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Watabou's Perilous Shores draws maps of fantastic lands in a handsome hand-made style that understates the growing sophistication of the generator. Each map has a selection of interesting locales—towns, dungeons, geographic features—to ignite the imagination. And various options allow you to tweak all of it, including the stylization. Read Beautiful random maps in a hand-drawn style | Boing Boing  An interesting link found among my daily reading

A curated list of Google Sheets resources to supercharge your analysis, manage your workflow, or build expertise in advanced analytics. Read The Ultimate Google Sheets Toolkit via Revenue Analytics Platform for Shopify stores | Airboxr An interesting link found among my daily reading

  The Q science channel engineer skillfully built a remote-controlled dachshund with legs inspired by the same mechanical design pioneered by Theo Jansen for his Strandbeest kinetic sculptures. The pup was built out of plywood and responded to a controller that was also made in the shape of a little wiener dog. If you want a dog but for some reasons can’t – here is an answer. Build robotic dog out of plywood. It won’t replace the real dog, but better than nothing The unique design coincidentally gave the wooden canine the very distinctive waddle of the dachshund breed. Read A Remote Controlled Robotic Dog Inspired by the Design of Theo Jansen's Walking Strandbeest Sculptures via Laughing Squid An interesting link found among my daily reading

Bring children's drawings to life, by animating characters to move around!   Upload a drawing of ONE character, where the arms and legs don’t overlap the body (see examples below). CHECKLIST Make sure the character is drawn on a white piece of paper without lines, wrinkles, or tears. Make sure the drawing is well lit. To minimize shadows, hold the camera further away and zoom in on the drawing. Don’t include any identifiable information, offensive content (see our community standards), or drawings that infringe on the copyrights of others. Read Animated Drawings via An interesting link found among my daily reading

  Python is known for its short and clear syntax. Due to the simplicity of Python, it's sometimes referred to as “executable pseudocode”. You can make Python programs more concise using one-liner codes. This will help you save time and write code in a more Pythonic way. In this article, you'll learn 11 Python one-liners that will help you code like a pro. Read 12 Useful Python One-Liners You Must Know via MUO An interesting link found among my daily reading