A heavily underutilised aspect of the digital landscape is the ability to send someone a .zip care package featuring a few podcasts, a handful of indie ttrpgs, a couple webcomics, a digital mixtape, and the .epub or .pdf for some book nobody’s ever heard of.
And hey, why stop there? Slip in some scientific articles, recipes, poetry, sewing patterns, films, or whatever else would appeal. Some of these things cost money, some don’t. But recieving a curated collection of goodies? Guaranteed to be valued.
Since I’m not in a position to host a .zip for you all, here’s a free little care package of links from myself to everyone out there:
- The Far Meridian (Fiction Podcast)
- Stories From Ylemore (Fiction Podcast)
- The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality (Fiction Podcast)
- The Tower (Fiction Podcast)
- Skyjacks: Courier’s Call (TTRPG Podcast) [You’ll have to look this one up on your podcatcher. All podcasts listed here can be found on there too]
- Urban Legend Club (TTRPG, 1+ players)
- Apotheosis Janitors (Multiplayer TTRPG)
- A Traveller in the City (Mapmaking TTRPG, 1+ players)
- Keeper of the Silent Grove (Game)
- Always Human (Webcomic)
- Crow Time (Webcomic)
- Forsythia (Poem)
- Getting Started in Electronics (Non-Fiction Book)
- The house of a thousand species: The untapped potential of comprehensive biodiversity censuses of urban properties (Scientific Article)
- The Small Science Collective (Science Zine Collection/Archive)
- How to make a moss jar terrarium (Tutorial)
- Plush dogs (Sewing Patterns): Golden Retriever • Dalmation • Belgian Shepherd • Bull Terrier
- Plush Pill Bug (Sewing Pattern)
- Strawberry Shortcake (Recipe)
- 3-Ingredient French Onion Potato Bake (Recipe) [Personal note: you can as much as double the soup powder, also feel free to pad with milk. It might need to bake longer than listed but the ingredient amounts are very forgiving]
- Easy No-knead Turkish Bread (Recipe)