Here is a list of miscellaneous resources that may help with general internet usage, thus improving your 'Souls experience, too!
1. Technology
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1.1 OpenSource/Freeware Programs
- LibreOffice
- OpenOffice
- Smart Edit
- Miranda IM -- A multi-client IM program. You can run AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and many other protocols at the asme time. Reccommended!
- Pidgin -- Multi-client IM Program
- F.lux -- A program that makes your computer's display adapt to the time of day.
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1.2 Spyware Cleaners & Pop-Up Blockers
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1.3 Browsers
Awesome Add-Ons For Firefox
- uBlock Origin -- Great for your sanity, seriously. Never see an advertisement again.
- Dark Background and Light Text -- Enable dark mode: anywhere!
- Bitwarden - A fast, secure, and easy to use password manager.
- Snap Links Plus - Easily open multiple links at once.
- ColorZilla -- Great for designers
- Tabliss -- A highly customizable page that replaces your 'new tab'.
- NoScript -- Make your Firefox even safer.
- FireBug -- See and edit code on your site, table - make a CSS skin, without having to actually edit what you already have. (Now included with Firefox developer edition)
- Form History Control -- Never lose a post again! Great if you type your posts into the browser window!
- Stylish -- Use a custom CSS stylesheet. This is helpful if the website you're viewing is unreadable for their "stylistic" reasons.
Other Browsers
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2. Real Life
Yeah, I guess everyone has to go back there at some point, huh?
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2.1 Homework
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2.2 WAHHH ADULTHOOD?
- GetHuman.com -- Customer service shortcuts for many popular companies. Awesome if you want to skip through twenty minutes of talking to a robot.
- Freecycle.org -- Refined dumpster diving.
- poor_skills -- Because a lot of us are broke college students. 8D
- Retail Me Not -- You should probably check here before you buy anything on the Internet to see if there be a coupon! O:
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