Cool links
published on 2022-03-10
Remember digg? Remember StumbleUpon? Every so often you come across something completely random and completely cool. On this page I collect such links whenever I happen to come across them; so go ahead, spin the wheel and get 3 random cool links!
Search the Deck
Search inside 15,000+ pitch deck slides. Pianochord.io
A reference to a comprehensive collection of piano chords. Cables
Interactive visuals, made from cable salad. YouTube Infinite-Storage-Glitch
Neat idea: convert files to videos and use YouTube as a cloud provider. Is this Arabic?
Arabic is often completely misrepresented in fiction. Do a quick check before you end up on Not Arabic. Iconhunt
150k+ open source icons Emergent Drums
Generate unique drum samples using artificial intelligence pdfux
PDF tools in the browser., OpenVIM
Interactive, browser-based Vim tutorial. Slow roads
Browser-based procedurally-generated driving game, aimed at zen. Astrofox
Free, open-source motion graphics program that lets you turn your audio into custom, shareable videos. Fold 'n Fly
Paper airplane folding instructions. Notable people
Map showing birthplaces of the most “notable people” around the world, down to a village level. Those Who Cannot Learn From History Are Doomed To Repeat It
News reporting comparison between the advents of the Second World War and the Russian-Ukranian war. Spoiler: eerily similar. Arteater
Create hand-drawn GIFs on paper. mess with dns
Do weird DNS experiments and see how it works (and when it breaks). Microns
Marketplace for buying your own micro startup, without commission. Loneliness/translate
Google Translates text over 9 random languages and ends up with a surprising result in your input language. rpilocator
Find an in-stock Raspberry Pi during this worldwide shortage. radio.garden
Listen to radio stations from (literally) all over the globe. awesome-oss-alternatives
Awesome list of open-source startup alternatives to established SaaS products. Overtone
Overtone is an open source audio environment designed to explore new musical ideas from synthesis and sampling to instrument building, live-coding and collaborative jamming. Does Not Translate
Words that don’t translate to other languages. Animatize
Making animations the easy way. awesome-piracy
A curated list of arrrrrrrrr! Cheezam
Computer Vision with AI for cheese. Libretexts
Open and libre searchable university textbooks library. edit.photo
Free photo editor in your browser. No popups to close. No ads to ignore. No cookies to accept. No account to create. Peppercat
The collaborative World Leaders list. Cyberchef
The Cyber Swiss Army Knife. If it were my home
If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be the same person? AutoHotkey
Automate anything on your device. Powerful. Easy to learn. The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows. emojimix
Mix emojis. 12ft Ladder
Show me a 10ft paywall, I’ll show you a 12ft ladder. Playable Quotes for Game Boy
This project offers the ability to create and share playable quotes of Game Boy games. Ambient Chaos
Ambient music gone a little too far… Windows 10 Ameliorated
Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and security. A pragmatic set of modifications to Windows. Bitfortip
Tip Bitcoins as an incentive. Earn Bitcoins for being helpful. Amazon Mechanical Turk
Crowdsourcing marketplace that makes it easier for individuals and businesses to outsource their (micro-)processes and (micro-)jobs to a distributed workforce who can perform these tasks virtually. Bespoke Synth
Bespoke is like a DAW in some ways, but with less of a focus on a global timeline. Instead, it has a design more optimized for jamming and exploration. Neurocracy
Solve a murder in a near future world by diving into the Wikipedia of that world. Godly Website
Your daily dose of the most godlike website design inspiration. Aristotl
A cool logical fallacy lookup tool. Looping Music Seamlessly
Python script that lets you loop .mp3 files seamlessly, forever, based on a loop point determined automatically. Developer roadmaps
Step by step guides and paths to learn different tools or technologies. GSAP - GreenSock
Professional-grade JavaScript animation for the modern web. Home Assistant
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. STEALING UR FEELINGS
Meet the new AI that knows you better than you know yourself. 🗿 + 🎮 = 😎
A collection of Moai statue appearances in video games. Pi-hole
The Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, without installing any client-side software. Computer Stupidities
Humorous anecdotes of users creatively misusing computers. GoAccess - Visual Web Log Analyzer
An open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in __nix systems or through your browser. autoEdit 2
Fast text-based video editing. Obsidian.md
A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files. Laws of UX
A collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces. Kdenlive
Open source video editor (that can match Premiere Pro for the amateur user). one-hour-of-random-interpolations
Google Drive folder with hours of morphing images. Intro to Web Dev v2
Step by step guide to becoming a web developer. Sonic Pi
Code-based music creation and performance tool. HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites. Fancy Border Radius
WYSIWYG blob maker that merely focuses on the CSS border-radius value. Yamauchi No.10 Family Office
Website of the family that owns Nintendo. Uniquely and beautifully designed. Occlusion Grotesque
Occlusion Grotesque is an experimental typeface that is carved into the bark of a tree. As the tree grows, it deforms the letters and outputs new design variations, that are captured annually. Ableton/learning-synths
Interactive and well-designed tutorial by the Ableton team on the different components of sound synthesis. asteroidblock
Web-based, interactive, atmospheric pad synthesizer which queries NASA’s asteroid API, using live proximity data to throttle initial parameters of the synth. - Search the Deck - Search inside 15,000+ pitch deck slides.
- Pianochord.io - A reference to a comprehensive collection of piano chords.
- Cables - Interactive visuals, made from cable salad.
- YouTube Infinite-Storage-Glitch - Neat idea: convert files to videos and use YouTube as a cloud provider.
- Is this Arabic? - Arabic is often completely misrepresented in fiction. Do a quick check before you end up on Not Arabic.
- Iconhunt - 150k+ open source icons
- Emergent Drums - Generate unique drum samples using artificial intelligence
- pdfux - PDF tools in the browser.,
- OpenVIM - Interactive, browser-based Vim tutorial.
- Slow roads - Browser-based procedurally-generated driving game, aimed at zen.
- Astrofox - Free, open-source motion graphics program that lets you turn your audio into custom, shareable videos.
- Fold 'n Fly - Paper airplane folding instructions.
- Notable people - Map showing birthplaces of the most “notable people” around the world, down to a village level.
- Those Who Cannot Learn From History Are Doomed To Repeat It - News reporting comparison between the advents of the Second World War and the Russian-Ukranian war. Spoiler: eerily similar.
- Arteater - Create hand-drawn GIFs on paper.
- mess with dns - Do weird DNS experiments and see how it works (and when it breaks).
- Microns - Marketplace for buying your own micro startup, without commission.
- Loneliness/translate - Google Translates text over 9 random languages and ends up with a surprising result in your input language.
- rpilocator - Find an in-stock Raspberry Pi during this worldwide shortage.
- radio.garden - Listen to radio stations from (literally) all over the globe.
- awesome-oss-alternatives - Awesome list of open-source startup alternatives to established SaaS products.
- Overtone - Overtone is an open source audio environment designed to explore new musical ideas from synthesis and sampling to instrument building, live-coding and collaborative jamming.
- Does Not Translate - Words that don’t translate to other languages.
- Animatize - Making animations the easy way.
- awesome-piracy - A curated list of arrrrrrrrr!
- Cheezam - Computer Vision with AI for cheese.
- Libretexts - Open and libre searchable university textbooks library.
- edit.photo - Free photo editor in your browser. No popups to close. No ads to ignore. No cookies to accept. No account to create.
- Peppercat - The collaborative World Leaders list.
- Cyberchef - The Cyber Swiss Army Knife.
- If it were my home - If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be the same person?
- AutoHotkey - Automate anything on your device. Powerful. Easy to learn. The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows.
- emojimix - Mix emojis.
- 12ft Ladder - Show me a 10ft paywall, I’ll show you a 12ft ladder.
- Playable Quotes for Game Boy - This project offers the ability to create and share playable quotes of Game Boy games.
- Ambient Chaos - Ambient music gone a little too far…
- Windows 10 Ameliorated - Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and security. A pragmatic set of modifications to Windows.
- Bitfortip - Tip Bitcoins as an incentive. Earn Bitcoins for being helpful.
- Amazon Mechanical Turk - Crowdsourcing marketplace that makes it easier for individuals and businesses to outsource their (micro-)processes and (micro-)jobs to a distributed workforce who can perform these tasks virtually.
- Bespoke Synth - Bespoke is like a DAW in some ways, but with less of a focus on a global timeline. Instead, it has a design more optimized for jamming and exploration.
- Neurocracy - Solve a murder in a near future world by diving into the Wikipedia of that world.
- Godly Website - Your daily dose of the most godlike website design inspiration.
- Aristotl - A cool logical fallacy lookup tool.
- Looping Music Seamlessly - Python script that lets you loop .mp3 files seamlessly, forever, based on a loop point determined automatically.
- Developer roadmaps - Step by step guides and paths to learn different tools or technologies.
- GSAP - GreenSock - Professional-grade JavaScript animation for the modern web.
- Home Assistant - Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
- STEALING UR FEELINGS - Meet the new AI that knows you better than you know yourself.
- 🗿 + 🎮 = 😎 - A collection of Moai statue appearances in video games.
- Pi-hole - The Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, without installing any client-side software.
- Computer Stupidities - Humorous anecdotes of users creatively misusing computers.
- GoAccess - Visual Web Log Analyzer - An open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in __nix systems or through your browser.
- autoEdit 2 - Fast text-based video editing.
- Obsidian.md - A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files.
- Laws of UX - A collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces.
- Kdenlive - Open source video editor (that can match Premiere Pro for the amateur user).
- one-hour-of-random-interpolations - Google Drive folder with hours of morphing images.
- Intro to Web Dev v2 - Step by step guide to becoming a web developer.
- Sonic Pi - Code-based music creation and performance tool.
- HTMHell - A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
- Fancy Border Radius - WYSIWYG blob maker that merely focuses on the CSS border-radius value.
- Yamauchi No.10 Family Office - Website of the family that owns Nintendo. Uniquely and beautifully designed.
- Occlusion Grotesque - Occlusion Grotesque is an experimental typeface that is carved into the bark of a tree. As the tree grows, it deforms the letters and outputs new design variations, that are captured annually.
- Ableton/learning-synths - Interactive and well-designed tutorial by the Ableton team on the different components of sound synthesis.
- asteroidblock - Web-based, interactive, atmospheric pad synthesizer which queries NASA’s asteroid API, using live proximity data to throttle initial parameters of the synth.