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?
Found two sound/music generating websites (before AI music was cool):
Patapap. This one also has some other interesting sites in it’s footer (on desktop)
She’s gone Ralf, she’s gone. Let her go.
I felt that in my soul.
sci-news.com is pretty great for science news from a wide variety of fields.
I couldn’t think of many less visited sites I usually go to often, but coalregion(dot)com is an interesting site I found using this Wiby search engine a long time ago. It’s a site about a region in Pennsylvania. They have a section for recipes supposedly from that region along with a section for words/slang from that regions past. They got other things, but the dictionary and recipes interest me more than the other parts.
Since people are posting games, I’ll throw in Realms of Despair
do you know how the leveling gain works? do dwarves with thei less than one level slower than elves with more than one. im thinking its the opposite maybe as ones that are more than one seem to have more special things.
I never really paid attention to the level gain ratio. I’d look here for that kind of question.
yeah the wikis don’t seem to have the info. I think they figure its self evident from the math equation but im not sure if its used on exp gain which it sounds like or exp needed to gain. it makes me wonder because if its on gain it would suggest races with seemingly more special benefits would leve faster. which makes no sense.
hey sorry for all the bother and putting you on the spot but I find the thing sorta spams me with my location information. I asked in newbie chat on that and the other thing and there were some configs that mitigated it but some folks said its based on your client. I did not want to spam the chat with what clients people where using so I was wondering if you used anything special. im using putty.
ty sir. I will give it a try.
Practical: ohmslaw.eu
Fun: murderousmaths.co.uk, htwins.netI 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!
I, too, wistfully long for the days of memepool.
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!
Hah, cool. Kind of like a small community version of DeviantArt. I dig it!
Archive.org has many facets:
Wayback Machine
Internet Arcade
Feature Films
NASA Images
Multiple Image collections
Live Music Archive
Free Audiobook Collection
Open Library
American LibrariesHow stuff works is amazing.
Wikipedia should not need to be mentioned.
All great and valuable links. Thanks! Archive has so many usecases. I recently used it to get some design inspiration for old 50’s and 60’s catalogs and magazines. Plenty of retro and vintage stuff to find! GifCities from the Archive.org team is also great :)
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.
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.
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.
‘old internet’ ?
RUP is totally sweet.
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.
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 like single purpose concept websites that don’t do anything.
Aye matey.
Excellent thank you very much for this.
I’m amazed zombo still exists
When Flash died the site was down for several days. It was nerve wracking not knowing if it would return!
Feel like you are really under selling all that zombo can do
Anything is possible… At Zombo com
It’s not what zombocom can do, it’s what you can do at zombocom.
So true! I hereby retract that antizombo slander
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.
yucata.de is an online-play boardgame website.
Fully DIY and community built site. Free accounts and free play, although donations are accepted.
Fun small games to start with:
Port Royal, Mountain Goats, Spexxx, Ali Baba, Balloon Cup, Dragonheart, Rose King, Pompeii.
And some quality bigger games:
Bruges, Innovation, Targi, Chakra, Stone Age, Grand Austria Hotel, Imhotep, Finca, Carcassonne South Seas, Thurn & Taxis.
