Links
Cool tools, resources, and other curiosities from around the web. This primarily exists so I don't lose these myself.
Language and writing
- OneLook — Search for related words, potential acronyms, words that start and end with specific letters, and similar.
 - Searchable Index Diachronica — Search through academic sources on language sound evolutions. Invaluable for conlangers.
 
Digital art periodicals, anthologies, and criticism
- THE HTML REVIEW — Web-based art; annual.
 - Indiepocalypse — Digital and physical "games"; monthly.
 - Weird Fucking Games — Videogame curation; fortnightly.
 - Exhibit:Play — Videogame curation; sporadic.
 - TIER Review — Games crit.
 
Interactive art festivals
Assets
- Freesound — Free sound dot fucking org. Unsung hero of the indie games scene. Check attribution licenses per upload.
 - Texture Ninja — Thousands of photo-realistic CC0 textures.
 
Good software and tools
- Launchy — All-in-one type-to-launch programs; I genuinely cannot use a PC without this.
 - Anytype — Notion without the headache of dealing with Notion, local-first and offline with sync options. Primed for powerusers and data perverts.
 - LightBulb — Dim your screen at night without lagging like f.lux.
 - Anki — Free flashcards. Delete Duolingo and download this instead.
 - Open Video Downloader — Want to download a video without remembering 50 cmd prompts?
 - Shutter Encoder — Compress videos and images without uploading gigs of files to a random website.
 
Lists
- The Occult Library — List of modern occult texts and publishers.
 - Submission Grinder — Database of magazines and lit journals accepting submissions.
 - Rate Your Music — Stop using Spotify and start using RYM for music discovery. You can also get free aneurysms looking at ratings of your favourite albums.
 - Apple Rankings — Apple (fruit) ranking.
 
Theory and self-study
- The Anarchist Library — CC0 anarchist theory.
 - Low Tech Magazine — Low-tech theory and praxis.
 - So You're Writing A Research Paper — Guide to writing academic papers, primed for humanities and social sciences.
 - How to Bullet Journal — Learn how to bullet journal without the Instagram art journal bullshit.
 
Other
- Zenius arcade map — Find out what arcade cabs are near you. I use this exclusively for rhythm games.
 - crouton.net — crouton