Links

 directories / blogging / competitions:

• designboom.com
• yankodesign.com
• coroflot.com
• core77
• contestwatchers
• zilliondesigns
• behance
• the fox is black

photography:

• chrisjordan.com
• 360cities.net

free online books and mags:

• parq magazine
• d[x]i magazine
• posi+tive magazine

other:

• retronaut 
• magnet magazine
• vice

3D/CAD tools:

• FreeCad
• NanoCad
• Make Human
• BRL-Cad
• Blender
• Wings3D
• Bforartists
• LibreCad
• OpenSCAD

image editing/illustration/digital painting software:

• Gimp
• Paint.net
• Krita
• Photopea (online)
• PIXLR (online)
• PhotoDemon

vectorial tools:

• Inkscape
• Alchemy

video/animation software:

• KDEnlive
• OpenShot
• Shotcut
• Virtualdub
• Pencil2D
• Plastic Animation Paper
• Natron