# week 39 of 2025 **September 22-28** ![[fredericedwinchurch_aurora.jpg]] _Aurora Borealis_ by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865. --- ## web toys Us the [Ditherinator](https://maple.pet/ditherinator/) to make fun retro-styled dithered images. There are a surprising amount of sliders and options to play with. I love the rough vintage look of these. ![[ditherinator.png]] [Random Stuff](https://vasilis.nl/random/) is some unknown person's ongoing project to explore visual effects of random numbers on color, form and time. I personally dig the **blob to square** series that generate svg graphics. ![[blob-square.svg]] Less a toy than a functional resource, here's [a simple breakdown of web content accessibility rules.](https://aaardvarkaccessibility.com/wcag-plain-english/) As the sits says, it isn't a replacement for the [official WCAG Guidelines](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/), but a good overview of what needs to be done to be compliant. Remember that making things accessible benefits everyone. ## visual inspiration history The [IKEA Museum](https://ikeamuseum.com/en/explore/ikea-catalogue/) has full catalogs all the way back to 1950 for you to explore. Interesting furniture forms and hideous fabric patterns through the decades. Good historical snapshot of catalog graphic design too. [The history of themable user interfaces](https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/the-history-of-themeable-user-interfaces/) from Brad Frost ([Atomic Design](https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/atomic-web-design/))covers the early GUIs of the 1970s through current web and app design. ## animated stuff for a cause A [3 hour animated short film compilation to help Palestine](https://youtu.be/sbkIdCY2zQM?si=g_phsexxF6rPNxWv) is a good way to enjoy animated creativity. Quite a wide variety of styles and techniques on display.