Weekly Roundup for April 28
Welcome to the new Weekly Roundup at Forest Friend, a Saturday feature that catalogues the neatest bits of cyber-lint that have collected in the navel of the internet this week! First up is Amanita Design, a Czech-based independent game studio responsible for...Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?
Before I get into this post, here’s virtual high-fives to all y’all who remember Clone High and forever mourned that it only ran for one season. Anyway, in between my busy schedule of making friendship bracelets while watching Judge Judy and playing a...
iPad Apple’s Pockets — But For a Good Reason
Yes, I know the trend-setting ship has sailed on this topic — and been back to port and out to sea again a couple of times. I’m impulsive by nature (thanks Mom) and susceptible to tech trends (thanks Dad), but it wasn’t just the price tag that prevented me from...
The Neopagan Wheel of the Year
(or, Why we need Fewer Holidays and More Festivals) I’m sick of holidays. Now, I’m not sick of days where I don’t have to get up and go to work and I can just wear stretchy pants all day and eat crackers out of a box while watching the Animal Planet YouTube channel...
Manage Your Wardrobe with Paper Dolls
Illustration & craft: custom paper dolls & wardrobe
Five Iconic Notebooks in Film
I am a highly non-linear notebook user. I usually have several on the go at once, for different purposes. I write on scraps and sticky notes much more often than is good for me. And I have a terrible habit of folding a letter-size sheet in half, writing on one side...
Postage Stamps are Endlessly Fascinating
(Things I learned from hoarding foreign stationery: Part II) Okay, so I didn’t actually learn this from hoarding foreign stationery. I’ve been a philatelist since childhood, when I inherited my uncle’s stamp collection and spent a memorable Christmas...
The Dryad Tiara and a Cryptozoological Wedding
Long before I set about the daunting task of getting married last year, I noticed that the blogosphere was crammed to its virtual seams with twee little blogs about dainty arty hipster themed weddings. Bicycle weddings! Vintage barn weddings! Cupcake and record player...
Interfaces in Sci-Fi Films: a study in user experience
When we talk about style in film, it’s not just wardrobe and set. An important part of production, especially in sci-fi films, is interface design. For the technologically impaired, an interface is what allows a user to interact with a system or a machine — your...