Cool links of the week
I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here in weekly posts. Hope you enjoy!
Draw a fish. Then watch it in an aquarium with other fish. (Important: the fish’s face should point to the right!)
FinTech Dystopia. A web-published book by Hilary Allen about “Silicon Valley ruining things.”
SEENDA MOU-302 Mouse. How about this vertical mouse with a volume dial on top?
Nothing to watch…. Best viewed on large screens. And even then, be careful: heavy website.
Skywriter. A site that “unrolls” threads posted on Bluesky.
Monotype. Text editor for macOS that simulates a typewriter.
New rules for .in domains. Effective from August 1st. Will I lose mine? ☹️
Translating Pagecord. The nice blog service got translations, and the Brazilian Portuguese one is well underway.
Libera.Chat web. IRC servers still exist. Libera is one of the biggest (the biggest?) and offers this web client.
Optician Sans. A font (free!) based on those eye chart tests from optometrists.
When brand fonts are open source. A long post on Google’s quirky design blog to announce the company’s new font, Google Sans Code.
Face it, you’re a crazy person, Experimental History. Applying “unpacking” to figure out what to do with your life.
Chemicals on the seafloor sustain an extreme-depth ecosystem (video). Life exists at almost 10 km deep.
Wplace. The world is a coloring canvas. Reminds me of those Reddit events.
StoryTerra. Explore movies, series, books and games by location and/or date on a big map. Behind the scenes.
Instaloader. A command-line tool to download Instagram content, even stories (requires logging in with an account, though).