Daily Apps

Browsers

I… use a lot of them. Useage for each one used to be more clearly deliniated; now it’s just kind of whatever, to be honest.

These days my main browser is Microsoft Edge. When I [[ starting fresh|made a fresh Windows account ]] a month or two ago, I started playing with it just to, idk be silly/contrarian? because I assumed it was still essentially Internet Explorer, and ha, ha! What millenial uses Internet Explorer!?

But! Turns out Edge is basically just Chrome, with a couple different features, and it’s definitely not IE! You can even use the chrome store and install chrome extensions. I do occasionally use chrome too (for functionality or because of logins, etc) but not very often.

I still really only use Firefox for doing stuff with [[ my current blogs|my wordpress sites ]]. I don’t use Firefox for this for any reason in particular, just because it’s a different browser and thus can have a different bookmarks bar, and having a different browser for that more “worky” stuff, helps keep me from getting too distracted by the interwebs.

-> Chrome Store Extensions

• AdBlock — best ad blocker
• Eagle - Save images faster than ever
• Grammar and Spell Checker — LanguageTool
• LastPass
• Notion Web Clipper
• Pushbullet
• Raindrop.io
• Stylus
• Wardrobe
• Wikipedia Search
• Zotero Connector

Ones I** switch on and off** or am just starting to use:

• GoFullPage - Full Page Screen Capture
• Google Scholar
• honey
• Hypothesis
• MultiRow TweetDeck
• Obsidian Chrome Clipper (i haven’t successfully set this one up yet)
• Pinterest Save Button
• Quotebacks (Works on Chrome)
• Save Page WE
• Scite
• Tab Scissors (sometimes)
• WhatRuns

Obsidian

I found the [[ note-taking ]] / Second Brain app, Obsidian a couple weeks ago, and I’m already using it for this Mind Garden, my notes for my research projects, and an ever-growing list of other purposes.

Here’s an example of my workspace on my medical “Vault” (as Obsidian calls their instances):

Besides that vault, I have this one (the one I’m writing in, that pushes to Git & Jekyl/Netlifly), and another for my historical research. Actually a few of those, but I need to consolidate. Same with another private vault that can be combined with this one..

-> Plugins

• obsidian-admonition: Adds admotion block-styled content to Obsidian.md
• advanced-tables-obsidian: Improved table navigation, formatting, and manipulation in Obsidian.md
• obsidian-auto-link-title: Automatically fetch the titles of pasted links
• obsidian-imgur-plugin: Pastes images right to imgur.com
• obsidian-kanban
• obsidian-languagetool-plugin: languagetool plugin for obsidian
• note-refactor-obsidian: Allows for text selections to be copied (refactored) into new notes and notes to be split into other notes.
• obsidian-git: Backup your Obsidian.md vault with git
• obsidian-url-into-selection: Paste URLs into selected text “notion style”
• obsidian-show-file-path: Obsidian plugin to show the file path of the current file in the status bar
• tag-wrangler: Rename, merge, toggle, and search tags from the Obsidian tag pane

I also use several Zotero plugins to get information into Obsidian (see Zotero section)

-> Theme:

Most of my vaults are customized versions of Moonlight ** with the bold & blockquote bits from **Obsidianite and using the colors from my cute & bright color palette.

**Atom **

I recently switched from Notepad++, to Atom because, well, 😍 ✨ s o ⭐ p r e t t y ✨ 😍

-> Theme:

! [[ fairyfloss-ui-img.png ]]

• Fairyfloss, a Sublime theme (sailorhg.github.io)
• Fairyfloss-ui: to go with fairyfloss syntax (github.com)

I also downloaded these for future possible use!:

• Witch Hazel, A text editor color theme (slight variation on Fairyfloss syntax theme)
• soft-aesthetic/soft-era: 🌸 a light pastel syntax theme for cozy, cute coding & typing. for many platforms 🌱 (github.com) (a light syntax theme)

(PS I found most of the above here: compute cuter - a guide to cute-ifying your computer)

-> Packages (plugins):

Atom has a LOT of packages (plugins) to choose from. Mine mostly relate to markdown, css & HTML, as I have been doing a lot of theme and plugin tweaking for Obsidian lately, as well as reconstructing my teenage websites.

–> General

• advanced-open-file
• aligner
• + aligner-css
• atom-css-clean
• close-tags
• css-snippets
• custom-folds
• fold-lines
• linter
• + linter-markdown
• + linter-csslint
• + linter-tidy
• pigments
• remember-folds
• sort-lines

**Related: **

• What Is a Linter? Definition and Quick-Start Guide
• mehcode/awesome-atom: Lint

–>Markdown related:

• markdown-writer (atom.io)
• markdown-commander (atom.io)
• tool-bar-markdown-writer (atom.io)
• atom/markdown-preview: 📝 Markdown preview in Atom (github.com)
• markdown-scroll-sync (atom.io)
• markdown-table-editor (atom.io)
• wikilink (atom.io)

Related:

• mehcode/awesome-atom: A curated list of delightful Atom packages and resources.
• 13 Best Atom Packages for Web Developers

Discord

I spent the early 2010s using IRC, but that petered out after a cross-country move upended my schedule and I went a few years without any chatroom homes. Then last year I started using Discord | Your Place to Talk and Hang Out, I think to join [[ Sims 4]] servers, as [[covid-19|LongCovid ]] & it’s subsequent trash brain ground all my research projects to a halt for almost a full year.

Besides Sims-related servers, I’m in (too) many servers about [[ productivity]] (including individual apps), some academic interests, some super cute servers where I get my daily dose of ✨ [[c u t e ✨ s t u f f ]].

You can find discord servers for your own interests here: [Public Discord Servers

DISBOARD: Discord Server List](https://disboard.org/servers)

Others

• Focus To-Do - Pomodoro Technique & Tasks

Internet

I just discovered Stylus •• add0n.com and I love being able to change the theme of the sites I go to!

• [GitHub Dark by Bane

  Userstyles.org](https://userstyles.org/styles/190090/github-dark-by-bane)

• [Google Carbon Theme

  Userstyles.org](https://userstyles.org/styles/192948/google-carbon-theme)

• Minerva Neue + Wikipedia Material Dark + Material Dark Wikipedia

• Youtube: [The Amazing World of Gumball

  Userstyles.org](https://userstyles.org/styles/169939/the-amazing-world-of-gumball-youtube-beta)