This page is going to have random links and stuff I think is cool, and want to share, but I don't think need a whole post about them.
Music
Spotify Wrapped
Years
Random Links
- Anna's Archive- "The largest truly open library in human history"
- A Softer World - A collection of photos with words/ poems.
- Bear Blog - A website that allows you to make a blogging website for free using markdown. Seems super straight forward, though I don't have too much experience with it.
- Bluesky List of Blocklists - A Google Doc full of lists in Bluesky you can use to mass block people. For example, there's a list of folks that promote Nazi ideology.
- Centennial Light Bulb - Longest burning light in the US I think? It's in a firehouse and has a webcam you can keep an eye on it.
- CSS Puzzle Box - A puzzle block completely written in HTML and CSS! There is even a write up on how it works!
- Cuttle.Cards - A card game like Magic The Gathering, however it's played with a standard 52 card deck. This is a website to play the game online or learn about it.
- Cohost Eggubug Emoji Pack
- The Evolution of Trust - an interactive game about Game Theory and trust
- HTML for People - A website to learn about how to code in HTML (What webistes use)
- Ian's Shoelace Site- This is one of the first sites I was introduced to on Cohost as an example of "Old internet" sites if I remember correctly. Just someone making a site about their passions.
- Lightning Maps- See where Lightning has struck
- Necrat - a website talking about different radio towers across the US and some areas of the world.
- The Obscuritory - A website about old video games you may not have heard of!
- Postcrossing - A website where you can sign up to send and receive postcards from people around the world!
- SCA: East Kingdom Wiki Moose Profile - My very own SCA wiki page!
- Standard eBooks- "Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover"
- Trail Journals - A website where hikers can keep journals about their adventures. I originally found this site from Reddit I think with this post. Cool idea I think!
- TV Fool-A place to see over the air TV signals in your area. Good if you're trying to put up an antannae.
- Website League - a group of people from Cohost trying to create something separate from the Fediverse, but acts similarly except guided by Cohosts principles. They explain it on their site but basically: Mastodon or Bluesky but with Cohost guiding principles
- What Beats Rock? - A neat little game where you have to keep thinking about what beats the last thing.
Other People's Websites
These are either going to be people I've found on social media whose sites I follow, or just sites I think are neat!
- Cohost Union News- No longer on Cohost, but a page dedicated to Union News!
- Calliope's Magic Garden - A place someone created to get a Written Rotator going. Check out their explanation of a rotator here!
- Cohost Highway - A big list of people who were on Cohost who have personal websites and other places for you to follow them.
- Ian's Blog- Also from Cohost. Tech stuff.
- Margot from Cohost's Blog - Their post from 9/10/24 is actually what inspired me to make this page
- Mat Sissersson's Site- He's a developer and this website is his showcase
- Michelle's Journal - My girlfriends website!
- Noel B Ko-fi-Another from Cohost. They're really into writing, and with Cohost shutting down still figuring out where they'll go.
- Sonickitsune's Blog -Also from Cohost. More tech stuff
Website Buttons
If you don't know, Website Buttons are sort of a fun way to link to other websites you like. From what I've seen they're often in the 88x31 pixel format.
Mine
The Animated Moose part made by: Shalmons
Others
Misc Buttons
Articles
- The Average Persons Computer Skills - This article is a bit dated, however was eye opening to me about the average users computer skills. Great as a reminder for anyone in tech how little the average person knows.
- Fifty Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio - I just think this is neat.
- For the Love of God, Make Your Own Website
- "How Google perfected the Web" by The Verge - A great read about how Google has shaped the internet over the years.
- "How to Get into Mechanical Keyboards (and find one that works for you)" by Orchid Rabbit - a very thorough post about building mechanical keyboards
- How to Help Someone Use a Computer This link is a screenshot of the article in case something ever happened to the original link.
- "The Internet is worse than ever - Now what?"" by Kurzgesagt - not an article, a video though I reference a lot. Talks about how maybe the old internet was better for humans.
- "The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat" by The Verge
- "It's dangerous, illegal and uncomfortable - but train hoppers ride the rails anyways" by Manuela López Restrepo - an article about train hoppers
- "I will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again" by Ludicity
- Journey to the Source: An Expedition along the Yangtze River- Interactive DVD someone found
- A Non-Technical Intro to Webmentions - an explanation of Webmentions; a way to keep track of when people mention your blog posts elsewhere on the internet.
- Reblogging Posts with H-Entry - Description of something called H-Entry which can make reblogging things between blogs easier.
- A Sociable Web - Article written about the web, how it is currently social, and ways to make it more sociable.
- Swatch Internet Time- Wikipedia article
- "We Need to Rewild The Internet" by Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon
- "Where have all the websites gone?" - I reference this article a lot in my blog posts, but I think it's a great article about how the internet has changed, and how curation is important.
- Why Don't We Just Ban Targeted Advertising?
