The good old links page. Here you'll eventually find all the links from my blog posts and more. I try to sort them into categories that make sense to me. The way I do that can change over time. Please bear in mind that currently this list is only the beginning. I will probably add to it frequently in the coming weeks as I sort through my bookmarks and open browser tabs. And even after that I will add more links as I find them.
I have subscribed to a lot of podcasts. So many that I can't even listen to them all. I am listing here only my absolute favourites. There are so many more good ones out there.
If you find a dead link, please drop me a line. You can find me in the fediverse (@theresmiling@ibe.social) or write me an e-mail (hello [-at-] theresmiling [dot] eu).
Learning HTML and CSS
Codecademy -- I started out with the free HTML course.
Learning Web Design by Jennifer Niederst Robbins -- While still on the Codecademy course in HTML I bought this book and started to work through it. The latest edition is the 5th, already published in 2018.
CSS-Tricks -- A website full of articles about CSS.
MDN Web Docs -- A great resource for all things web development, including HTML, CSS, etc.
Grow Your Own -- not about HTML and CSS, but adjacent enough to live here for the time being. This site is all about making your own corner of the internet, be it through a website, e-mail, messenger, social media, etc. A good starting point for when you are very new to all this.
Fun & Games
Floor 796 -- Loose yourself in the details of this amazing ever growing animated scene set on the 796th floor of a space station. Many characters are clickable. Read the About on the site for more info.
Internet Archive -- A huge archive of websites, software, books, videos, etc.
Neal.fun -- A collection of fun games and information pages. They are designed beautifully.
IndieWeb Carnival -- A monthly writing prompt, hosted by members of the IndieWeb community.
Personal websites and blogs
Lost Letters -- A beautiful personal website by Lost, who's living in Japan. They write about their life and hobbies.
DeathKitten -- Amy blogs, makes glitch art (which she also sells), and runs a Star Trek RPG (whose adventures you can read on its own website).
TrekLit reading order flow chart -- An impressive flowchart. The latest edition is from 2020, but includes many more books than Jim's chart (see above).
StarTrekLitVerse -- An extensive overview about the whole of the Star Trek LitVerse (pre-Nemesis, post-Nemesis, and beyond). Lots of lists. Great resource. Updated regularly. Unfortunately there are some unlucky colour choices that do not provide enough contrast to be readable.
Trek Lit Reviews -- Dan Gunther's (of Positivley Trek) review and news blog regarding books and comics.
Star Trek Book Club -- News, author interviews, reviews, lists, links, everything about the Star Trek novels and comics.
Trek Ranks -- A fun podcast where the host and his guests rank their top 5 Trek episodes depending on a topic.
It's Got Star Trek -- Three friends talk about Trek episodes, either the current new episode or a not so random random old one. They are hilarious, go on a lot of tangents, and have good conversations.
The Delta Flyers -- Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang watch Star Trek and talk about it. They started with Voyager (obviously) and now go through DS9 together with Armin Shimerman and Terry Farrell. Great conversations and insight to making the shows. There's a free version, which is already worth listening. But they also have payed content on Patreon.
SyFySistas -- 4 Black women talk about Trek and other Science Fiction. They are great to listen to as they talk about episodes, books, or do interviews.
Positively Trek -- Two friends talk about Star Trek in a positive manner. They cover every medium.
Literary Treks -- A podcast all about Trek books and comics. Lots of interviews with authors.
The Pod Directive -- The official Star Trek podcast hosted by Tawny Newsome and Paul F. Tompkins. Great interviews.
All The Asians in Star Trek -- Phil Yu interviews all the Asians on Star Trek, from the stunt person, to the background actor, to producers, to the main cast.
Authors
Fiction
Susan Kaye Quinn -- SciFi and hopepunk climate fiction writer. I love her 4 book series "Nothing is Promised".
Carrie Vaughn -- LOVED her urban fantasy "Kitty Norville" series.
Una McCormack -- She writes some of my favourite Star Trek tie-in novels, among many other things.
David Mack -- He writes fantastic Star Trek tie-in fiction. I have yet to read his other stuff, but eventually will.
Non-Fiction
Tansy E. Hoskins -- She is a journalist and author writing about the global fashion industry. Her latest book "The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion" made me interested in that topic. She has written another book called "Footwork. What Your Shoes Tell You About Globalisation", as well as a number of articles.
Software & services I use
Tuta -- E-Mail; secure, no tracking, encrypted within Tuta, encrpyption outside Tuta possible. There's a free basic version, but for 3€ per month you get a lot of more options, like more storage, aliases, custom domain e-mail, etc.
libro.fm -- Audiobooks; you can support a local bookstore of your choice by buying audiobooks through libro.fm. They also offer a subscription just like Audible.
Songwhip -- If you want to share a song or artist but everyone is using a different platform to listen to music, you can use Songwhip to create a page that links to all the platforms.
Folding At Home -- Help fight desease by offering your computer power to run simulations of proteins. Like Seti@home, only for medicine.