Must Install — Local Send
Sep 2025
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Local Send is an application I found a while ago that has become a mainstay on my devices. It is cross platform so I have it installed on my Windows Desktop, Manjaro Laptop, and Android Phone. Local Send makes it easy to send files from one device to another simple enough. You install it, it makes a random identity for your device, like, Surprising Tomato, and both apps will find each other and let you send files to each other over whatever local network they are connected to. DONE. I find it A MUST when working on multiple machines or...... 
Growing up my father allowed me to work with him. We would do small things like sand, apply glue, and apply gold leaf. These are simple and tedious things that having your kids do can be useful to get a job done quickly. What he's known for though is painting. He never taught us how to paint. He says it was because he didn't want me to learn a skill and earn money that way instead of what our education from public school could afford us down the line. I just wanted to dismiss that thinking. I grew up in......