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A command line Libre Speedtest client. It's in the OpenWRT package repos.
Free and open source speed test. No Flash, no Java, no Websockets, no Bullshit. Hopefully with no "big ISPs faking the results." You can set your own server up if you want.
Simple board to test various USB cables! (Note the USB standard helps to identify these USB-C, cables that are compliant with the standard will have selected pins according to cable and connector specification release).
Plug in your cable to both sides and see which signals light up!
FOR CABLE USE ONLY. DO NOT EVER PLUG THIS IN TO A DEVICE, THE PINS ON ONE SIDE ARE ALL SHORTED TOGETHER AND THAT COULD BREAK IT!
You can buy the boards from just about any manufacturer and build them yourself. Hopefully your fine soldering skills are up to the task (mine aren't)...
A site that helps you study for ham radio licensing. Looks like an interactive site that you have to create an account for so you can track your progress.
A command line utility that calculates the amount of informational entropy in arbitrary fields of data. Useful for cryptanalysis and data compression research
A utility written in python that scans for open top-level proxy servers. scanner Runs fairly exhaustive tests to find suitable servers. Don't run this from home! Lightweight dependencies.