Fun Friday Resources

Need visual inspiration in a Japanese style? Try the Grammar of Japanese ornament and design, at the Yale University Library Digital Collection.

Want more old books? Head to the Weird Old Book Finder and search by your favorite obsession. (These are literally weird old books: My search for “labyrinth” turned up Labyrinth Papers, by one George M. McKenzie, MD, which was about “labyrinth suppuration,” i.e., diseases of the inner ear. Ew.)

Frustrated by digital restrictions management (DRM)? Head over to Defective By Design to find multiple resources for DRM-free music, books, et al.

Sometimes you just need antique end papers from books in the public library in Bergen, Norway, you know?

And finally, if you’ve ever needed to convert a sound file from one format to another, Wavacity has what you need. (It’s a web port of the audio file conversion software Audacity.)