Rick Alday

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1mo ago

I built a virtual wind phone for the things we never got to say.

Hi everyone,

I've been working on a small project called Words for the Wind, and I'd really value this community's honest feedback before I share it more widely.

The idea: In 2010, a garden designer in tsuchi, Japan, put a disconnected phone in a phone booth in his garden so he could "call" his cousin who had died. After the 2011 tsunami, people who had lost loved ones began visiting to speak to the people they could no longer reach. The belief is that the wind carries your words to them. It's called a wind phone (kaze no denwa).

I wanted to make a version anyone could use without traveling: you write what you never got to say, press release, and your words blur and fade away. The page forgets. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.

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1mo ago

Words for the Wind - A virtual wind phone

Words for the Wind is a free, private virtual wind phone. Write what you never got to say to someone you've lost, press release, and watch your words blur away on the wind. Nothing is saved or sent. No accounts, no tracking, just a quiet place to speak.
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6mo ago

LayoutLab - A tool for measuring previewing grid systems on any website.

This Chrome extension adds a customizable overlay system to any webpage, including rulers, guides, columns, and grids to help you create pixel-perfect layouts with confidence. Whether you’re refining spacing, aligning components, or matching a design mockup, the overlay tools give you the visual structure you need without leaving the browser.
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