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BigCommerce tools, household timers, pressure-cook times, baby signs, and a B.C. wildfire map. Same small team on the product and the code.

BC Ember Watch

Useful wildfire information, pulled onto one map.

BC Ember Watch pulls public and official wildfire feeds onto a single live map so the useful information is already in one place.

Filters and views are yours to shape. Start in Basic with a short checklist, or open Advanced for the full layer set. Leave most things off, or stack heat, wind, smoke, roads, and air quality until the map matches how you actually check a fire. As simple or as deep as you want.

Open BC Ember Watch

Free, no account required — jump right in.

Filters that change the map

  1. Heat fill — wash inside the perimeter by satellite heat age: fresh red, older orange and yellow, char where heat has gone quiet.
  2. Lightning — recent strikes on the map so you can see where weather may have started new starts.
  3. NASA IR satellite heat — detections from three satellites (VIIRS, MODIS, and GOES) you can stack or thin by pass and age.
  4. Animate forecasted wind — model wind tracks curved toward the next few hours, not just a static arrow.
  5. Smoke in the sky / smoke model — plume and surface smoke layers when the air is the question.
  6. Evacuations — orders and alerts on the map with the official links on the card.
  7. DriveBC traffic cameras — highway stills on the route, not a separate camera site.
  8. Fuel dryness & rain outlook — fine-fuel dryness grid plus GEM rain washes, including on Play history when those layers are on.
  9. Place distances / Heat distances — lines from the perimeter edge or nearest heat to towns and your saved places.
  10. Air quality — AQHI areas and denser air monitors on the same map when smoke is the question for home.

What holds the whole picture together

  1. One situation map — fires, perimeters, bans, air quality, weather, roads, heat, and more assembled from public open data instead of a tab stack.
  2. Play history — rewind satellite heat and official perimeters on one clock; lightning and fuel dryness follow when those layers are on.
  3. Satellite image overlay — drop Sentinel, GOES near-live smoke, or NASA daily imagery under the fire so ground and smoke context sit on the same map.
  4. Basic and Advanced modes — a calm default checklist, then the firehose when you need it, with Find a filter to jump straight to a layer.
  5. Search and incident cards — fire of note, address, or cabin; tap a pin for status and the official links that matter.
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CoTimer

One shared clock for the house—with live status on the card.

Laundry in the dryer, dinner in the oven, school pickup on the calendar: someone always assumes someone else is watching the clock. CoTimer puts the same countdown, alarm, or stopwatch on every phone in the group. The card shows who is still on it, who tapped Can't, who Snoozed, and who marked Done.

Each run keeps an activity log, so you are not rebuilding the night from texts. Filter history by Done, Missed, Snoozed, and Can't. Invite a partner or household with a code, switch between groups, and keep phones in sync without turning a timer into project software.

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Free early access on iOS, Android, and web. Account required to sync.

Actions that change the run

  1. Shared countdown — one clock on every phone in the group, not a private timer you hope someone else saw.
  2. Alarms and stopwatches — shared wake-ups and elapsed time alongside countdowns, synced the same way.
  3. Live status — who is still on it, who Can't, who Snoozed, who is Done, and when it is ringing.
  4. Done — mark it handled; optional everyone-must-confirm when the whole group needs to agree it is finished.
  5. Can't — hand the run off so someone else can take it without a side text thread.
  6. Snooze for everyone — moves the shared end time, not just your own phone.
  7. Remind me only — a personal nudge while the shared clock stays put.
  8. Assignees — optional people on a timer, with status still visible to the group.
  9. Push and local alerts — phones ring when a shared timer fires (best-effort; OS permissions matter).
  10. Quiet hours — mute the noise in Settings when the house needs a break.

What keeps the household in sync

  1. One shared clock — timers, alarms, and stopwatches stay aligned across phones so nobody is guessing who has the real countdown.
  2. Per-run activity log — who started, snoozed, Can't, finished, or missed, without reconstructing the night from texts.
  3. Filterable history — by Done, Missed, Snoozed, and Can't, and by timers, alarms, or stopwatches.
  4. Partner and household groups — invite with a code, switch between groups, and keep separate pods without mixing the clocks.
  5. iOS, Android, and web — free early access on the App Store, Google Play, and web.
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Under-Pressure Cooker

At-pressure times for 124 foods—with phone reminders when you need them.

The useful number is the time after the cooker reaches pressure—not the vague range on a blog post. Under-Pressure Cooker has that for 124 foods across beans, grains, meat, seafood, vegetables, fruit, and more, with the switches that actually change the result.

Browse or search, pin favorites and recents on this phone, expand steps when you want more detail, and set optional reminders for cook or natural-release waits. Run more than one food timer at once. After-cook notes stay on device. Core times and steps work offline. Suggestions only—always follow your cooker's manual.

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Free. No account. English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, and Arabic.

Adjustments that change the cook

  1. At-pressure time — the countdown that starts once the cooker is at pressure, for each food in the catalog.
  2. Fresh or frozen — when that switch changes how long the food needs.
  3. Dry or soaked — for beans and similar foods where soak state matters.
  4. Fresh or dried fruit — when the catalog carries both states.
  5. Meat and seafood weight — enter lb or kg and the time updates with the portion.
  6. Grain cups and water — dry cups drive water amount from the food's ratio, with cup visuals.
  7. Natural or quick release — release guidance where the catalog spells it out.
  8. Expandable steps — short steps by default; tap for more detail when you want it.
  9. Cook and release reminders — optional phone timers for the cook end and natural-release waits.
  10. Multi-food timers — run more than one food at once (up to eight), on the phone—not controlling the cooker.

What gets dinner on the table

  1. 124-food catalog — beans, grains, meat, seafood, vegetables, fruit, and other staples with at-pressure times built in.
  2. Browse, search, favorites, recents — find a food fast; keep the ones you cook often on this device.
  3. Works offline — core times and steps are on the phone, so dinner does not depend on kitchen signal.
  4. Units and languages — weight/volume in Settings; English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, and Arabic (or follow the phone).
  5. Suggestions, not a safety guide — always follow your cooker's manual if anything conflicts with the App.
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New Customer Notifier

Email your team the moment a BigCommerce customer is created.

New Customer Notifier settings showing recipients and monitoring status

A BigCommerce app that emails everyone you choose when a new customer account is created — not on every order. Add any inboxes, send a test, pause without uninstalling.

Seven-day trial, then $1.00 / month per store, billed through BigCommerce.

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Install from the BigCommerce App Marketplace.

How it works

  1. Instant new-customer email — store/customer/created only.
  2. Any recipient list — owner, ops, shared inbox, partners.
  3. Send a test — confirm delivery before you rely on it.
  4. Choose the email — optional subject, and name, email, company, or customer ID.
  5. Pause without uninstalling — keep the install, stop the mail.
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Baby's First Signs

29 early signs with looping demos you can mirror at home.

Milk, more, sleep, all done: kids need those words before they can say them. Baby's First Signs is a focused library of 29 early signs with looping demos you can watch and copy at home—not an endless catalogue.

Open a sign, loop the demo, and switch between head-on and side angles so the handshape is clear. Each sign has a short teaching tip. When you want more structure, use the parent guide and practice quizzes. Core learning works offline. No account. Educational only—not medical advice or speech therapy.

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Free. No account. Core learning works offline.

Ways to learn a sign

  1. Looping demo — watch the motion repeat until you can copy it.
  2. Head-on angle — see the handshape straight on.
  3. Side angle — check the motion from the side when the front view is not enough.
  4. Teaching tip — a short reminder under each sign for real moments with baby.
  5. Search — find a sign by name when you know what you need.
  6. Favorites — star the signs you are working on; stored on this device.
  7. Starter 5 — a small first set for practice when you do not want all 29 at once.
  8. Practice quiz — watch a demo, then pick the matching word.
  9. Session length — 5, 10, or 15 questions when you sit down to practice.
  10. Streak and accuracy — simple session stats on the home screen, kept on device.

What holds learning together

  1. 29 first signs — milk, more, sleep, all done, and other early needs in one small library.
  2. Parent guide — getting started, how babies learn, teaching tips, and common questions.
  3. Practice pools — quiz from Starter 5, favorites, or the full set.
  4. Works offline — guide, library, and practice are on the phone; no account required.
  5. Educational companion — for learning at home; not medical advice or speech therapy.
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