And yet another “in case you’re interested in audio plugins”: Universal Audio is giving away their classic LA-2A compressor as part of their Labor Day flash sale (until Sept 1st).
https://www.uaudio.com/products/teletronix-la-2a-tube-compressor
Well it took me several days of wrangling but finally upgraded my @getkirby.com powered site from 2.5 to 5!
Falling deeper down that virtual pinball rabbithole! Ordered myself a 43” 4K screen for my playfield and have gotten lost admiring all the amazing tables have been made / recreated / updated by the scene! Can’t wait to load them up and give ‘em a try! Just look how good this Godzilla one is!
Martina Flor’s Open Studio
• Martina Flor
200. How to Get Your First Lettering Client WITHOUT Experience
📥 FREE GUIDE: Want 12 proven ways to make money with your lettering? Download my free guide here → martinaflor.com/guideWant to land your first lettering client—even if you have no experience?In this video, I’ll walk you step by step through how I got started, how YOU can build a portfolio without clients, how to reach out to potential projects, and even what to charge for your very first paid work.💡 Remember: Every successful lettering artist started with ONE first client. This video will show you how to find yours.✦ Subscribe for weekly videos on lettering, creative business & mindset: YouTube.com/@MartinaFlorAcademy👇 COMMENT BELOW:What’s one step you’ll take this week to get closer to your first client?#lettering #freelanceartist #creativebusiness
@inclusivedesign24 is on 25 September. 24 hours of #free talks about all things accessibility and inclusive design. No registration needed, just check out the schedule for all the talks (adjusted automatically to your local time zone):
https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/
Aha! My #virtualpinball journey begins! Dug out my old streaming PC and managed to find all the necessary cables to get it hooked back up! It's got a NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 8GB GPU so I'm hoping that'd be enough to run some tables? Let's see!
I've been diving deep down the rabbithole of virtual pinball recently, and despite any useful woodworking or electronics skills, I feel like i'm gravitating towards it and can't look away! I'm on Discord's and Reddit's and everything! This is going to end expensively isn't it? https://media.tenor.com/qmU3WdP0vGkAAAAC/pinball-hurricane.gif?hh=311&ww=498
If you’re into #audio #plugins: you can currently get the Purafied Everything Bundle for –99 % = 2 € (🤯) with the (explicit) code FUCKUADANDGUITARCENTER
The bundle includes a Distressor-like, modern VCA comp, an 1176/LA-3A hybrid comp, an SSL-like channel EQ, a room reverb, and many more plugins, with several of them developed by Eddie Lucciola from Kiive Audio:
‘What the Car?’ on Vision Pro is stupidly good fun! Pure maximalist silliness and I am HERE for it!
I’ll be part of a new show at Gazelli Art House, showing some new work. Private view October 2nd. RSVP here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preview-subject-to-change-tickets-1524894884649?aff=oddtdtcreator
Is it me, or is DuckDuckGo increasingly returning nothing but YouTube/Tick Tocks in its search results these days?
With thanks to several people on Masto, my personal email (with custom domain), contacts, calendar, and file storage have all been moved from Google Workspace to Mailbox.org, and the monthly cost has consequently dropped by about 50% 🥳
Although I'd used computers before, including an Apple IIe and an Atari ST, it was the arrival of "Wintel" computers that changed everything for me, so this NYTimes piece on the downfall of Intel is both interesting and a little nostalgic:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/technology/intel-computer-chips-tech-ai-trump.html
Hello @mailbox_org, I'm unable to connect my Mailbox drive to Windows. I've tried everything on this help page, using a browser, Windows GUI and the command line.
https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/drive-article/webdav-for-windows/
It authenticates OK, but then returns nothing. Browser message is "There's nothing here", Windows and CL variations on "cannot find location".
Unable to open support ticket, possibly because it's a trial account. Hope you can help? Thank you.
Can anyone recommend an accessible email provider in the EU, with custom domain capability, contacts, and document storage with file access via the OS? TIA
If the methodology is robust, then kudos to #Google for developing a way to calculate #AI energy and water consumption more comprehensively than has been typical so far:
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-much-energy-do-your-ai-prompts-consume-google-just-shared-its-gemini-numbers/
Gamescom! 🤩
Martina Flor’s Open Studio
• Martina Flor
199. Hayley Francis (aka Type Affiliated): Freelancing, resilience, community and lettering.
🧭 Download the FREE Lettering Success Secrets Guide This guide is packed with the strategies I teach my students — and it's yours for free. 👉 https://www.martinaflor.com/guide
Hayley Francis, the creative force behind Type Affiliated, shared her inspiring journey from a young artist to a successful lettering professional. In our conversation, Hayley opened up about her personal challenges, including her battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and how these experiences have shaped her outlook on life and art. We touched on the importance of passion projects, personal branding, and building a supportive community.Hayley shared her approach to balancing multiple income streams, her love for teaching, and her dedication to living a life filled with creativity and purpose.
While Silicon Valley is training their models on everybody’s copyrighted content and seems to get away with it, UMG is obviously using AI to flood YouTubers with automated copyright claims. Including people like Rick Beato who is doing interviews with the musicians who wrote those songs and talk about them. What does UMG think happens after people watch those videos? Exactly. They open Spotify and listen to the artist. It’s free advertising to >5 million subscribers.