Today I’ve been trying out Ommwriter, and I really really like it. I’ve tried Writeroom for the Mac and Darkroom for PC. As it is (in beta), Ommwriter has put itself up there among the best distraction-free writing applications. With a couple little tweaks and fixes, it will be the best. If you have a Mac (OSX 10.5+), give it a try for your next writing endeavor.
I love the keystroke sound effects and the ambient music, and I especially love that they can be turned off. You can save documents as simple text or in a native Ommwriter format. I really love that you can resize and reposition the text input area.
At first I thought, “Gee I wish I could customize the font choices, background colors/images, etc.” Then I realized that its lack of choices actually kept from fiddling with the program for twenty minutes instead of getting down to writing immediately.
(Found via minimalmac)
Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved big leagues (video)
The way video games should be.
(via ideasareawesome)
Wes Anderson does an Amex Commercial. I could watch this over and over.
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Petrichor (from Greek petros “stone” + ichor “the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology”) is the name of the scent of rain on dry earth. The term was coined in 1964 by two Australian researchers, Bear and Thomas, for an article in the journal Nature. (via Ron Strelecki)
Just downloaded me a huge stinkin’ file of this after seeing it on Rian Johnson’s Lousy Stinkin’ Tumblr so I can get a big flippin’ print of it to put on my flippin’ wall.
I like Rian. He shares things. Like his Brick screenplay & novella. And his movies are fun to watch.
This is not an official one-sheet, but is something I worked up with my cousin Zach. If movie posters are like book covers, I’d like to think of this as the hardcover version. Read more about it here…
I Say Murder That Darling
bendelaney:
The “answer” interface has two things going for it that set it apart from regular comments. The first is what your post is about—the inability to go back and forth in a conversation. The second (and in my opinion more important) thing is the limited character count. I think Tumblr could enable users to post multiple answers and allow the post author to get in on the conversation. The limited length of reply is what would keep it from becoming the rant-back-and-forth-while-everyone-else-loses-interest that blog comments tend to digress into. (In theory at least. It depends on Tumblr users staying classy about it.)