What’s cool? I know where the town is

And I tag ’em in pinboard and run good old trusty RSS through Feed2JS (alas no more as of 2022, now using WordPress RSS block). These also get posted (via IFTTT) #cogdogcooltech to Mastodon (the tag is dead in birdspace). Enjoy the Coolness

  • Convert documents without leaving your browser, using the power of pandoc.wasm. This app is a web-assembly version of pandoc, the documents never leave your computer. h/t https://fosstodon.org/@pandoc/115858394624318802
  • Relieve the entire era of MTV from the first first episode onward "music will never be the same", all free / no ads, 30x music videos, organized by decade. h/t https://mastodon.social/@mcnees/115849247297802437
  • Follow your favorite writers, not algorithms. Experience the web the way it was meant to be. Start reading instantly. No account required. Everything stays private in your browser. We built Blogs Are Back because we believe the web is better when people connect directly with the writers they care about. […]
  • Switch to the good side every first Sunday! (translation from site in German) Our digital lives are in the hands of a few super-rich individuals. With the monopolistic power of their companies, people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg determine worldwide how we access information, discuss, communicate, and […]
  • Taiga: The free and open-source project management tool For cross-functional agile teams to work effectively A featured-rich software that offers a very simple start through its intuitive user interface.
  • Mermaid lets you create diagrams and visualizations using text and code. It is a JavaScript based diagramming and charting tool that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions to create and modify diagrams dynamically.
  • Your free, open‑source game engine. Develop your 2D & 3D games, cross-platform projects, or even XR ideas!
  • Your procedural toolbox for 2D content creation Graphite is a free, open source vector graphics editor and animation engine, available now in alpha. Get creative with a fully nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.
  • The collaborative spreadsheet that minds its business. Build relational data apps that feel like a spreadsheet. Open-source, secure, and under your control. Discover the better spreadsheet software. Full-featured free plan, data privacy, no lock-in.
  • Flagship instance of CryptPad, the end-to-end encrypted and open-source collaboration suite. Administered by the CryptPad development team.
  • A simple but powerful video editor that gets the job done. Works on any platform. A free, open-source video editor for web, desktop, and mobile.
  • The current dominant imagery of AI reinforces dangerous misconceptions, and at best limits the public understanding of the current use and workings of AI systems, their potential and implications. AI4Media teams up with Better Images of AI / We and AI and AIxDESIGN to create & curate a season of […]
  • A simple tool to visualize your subscription costs. See where your money goes each month through an interactive treemap. Track your subscriptions (Netflix, Spotify, etc.) View costs as a proportional grid so you can see which services eat up your budget Import subscriptions from bank statements (CSV) Export your visualization […]
  • I’ve started using the term HTML tools to refer to HTML applications that I’ve been building which combine HTML, JavaScript, and CSS in a single file and use them to provide useful functionality. I have built over 150 of these in the past two years, almost all of them written […]
  • Select an AI model to analyse, the average number of queries per day per user, and the number of users to see how much water and energy AI usage consumes. h/t https://mastodon.social/@wentale/115734887733072182
  • forms.app is a powerful online form builder that offers more than just forms. Build free online forms, surveys, and quizzes to connect with your audience and get refined data in one nifty place.
  • SheepShaver is a MacOS run-time environment for BeOS and Linux that allows you to run classic MacOS applications inside the BeOS/Linux multitasking environment. This means that both BeOS/Linux and MacOS applications can run at the same time (usually in a window on the BeOS/Linux desktop) and data can be exchanged […]
  • Rockbox is a free replacement firmware for digital music players. It runs on a wide range of players
  • GAFAM Empire is a project in which we look at all the known acquisitions conducted by five big tech companies: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft, from the moment they made their first one to the end of summer of 2022, when we stopped collecting data. Why do we call […]
  • GDPR Compliant Captcha and Bot Protection Secure your data and users with the privacy-first alternative to reCAPTCHA. ALTCHA eliminates tracking, cookies, and fingerprinting, delivering a robust, accessible, and globally compliant security without a single puzzle. 100% self-hosted • No external calls • No data sharing.

Featured Image: My cool photo (cropped for better fit as blog top image)

2012/366/15 It's Cool Here
2012/366/15 It’s Cool Here flickr photo by cogdogblog shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license