Categories
Note that this list is auto-generated from the Categories assigned to links
within the main list. It’s probably a mess but if you really want some form
of categorization which is searchable this is it.
Advice
- Advice - An article (I guess?) with advice for people in the age range of 10-20 by one of the creators of the multibillion dollar payment processing platform Stripe.
- how to stop being "terminally online" - Blog post on exactly what the title says. Feel like it could be useful in the modern era. Also it links to this list so hi :)
Archive
- 3301 - Cicada 3301 archive.
- gifcities - “The GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine” started by the Internet Archive.
- The Swiss Bay - The Swiss Bay PDF Archive. le sekrit page
- Internet Archive - Largest Archive of the Internet. Everyone uses it and god bless it for existing.
- The Eye - Big data archive with a lot of different categories.
- The Geocities Gallery - A gallery of pure Geocities S O U L.
Art, probably
- Sentimental Corporation - Used to think it was an ARG but it seems to be linked to a man called Randy Prozac who was “the ringleader behind GOAT WORSHIP, an Absurdist video making outfit, comprising of a group of actors performing in bizarre experimental videos” source
- Terminal 00 - ARG or something meant to be a epileptic art piece.
Articles
- Dig Deeper - Articles on privacy, the internet, and cool tools you should use to not get spied on.
Astronomy
Blog
- ooh.directory - A collection of blogs aggregated into various topics.
Blog post
Command line
- OverTheWire - If you’re into Linux and CTF-style games, this is for you.
- wttr - Weather straight from the terminal.. or the webpage if you go and visit it.
- rawtext club - A community that talks slowly through the command line. Kinda seems like a meme but it’s pretty interesting honestly.
Cryptography
- PGP beginners guide - “A PGP beginners guide, for beginners who want to do it right”. Very simple and straight to the point. Good resource.
Database
- Doomworld - The Doomworld Legacy File Database running since 1993, of course.
Directory
- districts - Another web directory, albeit a lot more organised compared to this one.
- curlie - Organised Link Directory formerly known as OPD then DMOZ apparently.
- Chadnet - “the greatest website on the internet!”. Link aggregator much like this site but not so much of a directory. It’s pretty interesting.
- 2FA Directory - A directory of popular services which all support (or don’t support) 2FA.
- ooh.directory - A collection of blogs aggregated into various topics.
- Rulers - Lists of heads of states and governments going back to the 1700’s from places around the world. Still regularly updated.
Document
- The Ultimate Survival Guide - You never know, especially these days, when you need to know how to survive out there in ye ol’ wild country.
DOS
Exploration
- Beneath VT - “Exploring Virginia Tech’s steam tunnels and beyond”. Really like the idea of underground secret tunnels.
File upload
- temp.sh - Temporary storage for files. If you use the command line you can upload files to this via curl.
Fonts
Free software
- Nitter - Free and open-source Shitter front-end that actually respects your privacy. No JavaScript.
Games
- Doomworld - The Doomworld Legacy File Database running since 1993, of course.
- OverTheWire - If you’re into Linux and CTF-style games, this is for you.
- DOS HAVEN - A repository of DOS games with a twist - they’re modern.
- noclip - Requires WebGL 2 support (which I don’t care for – but here it is anyway). Fly around video game worlds from yesterdays.
- Handheld Games Museum - A museum of handheld games (unsurprisingly). If you can think of it, it’s probably here. Like rule 34 I guess only not porn related in the slightest.
Generator
Geology
Guide
- MDN Web Docs - Mozilla’s web documentation. Without it I wouldn’t know as much as I know about web development.
- Simplifier - Makes guides with the goal of “creating a stable foundation of technology that is reliable, understandable, and practical for an individual to build for themselves”.
- no hello - A handy guide on how to talk in internet chat rooms. You sometimes see people just say “Hello” and that’s it. What does it mean? Waste of time, just tell people your issue.
- Don't ask to ask, just ask - Much like the link above: don’t ask to ask, just ask.
idk
Imageboard
- Cambridge Cyber Gardening Club Postbox - A postcard imageboard. I’ve never seen anything like it before and I really dig it. Might send a card myself one day.
- channel 4 - A really old textboard that still gets some posts. It’s pretty comfy but almost sad when you’re reading something and can relate to the anon, then you see the post date says 2006.
- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way - This is mostly geared towards internet forums etc. where the user has to ask a question and the people who are gonna answer the question don’t wanna waste time.
- Project Hessdalen - A Norwegian town tracking strange lights in the skies above them. Looks like UFO’s but probably isn’t.
- ELDRITCHDATA - Personal site of someone who makes lists of things and writings based around Technology, the Internet and a lot of other based topics. Used to link to either this list or Soda at one point. Anywho, hello!
- Microsoft "Completely Confidential" Secrets - A guy who found a vulnerability in Microsoft’s software and went down a rabbit hole.
- Deception Island - An island in antarctica with a hidden, but active, volcano.
- Simplifier - Makes guides with the goal of “creating a stable foundation of technology that is reliable, understandable, and practical for an individual to build for themselves”.
Internet etiquette
- no hello - A handy guide on how to talk in internet chat rooms. You sometimes see people just say “Hello” and that’s it. What does it mean? Waste of time, just tell people your issue.
- Don't ask to ask, just ask - Much like the link above: don’t ask to ask, just ask.
IRC
Linguistics
- pandunia - I get hardcore Esperanto vibes from this.
Link aggregator
- Stumbling On - A recreation of a site with a similar name that serves the same purpose.
Linux
- Arch Linux - A Linux distribution I keep coming back to. Possibly my favourite.
- Linux Kernel Mailing List archive - The archive of the Linux Kernel Mailing List. Some funny ones from torvalds pop up every now and then. I quite like this one.
- NixOS - The NixOS Linux distro as well as the nix package manager. Absolutely superior to anything else once you get over the learning curve. You might want to read this first however.
- GTFOBins - A list of ways to bypass security restrictions with a lot of popular Unix command line tools.
- systemd by example - Learn systemd via a series of examples. Some of you retards – you know who you are – might actually figure out it is somewhat useful after all!
- ANSI Escape Sequences - A very informative rundown on ANSI escape codes and how to use them on the terminal. I always forget the link to this so here it is.
Mail
- cockmail - “Yeah it’s mail with cocks”. Do you really need to hear more?
Meme
- Bash Blob - Linux-style memes.
- Make Frontend Shit Again - Lets go back in time and make the internet fun again.
- LINGsCARS - An example of perfect web design.
- Dank Memes - /s4s/ made it so you know what you’re in for.
- The end of the internet - This is the very last page on the very last server at the very far end of the internet.
- xkcd 927 - Yeah it’s that one that as soon as you see the number you instantly know what it is because it’s always cropping up. You wonder why..
Motherfucking Website
Movies
News
- SPIDR - AI-powered news aggregator which grabs content, based on your country, from a bunch of different sources. An honest attempt at being unbiased possibly.
- n-gate - The Webshit Weekly. Dives through the horseshit midden known as “Hacker” “News” so you don’t have to.
Operating Systems
Paranormal
- Project Hessdalen - A Norwegian town tracking strange lights in the skies above them. Looks like UFO’s but probably isn’t.
Personal site
- catb - The personal site of Eric S. Raymond. The creator of the The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1997), How To Ask Questions The Smart Way (2004-2014) and Master Foo.
- omaera - The personal site of z411. It’s a comfy site which I quite enjoy. He also hosts some services.
- Larry Wall - The creator of the Perl Programming Language’s personal site. Quite the sight (pun intended).
- Timecube - The personal site of Otis Eugene “Gene” Ray. “personal web page, founded in 1997 by the self-proclaimed ‘wisest man on earth’”
- Andreas Kling - The author of SerenityOS’ blog.
- ELDRITCHDATA - Personal site of someone who makes lists of things and writings based around Technology, the Internet and a lot of other based topics. Used to link to either this list or Soda at one point. Anywho, hello!
- lolwut - Personal site of a /g/ anon. Some cool writings etc. to be found in here. It is a site I enjoy.
- Bram Moolenaar - The personal site of Bram Moolenaar, creator of Vim (Vi IMproved). Typing this in vim currently. Changed my life for the better. May he rest in peace. 1961-3 August 2023.
Philosophy
- Advice - An article (I guess?) with advice for people in the age range of 10-20 by one of the creators of the multibillion dollar payment processing platform Stripe.
- how to stop being "terminally online" - Blog post on exactly what the title says. Feel like it could be useful in the modern era. Also it links to this list so hi :)
Politics
- Richard Stallman - Richard Stallman, the chad himself. Nothing else needs to be said on that matter.
- Rulers - Lists of heads of states and governments going back to the 1700’s from places around the world. Still regularly updated.
Privacy
- Spyware Watchdog - A spyware classification project. I’m not sure how accurate the information is but it is good reading material.
- Dig Deeper - Articles on privacy, the internet, and cool tools you should use to not get spied on.
Programming
- Martin Kleppe aka aemkei - “JavaScript Hacks and Creative Coding”. Definitely sums it up.
- FINAL CUT - From the description (which doesn’t do it justice): “FINAL CUT is a C++ class library and widget toolkit that enables developers to create text-based user interfaces.” … except they’re absolutely amazing and look straight out of Windows 3.1 but with colour.
- Learn X in Y minutes - Community-driven, single page, no bullshit programming guides/tours.
Retro
- Handheld Games Museum - A museum of handheld games (unsurprisingly). If you can think of it, it’s probably here. Like rule 34 I guess only not porn related in the slightest.
RFC
- Netiquette Guidelines - Written in 1995, the Netiquette Guidelines set out how to act and exist on the internet with other people. Some of the information is still relevant and some of it should be adopted!
Search Engine
- Wiby - “Search Engine for the Classic Web”
Security
- 2FA Directory - A directory of popular services which all support (or don’t support) 2FA.
- OWASP Cheat Sheet Series - Cheat sheets for securing various kinds of applications from web servers to XSS to user management services.
- GTFOBins - A list of ways to bypass security restrictions with a lot of popular Unix command line tools.
Simulation
- NUKEMAP - What it would be like if a nuclear weapon was dropped on a location.
- noclip - Requires WebGL 2 support (which I don’t care for – but here it is anyway). Fly around video game worlds from yesterdays.
- Nitter - Free and open-source Shitter front-end that actually respects your privacy. No JavaScript.
Software
- Richard Stallman - Richard Stallman, the chad himself. Nothing else needs to be said on that matter.
- WTFPL - Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License
- TempleOS - God’s Operating System made by the late, but also great, Terry A. Davis
- Learn X in Y minutes - Community-driven, single page, no bullshit programming guides/tours.
Soul
Space
- nextrocket.space - Really easy way to see when the next rocket launch is from various companies/governments.
Statistics
- 4stats - Live 4chan board stats and thread stats. Useful for timing posts :^).
Survival
- The Ultimate Survival Guide - You never know, especially these days, when you need to know how to survive out there in ye ol’ wild country.
Technology
- cat-v - A contrarian tech group that may or may not be a meme. I actually cannot tell but they have some suspect texts which would hint at that.
- Lobsters - Invite-only all things technology forum with a similar upvote/downvote system to Reddit. Better than “Hacker” “News”.
- catb - The personal site of Eric S. Raymond. The creator of the The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1997), How To Ask Questions The Smart Way (2004-2014) and Master Foo.
- SGI IRIX - A site which teaches how to set up IRIX.
- Arch Linux - A Linux distribution I keep coming back to. Possibly my favourite.
- Install Gentoo - The /g/ Wiki.
- lolwut - Personal site of a /g/ anon. Some cool writings etc. to be found in here. It is a site I enjoy.
- TempleOS - God’s Operating System made by the late, but also great, Terry A. Davis
- Linux Kernel Mailing List archive - The archive of the Linux Kernel Mailing List. Some funny ones from torvalds pop up every now and then. I quite like this one.
- NixOS - The NixOS Linux distro as well as the nix package manager. Absolutely superior to anything else once you get over the learning curve. You might want to read this first however.
Terminal
- ANSI Escape Sequences - A very informative rundown on ANSI escape codes and how to use them on the terminal. I always forget the link to this so here it is.
Textboard
- danger/u/ - Cyberpunk-styled textboard where I made a lot of good friends. Various boards such as /tech/, /u/ (Random), /cyb/ (Cyberpunk RP)
- Lobsters - Invite-only all things technology forum with a similar upvote/downvote system to Reddit. Better than “Hacker” “News”.
- channel 4 - A really old textboard that still gets some posts. It’s pretty comfy but almost sad when you’re reading something and can relate to the anon, then you see the post date says 2006.
- Post Office - Comfy text/image/video board.
Time
- time is - World clock with a very nice UI
- Cron Jobs - If you ever need to make a cronjob this is the place to go. Takes the syntax and breaks it down simply.
- PDFTool - A way to be able to manipulate PDF’s in various ways.
- Covert Instruments - Physical tools for interesting purposes.
Weather
- wttr - Weather straight from the terminal.. or the webpage if you go and visit it.
Web design
Web development
- MDN Web Docs - Mozilla’s web documentation. Without it I wouldn’t know as much as I know about web development.
Webring
- tildeverse - A group of Webrings that are like tilde.club but host all kinds of things.