Other Websites and Resources

I have to admit search-engines are cool and all, but what’s even more fun is to discover websites via other websites and bookmark them (or put them on your own website). People are different and will come to discover different websites when wasting our time on the interwebs. Hence I will share some of the most useful/interesting websites I have come across (will probably update this page).

People

Random sites and blogs I have found useful, interesting, entertaining or something at some point in time. I don’t endorse everything (or anything) any of the following persons say, do, think etc.

Local Websites

NRK Møre og Romsdal
AESby (Formerly “Nytt i Uka”)
Bygdebladet (Newspaper for Ålesund, Vestnes and Fjord Municipalities)
Bypatrioten (Ålesund-city)
Skrotnissen (Extremely local everything/nothing shop)

Music

BandCamp (Buy physical and/or download/stream your music)
Discogs (Music database and marketplace)
Nordic Mission (Christian metal, mostly protestant)
Metal Archives (Metal database, often contains lyrics)

Food

I have no afiliation with any of these providers. I just generally have problems with food. Because of this I tend to buy ecological and make things from scratch to avoid stuff I can’t eat. These places are useful to me and hence I share them.

Økoland (Ships ecological foods in Norway)
Nøtteblanderen (Buy ecological nuts, fruits… in Norway)
Det Glutenfrie Verksted (Makes some naturally gluten-free flur types)
Coop has the ecological “Anglamark” series
Various shops has the ecological Vilje series
You can also find the ecological Kolonihagen series around
Life has ecological stuff and supplements
Sunnkost has a lot of the same (perhaps more foods?)
based.cooking (Recipe-site without the bloats)

Computer Hardware and Elecronics

Buy something used
Nova Custom (Computers)
System76 (Computers, Servers, …)
Pine64 (Computers, Tablets, Phones, Electronics)
Framework (Computers, but KYC and no shipping to Norway)
Raspberry Pi (Embedded computers)
Arduino (Electronics)

Also check out rtings.com for in-depth tech reviews

Operating Systems, BIOS and Firmware

Arch Linux (Solid rolling-release linux distro with SystemD)
Void Linux (Solid rolling-release linux distro without SystemD)
OpenBSD (Solid LTS UNIX-like operating system, without SystemD)
CoreBoot (UEFI firmware)

Mobile Hardware and OS

Fairphone (Phones, Accessories)
Shiftphone (Phones)
Dumbphones (Information site)
LineageOS (Android OS with or without Google)
GrapheneOS (Same as above + more security features, but limited device support)

System Programs

BSPWM (Window manager #1)
SpectrWM (Window manager #2)
Picom (X11 compositor)
Dunst (Simple notification program)
st (Simple Terminal emulator)

Computer Programs (GUI)

The following list is software I use (or have used myself) and can recommend. For a bigger list of software alternatives, check out switching software

Brave (Chromium-based Web browser)
Librewolf (Firefox-based Web Browser)
Qutebrowser (WebKit-based Web browser, keyboard-focused)
LibreOffice (Office replacement)
Zathura (Document viewer)
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
Inkscape (Vector graphics program)
Flameshot (Screenshot utility)
Shotcut (Video Editor)
OBS (Screen-recorder and Streaming software)
Blender (3D and Animation suite)
FreeCAD (Parametric 3D Modeler)
KiCAD (Electronics Design Automation Suite)
Logisim Evolution (Digital Logic Circuit Simulator)
Godot (Game Engine)
Ardour (DAW)
DISTRHO Ports (DAW plugins)
LilyPond (Western music notation software)
Neanes (Byzantine music notation software)
Redshift (Adjust screen temperature based on time of day)
Signal (Acceptable messaging and voice/video-calling service)

Computer Programs (CLI)

TMUX (Terminal Multiplexer)
NeoVim (Text Editor)
TexLive (LaTeX distribution)
Roff (UNIX text formatting tool, see cheatsheet)
Pandoc (Universal document format converter)
qpdf (PDF magic program)

Android Apps

Obtainium (Open-Source Android App Installer)
Droidify (F-Droid client. I don’t recommend the official F-droid repos. Use Obtainium if possible)
Bitwarden (Password manager)
Aegis (2FA-App)
Brave (Nightly can be used with Obtainium)
NewPipe (Video and music streaming client)
FairEmail (Email client)
Organic Maps (Offline maps and GPS navigation)
Breezy Weather (Weather App)
Birday (Birthday notifier)
Termux (Terminal emulator)
Molly (Improved Signal app)

Programming Languages

These are the languages I actually like (or currently explore) as opposed to the ones that gets you a job

Orthodox Christianity

I am an orthodox christian convert living in Norway who had to spend a lot of time and energy searching for both a parish and information in general. We have set up a simple information site relevant for people living in Norway:

ortodokskristen.info

Scripture, Church Fathers and Other Writings

Note: only some of these sites are run by orthodox christians and are only useful if you already know what you are looking for. At the same time feel free to explore. Church history is very interesting and highly relevant for anyone interested in christianity. In-depth study will however require guidance from someone like a priest or an experienced orthodox christian.

Orthodox Study Bible (Physical, Orthodox)
BlueletterBible (Online, Protestant)
Learn Biblical Hebrew (Resource from Ancient Hebrew Research Center)
kjv - Word of God from your terminal (Offline digital)
grb - Greek Bible on the Command Line (Offline digital)
Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Online, Reformed Protestant)
NewAdvent (Online, Roman-Catholic)
SVS Press (Physical, Orthodox)
Uncut Mountain Press (Physical, Orthodox)
SAGOM Press (Physical, Orthodox)
Ancient Faith (Store, Orthodox)
Heimskringla.no (Old scandinavian documents)

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