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Tom Creighton
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Software designer. Making blogging more social https://peep.pub Occasional typefaces at https://joyride.studio – He/him. http://tom.party #hamont
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File under ‘you can just do things’: a tiny menubar app that checks my local commuter rail station for the next departure time.
A screenshot showing some Mac OS menubar apps, including one that shows the next train departure time.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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The most fun part of building my own theming system is deciding I want themes to support two fonts and then just doing it 👉 @peep.pub
The config.json for a Peep theme, specifically calling out the “supportSecondaryFont” attribute.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
Some really fantastic fruit crate graphics on a take-a-penny tray
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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If I won the lottery I wouldn’t tell anyone, but there would be signs
A Japanese minitruck with tank treads for some reason
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Oh yeah no for sure
An email subject line from Atlassian reading “These new Jira features are a must-try"
October 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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UX design
An elevatir control panel with a large sign reading “PUSH HERE”
September 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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I beg to differ
Linkedin headline reading ‘Ads are coming to your fridge’
September 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Doctor: Well, your googly levels are a bit low – I’ll write you a prescription
Two googly eyes in a pill bottle.
September 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Everyone at the coffee shop groaning in disbelief as I unfold two additional monitors from my obnoxious monitor tower
A portable(?) accessory for laptops that unfolds to reveal three 16” monitors
August 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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A cool(?) part of living in a slightly scuzzy post-industrial city is that there’s cool little typographical nuggets preserved everywhere
A hand-lettered sign that says “Baltic Bread Bakery” and then underneath, ‘Crusty Rolls’ • Donuts A hand-painted sign, clearly painted on top of a previous sign, on the left it says “FILM PROCESSING” atop the old Kodak logo, then on the right, in script lettering ‘Lottery Tickets’ with a smaller ‘sold here’ underneath.
June 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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A modification of the “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision” image, which instead reads “A computer can never have taste, therefore a computer must never make a creative decision”
June 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Missed my calling (graphic designer circa 1969); all of these are using my typeface Nougat which is free at joyride.studio
Johnny Paloma’s debut LP, “Surf’s Up” The cover art for “The Johnny Paloma Christmas Album” The album art for Johnny Paloma’s third, less-well-received album, Farm Noises
June 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Absolutely ripping through this, one of those books that feels like a fairy tale and a travelogue and a secret third thing all at once (also has a ‘Famous Swords’ appendix, which is Extremely My Shit™)
The (trade paperback) cover of Moonbound by Robin Sloan
June 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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An article headline reading “Elizabeth Holmes’ partner has a new startup. It’s a blood-testing company.” HE CAN’T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS
May 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Elections Canada wayfinding always on point
A very graphic round yellow sign with ‘Vote’ six times around the rim, and an arrow.
April 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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MTL
A cool vaguely brutalist building at dusk
April 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Terminal app but the icon responds to window state
The OSX terminal icon with some cute faces
March 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Usernames are now less fun
A git commit that says “Added a huge amount of swearwords"
March 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
(Some of) the cast of Farscape.
March 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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G
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March 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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[huge bong rip]
March 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The Sphinx is terribly mysterious
March 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Peep! (just trying something)
Peep! A hologram sticker, perhaps.
February 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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[My eyes pop out cartoon wolf style]
A photograph of the interior of the MCC Smart Eco-Speedster (1993); it is glorious
February 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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🆕🔠 New! A funky many-influences Futura-Display-ish hand-painted-vibes typeface – Nougat! joyride.studio/nougat/
A Nougat type sample A magazine layout using Nougat (and pretty yummy looking pizza, IMO) An LP cover for the album “Smoke Rings and Daydreams”, by Solomon Finch (using the typeface Nougat, also this is entirely made up)
February 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM