Miscellaneous Treasures 2013

Kolya on 17/10/2013 at 22:09

Quote Posted by Yakoob

OK frew things:
(http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/scribblertoo/) - Pretty neat scribbling app with webby-kind of effect

That's a nice effect, but for actual scribble work (http://zwibbler.com/) is more useful in my opinion.

I just looked through my web editing tools folder and while there are a few interesting ones, I don't visit any of them regularly enough to say if they're actually that useful. Like this online Photoshop clone: (http://www.pixlr.com/editor/) Sure looks good, but then all my computers have some PS version installed anyway. v:erg:v
Also (http://caniuse.com/) could be really useful. It shows browser compatibility for lots of advanced web editing stuff. Or it would, if I could only be arsed to use it.
The only resource I visit rather regularly is stackoverflow.com.

theBlackman on 18/10/2013 at 05:20

If yuu write, songs, poetry, stories or just write, checkout: (www.writing.com) get hints, help and critiques on style and content.

Slasher on 18/10/2013 at 18:15

Quote Posted by demagogue

Here are some sites I use sometimes:

- (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html) Hyperphysics is a good site for physics stuff (for beginners), with a lot of "fill in the blank" equations set up.

Ahhhhh, this was one of my favorite sites during my sophomore year. It's accessible and I still use it to check long forgotten formulas.

hopper on 20/10/2013 at 10:56

For in-depth articles on all kinds of subjects, I like to go to (http://longform.org) longform.org.

Kolya on 20/10/2013 at 22:29

Nice, I just found an interesting article via longform.org about that company "23andme" that sells DNA tests for $99. Questionable ethics included.

Muzman on 26/10/2013 at 05:07

This mad Russian person programs nifty softsynths and other things for touch devices and then gives them away.

(http://warmplace.ru/)

Briareos H on 26/10/2013 at 08:03

Yeah, NightRadio is an excellent developer. He actually gets money from the sales of the Android/iOS versions of his synths (mostly PixiTracker, SunVox and Virtual ANS), if you want to make music on your tablet, look no further than SunVox. It's a very powerful tracker with an amazing synth stage (chained synths and effects), I haven't been able to find anything better for power users. For beginners, PixiTracker (both 1-bit and 16-bit) are very fun to use.

Then there is the recently-released Virtual ANS, which --although technically just an inverse FFT synthesizer-- simulates an (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANS_synthesizer) unique, mid-XXth century Russian electronic instrument which was used to write the soundtrack for films like Solaris. Definitely check it out if you like to play with ambient/dark ambient noises. But be nice, play safe and don't get too big for your boots, hipster.

faetal on 21/12/2013 at 14:56

Awesome artwork by murdered Polish artist: (http://www.lazerhorse.org/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/lazerhorse.org/2013/05/12/terrifying-visions-hell-murdered-polish-painter/_index.html) click

IMO, it's like Bosch meets Geiger but somehow more foreboding than either.

demagogue on 21/12/2013 at 15:12

Beksiński is a legend, so it's funny to me to hear him introduced like "hey check out this earless Dutch guy's art that's like Matisse meets Seurat on acid". But anyway, yeah, his stuff is awesome if you like dark surreal art.

Harvester on 21/12/2013 at 15:22

Yeah, Beksinski is disturbing but really great. I didn't know he was murdered though, sad to hear it.

On another forum I talked about Beksinski and they were like "wtf, it looks like something a depressed teenager would paint so it sucks". So yeah, an artist sucks because you don't like the subject matter. :rolleyes: It's like "yeah Rembrandt sucks, who cares about portraits of old dead people"