Issue 85
Also robot wars, free photo editing tools, and Reddit in 3D
🚀 HOW TO SPEED UP YOUR SITE AND SAVE THE PLANET
Heya,
It's a strange week when you find a way to view Reddit in 3D. Fortunately, it ain't 4chan. Other things I found include an awesome interactive comic that made me a little homesick.
If you like free icons but they just seem too static, then I have a great link for you. For the superheroes out there, Wholegrain Digital found a way to score a perfect 100 on the PWA while saving the planet.
In the spatial realism stakes, we have the first meat made in space. And, it is every bit as weird as it sounds.
I wrap it up with a fun game because everyone likes either fun or games.
Enjoy,
Chris.
🕸️ The Cool Side of the Web
Cabramatta is an autobiographical comic about growing up in Cabra in the 80s and 90s. 🇦🇺
This is a personal selection because I grew up around 20 clicks north of Cabra, mate. I also have vague memories of the "heroin era" in Sydney and the stereotypes that swirled around Cabra. Despite this, the comic is still entertaining with a couple of good jokes thrown in for good measure.
While we're talking about beauty, Roy makes something every day. Sometimes it is breakfast, and sometimes it's dinner but most of the time it is a gorgeous poster.
believermag.com
New York, stylized into a moving Cubist artwork by AI.
youtube.com
⚒️ Tools and Resources
Get ya animated icons. Get 200 animated icons for just one link. Bring ya family. Bring ya dog. 🏃♀️
This is a good collection from Icons8 and they will work on nearly any project. The animations are subtle, so you don't need to worry about causing motion sickness.
icons8.com
Doka.Photo is another free online image editor.
There's no uploading involved, so you don't need to worry, as much, about privacy. You can change aspect, add filters and so on. Personally, I still think Photopea is the best free photo editing software around, but Doka is ok-a.
doka.photo
An iOS only private search engine for your photos and screenshots. 👀
If you take a lot of photos of text then you will love this. If you don't, then you can finally start. You can copy the text from a photo or search them all from inside the app.
memos.org
🥇 World of WordPress
How creating a Progressive Web App has made our website better for people and planet. ♻️
Have you been aiming for a 100 in the PWA score? We all have that dream. The guys at Wholegrain Digital are living the dream and saving the planet at the same time. As if that's not enough, they are sharing their tips and tricks for making this a reality.
wholegraindigital.com
5 of the best bloud hosting providers for WordPress sites in 2019.
My blog making process lurches forward to hosting options. I was thinking about going full cloud, but I haven't quite committed to it, yet. This article has the best round down I was able to find.
codeinwp.com
How to buy hosting and a domain name for your WordPress blog. ✍️
themeisle.com
🤔 Articles of interest
A new WiFi system identifies people through walls by their walk. 🕵️♀️
Technology like this has a range of applications from surveillance, monitoring, scrutinizing, spying, watching, and even observing. Brilliant!
futurity.org
Steaks in spaaaaace. After decades of promises astronauts finally made meat in space. 🥡
I am looking forward to the conspiracy theories that emerge from this one. "Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver faked the steak making"
A more detailed article is over here at The Guardian.
futurism.com
🎮 Fun & Games
If you like coding, then you will love Bot Land 🤖
There's only one way to sharpen your coding; in a battle against robots who just want to protect a server. You can build your own robots and then enhance their strategy with some if, then statements. It's an online game that you play for free from the browser.
bot.land
Outro
Easing off with some classic images of dogs doing doggy things
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Have a great week,
Chris.