我们最喜欢的技术：How-To Geek值得感谢的

It’s Thanksgiving, and this year we’re going to share all of the great technology that we’re really thankful for. Join us for a look at the tech products that keep each of the How-To Geek writers going. Also, Happy Thanksgiving!

今天是感恩节，今年我们将分享我们非常感谢的所有伟大技术。 加入我们，看看使每个How-To Geek作家都能继续前进的技术产品。 另外，感恩节快乐！

Most of the stuff that we like is free or open source, but there’s a few things that we’re willing to pay for. The highlights? Almost all of us use Google Chrome and Dropbox.

我们喜欢的大多数东西都是免费或开源的，但是有些东西我们愿意花钱买。 亮点？ 我们几乎所有人都使用Google Chrome和Dropbox。

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原始图片由 Floodllama

洛厄尔·海丁斯(The Lowell Heddings) (Lowell Heddings (The How-To Geek))

I’m the guy behind this web site—if you’ve read an article written by “The Geek”, that was me. In a previous life, I used to be a programmer, but now my days are spent running this web site, talking to all of my writers, and working on an upcoming book. What I’m really thankful for is being able to work on How-To Geek full time, but here’s a few of my favorite tech products that I couldn’t live without:

我是这个网站的幕后黑手，如果您读过“ The Geek”撰写的文章，那就是我。 在以前的生活中，我曾经是一名程序员，但是现在我的日子花在了运行该网站，与我的所有作家交谈以及编写下一本书上。 我真正要感谢的是能够全职从事How-To Geek的工作，但以下是一些我最喜欢的高科技产品，我不能没有这些产品：

• Google Chrome is my window into the world—I’ve switched from using desktop applications to almost exclusively using web apps. It’s blazing fast, never slows down, and everything is synced across all my PCs.

  谷歌浏览器是我进入世界的窗口-我已经从使用桌面应用程序切换为几乎只使用网络应用程序。 它运行非常快，从不降低速度，并且所有内容都在我的所有PC上同步。

• Evernote went from being a generic note-taking application to a complete overhaul of how I store everything—my project plans, ideas, recipes, documents, lists, and even bookmarks. It’s available on every PC, and my Android phone.

  Evernote从一个普通的笔记应用程序发展到了对我如何存储一切的全面检查，包括项目计划，构想，配方，文档，列表，甚至是书签。 它可以在每台PC和我的Android手机上使用。

• Dropbox is critical to my day-to-day life, in part because it keeps my files in sync across all of my PCs, but mostly because it’s the one place I store literally All of my files, and it’s backed up automatically.

  Dropbox对于我的日常生活至关重要，部分原因是它使我的文件在所有PC上保持同步，但主要是因为它是我存储所有文件的地方，并且它是自动备份的。

• Google Docs has improved to the point where it’s not just useable, but with drag and drop upload of images, it’s actually an excellent writing environment accessible anywhere, including my iPad.

  Google文档已得到改进，不仅可以使用，而且还可以通过拖放图像上传，实际上是一个出色的书写环境，包括iPad在内的任何地方都可以访问。

• My 13” MacBook Air is lightweight, virtually instantly comes back from sleep, and the battery lasts forever. It’s an absolutely amazing device.

  我的13英寸MacBook Air轻巧，几乎可以从睡眠中立即恢复，并且电池可以永久使用。 这是一个绝对惊人的设备。

特雷弗·贝科莱 (Trevor Bekolay)

Trevor was our first real Linux geek around here, and he’s always ready to lend some good advice when it comes to open source software. Here’s the technology that keeps him going:

Trevor是我们这里的第一个真正的Linux极客，他随时准备为开源软件提供一些好的建议。 这是使他前进的技术：

• Dropbox: I use three computers on a regular basis, and on those I have several virtual machines. If I didn’t have Dropbox as a way to move files easily between all of these environments, I would go insane!

  Dropbox ：我定期使用三台计算机，在这些计算机上，我有几台虚拟机。 如果我没有Dropbox作为在所有这些环境之间轻松移动文件的方式，我会发疯！

• Linux Mint: I’ve recently changed from Ubuntu to Linux Mint on my main machine, and I am extremely happy with it. It does what I want it to, and with Compiz effects and high quality fonts, it looks way better than Windows and—dare I say it?—Mac OS X ever did.

  Linux Mint ：我最近在主机上从Ubuntu更改为Linux Mint，对此我感到非常满意。 它实现了我想要的功能，并且具有Compiz效果和高质量字体，它看起来比Windows更好，而且-敢说吗？-Mac OS X曾经做到过。

• Google Reader: It’s not new, but it’s where I spend the majority of my online time. Without it, I’d still be checking all of the sites in my “daily” bookmark folder every morning.

  Google阅读器 ：这不是什么新鲜事物，但是却是我大部分时间都在这里度过的地方。 没有它，我仍然每天早晨都要检查“每日”书签文件夹中的所有站点。

• Mendeley: Since I do research as my day job, I need to keep track of a huge number of papers and articles, and cite them properly when writing papers of my own. Mendeley makes this dead simple, and has a great desktop application that works on Linux!

  Mendeley ：由于我将研究作为日常工作，因此我需要跟踪大量论文和文章，并在撰写自己的论文时正确引用它们。 Mendeley使这一过程变得简单，并具有可在Linux上运行的出色桌面应用程序！

埃里克·Z晚安 (Eric Z Goodnight)

Eric joined us recently, and he’s written some amazing articles covering how to use Photoshop more effectively, edit photographs, and understand the world of graphic artistry.

Eric最近加入了我们，他写了一些很棒的文章，涵盖了如何更有效地使用Photoshop ，编辑照片以及了解图形艺术领域。

• Dropbox: I’m working on at least two different machines everyday, more likely three or four with three different OS, Dropbox is an absolute lifesaver. It’s just so ridiculously easy to use.

  Dropbox ：我每天至少在两台不同的机器上工作，很有可能在三台或三台具有三种不同操作系统的机器上工作，Dropbox是绝对的救星。 它是如此的易于使用。

• Any flavor Linux LiveCD. Can’t tell you how much stuff I’ve rescued with those fellas. Incredibly handy.
  任何口味的Linux LiveCD。 无法告诉您我用这些家伙拯救了多少东西。 非常方便。

• USB/Firewire Hard Drive Enclosures for similar reasons. I’ve, backed up, cloned and rescued drives on multiple occasions.

  USB /火线硬盘驱动器机箱 ，原因类似。 我已经多次备份，克隆和恢复驱动器。

• Clonezilla for similar reasons. It’s worked so surprisingly well for me and has gotten me out of at least one really tight spot when a HDD was dying.

  Clonezilla也有类似原因。 对于我来说，它的运行是如此出奇的出色，当HDD快要死时，它使我脱离了至少一个真正的紧要关头。

• It has its problems, but I am a big fan of my Blackberry. The email and MMS on it are better than any smartphone I’ve ever messed with. Very minimalist, very functional. Drastically improved my social life, as well.

  它有问题，但我是Blackberry的忠实拥护者 。 电子邮件和彩信比我曾经使用过的任何智能手机都要好。 非常简约，非常实用。 极大地改善了我的社交生活。

• I can’t overstate how much I love WordPress. So fantastic and feature rich, it’s hard to believe it’s free. With my HTML/CSS noobery it allows me to do things I would never accomplish without it.

  我不能夸大我对WordPress的爱。 如此出色且功能丰富，很难相信它是免费的。 借助HTML / CSS noobery，它使我能够做一些没有它就无法完成的事情。

• I suppose I should add Photoshop CS5 to this list, although it’s a bit like saying “I’m thankful for my right hand” I use it so damn much.

  我想我应该将Photoshop CS5添加到此列表中，尽管有点像说“我对我的右手表示感谢”，但我确实如此使用它。

• Also very much in love with Google Chrome. FF runs so poorly on my work Mac it is ridiculous. When I installed Chrome on it and it ran so beautifully, it quickly became the only browser I used.

  也非常喜欢Google Chrome 。 FF在我的Mac上运行得很差，太可笑了。 当我在其上安装Chrome并运行得非常漂亮时，它Swift成为我使用的唯一浏览器。

马修·瓜伊 (Matthew Guay)

Matthew loves reviewing products, playing with web applications, and using his iPod Touch. When he’s not writing at How-To Geek, he’s covering technology on his personal blog, Techinch.com.

Matthew喜欢评论产品，使用Web应用程序以及使用iPod Touch。 当他不写How-To Geek时，他在他的个人博客Techinch.com上介绍了技术。

• Dropbox is easily the best tech of the past couple years.

  Dropbox无疑是过去几年中最好的技术。

• Kindle for PC/iOS keeps me reading on the go.

  适用于PC / iOS的Kindle使我可以随时随地阅读。

• My netbook has entirely changed how I see computing … a 10 hour battery and ultra-portability can do that.

  我的上网本完全改变了我对计算的看法……10个小时的电池和超便携性可以做到这一点。

• WordPress runs my personal blog and makes my blogging easier.

  WordPress运行我的个人博客，使我的博客工作更加轻松。

• Twitter has now replaced Google Reader for me. I just don’t have time anymore to keep up with RSS.

  Twitter现在已经替我取代了Google Reader。 我只是没有时间跟上RSS。

• iOS on my iTouch is rather awesome.

  我的iTouch上的iOS很棒。

• Just when we didn’t think browsers could get much better, along came Google Chrome and turned the browser world upside down.

  就在我们不认为浏览器会变得更好的时候，出现了Google Chrome浏览器并颠覆了浏览器世界。

Zainul Franciscus (Zainul Franciscus)

Zainul spends his time trying to make technology more productive, whether it’s Microsoft Office applications, or learning to use web applications to save time.

Zainul花时间尝试使技术更高效，无论是Microsoft Office应用程序，还是学习使用Web应用程序以节省时间。

• Windows 7: It was a relief when I could replace Vista with Windows 7, since it’s a big improvement (performance, speed, etc)

  Windows 7 ：当我可以用Windows 7替换Vista时，这是一种解脱，因为它是一个很大的改进(性能，速度等)

• Thunderbird 3: Has tons of improvements (new search feature, multiple inbox tree view) that has helped me manage my email better.

  Thunderbird 3 ：具有大量的改进(新的搜索功能，多个收件箱树视图)，帮助我更好地管理了电子邮件。

• Windows Live: Ever since I started my study, I have been relying a lot on Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Windows Live is an amazing addition to Office because it lets me upload my Office docs so that I can edit them anywhere I like and gives me peace of mind that I have a backup for any emergency.

  Windows Live ：自从我开始学习以来，我一直非常依赖Microsoft Word，Excel和PowerPoint。 Windows Live是Office的一个很棒的补充，因为它使我可以上载Office文档，以便可以在自己喜欢的任何位置进行编辑，并让我放心，我可以为任何紧急情况备份。

• GIMP: I have been using GIMP heavily to produce images for most of the HTG articles. It is not as great as Photoshop but it does do the job with a much lower cost.

  GIMP ：我一直在大量使用GIMP来为大多数HTG文章生成图像。 它虽然不如Photoshop强大，但可以以更低的成本完成这项工作。

亚特里·特里维迪(Yatri Trivedi) (Yatri Trivedi)

Yatri is as geeky as a geek can get—he’s the guy that hacks his Wii, learns everything there is to know about BitTorrent, makes sure his Linux server is backed up at all times, and still finds the time to travel the noble geek path.

Yatri的是令人讨厌的怪胎可以得到，他是那家伙黑客自己的Wii游戏机 ，学习一切 有 是知道 关于 BitTorrent的 ，可以确保他的Linux服务器在任何时候进行备份 ，并且还发现到时间旅行的高贵怪胎路径 。

• Google Chrome: It handles my ridiculous 4 window, 35 tabs each browsing style flawlessly, and i can kill flash quickly and easily.

  谷歌浏览器 ：它可以处理我可笑的4窗口，每个浏览样式均无瑕疵的35个选项卡，而且我可以快速轻松地消除闪存。

• Ubuntu Maverick: Linux Mint Julia works well, too. My server has everything i need on it, including streaming video and music to my iPhone and over the web, AMP for simple websites, torrenting, and as a hub to work around.

  Ubuntu Maverick ： Linux Mint Julia也可以很好地工作。 我的服务器具有我需要的一切，包括将视频和音乐流传输到iPhone以及通过Web传输，用于简单网站的AMP，洪流以及作为工作中心。

• Xmarks: It’s still alive, and so I’ve recently started bookmarking things (i know, way to step into the future, right?) instead of using Google Notebook. Indispensable if you use multiple browsers, let alone multiple computers.

  Xmarks ：它仍然存在，因此我最近开始为事物添加书签(我知道，迈向未来的方式，对吗？)，而不是使用Google笔记本。 如果您使用多个浏览器，则必不可少，更不用说多台计算机了。

• Evernote (iOS): I’ve finally switched to the dark side from Google Notebook. Combines clipping, bookmarking, listing, and notebooks into one.

  Evernote (iOS)：我终于从Google笔记本转到了黑暗的一面。 将剪辑，书签，列表和笔记本组合在一起。

• MobileRSS (iOS): Best feed reader I’ve ever used, period. It’s actually a Google Reader client for iOS. Very active on twitter regarding feedback and help for its users. :-)

  MobileRSS (iOS)：我曾经使用过的最佳Feed阅读器。 它实际上是iOS的Google Reader客户端。 在Twitter上非常活跃，可以为用户提供反馈和帮助。 :-)

• Not new at all, but TWiT.tv and their iOS app. Since I’ve quit cable TV, it gives me something to do while I work and helps keep me in “tech” mode. Hats off to Leo Laporte and the former crew of ZDTV/TechTV, as they continue to outdo themselves.

  并不是什么新东西，但是TWiT.tv 及其iOS应用程序 。 由于我退出了有线电视，这给了我工作时要做的事情，并帮助我保持“高科技”模式。 向Leo Laporte和ZDTV / TechTV的前工作人员致敬，因为他们继续超越自己。

• Angry Birds is awesome. ‘nuff said.

  愤怒的小鸟很棒。 纳夫说。

贾斯汀·加里森 (Justin Garrison)

Justin is an IT administrator who runs Linux as his primary OS, does the official podcast for Linux Mint, and loves his webOS phone.

贾斯汀(Justin)是一位IT管理员，他以Linux为主要操作系统， 为Linux Mint做官方播客 ，并且热爱他的webOS手机。

• webOS: My phone has changed how often I have needed my computer (and I had WM and Android for a while)

  webOS ：我的手机已更改了我需要电脑的频率(并且我有一段时间使用WM和Android)

• Diigo: I switched from delicious a while ago and it is better in almost every regard.

  Diigo ：我前一阵子从美味换了，几乎在所有方面都更好。

• LastPass syncs passwords to any browser.

  LastPass会将密码同步到任何浏览器。

• Gmail + shortcut keys and advanced searching.

  Gmail +快捷键和高级搜索。

• Seesmic web app for keeping up with Twitter.

  Seesmic网络应用程序，用于跟上Twitter。

• Playstation 3 (mainly Netflix streaming and local DLNA streaming)

  Playstation 3 (主要是Netflix流和本地DLNA流)

• Pidgin for instant messaging on Windows or Linux.

  用于Windows或Linux上的即时消息传递的Pidgin 。

阿维亚德·拉维夫(Aviad Raviv) (Aviad Raviv)

Aviad writes over at our sister site, Sysadmin Geek, and he’s a serious IT guy that knows loads of ubertechie Linux administration tricks.

Aviad在我们的姊妹站点Sysadmin Geek上写了一篇文章，他是一位认真的IT专家，他知道许多ubertechie Linux管理技巧。

• FOG as a PXE platform… OMG… so much out of the box and soooo easy to install, configure and customize. (yes this is a future article series).
  FOG作为PXE平台…OMG…开箱即用，易于安装，配置和自定义。 (是的，这是将来的文章系列)。

• Citrix Xen as a type1 hypervisor for virtualization. works out of the box on practically every measly PC with VT (unlike ESX/ESXi which needs special hardware) and works like a charm.

  Citrix Xen作为虚拟化的Type1虚拟机管理程序。 几乎可以在每台带有VT的普通PC上使用(不像需要特殊硬件的ESX / ESXi)开箱即用。

• Debian: simply the most rock solid stable and logical linux around and is the basis for all my Linux servers.

  Debian ：仅仅是最坚如磐石的稳定和逻辑Linux，它是我所有Linux服务器的基础。

亚历克斯·莱恩 (Alex Layne)

Alex is our resident Mac OS X geek, and he’s always interested in some technology news.

亚历克斯(Alex)是我们的常驻Mac OS X怪胎，他一直对一些技术新闻感兴趣。

• RSS readers: Without them (specifically Reeder and NetNewsWire), I could never keep up with the news. I know some people use Twitter exclusively for news, but just the thought makes me cringe; so disorganized.

  RSS阅读器 ：没有它们(特别是Reeder和NetNewsWire )，我永远无法跟上新闻。 我知道有些人专门将Twitter用于新闻，但这种想法让我感到畏缩。 如此混乱。

• Safari: I’m in the minority here, but I love Safari, mobile or otherwise. It does everything I need it to do with no fuss or frills.

  Safari ：我在这里很少，但我喜欢Safari(移动版或其他方式)。 它可以做我需要做的所有事情，而不必大惊小怪。

• HTML5: I’ve disabled Flash, and installed an extension in Safari that converts YouTube videos to HTML5. My Mac runs a lot cooler now, and the future of the web looks a lot brighter.

  HTML5 ：我已禁用Flash，并在Safari中安装了扩展程序，可将YouTube视频转换为HTML5。 我的Mac现在运行起来凉爽得多，网络的未来看起来更加光明。

• Klipsch Image S4i’s: The best pair of earphones I’ve ever owned. Those cheap $20 earbuds just don’t cut it anymore.

  Klipsch Image S4i ：我曾经拥有过的最好的耳机。 那些便宜的20美元的耳塞就不再便宜了。

• Twitter: I know I kinda bashed Twitter in my first thing, but I’ve met a lot of awesome people through Twitter that I wouldn’t have otherwise, and I keep up with old friends on it as well.

  Twitter ：我知道我一开始就很喜欢Twitter，但是我通过Twitter遇到了很多很棒的人，否则我就不会有，而且我也跟老朋友保持联系。

亚洲天使 (Asian Angel)

Asian Angel has been around here for a long time, and we’re thrilled to have her writing for our team. She’s reliable, trustworthy, and a great help. When she’s not writing our Friday Fun, Desktop Fun, or Ask the Readers articles, she’s covering tech news and geeky links on our How-To Geek ETC section.

亚洲天使已经在这里呆了很长时间了，我们很高兴能为她写信给我们的团队。 她很可靠，值得信赖，而且很有帮助。 当她不在撰写“星期五趣味”，“桌面趣味”或“问读者”文章时，她将在“ How-To Geek ETC”部分介绍技术新闻和怪异链接。

• Firefox: Extensions, the ability to customize the UI, dependability, and steady development progress of Firefox make it a must have browser. Firefox is indeed the original revolutionary in the current browser wars.  

  Firefox ：扩展，自定义UI的功能，可靠性以及Firefox的稳定开发进度使其成为必不可少的浏览器。 Firefox确实是当前浏览器大战中的原始革命者。

• CubicExplorer: The streamlined layout, highly customizable UI, ease of use, and portable versions make CubicExplorer a perfect replacement for Windows Explorer.   

  CubicExplorer ：简化的布局，高度可定制的UI，易用性和便携式版本使CubicExplorer成为Windows资源管理器的完美替代品 。

• Paint.NET: A terrific all-purpose photo editing tool that is easy to use, has a nice selection of custom plugins that can be added to it, and will work nicely for anyone who does not need specialized photo software.

  Paint.NET ：一个了不起的通用照片编辑工具，易于使用，可以选择添加自定义插件，并且可以很好地适用于不需要专业照片软件的任何人。

• EditPad Lite: EditPad Lite is a wonderful tabbed UI note-taking tool and general programming text editor. Once you get started with it, you will find yourself using this app all day every day.

  EditPad Lite ：EditPad Lite是一个出色的选项卡式UI笔记工具，也是常规的编程文本编辑器。 一旦开始使用它，您将发现自己每天都在使用该应用程序。

• A.M. Notebook Lite: This app is an extremely useful notes database that you can use to store your text, images, and URLs. You can easily add/remove customizable format pages from it and it comes with additional spreadsheet, calendar, and contacts components built in.

  AM Notebook Lite ：此应用程序是一个非常有用的便笺数据库，可用于存储文本，图像和URL。 您可以轻松地从中添加/删除可自定义的格式页面，它还内置了其他电子表格，日历和联系人组件。

• Process Explorer: Makes it easy to view the processes running on your computer, monitor stats for those processes, and terminate unresponsive apps in a snap.   

  进程浏览器 ：可轻松查看计算机上正在运行的进程，监视这些进程的统计信息以及Swift终止无响应的应用程序。

• VMware Player: A perfect choice for anyone needing virtualization software capable of displaying aero-glass in operating systems and providing true full-screen virtual system operation.

  VMware Player ：对于需要虚拟化软件，能够在操作系统中显示玻璃眼镜并提供真正的全屏虚拟系统操作的人来说，这是一个完美的选择。

• Ubuntu Linux: Ubuntu is a fun, easy to use Linux distro that can serve as a terrific gateway to learning about and becoming familiar with Linux.  

  Ubuntu Linux ：Ubuntu是一个有趣，易于使用的Linux发行版，可以作为学习和熟悉Linux的绝佳途径。

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So that’s all of our favorite technology. What’s yours? Share what you’re thankful for with your fellow readers in the comments.

这就是我们最喜欢的技术。 你的是啥呢？ 在评论中与其他读者分享您的感谢之情。

…or go eat some Thanksgiving dinner and watch hilariously mismatched football games on TV—while pretending they are interesting enough to ignore your relatives. Your choice. =)

…或去吃感恩节晚餐，并在电视上观看激动人心的足球比赛，同时假装它们很有趣，以至于无视您的亲戚。 你的选择。 =)

翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36380/our-favorite-tech-what-were-thankful-for-at-how-to-geek/