I want to see if I can get a spark of the “old internet” back by making a starting page for myself with all kinds of cool websites. But not sure where to start because Google obviously will not work for this.
So… what are some of your favourite websites?
neal.fun definitely deserves a mention.
These games also have a similar feel:
Paper Trader
Guess The YearWelp, already spent way too much time on neal.fun! Great stuff!
Got a few:
https://everynoise.com/ You can find A LOT of music genres here. Genres next to eachother resemble one another. Figure out what you like, and what genres are close to it. Clicking on the >> will take you to artists in this genre, or search for artists in the upper right corner and see what genre they fall under.
https://clickclickclick.click This one is about privacy, see what a browser can track. If you don’t know much about pixeltracking, this one is a fun way to learn (and a little creepy hehe)
https://suno.com/create Create your own songs with an AI, just throw in lyrics, a genre, and you are done. A fun way to troll a friend by throwing in an old conversation
https://darknetdiaries.com/ Haven’t looked into this one myself, but these are true stories on the darknet, recommended by a friend of mine.
Came here to post EveryNoise. Absolutely incredible site that just fucking WORKS. Can’t believe I went as long as I did without knowing about it.
It’s interesting. Some seriously fragmented genre names. Not sure I agree with many of them, but I always like new music discovery tools.
Clickclickclick is such a great eye opener. And I’ll definately will spend some time searching artists I like on Everynoise. Other two also added to my bookmarks for later viewing. Great links!
Enjoy!
Thanks for the links, they’re interesting.
Darknet Diaries is a podcast, rather than just a website. It’s not all about the darknet, he does tons of stories about internet security and penetration testing.
I have listened to every single episode. It’s EXCELLENT.
Wiby, particularly the “surprise me” option is great for old school sites and that StumbleUpon feeling!
Ooh, that’s some old school stuff!
https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/
When I discovered this website, I started obsessively relacing all my shoes.
I feel insecure about my current shoelaces now.
That secure shoelace knot was an actual game changer. Shit just works.
I like single purpose concept websites that don’t do anything. They’re the opposite of the modern internet that values engagement above all. They communicate exactly one thing once and though you never have to go back, you’re always glad that they’re there.
Feel like you are really under selling all that zombo can do
So true! I hereby retract that antizombo slander
Anything is possible… At Zombo com
It’s not what zombocom can do, it’s what you can do at zombocom.
Zombo is great. In the 10 minutes I spent there I hung the laundry, bought weekly groceries, painted my living room, got married twice, got elected minister of foreign affairs of Belgium, made first contact with 4 different alien spaces and then evolved into a whole new life form that exists in 4d space. Good site.
I am a now Junior Acolyte follower of the pug
Big ytmnd vibes
I agree, I love when a site is focused.
Like I said in another comment, got some big YourTheManNowDog vibes from these. Used to browse their random site visitor a lot back in the day.
Also, love how yyyyyyy seems to be a randomized site.
https://www.testufo.com/#test=framerates
Use it to see how new monitors are doing. Mostly a toy but I like it.
Aww, Linux doesn’t support Vsync :( Useful for my Windows install though!
I miss old StumbleUpon! It was great for this. Someone recently introduced me to Flashpoint Archive and I have a hunch that there’s a bunch of good stuff there.
Ooh yeah, the Flashpoint Archive is an amazing resource! I’ve dabbled in it before. Great blast from the past!
It is far from lesser known, but my favorite standalone site is still Atlas Obscura.
So that’s how 27/100 performance feels like…
Blue’s News - Video Gaming, Technology and General Interest. I think it’s been around since the mid 90s.
Added to my rss feeds thanks!
It’s a pretty simple concept with a lot of references, but Floor796 is fun to browse around when I’m bored. There’s a few interactive bits too, if you can find them.
What do you call these? Feel like I’ve seen this animated and printed a bunch of times in my life.
As far as art style goes, I’m not sure to be honest. Based on the artist’s YouTube page of their drawing process, it seems akin to making something in Paint.
In general, I guess you could call it slice of life? iirc the “floor” is supposed to be on a spaceship, just showing the day to day activities.
Vimm’s Lair
Z2
A bunch of webcomics
Whoa, Vimm’s lair is amazing! I especially like that they also have scans of manuals from old games. I’m still missing some in my collection.
Z2 is kind of hard to find with Google. Do you mean z2comics?
Thought it was z2.org but it’s actually http://zzt.org
Here’s one of my long time favorites:
What a treasure trove! At first glance I love all the ASCII art. But some of the texts feel like you’re browsing some old Reddit/4chan posts. Will take me a while to get through all the gems!
I am really happy that you appreciate it. There is so much to explore there, be careful because it’s easy to lose a lot of time browsing the files. Lol
I love reading about all the old school hacking and shit. There’s some genuine ‘anarchist cookbook’ type of stuff in there. Probably don’t try any of that shit, but it’s fun to read about none the less.
Probably don’t try any of that shit,
Now you tell me, I just spent the last couple hours trying to get free CompuServe access.
🤣
https://wavingwalrus.itch.io/peckin-pixels
This game about chickens is a really fun time sink.
Practical: ohmslaw.eu
Fun: murderousmaths.co.uk, htwins.net