Cool Products and Services I Use

Utility:

• Bleeper for consolidating all chat apps (SMS, Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Google Chat)

• Obsidian for notes with git sync to Github

• Claude AI / Chatgpt / Deepseek for AI assistance

• Library Genesis (Libgen) for journal articles and books

• 33mail for disposable email addresses

• Downloader to assist with multi-part archives: https://jdownloader.org/

• Block specific Android apps from internet: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard

• Encryption (for less trustworthy cloud storage) with https://cryptomator.org/

  • https://mega.nz/
  • https://filen.io/
  • https://app.koofr.net/

• Firefox as browser (to have extension support on Mobile)

  • FastStream pre-buffer videos
  • uBlock Origin as adblocker
  • Dark Reader dark mode any website

Health & Fitness:

• Strava for tracking runs and bike rides
• Hevy for tracking workouts
• Trailforks for mountain biking trail maps
• Sleep as Android: solve a puzzle to turn off alarm

Fun:

• Boardgame Sites
• Pokemon Showdown basically chess, but with enough RNG that you can win even if you’re bad
• Twitch Drops Miner for auto-collecting Twitch drops for games

Clothing & Gear:

• Outdoor Research Foray 3L Rain Jacket — huge side/pit zips
• Osprey Radial 34 (discontinued?): expandable, fits a volleyball, great back ventilation and support
• Garmin Fenix 7x Sapphire Solar, a really expensive flashlight… comes in handy though

Financial:

• Wealthsimple and Questrade for investing in ETFs
• Credit card suite:
  • Wealthsimple Visa for 2% cash back on all purchases
  • Rogers World Elite for 1.5% cash back on all purchases (mostly for Costco)
  • BMO CashBack Mastercard for 3% cash back on groceries
  • Simplii Visa for 4% cash back on dining