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Before the days of widespread social media and before search engines were all-powerful, people had their own personal websites.
Now that G**gle, F*cebook, R*ddit, and other garbage sites dominate the web, most people don't have a true online presence, much less link to others who do. This is my list of cool stuff I've found, brought to you by a real person, not an algorithm.
Holdover from kitschy '90s web design? Maybe. But they're coming back!
People
Tom Fasano
Webring proprietor, podcast host
tomfasano.net [rss]
Luke Smith
Linguist, crypto enthusiast
lukesmith.xyz [rss]
John Walker
Founder of Autodesk, publishes cool things relating to math, science, and tech history
fourmilab.ch
Roosh V
Former degenerate pickup artist turned Orthodox Christian
rooshv.com [rss]
Edward Feser
Philosophy professor, Thomist, Roman Catholic, author of The Last Superstition
edwardfeser.blogspot.org [rss]
Michal Zalewski
Infosec expert, also writes about preparedness
lcamtuf.coredump.cx
Simon Roper 🆕
Archaeology student / linguist; does fantastic reconstructions of spoken English all the way back to the 10th century
YouTube
News/Satire
The Babylon Bee
Christian news satire
babylonbee.com [rss]
Not The Bee
Real news from the folks that bring you Babylon Bee (formerly called Disrn )
notthebee.com [rss]
68K News 🆕
Converts the G**gle News feed into simple HTML pages, stripping out ads and other bloat.
68k.news
Lifestyle
Reference
LandChad.net
How to build your own website!
landchad.net [rss]
Emojipedia
Useful if you want to copy/paste Emojis/Unicode symbols
emojipedia.org
Project Gutenberg
Free online library
gutenberg.org
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Free online sheet-music library
imslp.org
W3Schools
Great resource for HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and other web design things
w3schools.com
Technology
DosGames.com
More than 1.5K old DOS games: Doom, Commander Keen, etc.
dosgames.com
DosBox
MS-DOS emulator for modern systems. Includes SoundBlaster!
dosbox.com
The Macintosh Garden
Site hosting a lot of classic Mac abandonware
macintoshgarden.org
Macintosh Repository
Another Mac abandonware site
macintoshrepository.org
SheepShaver
Old-school Power Mac emulator
sheepshaver.cebix.net
Basilisk II
68K Mac emulator
basilisk.cebix.net
Floodgap
Retrocomputing site/host
floodgap.com
Textfiles.com
ASCII/ANSI textfiles from BBSs and newsgroups of the late 80s/early 90s
textfiles.com
QSL.net
Email and site hosting service for amateur radio operators. Consequently a great treasure trove of late-90s Web 1.0 sites as well.
qsl.net
Science
Jeff's Space and Science Pages
Seemingly abandoned. A Minnesotan shares space facts.
freemars.org
HyperPhysics
Super-extensive Web 1.0 site about nearly every topic in physics.
hyperphysics
Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
A record of all lunar surface operations conducted by US astronauts during Project Apollo, 1969-1972.
ALSJ
Clavius
Debunks "muh Moon landing conspiracy" points
clavius.org
Rocket & Space Technology
A good page for elementary or fundamental astronautics knowledge.
braeunig.us
Podcasts