Miscellaneous stuff
1) Combining multiple pdf files on Linux (adapted from link)
use gs (ghostscript)
gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=finished.pdf *.pdf
Also available on bitbucket github github github
Split PDF in two (link) (link) (link)
2) Editors for code (vi and Sublime Text)
3) Tools for diff (FileMerge on Mac OS X)
4) Mirador for quick data science on data
5) Awesome latex CV template, Rmarkdown CV template
6) Virtual machines (VirtualBox) and run Ubuntu UNIX in the VM
Download the Ubuntu ISO file here
7) Getting MAC addresses:
Windows: run command prompt (Start -> cmd), then: ipconfig /all
Linux, own machine, e.g: ifconfig -a
Linux, other machine, e.g.: arping -f -I eth1 ipaddress
8) Augmenting cognition by Michael Nielsen (link)
9) Image/diagram/figure manipulation and editing using Gimp, Inkscape, photopea
these are open source and free alternatives to Adobe Illustrator
http://draw.io (link)
https://www.yworks.com/products/yed
https://biorender.com/ (for making biological drawings and graphical abstracts)
TikZ Latex program for drawing shapes (overleaf)
10) Password manager (link)
Best to generate passwords in the browser KeeWeb (link) (link)
KeePass desktop client
list by WIRED
11) PDF editor (link)
11) Online equation editor (link)
Online latex equation (link)
12) Online symbolic equation solver (link) (link)
Wolframalpha
13) Sign PDF with realistic signatures or grade/mark/sign PDFs
https://xournalpp.github.io/installation/macos/
13) Logo maker (link)
https://logomakr.com/templates/
14) Writing help with AI and ChatGPT
Writefull
claude.ai
15) Games
Passage video game by Rohrer
Space invaders retro video game
16) Mac software
Smartswitch for transferring files from Android to Mac