ben.akrin.com/mandala is a simple online drawing board with a single purpose: mandalas. Set the axis count, the color and thickness of your pen, and the type of reflection. Then get mandala-making! But I used it to make some vintage lead wallpaper that'll kill you in humid climates.
Site helps you draw your own mandalas
What happened to the nerdy girl from Rock and Roll High School?
[The following is from the free version of my newsletter, The Magnet. Sign up here to subscribe. — Mark] The two most memorable 1979 movies about teenagers are Over the Edge and Rock and Roll High School. If you're in the mood for realism, watch Over the Edge, which was inspired by a true story of disaffected teens going… READ THE REST
The perfect textmode font
Polyducks' Kitchen Sink is a textmode font that summons nearly half a century of application, game and art design in the humble 8×8 pixel grid and distills it into 256 well-picked chars. It's amazingly versatile for such a small set: text, landscapes, characters, box-drawing, maps, dithering textures, bars, stars, the lot. What is this?This is… READ THE REST
Neatly sliced Leicas
Fabian Oefner's (previously and previously at BB) Heisenberg Objekt No. III comprises of Leica M6 cameras sliced neatly into geometric shapes that reveal their internal structures, like the horse in that old J.Lo horror movie. [via DPReview] Fabian Oefner`s work explores the boundaries between time, space and reality. He creates fictional moments and spaces, that… READ THE REST
This sleek MagSafe charging dock wirelessly powers your iPhone and AirPods at once
What's something everybody needs but nobody wants? It might sound like a really annoying riddle, but it's true! Chargers are a necessary evil, and not at all an item of extreme passion. The general requirements for charging devices are fairly simple compared to their monumental yet thankless role in our tech-driven world. We want easy.… READ THE REST
Make your house sparkle with this 3-stage robot vacuum, on sale for over 60% off
Self-operated vacuums like Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons were once a science fiction dream. Now, robot vacuums are everyday devices, with U.S households expected to spend nearly $3 billion on robo vacs in 2021 alone. Despite all that innovation, not much much has changed in what we ask from our vacuums. We want clean… READ THE REST
The Zebra checks your car insurance options for free to make sure you're paying the lowest possible rate
If you ever felt auto insurance rates weren't judged by your driving record alone, you have no idea how right you were. A new study by Consumer Reports seems to confirm what many have suspected for a long time — that auto providers are judging far more than your DMV report and your address before offering you… READ THE REST