. Gmail takes 250MB.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.videolan.org/vlc/&#34;&gt;VLC&lt;/a&gt;. It still plays all formats, but I&amp;rsquo;m looking for a replacement.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.seafile.com/en/home/&#34;&gt;Seafile&lt;/a&gt;. Our private Dropbox.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://autohotkey.com/&#34;&gt;AutoHotKey&lt;/a&gt;. The best macro tool, but hard to use.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The new utilities I started using recently are:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://wiztreefree.com/&#34;&gt;WizTree&lt;/a&gt;. Fast visual disk space analyzer.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/&#34;&gt;PowerToys&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/fancyzones&#34;&gt;FancyZones&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/color-picker&#34;&gt;ColorPicker&lt;/a&gt; are my favorites.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10&#34;&gt;WSL&lt;/a&gt;. Run Linux on Windows, natively (it&amp;rsquo;s fast).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://ngrok.com/&#34;&gt;ngrok&lt;/a&gt;. Expose local web apps publicly.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabmemfree/pdanbocphccpmidkhloklnlfplehiikb&#34;&gt;TabMemFree&lt;/a&gt;. Closes unused Chrome tabs, saves memory.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The gadgets I bought this year are:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07GJT6XCN/&#34;&gt;Casio CT-X9000IN keyboard&lt;/a&gt;. Good touch response. I play every day.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07NMSWFS4/&#34;&gt;HP Pavilion x360&lt;/a&gt;. My first touchscreen laptop. Yet to explore touch apps.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07XSJ64ZY/&#34;&gt;Raspberry Pi&lt;/a&gt;. But I&amp;rsquo;m yet to use it 😟&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B08MZWH7XQ/&#34;&gt;Teqneq S530 Bluetooth earbud&lt;/a&gt;. 2% of an airpod&amp;rsquo;s cost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07CFDXLFC/&#34;&gt;JBL Endurance Run Headphones&lt;/a&gt;. More durable than &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07YVLVL94/&#34;&gt;Foxbit FX500&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01DEWVZ2C/&#34;&gt;JBL C100SI&lt;/a&gt; — but one ear always conks off in a few months.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B08BJN4MP3/&#34;&gt;PureIT Eco&lt;/a&gt;. Consumes a lot less water than regular RO purifiers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07FPGJ1G1/&#34;&gt;Treetop Air Purifier&lt;/a&gt;. Fairly quiet, and shows the air quality.&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Google Notebook</title>
      <link>https://www.s-anand.net/blog/google-notebook/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.google.com/notebook/&#34;&gt;Google Notebook&lt;/a&gt; released. Would be more useful when they&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Add offline functionality&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reduce the accesses to the server&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;India News&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;17 May 2006 5:10 am&lt;/em&gt;:
I am building a large INDIA news website. I found your blog today and loved the things that you write about! Would you be willing to write 1-3 small articles about India related topics that I can include on our site? We will gladly link back to your blog from the page that your article is on. - We have high ambitions for this site and will be generating quite a bit of traffic. Would you like to trade links? (Our site is: &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.India-News.in&#34;&gt;http://www.India-News.in&lt;/a&gt; ) I would love for your contribution,&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Productivity software</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://blogs.officezealot.com/marc/archives/000556.html&#34;&gt;Marc&amp;rsquo;s Outlook on Productivity&lt;/a&gt; &amp;ndash; a good blog on productivity software.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>StarOffice</title>
      <link>https://www.s-anand.net/blog/staroffice/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2001 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Download &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0beta/&#34;&gt;StarOffice 6.0b&lt;/a&gt; if you&amp;rsquo;re looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office that&amp;rsquo;s free (at least the beta is).&lt;/p&gt;
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