Art
The portfolio of Christian Hecker has sci-fi concept hardware and environments.
As does the portfolio of Dr. CM Wong.
I’ve been listening to Frisky Radio at work a lot. It’s electronic dance music with an emphasis on progressive house and tech house.
I like these hyperrealistic sculptures. The hyperrealism movement as a whole is fascinating to me.
Interesting vintage
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Concept Art
Christian Hecker. Glorious sci-fi and landscapes at wallpaper-worthy resolutions.
Mike McCain. More spaceships? Yes.
Guild Wars 2. I’ve loved their box art since the first one.
Useful Apps
Ninite lets you check off the apps you want to make one custom installer for everything you need on a new computer.
Support Details. Much easier than explaining to grandma how
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Finally it’s super easy to make your own card and board games. Someone must have realized how many times people have gotten all excited to make a game, then had all their energy go to waste when they realized how hard it is to get such a game published.
I’m really picky about sneakers. These make
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This pattern creator is neat, but I’m curious about their use of Creative Commons. Can (or should) you really apply a Creative Commons license to the output of this kind of tool? To me it seems akin to if Adobe said that they have a license for anything you create with Photoshop.
For a long time,
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Design
A decent button maker. I like looking at these. The idea has been around forever, but they’re still improving as internet technologies evolve.
An excellent wine label. Buying wine by the label actually isn’t an awful idea. I always feel like people who care about making an excellent product also care more about making it
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