Digital services based outside the United States – email, maps, and file storage

Services listed in the Wired article, “How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To,” along with others I’ve added as I learned about them: List of lists: A visual guide to switching services from this Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1jhvd58/your_guide_to_moving_away_from_big_tech_and/

How to archive Supernote e-notebook files as PDFs on a Mac

Update September 10, 2024: After a long journey of trying to find a good electronic handwriting solution that turned most recently toward an iPad Air, Apple Pencil, and Paperlike screen covers, I have returned to the Supernote universe with the purchase of a used Supernote Nomad. I stumbled across it on Facebook Marketplace, and that … Read more

How to make it easier to use Amazon Smile

Amazon.com makes it a bit difficult to use the e-commerce company’s donation service, AmazonSmile (or Amazon Smile) that gives 0.5 percent of shoppers’ purchases’ value to charity. My bookmark fixes the problem.

COVID-19 crafts: How to make a coronavirus no-sew mask with a t-shirt, coffee filter and bendable rubber gear tie

In the much mask era of the new coronavirus, we’re all getting crafty to protect ourselves against the spread of COVID-19. My how to guide to making a mask involves no sewing and requires simple and cheap materials. It’s not an N-95 defender, but it might help with droplets.