Various links and such

A collection of internet things that are either cool, useful, interesting, or any combination of the three. Sorted alphabetically.

• 25 Lives - This is my one of my favourite pieces of art ever made. I love it because it's a visual poem in which the art and words work together to lay out this beautiful story. I think it's amazing how the writer was able to lay out the rules of this world with such short and simple language, all the while making you care about two characters with no set details about their lives. The art is gorgeous as well. It's a maximum five minute read, so please look at it.


• ADHD Friendly Rubric - A decision making rubric designed for ADHD people by an ADHD person, I haven't personally tried it out yet, but it's made by the youtuber How to ADHD who makes very useful videos on ADHD. The idea is that helps you decide whether or not it's a good idea to invest your time and/or money into a service or product.


• billwurtz.com - You've probably seen either or both of history of japan and history of the entire world, i guess, (go check them out if you haven't, they're a really fun watch). This is the website of the guy who made those. It's a good example of simple but effective design, and it has some cool stuff on it, I really like to just scroll through the questions page sometimes. In some ways the experience is similar to going through the personal messages, documents, and photos of a distant aquaintance. Which is to say that it feels somewhat voyeuristic. It's cool to look through though, it shows a lot of the actual creative process behind the stuff Bill Wurtz makes.


• Board Game Arena - This website is a lot of fun, it's great for if you spend a lot of time by yourself but still want to do things with other people. It's got a lot of different board games on it and they're all free to play. The way not having premium restricts you is pretty annoying, but it's a pretty fair trade off for having most of the websotes features available for free. Lots of fun.


• FTM History - Brief History of FTM Trans Civilization - A very informative and interesting article on trans men throughout history. It's a really good read and I cried reading through it for the first time. It really demostrates just how much trans people are not a new phenomoenom. As a side note I've been looking for the book cited in the article everywhere. So if anyone knows a legal way to read it for free, such as an online library, please let me know.


• isaacfish - This is my friend Neptune's website, it's very cool and also what inspired me to actually start making this into a functional website. They're a very cool person and you should go check out their website.


• It's Nicky Case - The website of Nicky Case, she makes a lot of cool games and explorable explanations related to social and the science behind human behaviour. You might know the game We Become What We Behold it's one of the more well known things that she's made. I would definitey recommend checking out some of the things she's made, they're pretty interesting.


• ONE on JSTOR - A collection of over 90 issues of ONE magazine available for public viewing. ONE was the first gay magazine in the US, it ran from 1953 to 1969. The content of the magazine consisted of news relating to homosexuals, articles and think pieces on the topic of the gay rights and the nature of homosexuality, letters to the editor, original fiction and poetry, book recommendations, and a few other bits and bobs I've probably forgotten to mention. Reading through the magazines is fascinating, it gives you a window into what it was like to be gay in the 50s in the US. It's a great resource and worth looking at if you have a interest in queer history. JSTOR also has other queer magazines in its independent voices collection that are worth checking out.


• Project Gutenbberg - For those of you who don't know, Project Gutenberg is a huge library of free public domain ebooks. It's a great resource for if you want to read some of the classics, but can't/don't want to pay for a paper copy. Interesting sidenote, the founder of the organisation actually invented the first ebook in 1971!


• Ravelry - This is the best webite for finding patterns for knitting and crochet, it has an extensive filtering system and more than a million patterns. It's especially good if you don't want to pay money for patterns, as it has roughly three hundred thousand patterns available for free. You can see examples of completed projects made by other users, so you can see if you actually want to make the item. This is the number one place I get my patterms from.


• Same Energy | Visual Search - Similar to Pinterest, but without the reposting of art without credit, also just better in general. Great for if you need inspiration or reference images, or just want to look at cool pictures.


• The Language Construction Kit - If you have any interest in creating a conlang this is pretty much the definitive source on how to do that, it's also just an interesting read even you don't plan on making a conlang. When I finally get arround to creating one myself I'll definitely be using this.


• xkcd - I suspect the majority of the people viewing this site already know about xkcd, but for the few who don't: xkcd is a webcomic that's been running since either 2005 or 2006 depending on who you ask. It primarily consists of funny standalone strips and panels on stem related topics, as well as some genuinely meaning ones about life and relationships (what I just said isn't exactly true, it's not a dichotomy, the emotional ones about life and the stem humor actually intesect frequently). I'm not sure that I'm properly doing it justice so I'll just share 4 of my favorites: Work, Semicontrolled Demolition, Alone, Indirect Detection.