Uses

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August 29, 2024

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July 7, 2024

• Establish Uses page with initial content

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💼 Home Office Setup

🪑 Desk

• SecretLab MAGNUS Pro XL sit/stand desk (link to: MAGNUS stationary desk) with
  • Black MAGPAD™ Desk Mat option
  • Stealth Cable Management Bundle option
• SecretLab MAGNUS Monitor Arm x2
• SecretLab MAGNUS Desk Riser
• SecretLab Magnetic Headphone Hanger
• SecretLab Premium PC Mount
• SecretLab Magnetic Ethernet Cable Extender
• Gabrylly Ergonomic Mesh Office Chair

💻 Computer

• Apple 2014 Macbok Pro - Core i7 4870HQ @ 2.50 GHz Quad-Core, 16 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GT 750M, 512 GB SSD

🖱 Peripherals

• Samsung S60UA Series 27" Viewfinity WQHD monitor
• Logitech c920 webcam
• Logitech MX Master mouse
• Logitech MX Keys Mini keyboard
• Elgato Stream Deck
• Elgato Boom Mic Arm LP
• Elgato Wave XLR
• Shure MV7 XLR microphone
• Audio-Technica ATH-M40x headphones

📱 Phone

• Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
• iClever BK05 foldable bluetooth keyboard with backlight

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🏠 Around the House

☕️ Coffee

• Bodum 34oz Chambord French Press
• Chefman 1.7 Liter Stainless Steel Electric Kettle
• Capresso Infinity Plus Black Conical Burr Grinder

🥤 Mason Jar

• Ball 32oz Wide Mouth Mason Jars
• Ball 16oz Wide Mouth Mason Jars
• Ball 8oz Wide Mouth Mason Jars
• Ball 4oz Wide Mouth Mason Jars
• Mason Jar Lifestyle Long Safer Rounded End Stainless Steel Metal Straws
• Mason Jar Lifestyle Wide Mouth Silicone Straw Hole Tumbler, Frost
• Mason Jar Lifestyle Regular Mouth Silicone Straw Hole Tumbler, Frost
• Mason Jar Lifestyle Stainless Steel Pour Over Drip Coffee Filter
• Mason Jar Lifestyle 32oz Quart Cold Brew Coffee and Tea Maker Stainless Steel Filter
• Mason Jar Lifestyle Coffee Grinder Lid

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📓 Research

📚 Literature Management

• Zotero 6 with the following plugins:
  • Zotfile
  • Zutilo
  • Better BibTeX
  • Mdnotes
  • DOI Manager
  • Date Grabber
  • PubPeer
  • Scite
  • Zotero Better Notes

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⚒️ Common Geological and Engineering Tools

📔 References

• The Engineering Toolbox
• Calculand
• PetroWiki
• Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary
• Geological Log Analysis by Doveton
• Crain’s Petrophysical Handbook
• American Geosciences Institute

🌎 GIS

• QGIS
• Blender

📷 Object Modeling

• Agisoft Metashape Pro
• Ortery Rotating Photography Turntable and PhotoCapture 360 software
• Canon EOS Rebel T7i with 18-55mm lens
• Sketchfab

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🐝 Productivity

✅ Task Management

• Jira

📝 Writing

• Visual Studio Code
  • Live Share
  • MD Preview
  • LaTeX Workshop
  • vscode-pandoc
• Pandoc
• GitHub
• Microsoft Word (when unavoidable)

📊 Data Analysis and Visualization

• Jupyter Lab
• Python
• R
• SQLite
• Microsoft Excel (when unavoidable)

📻 Presentations

• Markdown Slides in Hugo Blox
• Reveal.js
• Inkscape

🏫 Continuing Education

• Geoscience Online Learning Initiative (GOLI)
• COMET MetEd for Geology and Meteorology
• Typing.com
• DataCamp
• freeCodeCamp
• W3Schools
• Real Python
• Khan Academy
• HamStudy
• UAS Certified Remote Pilot (Part 107) Exam Prep
  • Remote Pilot 101
  • Drone Pilot Ground School
  • Prepware Remote Pilot (iOS)

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💬 Collaboration

🌐 Website & Publishing

• Hugo SSG with Hugo Blox Academic CV Pro theme
• GitHub
• Netlify
• Namecheap
• Pirsch
• Bitly

🎙 Broadcasting

• OBS Studio

• X.com

• Discord

• YouTube

• Rumble

• Microsoft 365 suite (work)

• Proton suite (personal)

• Jitsi

• Signal

💵 Finances

• You Need a Budget (YNAB)
• TradingView
• Xaman (formerly Xumm)

🔒 Identity & Security

• 1Password