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* Find connections between your favorite authors at [http://www.literature-map.com/ Literature Map]  
* Find connections between your favorite authors at [http://www.literature-map.com/ Literature Map]  
* [https://www.theoi.com/ Theoi] is an encyclopedia of Greek gods/goddesses (and [https://pantheon.org/ Encyclopedia Mythica] offers pronunciation guides!)
* [https://www.theoi.com/ Theoi] is an encyclopedia of Greek gods/goddesses (and [https://pantheon.org/ Encyclopedia Mythica] offers pronunciation guides!)
===Comics===
* [https://cartoons.osu.edu/ Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum]
* [http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/ The Digital Comics Museum] features public domain comics from the Golden Age
* [https://www.comicscenter.net/en/home Comics Art Museum]
* [http://acmenoveltyarchive.org/index.php Acme Novelty Library]
* [http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/indexworks.htm William Blake's illuminations]
* [https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/TourIntroGen.asp British Library's Tour of Illuminated Manuscripts]
* [https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/collections/ks65hc20t Book of Kells]
* [https://www.cartoonmuseum.org/ The Cartoon Museum]


===...About Art===
===...About Art===
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== Historical Media ==
== Historical Media ==
* Find open-source and copyright-free media at [https://search.creativecommons.org/ CreativeCommons search]
* Find open-source and copyright-free media at [https://search.creativecommons.org/ CreativeCommons search]
* [https://dp.la/ Digital Public Library of America] amazing resource of historic materials
* [http://www.bl.uk/ The British Library] has digitized many historic texts and images
* [http://europeana.eu Europeana] historical documents and ''lots'' of art
* [http://www.jewsfww.london/ Personal record] of London Jews in WWI
* [http://www.ancient.eu/ Ancient History Encyclopedia] is a curated resource with plenty of maps, articles, and images of historical media.
* [http://www.ancient.eu/ Ancient History Encyclopedia] is a curated resource with plenty of maps, articles, and images of historical media.
* [https://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/government-collection/index.html Northwestern University's collection of posters from WWII]
==Advertising==
* [https://adland.tv/ Archive of advertisements], both television and print
* [https://repository.duke.edu/dc/adaccess Ad*Access], Duke University's archive of advertisements from 1911-1955
* [AdAge], an online advertising magazine
* [http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/ Vintage Ad Browser], over 100,000 categorized print ads


==Science Materials==
==Science Materials==
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* [http://academicearth.org/ Academic Earth], free online courses
* [http://academicearth.org/ Academic Earth], free online courses
* The [http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/ Open Textbook Library] at the University of Minnesota
* The [http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/ Open Textbook Library] at the University of Minnesota
== Documentaries and Videos ==
* [https://freedocumentaries.org/ Free Documentaries]
* [http://www.snagfilms.com/ SnagFilms] lots of free documentaries here, too, as well as low-budget short films to inspire
* [http://www.ted.com/ TED]—always worth your time
* [http://www.cinemetrics.lv/index.php Cinemetrics], an incredible database of cinema data: length, average shot length, number of shots. Also offers free software to measure your own videos


== Self-improvement, Organization ==
== Self-improvement, Organization ==

Revision as of 19:02, 1 January 2021

Books and Literature

...About Art

Historical Media

Science Materials

Free Education!

Self-improvement, Organization

  • TiddlyWiki, an absurdly simple personal wiki
  • Habitica, an online app to help you learn better habits
  • Vote Smart provides the voting record and positions of government officials

Game Building

  • Mud allows you to create and play immersive, multiplayer, pure-text RPGs

Tech Tools

Webpage Design

  • Don't Fear the Internet is a beautifully clear series of tutorials (written and video) that can guide you in how these webpage things work
  • Web design in 4 minutes. It shouldn't work, but this is a really great introduction.
  • If you liked that, check out his code on GitHub.

I Like Processing.

These are Almost Tools.

See Also

Open Journals