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List o' Links (Recent additions)

A curated list of old-school, non-commercial, hand-made websites in the 90s vernacular. Survivors of the Web As It Once Was, and sites that preserve the spirit of it.

See the full List o' Links here. Now with tags and descriptions!

Here are the five most recent links:

The L-Space Web
A fan site dedicated to the writings of Terry Pratchett. Interviews, bibliographies, art, FAQs, and more.
date added: 2024-10-27

Where Have All the Gophers Gone?
Subtitled "Why the Web Beat Gopher in the Battle for Protocol Mindshare", which pretty much explains what this essay is about. Also goes into some detail about the development and evolution of Gopher.
date added: 2024-10-26

The Internet Oracle
Formerly known as "The Usenet Oracle", the Internet Oracle has been on the web and actively maintained since 1996. It is described as "a collective effort at humor by the denizens of the internet. Questions mailed to the Oracle are forwarded to other Oracle users, who serve as an "incarnation" of the Oracle by providing a witty answer to the question."
date added: 2024-10-25

Perfect Sound Forever
"The online music magazine with warped perspectives." One of the longest running web-zines, in 'business' (as they say) since 1993, still being updated in the present day. Lots of articles and interviews, with a predilection for the undeservedly obscure.
date added: 2024-09-28

Centronian BBS
A Commodore 64 BBS running on a real C64, in Victoria BC. Update Sept 16 2024: It's back after over a year offline! Originally added 2022-01-06, then removed 2023-03-24.
date added: 2024-09-16

See the full List o' Links here.

The ten most recent additions are available in a handy RSS format.

A few links have been removed since I started this project, see the List o' Broken Links for details.

Other People's Bookmark Lists, Etc.

• Ytoo!
  A portal site dedicated to "English content with a retro vibe". Looks oddly familiar, somehow ...
• Curlie
  The successor to/continuation of dmoz (see next entry) Curlie aspires to be the largest human-edited directory of the Web. It is run by volunteer editors.
• Open Directory Project
  An archive of the well-known community-sourced hierarchical DMOZ web directory. Begun (as GnuHoo) in 1998, it ceased operation in 2017 after some years of fairly minimal maintenance. Although many (most?) of the links are broken, you can still find some interesting things here.
• The Retro Network
  A website dedicated to providing links and downloads for old computers. Limited bandwidth? Computer can't quite manage HTTPS? These links are for you.
• Marginalia - Search the Internet
  "This is an independent DIY search engine that 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."
• datagubbe.se
  A bookmark list maintained by Carl Svensson: "Most of the links are to pages interesting to people who, like me, are fascinated by vintage computing and also probably a bit grumpy."
• 404PageFound
  So, pretty much the same idea as my "List o' Links" here but begun twelve years earlier and with a much nicer gallery style presentation. Interestingly, a number of the sites are the same as the ones I've stumbled across while looking for links to add to my list. I'll keep updating the "List o' Links" though as 404PageFound does not seem to be actively maintained anymore.
• tekk.in directory
  Also the same idea as my "List o' Links". I'm beginning to think I'm not as original as all that. In any case, the tekk.in directory has links to a lot of great sites that have somehow eluded me up to now, so check it out!
• Gossip's Web the directory of handmade web pages
  Websites made by people
• Low Tech Webring Directory
  "This webring is for homepages of people who are interested in low tech, small game tools, and other forms of Web 1.0 inspired creativity"