surf's up!

the best part of the web is that it's, well, a web! have fun checking out some of these cool sites i've compiled.

Internet Settings - Nintendo 3DS (remastered by BedrockSolid)

resources

media

software

everything below is free to download and most is open-source!

  • Proton VPN: my VPN of choice, its free version gets the job done just fine. However, if you're using a VPN to bypass regional restrictions, you may want to opt for something else since the free version of Proton only offers 2 countries.
  • qBittorrent
  • Sumatra PDF: a wonderfully lightweight, no-frills PDF/epub/etc reader that I use for all of my ebooks and articles
  • RetroBar: changes the Windows taskbar to that of older editions of Windows (95/98, Longhorn, XP, Vista). purely an aesthetic thing but I like it much more than the windows 10/11 taskbars :P
  • Open-Shell: to go with that new taskbar, here's Open-Shell, a reborn version of Classic Shell that gets regular updates. It adds a bunch of classic features to newer editions of windows that make it nicer to use in my opinion.
  • Soulseek: simple P2P filesharing. Tends to be kind of buggy with a VPN enabled though.

P.S. If you're still on Chrome, I highly recommend switching to Firefox (and sticking on ublockOrigin and Privacy Badger along the way)