This Just In: Milwaukee Transit Passes

In the 1930s–60s, Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company offered trolley and bus riders a weekly burst of color and hand lettering. About 300 of these tickets are now in our collection.

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Internet of Public Service Jobs - 05/08/2026

This is the 488th edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie [01] D...

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I ♥ RSS

A directory for people who love RSS. Add the badge, submit your site, get listed in a public OPML subscription list.

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Why some DVLA digital services don't work at night

Every few months or so, somebody asks on social media why a particular DVLA digital service is turned off over night. Rather than answering it every time, I’ve decided to write this post, so I can poi...

dafyddvaughan.uk

Creating Windows XP Icons

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WhatCable: Know what your USB-C cable can really do

Why is my MacBook charging slowly? WhatCable shows USB-C cable speed, charging power, and e-marker data in plain English. Featured in The Verge, ZDNet, and 9to5Mac.

whatcable.uk

"Stop looking at the screen, start feeling the patch": Mach Devices' MD-7 is an open-source mini-synth with motorized haptic controls that "talk back"

Those discs look a little familiar...

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"The NES is basically held together with chewing gum and paperclips – it was a brutal experience": Emo band release chiptune remix album that’s only available on a retro video games console

Daydream Plus reprogrammed their entire album using 8-bit tracker software and released it on a NES cartridge

musicradar.com

Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source | Microsoft Open Source Blog

Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source. Explore the IRC client that turned conversations into comics and helped introduce Comic Sans to the world.

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User Interfaces of the Demo Scene | datagubbe.se

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Home - Letter Box Study Group

Founded in 1976, the LBSG has identified around 800 different types of postbox.

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RFC 8890: The Internet is for End Users | RFC Editor

This document explains why the IAB believes that, when there is a conflict between the interests of end users of the Internet and other parties, IETF decisions should favor end users. It also explore...

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Star Wars dubbed into Welsh for first time for S4C broadcast

Rhys Ifans, Matthew Rhys, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Mark Lewis Jones among actors voicing characters from 1977 blockbuster

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Cassette Player [PINK FLOYD] Limited Edition

The limited-edition WE ARE REWIND × PINK FLOYD Collector's Box Set pays tribute to one of the most iconic albums in rock history: The Dark Side of the Moon. It brings together the WE-001 Bluetooth Cas...

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VST is 30 years old, and Steinberg is giving away some of its earliest plugins - CDM Create Digital Music

It's the format that changed software music making forever: the VST plug-in format turns 30 this year. Steinberg is giving away updated versions of Neon, CS-40, Karlette, VB1, and LM7 -- some of its e...

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The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar by Gregg Miner

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Colorblind: Checking figure accessibility for colour blind people – quantixed

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Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion — Smashing Magazine

Many UI trends are designed to capture attention and signal innovation, but those goals often conflict with the needs of mental health apps: reducing cognitive strain, fostering trust, and providing a...

smashingmagazine.com

1,273 designers tell all: Their rates, real pay, and how they really feel about AI

In an exclusive new report from Fast Company and AIGA, freelance designers share details about their work lives.

fastcompany.com

The Creatives behind the Festival of Britain - Jacquetta Hawkes - A London Inheritance

Jacquetta Hawkes was the theme convener for the People of Britain pavilion at the Festival of Britain. An accomplished woman archaeologist and author of the book A Land among many other.

alondoninheritance.com

Office for Students defunds Strategic Priorities Grants for creative courses

In news that will dismay the creative sector, the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson sent a guidance letter to the Office for Students which outlined the entire defunding of supplements for high…

designweek.co.uk

We couldn’t find a single design firm who thought Brexit had been of benefit to them

Not one. We asked on LinkedIn. And we asked on this website. Nothing. Zero. Ten years after the Brexit vote, the actual process of Brexit, and then the Conservatives tearing themselves apart…

designweek.co.uk

97.5% of US data centers are urban, shattering rural assumptions

New NYU research shows the digital economy is overwhelmingly urban, challenging the belief that data centers are mostly rural.

interestingengineering.com

These tiny records now have their own miniature record player

Tiny Vinyl, which makes playable 4-inch vinyl records, is releasing a player to spin them.

fastcompany.com

Turn It Up: Our plan for music

gov.uk

The only advertising museum in Japan.

We hope that through this wealth of advertising,the work of many people, you may encounter new ideas and fresh discoveries. Advertising – It really is fun! Welcome to the Ad Museum Tokyo.

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