The Library
Orbit: Semi-stable
What do you call someone who explores the web? A “webex”? A “cybernaut”? An “internet explorer”?
The internet is full of gems. Finding and categorizing them is a task for infinite lifetimes. These are just a few, may they bring you as much joy as they brought me:
Art
Websites to get lost in:
- Aegi’s Cafe
- Espy World
- i-land
- inaka
- Kryptonaut
- Melonking
- Omni
- River: Clear your mind and surf laterally though image space.
- Psychic Newborn
- Sun Thinking: A digital art exhibition which runs on a solar-cloud
- Vega Collective
Browser Games
No need to install, just click around.
- 8 Bit Mush: Multi-user shared hallucination
- Candy Box 2: Do you want some candy?
- Universal Paperclips: More paperclips!
Code
Do you like to code? You’ll like these:
- Binary Golf: How small can your binaries get?
- RFC 2324: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)
- suckless: Software that sucks less
DIY
When was the last time you made something?
- Low-Tech Magazine: High-tech problems and low-tech solutions
- N O D E: Techy DIY projects
- Synth schematics: A collection of various schematics for synthesizers
Reading
- Consumer Rights Wiki: Tired of enshitification?
- Francis E. Dec Fanclub: Proceed with caution
- Hackaday: Fresh hacks every day
- Lainzine: Cyberpunk zine
- Phrack: Legendary hacker’s zine since ’85
- SCP: Admonition: A SCP anthology
Webdev
Got a website? Check these out:
- CSS-Tricks: Did you know that CSS can actually be fun?
- John Doe: Complete blog in a single html file
- Neocities: Free static hosting
- scripted: Code snippets for websites
- W3C HTML Validator: Check your HTML for mistakes
- You don’t need JS: Cool CSS tricks
Youtube
- alantutorial: Many useful tutorials
- Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared: Scary children’s show
- Dynamo Dream: Wacky series with lots of character
- Interface and Safe Mode: Surreal MS Paint animations
- Microcosme: Paris catacombs urbex documentation
- The Monoverse: Goofy alternative reality or future?
- The Oldest View: Liminal found footage
- Solstice-5 and Solstice-5: Forgotten archives: Massive, relentless machines