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Sorted RSS feeds by oldest and this tool to create Textmode art by Polyducks was at the top. What is Textmode? "A broad term for art made with a monospaced font on a uniform grid." I fired up the webcam to input an image (fun!), but want to return to this playground and explore more options. / via waxy

Nayland Blake has a good framing of this recently launched archive "Are you looking for drawing inspiration? Bookmark this site for thousands of images to take as starting points." (Related: Public Work)

Simple tool to create a mesh gradient with or without a photo. / via Inspired By #97

My friend just went through Yosemite and bought an audio tour guide from here that syncs with the offline map and said it elevated the entire travel experience immeasurably. Most of their tours are in the US with lots of National Parks available. Saving for later!

A (GORGEOUS) search engine for 100,000+ copyright-free images in the public domain by Cosmos (a Pinterest alternative) / via Andy McCune

(Very reasonable) luggage storage all over the world. Drop your bags off at hotels and stores and go explore cities before you have to scoot (or while you're waiting for check-in times that are always so late.)

I've always wanted to make a stamp. After seeing this super lovely print by Lisa Congdon I now know it is possible to do without a commission by a post office. Now to find a service that wraps airplanes...

Whenever posting a journal entry I pick a color at random to be the link/accent for my site. Kay mentioned I wasn't hitting accessibility standards and shared this tool by Alex Clapperton to check it. (I'm still sus of accessible color theory science, but I shall endeavor to hit higher marks!)

Since Mint shuttered I was wondering how to sort budgeting stuff and then saw @Swissmiss share "Wow! A budgeting/money tracking app I actually enjoy using"

Insight into the hidden ecosystem of autonomous chatbots and data scrapers crawling across the web and Robots.txt snippets to dissuade them. Been struggling to find a resource like this until now! / via Jeff Triplett

Find folks and schedule a 25, 50 or 75-minute session to work on your own individual project. Check in at the beginning and again at the end for accountability. Intrigued. / via a story Swissmiss shared

Software that lets you record your computer screen AND front facing (or external) camera at the same time. As seen on Paul Carroll’s Everything I Made videos (there’s a new one for 2023!)

Esoteric Color Palette Generator that “harnesses mystical witchcraft” by David Aerne. Scroll down for options and the extra nice color naming. / via Dan Burzo

Oh my word I didn't know this browser extension existed. I’m often trying to track down SVG logos and stuff for companies. It's Chrome based, so it works with Arc!

“A simple bookmarklet to tidy up articles for easy reading” and OMG IT’S AWESOME

Change lighting of photos with AI. It's free, so there's all that comes with that. But it's also pretty dang good.

Text to speech with a AI voice generator. (The pro versions sound particularly good.) / via John Maeda

Back-office for a Business-of-One, including company formation, tax, accounting and bookkeeping services. Not available in Ohio yet, but this looks v promising. / via Erik

I've done a pretty good job of making Powerpoint look good, but this is next level stuff. / via Sidebar

Whenever I need to find another word for something, or definition, pronunciation, antonym and even translations (great for branding exercises) I go here. A super valuable tool. / via Erik

Create randomly generated email addresses that forward to your real inbox. Handy. / via Paul Bausch

Simple browser based tool to create duotones.

Hide promoted tweets, trends, who to follow and more! Since installing browser extension I've been transported back to a quieter and calmer time. A plugin for Firefox and Chrome by Razvan Caliman