A little break while cooking.

I'm a web&graphic designer:

• a handful of ideas for Your Site | meet dark elegance

current reading:

• “Flirting with Pete” ^{(Barbara Delinsky)}
• “The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics” ^{(Julian Barbour)}
• “The Convoluted Universe - Book Five” ^{(Dolores Cannon)}

upcoming reading:

• “Quantum Jumps: An Extraordinary Science of Happiness and Prosperity” ^{(Cynthia Sue Larson)}
• "Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World." ^{(Cal Newport)}
• "The Culture Map" ^{(Erin Meyer)}
• "Lagoon" ^{(Nnedi Okorafor)}
• "Homer's Odyssey" ^{(Gwen Cooper)}
• "Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean." ^{(Jackson Galaxy)}
• "Judas Unchained" ^{(Peter F. Hamilton)}
• "The One Tree" ^{(Stephen R Donaldson)}
• "The New Revelations: A Conversation with God" (Neale Donald Walsch)
• "Paul of Dune" (Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson)
• "The Naked Sun" (Isaac Asimov)

tools I recommend [a-z]:

interesting app packages:
• NirSoft - small, fast, portable, and highly useful.
• NTWind Software puts a special emphasis on usability and feature set.
• LeeLu Soft delivers high quality freeware utilities, system tweaks and freeware arcade games.

Windows:
• Anki - memorizing never has been so easy and convenient
• AudioSwitch - s.f.-like volume control and multiple sound cards. why?
• FileZilla
• GoodSync
• jDownloader
• Kodi
• Notepad++
• Open Live Writer
• Pidgin
• PureText
• Screamer Radio
• convert (to) audio files between various formats: TAudioConverter
• The Bat! - a geek-friendly ;) powerful e-mail client
• use Your smartphone as a wireless mouse and keyboard, and a universal remote - Unified Remote
• Your preferred workspace by one click!: WiLMa - automatically positioning and resizing all Your windows
• Wireless Network Watcher

Android:
• AnkiDroid - memorizing never has been so easy and convenient
• AquaMail
• CoolReader
• stay in touch with all Your interests with Handy News Reader
• Fing
• MacroDroid
• Meditation Assistant - the tool which helped Me to turn meditation practice into habit
• use Your smartphone as a wireless mouse and keyboard, and a universal remote - Unified Remote
• Wallpaper Changer

Internet radio:
• 06am Ibiza Underground Radio
• Abacus Ocean
• laut.fm Schattenreich - The Gothic Radio

podcasts:
• The Unexplained

articles I find worth-reading [a-z]:

• How to Create Less Waste This Holiday Season
• The Gardener Parent vs. the Carpenter Parent
• Say cheese! How to capture smiles on camera around the world
• You Should Do the Right Thing Because It's the Right Thing to Do
• Set Your Autocorrect to Change 'Guys' to 'Folks'