Links

A bunch of links I like from every corner of the empire!

• Northeastern University Security Seminar
• Systems Approach Books – Free textbooks on a variety of computer systems
• Doom Emacs – A configuration engine for Emacs that I could not live without
• Amazon Price Tracker – Not just for flights anymore!
• TrueFood – How processed are the foods you buy?
• FixMyBlinds – I love a website that just does one thing well
• Sheldon Brown’s Bicycle Technical Info
• Sleep Like the Dead – Sleep advice. No ads. No products. Just info
• Noun Project – for when you need some random icon
• Anonymous GitHub – Anonymize your GitHub repo; great for double-blinded reviews
• Here – Don’t forget your roots!
• Make it Yourself – “1000 Useful Things to Make”
• Citation Hunt – Help Wikipedia fix citations!
• Comprehensible Input Wiki – A wiki for using the comprehensible input technique for language learning
• Detexity – For when you forget the LaTeX macro for some symbol
• Annotated LaTeX Equations – Make LaTeX equations look fancy and such
• Obsidian – A really great notetaking app. Basically just a fancy interface for Markdown files
• Wayback Machine – Find archives of old websites
• Don’t Ask to Ask, Just Ask – Just good advice
• Natural Number Game – A fun game to learn how to use the LEAN theorem prover
• Public Interest Tech – A bunch of writings and links on pursuing a tech career in the public interest
• A tcpdump zine – Like manpages but for humans
• SIGBOVIK – In some ways, the most honest academic conference
• Cal Newport’s Study Hacks – This is a link to the archive, because he no longer has the “start here” page. His writing had a huge impact on me and my work habits
• Awesome – Useful lists on all sorts of tech-related topics. A couple of my favorites are Awesome-Selfhosted and Awesome-Research
• Mustachian Calculators – Some useful retirement-related calculators