The Woks of Life – a culinary genealogy
A+ food blog right here folks
eyyyy looking for a playlist recommendation. seeking:
- spacey
- digital
- upbeat
- edgy
You never realize how fuckin’ bright white is on a computer screen until you’ve had f.lux for a while, and suddenly disable it.
Do your eyes a favor: Get f.lux. It adapts your computer screen to the time of day in your area, and it puts a lot less strain on your eyes. If you do a lot of work from your computer–drawing, writing, etc.–it is a godsend. I was hesitant when someone first recommended it to me, but now I couldn’t do without it. Considering my tumblr dashboard theme, I’d probably be damn near blind by now if I didn’t have f.lux.
It also makes it less difficult to sleep after looking at your screen because it neutralizes the blue of the screen!
I have it on every screen, and the ereader on my phone. It’s amazing.
f.lux fer daaayyyyyys
if you have HUE lights it controls those too, keeps your whole entire lighting scheme in sync with your computer which further reduces eye strain
time for a new book. everybody vote
you can pick one you’ve recommended to me before or that I already have on my Goodreads too
okay readerfriends, please to recommend me your top three books by POC in any of my genres. I just saw someone’s FB favorite authors with portraits and they were all old white men and I cringed.
my genres are:
- humorous and/or epic scifi – examples, The Icarus Hunt, Hyperion, The Android’s Dream, The Alien Chronicles
- urban fantasy, but very specifically: Daughter of Smoke and Bone (and sequels), or Good Omens
- YA fantasy, but pretty specifically: Graceling series
- science and technology non-fiction
- erotica – literary, lgbt-friendly, preferring hopeful endings to “everything goes to shit”
- myths, folktales, and fairy tales
- alternative/magical history, a la Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
that would be very appreciated – I’m attempting to broaden my library of perspectives! thanks!!
My suggestions for you
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. YA fantasy; works with myths; fantastic world building.
- Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King. Adult fantasy, lots of myths/folktales, similar to Neil Gaiman (American Gods especially). Please read this and love it so I can share it with someone.
- Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier. Author isn’t POC, but the MC is biracial and I think you would enjoy this.
- Adaptation by Malinda Lo. I haven’t personally read this one, but it’s YA, sci-fi, LGBT, written by a POC
- Legend by Marie Lu. Another I haven’t read, but want to. YA Sci-fi dystopia (also, Anna gave it 4 stars)
- Rags and Bones, edited by Melissa Marr. Not 100% POC (but some authors in it are), I just remembered that you would probably like this and I never told you about it. Retellings of fairy tales.
Also, check out Diversity in YA!
these all look fantastic – thank you!!! (quite excited for GGRW.)
oh hey, artist friends: recommend me some books for drawing! Jake is interested in physical books for physical drawing (that can be applied to digital drawing) and I have no idea where to start.
Adventures in Scrivener
I’ve finally gotten into Scrivener! I’ve now set up my entire universe, including character cards, pictures I’ve saved for reference and inspiration, and all my notes from various devices. I can’t believe I haven’t used this software before. UGH. it’s incredible. it has every feature you never knew you absolutely needed.
my inner organizationy self is so giddy right now. and I can still use my little panda flash drive to transport my projects. YAY.