(Coming Eventually: Electronic & Electro-mechanical Hardware; Fabrication Services; Raw Materials.)
(Blogger and Book Author. Wrote NYT Bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.)
(Blogger and Book Author. Wrote WSJ Bestseller Barking up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong.)
(Blogger and Book Author. Wrote NYT Bestseller Atomic Habits. Be sure not to miss his 3rd party Great Speeches section.)
(Blogger and Book Author. Wrote several very popular books on habits and How to be an imperfectionist. Interview with Brian Johnson regarding latter book.)
(Podcaster, Book Author (have not read his book), Ultra Endurance Athlete. Great variety of guests. Kindness and honesty shine through.)
(Very thoughtful interviewer — does lots of preparation. Has fascinating array of guests. Pretty "intense" guy.)
(Love this guy — on many fronts. AI, Machine Learning, and Robotics Researcher, Podcaster. Diverse guests, including in particular those related to AI, science, mathematics, and more. Kind, deeply open to "possibility", near zero hubris, loving, and appears (from my listening) to overlap with me in some deep ways re Affectionate Technology. Here he is being interviewed by Andrew Huberman in the Huberman Lab Podcast: Dr. Lex Fridman: Machines, Creativity & Love)
(Creator of Agile Lean Life blog.)
(Lecturer, Book Author, Speaker. Wrote the best-seller "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos". Extremely articulate, interesting, highly controversial character. When I have time, I am going to write a blog post on this matter, where, as several thoughtful people have said (though a tiny minority compared to those claiming he is either the 2nd coming of Christ, or the devil incarnate), the most interesting thing may not be Peterson himself, but society's wildly polarized reaction to him — as well as the near incomprehensible shallowness and misrepresentation evidenced in some of his early, prominent interviews. (He deserves to be challenged for what he says and believes, not for what he does not — and as viewers we deserve that too.) In the meantime, regardless of what you may have heard-of/think-of him — benevolent, wise, common-sense, compassionate, loving, savior ... or ... misogynistic, racist, right wing, patriarchal, Christian, fascist — I encourage listing to the above interview.)
(Book Author, Speaker, Podcaster. Very clear and deep thinker — and into meditation. One of the members of "THE FOUR HORSEMEN The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution".)
(Book Author, Blogger, Podcaster. Wrote the best-seller 4-Hour Workweek. He is in the process of deep personal introspective and change; he discusses that in an interview on the Rich Roll Podcast.)
(Book Author, Speaker, Counselor. Wrote Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money "... his writings bridge the topics of finance and self-help, focusing on creating and generating personal wealth and happiness through deeper self-honesty. He is the first person from Japan to be voted into the Transformational Leadership Council." He is deeply kind, human, and honest. Here is an interview of him on the Adam Markel podcast, and another The Zen Millionaire’s Secret to Creating Abundance | Ken Honda on Impact Theory.
(Book Author, Blogger, Podcaster, Business Guy. Wild, amazingly honest, and well worth your time. Been interviewed by many podcasters, including on Impact Theory.)
(Have very much enjoyed the several podcasts I have seen so far, as well as his conversations with Lex Fridman. Joe appears honest, sane, thoughtful, kind, and deeply curious. He has an enormous following and very diverse guests. In this regard, I feel the recent (2022) failed attempts to "cancel" him were and are misguided.
Interestingly his comedy — he is also a professional comedian — from the little I have seen, is far from my style. This has nothing to do with the quality of his material — rather, I find the emotional tone of his act too "harsh" to be able to enjoy the content; I feel to some degree "assaulted" — "unsafe" even. What I find striking about this is that it is the exact opposite of how I feel listening to his podcasts. If I ever have a chance to talk with him, I would be curious to explore whether he experiences any of this same dichotomy. He is also apparently a skilled martial artist, but I do not know enough to say more on that front.)
Positive Thinking / Motivational Speakers/Writers etc. (And, for balance: Mark Manson Vigorously arguing against the entire Positive Thinking movement.)
(Book Think and Grow Rich.)
(Prior self help category includes element of this too but is typically more general in scope, including politics, business, athletics, and more.)
(Book: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment.)
(Early pioneer — MBSR and more. Lots of books.)
(Radical Compassion, Radical Acceptance, and more.)
(Wonderful writer/person. One of her books When Things Fall Apart. One of her quotes "This righteous indignation, this panic that someone is going to do it wrong, this dogma you feel that the world will go under if things don’t go your way, is actually a form of aggression. This is true even if the belief is so called good: ...")
(Self Compassion)
(NYT Best-Selling author, funny, and playful. From his site "Mingyur Rinpoche integrates traditional Buddhist practice and philosophy with the current scientific understanding of the mind and mental health.")
(Personifies and extends consideration of negative self talk.)
(The power of vulnerability, and more.)
(Many superb insights. Get the audio-book, narrated by Oliver himself — he is a delight to listen to. More on this latter when I get a moment. NB: 4000 Weeks is about a human lifespan...)
(See Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change by Jeffrey Foote & Carrie Wilkens.)
("The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality ...". Offers striking study showing depressed people see the world "more accurately.")
(Respectful, supportive, secular, and useful program, with free online resources and local meetings. Deals with addictive behavior of all kinds — alcohol, eating, work, shopping, sex, gambling, etc.)
(From Wikipedia, IFS is "an integrative approach to individual psychotherapy developed by Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s. It combines systems thinking with the view that the mind is made up of relatively discrete subpersonalities, each with its own unique viewpoint and qualities.". The IFS Institute.)
(Amazing CSS stuff — see his CodePen collection.)
(Wonderful virtual "musical instrument" sculptures.)
(Beautiful computer-controlled kinetic artwork. One example.)
(Fascinating kinetic geometric sculpture.)
(Amazing multi-iPhone/iPad animation/performance.)
(Touching and evocative.)
(Resonant patterns of particles on vibrating plate.)
(Their work includes high tech / kinetic / interactive art.)
(Good choreography.)
(Intriguing geometric kinetic sculptures, often made largely out of wood.)
(Chromoscopic spinning string. See for example a handheld unit.)
(Whimsical, evocative, mechanical sculpture. (Chris Fitch, a periodic contributor to TechnoFrolics, does work in a somewhat similar vein.))
(Work includes emotionally powerful haiku-like LED displays.)
(Amazing kinetic wind sculptures. Article in My Modern Met.)
(Sand "Creatures".)
(Striking computer-controlled kinetic artwork.)
(Kalliroscopes and more.)
(Water droplet-based Graphical Waterfalls®.)
(Beautiful metallic kinetic wind sculptures.)
(Here is a wonderful computer controlled coffee table that draws patterns in the sand.)
(Tensegrity structures.)
(Early pioneer in interactive museum video artworks. An example.)
(Beautiful stretch fabric structures, some with computer controlled lighting.)
(Amazing doodles. Article in My Modern Met.)
(Choreographed laminar flow large scale water fountains.)
(Amazing chalk artist who integrates real-world sidewalk elements into his drawings.)
("Mrs. Lynne, Gillian isn't sick. She's a dancer.")
(Fantastic math education videos — friendly, clear, playful, supportive, connective, highly visual. From the calculus intro "... my goal is for you to come away feeling you could have invented calculus yourself." ~90 min interview of Grant by Dave Perell.)
(Diverse, clear, blackboard-style explanations. (Have not personally reviewed any non-tech subjects.))
(Subscription-based website providing visually-engaging and educational interactive tools to help understand diverse technical subject.)
(The website of Kalid Azad, created to to help document and provide improved, intuitive explanations for various technical concepts.)
(YouTube channel of Dominic Walliman. Here is a video I watched and enjoyed — The Map of Mathematics. I hope to watch The Map of Physics soon. And here is Can I Explain the Schrödinger Equation in 60 Seconds? And here is a TEDx talk, at the end of which he lists principles of good teaching.)
(Nobel prize-winning physicist and entertainer. Lots of good stuff.)
(Complex Matter Physicist, with willingness/interest in tackling quantum mechanics "meaning" questions. See for example 'Is Quantum Mechanics “Crazy enough”?')
(Stanford physicist and 'one of the Fathers of string theory'. I watched a Y Combinator interview Leonard Susskind on Richard Feynman, the Holographic Principle, and Unanswered Questions in Physics that I quite enjoyed. From that I bumped into (but have yet to examine) his site Theoretical Minimum 'Fat advanced textbooks are not suitable to people who have no teacher to ask questions of, and the popular literature does not go deeply enough to satisfy these curious people.')
(3-1/2 minute video. Institute for Quantum Computing.)
(Need to think further how to characterize. Can say: a) "Environment" within which info presented, broadly speaking, very appealing. b) Idea of reviewing exams from major universities — which I have yet to have time to peruse, quite an interesting idea.)
(Mesmerizing, fun, high-energy math doodles/stories.)
(Engaging videos covering a wide range of math and science topics.)
(Education For Whom and For What? Very interesting, and at times horrifying, historical perspective/info.)
(Read in 2007 and found the idea of working On your business vs. In it very interesting and relevant. Not that I (yet) fixed that problem for myself/TechnoFrolics... Don't know what I would think if re-read now — particularly re style — but wanted to share nevertheless given importance of prior point alone.)
(Author of Badass Your Brand: The Impatient Entrepreneur's Guide to Turning Expertise into Profit. Core idea: Be authentic and niche.)
(Very supportive of entrepreneurs and innovation. Stephen's title includes "Chief Imagination Officer".)
(Author of The Engines of Creation. Early articulated of much of what nano-technology might come to offer. Was involved in founding Foresight Institute. I attended some of his early IAP lectures at MIT.)
(Fascinating speaker/writer. The 2 Most Important Skills For the Rest Of Your Life interview with Tom at Impact Theory above. Book Sapiens (read Kindle sample so far).)
(Books include The Age of Spiritual Machines and The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. One core idea: People do not appreciate exponential growth.)
(Focused on computer UI design (in its deepest sense), with significant math and physics background.)
Utilities I find useful, including at least some that are not so common everyone has heard of. [I did not specify which are free vs. paid because too many nuances to make sane — e.g., feature-differences, personal vs. commercial use, etc.]
(Great journaling program. Powerful enough to be almost a complete office management/organization app — at least in terms of note-taking, TODOs, archiving, etc. Features include: Arbitrary-depth tree-structured organization; clickable links to any content — within journal, within office, or on Internet; search; keyword and topic tagging; calendar, alarms, timers; image and doodle support; and more. (Another option that I have used much less, but from my reading and quick playing is also impressive — offering a substantially different feature set — is Diarium by Timo Partl) {Both Windows})
(Reads text back to you at any speed. Useful for many things; I offer here primarily as final step in proofing important docs for typos. I find this method catches WAY more errors (assuming one is a native speaker of the language - I have just explored English) than (only) using Word, Grammerly, or the like. (ChatGPT, online, is also becoming an alternative.) {Windows})
(A wonderful Text Expander, Clipboard Manager, Macro Recorder, Custom Mouse Gesture Creator/Recognizer, and more (e.g., make any window stay on top, and a zillion other things). Great time-saver. Built on top of, and extendable through, AutoHotkey. {Windows})
(Adds tabs like browsers have to any Windows application. A really handy little utility.) [Script for FastKeys (and presumably AutoHotkey) to allow Ctrl-Alt-T command to allow function as a Windows Explorer "Duplicate Tab" command for TidyTabs.] {Windows})
(Powerful indexed search engine that can find things like one word near another but not near a third, within terabytes of data, in seconds. Allows quickly finding items decades old, and where one has only vague recollection of details. {Windows} Note that I have recently discovered a free alternative (relevant because dtSearch has not insignificant cost). I need to assess it further before fully recommending, but in the meantime, here it is DocFetcher. Similar to dtSearch, and unlike many other Windows offerings, it does full file content indexing, as well as offering a "powerful query syntax" (like "within N words of") as described in prior link. However, DocFetcher does not appear to index filenames for file types whose contents are not also indexed. Thus, you may wish to examine the very nice non-file-content-indexing program Everything. It has very powerful file name, folder name, hierarchy, and meta-data searchability options. See https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/searching/ to get a sense of its power.)
(Shows disk usage in beautiful graph design. {Windows, but shares links for Mac and Linux as well})
(File and folder comparison utility, with built-in Windows Shell functionality (very handy). {Windows})
(A lightweight screen-capture utility, offering among other things the very handy functionality of auto-scrolling long web pages etc. in order to capture an image larger than fits on the screen. {Windows})
(A pixel ruler, on-screen RGB color picker, multi-monitor-functional (x,y) coordinate displayer, and more. {Windows})
(No border image viewer. {Windows})
(Makes any window semi-transparent, optionally transparent to mouse clicks, and optionally always on top. (Unfortunately does not provide method to turn off auto-starting with Windows, but easy to disable with built-in Win 10/11 Startup list or Sysinternals Autoruns.) {Windows})
(Provides detailed info — file wrapper, codec, and more — for video and audio files. {Windows, Mac, Linux, More})
(Finds and removes duplicate files. Utility has not been updated in more than decade, however works fine on Windows 10. Why do I recommend it? Because it is the only duplicate file remover I have encountered that includes the critical execution-time-saving concept of a "reference library" - that is, a library of files that are not compared to each other, but rather, "fresh" files are compared to each other and to the library. (A program which I have just begun evaluating, and which does not quite have the desired structure above, but might be similar if multiple de-duping passes are applied, is AllDup) {Windows})
(A batch file renaming program that I just encountered and have used once and seems nice. Quite old - last updated 2010 I believe. But works fine on Windows 11 and donations to site (it's freeware) remain current. And seems better (for my needs anyway) than newer free alternatives I examined.)
(Professional grade video and still photo image cleanup utility. {Diverse app and OS integration} Good alternatives include spatial and temporal filter built into DaVinci Resolve Studio (not part of free version).)
(Hard to classify — check it out. {Online})
(One of the few such tools that appears to intelligently handle moved or renamed files/folders — something that matters a lot with terabytes of (say) video files. {Windows, Max, Linux})
(A handy little utility for converting, for example, transparent PNGs to 32 bit BMPs. {Windows} His link of http://www.najmanowicz.com/temp/AlphaConv.zip at https://blog.najmanowicz.com/search/alphaconv/ does not currently appear to be working (was recently, 2022...?); I have provided it here.)
(One of the few ways left (tested 2022 on Windows 11) to, with high quality, generate PHOTO-JPEG/MJPEG QuickTime .mov movies, following Apple's/Adobe's unfortunate deprecation of same. (We have not found FFMPEG to provide high enough quality even using its highest quality setting — in addition it being far from trivial to use. Another option, but more complex: Blackmagic Davinci Resolve (free or paid version).) {Windows, Mac})
(Mind Mapping. {Windows, Max, Linux, Online, More})
(Information organization. Tufts University project. {Windows, Max, Linux})
(Diverse information organization. {Online})
(Useful Visual Studio tools. {Windows})
(A full-featured IDE for Arduino code development. {Windows, Max, Linux})
(Nice online environment and community for HTML/CSS/JS code development. {Online})
(Search for "ChatGPT" above. {Online})
Primarily software-based information on hardware:
(Diverse useful utilities. {Windows})
(Diverse useful utilities. {Windows})
("Hard Disk Sentinel is a multi-OS SSD and HDD monitoring and analysis software. Its goal is to find, test, diagnose and repair hard disk drive problems, report and display SSD and HDD health, performance degradations and failures.". It also provides the hardware sector-size. (See "Disk hardware sector size" below.) {Multi OS})
(Provides vast amount of detail regarding ones PC. {Windows})
(Provides diverse PC hardware info. {Windows, Android})
(Includes both benchmark utilities for your PC, and vast database to explore/compare-against. {Windows, Mac, Linux, More})
(And NO, hardware sector size is not changeable during formatting.)