Issue 47

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows defines powerful emotions that have, until now, been unnamed. Holiday gift guide with creep-o-meter. Find out if you're giving creepy gifts this year. 😰

🐙 CREATURES FROM THE OCEAN'S DEPTHS; WORDPRESS 5 HELP; NOIR GAMES FOR MOBILE

Heya,

After a week of fighting a particularly nasty virus, and traveling in Ubers with ... samples for analysis it's great to be back.

The best of what I browsed from my sick bed is here for your enjoyment.

Have fun.  

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🕸️ The Cool Side of the Web

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows defines powerful emotions that have, until now, been unnamed.

They also have a web series. My favorite is moment of tangency.

dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com  

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Holiday gift guide with creep-o-meter. Find out if you're giving creepy gifts this year. 😰

mozilla.org  

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The ODBCoin is the only cryptocurrency with ‘Soul’.

breakermag.com  

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An appreciation of Nirvana’s 1991 album, “Nevermind”. Still one of the best albums of all time. 👶

Admittedly I am biased towards the subject matter, but I am genuinely enjoying the Touchstones series from The New Yorker.

newyorker.com  

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Conserve the sound is an archive for endangered sounds.

I went for the 56k modem. I was not disappointed.

conservethesound.de  

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🤩 Visually Pleasing

Kong3D is brilliant. 🦍

If King Kong was a business leader in Blade Runner this would be his logo.

codepen.io  

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Deep-Sea fisherman Roman Fedortsov finds weird stuff in the deep.

These images explain why we focus on space and not the depths of the ocean. I'd rather deal with a Xenomorph than some of these fish.

gizmodo.com  

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Hypnotizing 3D animations.

instagram.com  

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DailyCube has hand drawn geometric gifs...and my heart. 🔲

tumblr.com  

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⚒️ Tools and Resources

Away From Keyboard (AFK).

AFK will track your mouse and keyboard activity and let you know when you should take a break and do...sumthin' else.

akshaykadam.me  

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DrawKit has beautiful free illustrations. ✏️

'nuff said. They had me at illustrations because I read everything backwards.

drawkit.io  

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Just a bunch of tools for makers. Everything from startups to design is covered.

toolsformakers.com  

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Deseat.me 👋

Scans your inbox and allows you to delete accounts with just a few clicks. I'm not sure this is a wise tool to include in an emailed newsletter. Just remember I have a family to support.

deseat.me  

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🥇 World of WordPress

Otter Blocks has a bunch of pre-made Gutenberg blocks.

WordPress 5 is coming and Gutenberg will be a part of it. This plugin is one of the best Gutenberg stepping stones I have used. It includes pricing, testimonials, Google Maps, pie charts, and a few more. Very noice.

themeisle.com  

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Neve is a very nice theme built for the next stage of the WordPress evolution.

themeisle.com  

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🧠 Tech Minded

HyperSurfaces turns any surface into a user interface using vibration sensors and AI. 👌

techcrunch.com  

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A round table discussion on how technology will transform humanity.

At the very least, a great way to appear smart at parties.

nytimes.com  

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🙃 Backwards talking dreams - Fun stuff

The Adventure of Detective Moustachio is a scrolling 80s game for mobile. It has many dashes of noir...highly recommended. 🕵️‍♀️

zbeul.studio  

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Outro

And, with that we say goodbye. I need to squeeze some noir stuff in...

"You know what he’ll do when he comes back? Beat my teeth out, then tweet me some links for the newsletter."

"You like forwarding. You’ve got a great big send button there where most people just have a heart."

"You know how to subscribe, don’t you Steve? You just click here, and…sign up."

I could have tried to force the line from Casablanca in there at the end. But...is it noir? I seem to remember it being a controversial subject and who wants to go down that road at the end of a newsletter? Not I.

That's all the links I have for ye,

Have a great week,

Chris.