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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:

Astronomy Picture of the Day
One of the older sites on the Web, having celebrated its 30th anniversary on June 16th, 2025! Every day a new picture of one of the many wonders of our universe, accompanied by a short description written by a professional astronomer. Brought to you by Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell.
date added: 2025-07-27

Thnickels - Thick Coins by Theodore Nichols
Have you, like many of us, ever felt that coinage was, perhaps, lacking in heft? That you could scarcely feel the change jostling about in your pocket? Fear not, salvation is at hand ...
date added: 2025-07-02

compost.party
A web server built from a repurposed smartphone running on solar power, situated in the attic of a Berlin apartment building. Its primary purpose appears to be monitoring and documenting its own existence, but it also hosts several home pages.
date added: 2025-05-31

Backyard Nature
How to reconnect with the natural world that surrounds us all, and why you might want to. Sections on Animals, Plants, Fungi, Ecology, Geology and Gardening. Brought to you by naturalist and author Jim Conrad.
date added: 2025-05-17

Public Netbase
As per Wikipedia, "Public Netbase was a cultural media initiative, open access internet platform, media art space, and advocate for the development of electronic art. It was formed in 1994 in Vienna, Austria. It was dissolved in 2006." ... But its web site lives on!
date added: 2025-05-11

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.

 

• 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." Update, January 2025: Note new URL. And wow, this search engine keeps getting better all the time!
• Wiby
  Similar to Marginalia (not sure which came first), another search engine focussing on the academic, personal, hobbyist sites characteristic of the early web. Somewhat more limited in scope than Marginalia, due I think to more rigorous curatorial principles. Strongly favours sites with limited to no JS/CSS, excludes sites with intrusive ads.
• 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.
• 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"