Links
I hope you find what you're looking for.
Blogroll
Interesting websites with blogs that I subscribe to.
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Katy DeCorah
katydecorah.com
Blogs about web development and life. Katy has provided lots of inspiration for how I build parts of Flamed Fury.
Latest post: Weeknight meals, part 2
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Cory Dransfeldt
coryd.dev
Whenever I want to do something on my website, I check to see if Cory has already done it.
Latest post: Of course AI is extractive, everything is lately
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Robb Knight
rknight.me
If Cory hasn't done what I'm looking to do, then Robb is my next stop.
Latest post: Things I Like: The Incomparable Back to the Future
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Xandra
library.xandra.cc
Xandra, my Small Web bestie is finally blogging, about the web! Watch this one.
Latest post: Childfree.txt
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yequari
yequari.com
Helps out over at the 32-bit Cafe and occasionally blogs about web things.
Latest post: Recreating the Windows Live Messenger Avatar in CSS
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lostletters
lostletters.neocities.org
A friend from the 32-bit Cafe. Another 2000s web throwback. Blogs about mental health, life, veganism and web development.
Latest post: Echoes and Silence
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Frills
frills.dev
Frills' has crafted a beautiful website for herself with 11ty and Neocities. Filled with experiments, blogs, developer resources. The HTML named colours experiment is awesome.
Latest post: Life in Pictures
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anhvn
anhvn.com
I love anhvn's redesigns. Has a great resources list. Blogs from time to time and I love when they sprinkle the comic panels throughout website updates.
Latest post: My Eleventy site setup
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Minutes to Midnight
minutestomidnight.co.uk
Simone is a musician and blogger. He thinks and blogs about similar things to me.
Latest post: Leaving Netlify
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Kevin Powell
youtube.com/@KevinPowell
Helping you learn how to make the web, and make it look good while you're at it.
Latest post: Front-end dev takes on a CSS Battle
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Oh Hello Ana
ohhelloana.blog
Blogs about blogging, web development and life. Shares great bookmarks.
Latest post: Testing IndieKit
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The Cheapskates Guide to Computers and the Internet
cheapskatesguide.org
Essays about the otherside of the Internet with a focus on low cost computing.
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Localghost
localghost.dev
Fun website. Blogs about tech, web development and mental health
Latest post: So you've decided to get into mechanical keyboards
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Kev Quirk
kevquirk.com
Kev blogs about blogging, life and has a great watch collection.
Latest post: Email Privacy
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Sara Joy
sarajoy.dev
Sara is a web developer and mother. Maintains the CSS Joy webring. Enjoy our banter on Mastodon.
Latest post: La devise du web
Cool Sites
Cool websites that aren't blogs that have interesting pages to get lost in.
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alexandra
xandra.cc
Xandra runs the 32-bit Cafe. Her museum is a lovingly handcrafted homepage that calls back to a 2000s web. Sometimes writes essays.
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Let's Learn Together!
letslearntogether.neocities.org
A collection of handcrafted essays and learning material covering a broad range of topics
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Coby Cat's Abode
cobycat.neocities.org
A fantastic handmade site. Covers European/Belgian Disney stuff.
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Trans Rats
transrats.neocities.org
Don't try this on your mobile, but check out the crazy Pokemon plushie collection!
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It's Not Stupid
itsnotstupid.com
An Invader Zim fan site. This is everything that a fan site should be!
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Ray's Miscellany
brisray.com
Brisray has been developing and maintaining his website since 1999. Lots of pages to get lost in and boasts the most complete collection and overview of webrings.
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10@earth ~
10kph.neocities.org
A statically generated shrine to 10's life and interests. The site map is a beautiful way to explore the website.
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Bytemoth's Brook
bytemoth.neocities.org
Bytemoth is a Digital Warlock and has been around a while. Start at the homepage and dive in and get lost.
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Wheel Collectors
wheelcollectors.com
Matchbox Forum is a not-for-profit organisation of Matchbox collectors. A great resource to keep up with the latest Matchbox releases and news.
Web Development
Website useful for learning or keeping up with web development.
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32-Bit Cafe
32bit.cafe
A web space community that I help moderate. The 32-bit Cafe focuses on building websites for self-expression and creativity, made up of professionals, hobbyists, and enthusiasts of the personal web. Our goal is to help non web developers create their own websites.
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MDN Web Docs
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn
A complete set of articles aims to guide complete beginners to web development with all that they need to start coding websites.
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Smashing Magazine
smashingmagazine.com
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
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CodePen
codepen.io
An online code editor, learning environment, and community for front-end web development using HTML, CSS and JavaScript code snippets, projects, and web applications.
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Every Layout
every-layout.dev
Through a series of simple, composable layouts, Every Layout will teach you how to better harness the built-in algorithms that power browsers and CSS.
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11ty Rocks!
11ty.rocks
A collection of Eleventy (11ty) starters, projects, plugins, and resources by Stephanie Eckles.
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HTML Recipes
htmlrecipes.dev
A collection of quick copy HTML snippets for a variety of common scenarios by Stephanie Eckles.
Newsletters
Newsletters I read, you might find interesting too.
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The History Of the Web
thehistoryoftheweb.com
The best stories from the web's history.
Latest post: Filling gaps with a polyfill
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Kevin Powell's Newsletter
kevin-powell.ck.page/profile
Updates, little tips & tricks, and awesome resources from Kevin Powell.
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People and Blogs
peopleandblogs.com
People and Blogs is a weekly newsletter by Manuel Moreale, where he asks interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs.
Latest post: P&B: Brad Barrish
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Webworm with David Farrier
webworm.co
David Farrier's stories from the weird side of the Internet.
Latest post: Algorithms Are Eating Our Culture
Podcasts
Podcasts that I listen to and recommend.
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The Real Pod presents: Remember When
thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/the-real-pod
ENDED. Aotearoa Specific. Revisit New Zealand's pop culture past with Jane Yee, Duncan Greive and Alex Casey.
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Rebel FM
rebelfm.libsyn.com
My gaming fix. They play games and talk about them, their lives, and how the two intersect. Usually. And there are jokes..
Latest post: Rebel FM Episode 615 - 03/08/2024
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Darknet Diaries
darknetdiaries.com
Stories from the dark side of the Internet. A podcast about hackers, breaches, shadow government activity, hacktivism, cybercrime, and all the things that dwell on the hidden parts of the network. This is Darknet Diaries.
Latest post: 143: Jim Hates Scams
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Shop Talk Show
shoptalkshow.com
A weekly podcast about building websites from Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier.
Latest post: 605: Jim Nielsen on Subversive URLs, Blogging + AI, and Design Engineers
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Hemespheric Views
hemisphericviews.com
Hemespheric Views is a podcast about technology, media, food, cultural differences and family life.
Latest post: 106: Have I Got The Answer For You!
Web Directories
Discovery is a huge part of the small and independent web, these directories are helping surface everyone's wonderful websites.
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Ye Olde Blogroll
blogroll.org
A humanly curated list of fine personal & independent blogs that are updated regularly. No algorithms ever!
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i.webthings directory
directory.joejenett.com
A hand curated directory of websites to explore with a focus on the independent and noncommercial web.
Search Engines
Contary to popular belief, search exists outside of adtech, check out some of these search engines and avoid the blog spam.
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Kagi
kagi.com
Kagi is a paid search product. It is also a fast, private search engine that provides results that have your best interests in mind. I'm paying for it and using it as my default search.
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Marginalia Search
search.marginalia.nu
An independent search engine that favours text-heavy websites. Focuses on non-commercial content, and attempts to show you sites you perhaps weren't aware of in favor of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed.
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searchmystite
searchmysite.net
The searchmysite.net search engine is a niche search, focussing on the "indieweb" or "small web" or "digital gardens", i.e. non-commercial content, primarily personal and independent websites.
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Wiby
wiby.me
Wiby is a search engine for older style pages, lightweight and based on a subject of interest. Building a web more reminiscent of the early internet.
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Gibiru
gibiru.com
Uncensored private search engine. They exist to provide access to information outside of big tech's censorship bubble and do so privately.
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Infotiger
infotiger.com
Independent, privacy respecting search engine. Building their own index, sitting at around 300 million english websites indexed.
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Brave Search
search.brave.com
Brave as a company aside, they claim that they do not filter, downrank or censor search results. They are building their own index of the Web so they do not rely on Google or Bing results.
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Yep
yep.com
New search engine built from scratch. Claims to offer an unbiased, private search experience that rewards and compensates the makers behind the content...
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Stract
stract.com
Independent and open search. You can apply different optics to narrow down the types of page you're looking for.
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Mwmbl
mwmbl.org
Mwmbl is a free search engine with a focus on freedom, user experience, and community. Results are provided by their own index and a touch of curation.