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“Would you like to have this “Color Glass” icon option for iOS 26?”

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Via @idevicehhelp on X: https://is.gd/klIjTD

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Appreciate what’s in front of you, rather than dwelling on what you don’t have.

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Miss Poppy in the back of my car

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Spiralator — A spirograph drawing tool. Free, online, mobile-friendly.

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“Designed to help explore and express the beautiful geometries of circles rotating in circles. Inspired by the old spirograph toy, but not constrained by its practicalities."

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**➔ Source: ** spiralator.com

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jacksonpollock.org by Miltos Manetas

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Fancy yourself as a Jackson Pollock?

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This is great; initially thought the website wasn’t working with a blank screen, then accidentally touched the screen and then… BOOM

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Source: https://jacksonpollock.org

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USGC TEST LABEL, 4 x 6 in.\nTX-52 Los Alamos Mono™

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Only from U.S. Graphics Company.

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Source: https://is.gd/Bdg5Zf

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Booklet Library of New York

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“Booklet Library is shaped by the authors, artists, and publishers who contribute their work. Our interest is in the support, provision, and promotion of a fair cross-section of independent publications, and of (visual) difference.”

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Atari Headquarters in Sunnyvale, California (1976)

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This photograph of Atari’s Headquarters back in 1979 is such. Trip, so cool.

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Found this retro gem on X: Atari Headquarters in Sunnyvale, California (1976)

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READ THIS WHEN YOU’RE TIRED OF TRYING

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“You weren’t made to quit. On the days when everything feels heavy and the progress feels invisible, pause-but don’t give up. You’ve already made it through moments you once thought you couldn’t. That strength is still in you.”

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“It took me 35 years to realize that the quality of your sleep affects not the following day, but the day after that. I don’t like this at all.” — Casey Handmer

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Source: https://is.gd/ULGm25

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Casey Handmer: https://x.com/cjhandmer

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Leica’s Engraved Fonts by Arun Venkatesan

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Really fascinating photography & font article, by Arun Venkatesan, on the typeface created for Leica, over on his gorgeous website: https://arun.is

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Source: https://is.gd/4sOTc2

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Book Cover for ‘The Metamorphosis’ by Franz Kafka

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Source: https://is.gd/b9lnnR

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“This user is losing interest in everything.”

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Source: x.com/hurtingte…

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Vintage Polish postage stamps featuring space missions and satellites from 1957-1962.

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Via: https://is.gd/c5M9ks

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“Eco-Friendly Paper USB Concept, Art. Lebedev Studio (2011)”

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Source: is.gd/V61L0l

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Caught a glimpse of this cool logo and embroidered patch on my X timeline, via @patricia_klein_ was immediately intrigued:

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The following quote is from NASA’s Deep Space Network web page:

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When it comes to making a long-distance call, it’s hard to top NASA’s Deep Space Network. The largest and most sensitive scientific telecommunications system in the world, the antennas of the DSN are our indispensable link to missions venturing beyond Earth. The DSN provides a crucial connection with our spacecraft, receiving never before seen images and scientific information on Earth, propelling our understanding of the universe, our solar system and ultimately, our place within it.

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New York ACTUALLY HAS 12 SEASONS

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“It is currently an astonishing 3.25 standard deviations warmer than expected for Jul 08. You poor bastard.”

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Via: 12seasons.nyc

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How this Works:\nThe goal of this page is to capture, not the astrological or meteorological seasons of New York, but the experiential seasons of a New Yorker. A creature who lives their life largely outside the traditional comforts of climate-controlled cars…

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**Some lovely reimagined popular iOS app icons, designed by @emailpixel over on X. **

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Source: https://x.com/emilpixel/

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Have asked if the Feedly app icon could be tackled as well, given I designed that back in 2011, and is a pretty well used RSS app.

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Alternative Layout System — inspired by techniques from Hebrew & Arabic manuscripts, to challenge conventional layouts.

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✏️ Having had a long history print and design, starting as an 18 years old apprentice paste-up artist: waxing bromide strips of typeset columns onto card layout grids, I’m always drawn to anything that evokes those past experiences with layout, typography etc.

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Source: alternativelayoutsystem.com/:

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“This research rethinks paragraph formatting, inspired by techniques from Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts to challenge conventional layouts. Funded by the Leenaards Foundation and supported by Adobe’s plugin tools, the project led to the “Alternative Layout System” plugin, now available for free download on the website. A publication showcasing designers’ experiments with these scripts is also accessible on the website’s “Publication.”

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Original sketch of the Radium atom by Niels Bohr (1922).

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Via:@abakcus

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Gorgeous math book covers from Dover Publications @doverpubs on X.

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Stellar Web Discoveries:\nLink_Log Digest #2 — 6th July, 2025

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🚀 Visit: Stlrwb.link/Digest2

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This is 2nd of my semi-regular Stellar Web Link Log Digest, with the most recent Links & Bookmarks that I’ve saved over on: stellarweb.space/links

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SearchMySite.net ↗\n— Search the Indieweb, Small web Digital Gardens"; Personal & Non-commercial Sites.

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“Search real content by real people from the indieweb / the small web / digital gardens. Fully open source.” **SearchMySite.net**↗

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The notorious steps in Friston Forest; part of the South Downs Way route, which lead onto the Cuckmere Valley.

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♥️ Free to Download & Remix in Adobe Lightroom: lightroom.app.link/1nCBQN6ZIUb

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📷 Photo by: Smitho.graphics\u2029

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🙏 Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

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Photo of our local town church, St Leonard’s which was taken late afternoon; with some Lightroom editing to turn it into a sort of nighttime shot.

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plus a few other random shots

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