Hey there,
Last week, I came across an interesting project called Internet-in-a-Box.
Of course, we have access to all the information we need thanks to the internet in this modern age.
But:
Have you ever wondered what you would do if you didn't have access to the internet?
Maybe you're travelling to a remote corner of the world, or it's just a catastrophic failure that wiped out internet access in your area.
Internet-in-a-box helps you get out of such a jam.
It's a tiny server containing downloaded materials from Wikipedia, Khan Academy, OpenStreetMap, popular eBooks, and many more.
And, it looks like this:
It's a hotspot built out of standard hardware such as the Raspberry Pi serving content over WiFi to
anyone nearby.
And you can add extra content to this server apart from the bundled content to enrich the knowledge base.
Now:
You can't use this device to access the internet as we know or make transactions. But, this helps have access to shared data such as articles and maps where internet connection is limited or non-existent.
Amazing to see what some people would do to help the less privileged. 👏
Now, grab a coffee, sit tight, and enjoy this week's issue:
Book to Read
Who Moved My Cheese
This book features a beautiful story about how adapting to the changes in our lives is not only helpful but it’s crucial. Time changes everything. A short but life-changing read.
Get it from Amazon
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Apps & Services
Ever needed to share sensitive data like passwords, one-times codes or financial information with someone over the internet? One-Time Secret lets you generate an encrypted sharing link to share sensitive messages with people over the web. Once a shared
secret is viewed by the person you share with, your message is automatically deleted from the server. Even while your message is present on their servers, it’s encrypted and can’t be viewed by the people running the service. Pretty handy
and 100% free to use.
Dewey ➔
Organise your Twitter bookmarks
Bookmarking tweets on Twitter is easy. However, managing and finding bookmarked tweets is a hot mess. Dewey solves this problem by importing your bookmarked tweets into its bookmarks manager and giving you organisational superpowers. With the Dewey Chrome
extension, it’s easy to scour through your bookmarked tweets, tag them and search relevant tweets in seconds. Only available for Chrome.
It's hard to find an app these days which doesn't use cloud sync. And whenever there's cloud sync, you have to trust the cloud provider with your sensitive information. Flat Habits is a genuinely private habit tracking app that doesn't communicate with
the internet at all. Instead, all of your habits are tracked and stored locally on your iPhone. And you can export all of the data into a text file if you need to move to a different device. If you're strict on your privacy regarding your
habit tracking, this is an excellent tool for your iPhone. Only available on iOS.
Now that Notion has opened up its public API to all developers, we're seeing a ton of integrations flowing in. Google Forms to Notion is one such handy integration between your Google Forms and Notion. Within minutes, you can connect your Google Forms
to your Notion workspace and have data flowing. Every submission of your Google Form will automatically record the data into your selected Notion page. Even better, you can embed your Google Form inside a Notion page with this tool. This
tool is completely free to use and doesn't store any of your data whatsoever.
Taking the Shortcut
Start recording the ongoing meeting to Zoom cloud.
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Interesting Reads
In
Issue #29, I featured Umbra, a macOS app that lets you automatically switch wallpapers
based on your system theme. In this post, I'll take a deep dive into the app and show you all the fantastic things the app has to offer. If you switch your macOS theme based on the time of the day, then this article will help you choose
an appropriate wallpaper for each mode from Unsplash in minutes.
Most of the time, we tend to take decisions in a snap without thoroughly thinking about the consequences of our quick judgement. Shallow thinking gets the job done at the moment, but it doesn't cover the edge cases. Good thinking demands time and attention
now, but it'll save you a ton of time in the future because good thinking usually results in good decisions. Learn more about this process in the article.
Ryan Holiday has been researching the Stoic philosophies of life for almost a decade. In this short post, he made a list of 50 bite-sized but thought-provoking perspectives that he learnt over the years from the Stoics.
Although the title says "rules", I would emphasize that these are more like a set of a mindset that'll help you live a more satisfying life.
You might be familiar with the saying that prolonged stress turns hair grey in your youth. With a series of experiments, scientists have now confirmed this theory. Yes, too much stress for an extended period will turn your hair grey even in your prime
years. But fret not; it can also be reversed if you manage to take the stress out of your life. However, that doesn't mean you can reverse greying at the age of 70. It only applies to cases of premature
ageing.
Saving money doesn't have to mean that you live in extreme frugality. As long as you have a plan to save money from your paycheck every month and know what are the things you truly value, you're all set. Conscious spending is all about spending money
on the things you love and admire the most in your life, rather than buying the next thing you see. This post highlights a couple of examples where even though the spending patterns seem outrageous, they're actually well thought out. Want
to keep a healthy money management practice for the long term? Try conscious spending.
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