A curated list of web sites of the old-school: mostly non-commercial and all hand-made, survivals of the Web As It Once Was. And sites that preserve the spirit of it.
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Simon Tatham's Home Page
Home page of Simon Tatham, a software engineer and free-software author in Cambridge, UK. Best known (to me, anyway) as the author of PuTTY, Simon Tatham has also written numerous other utilities, games, fonts, algorithms and essays, many of which are linked here.
date added: 2022-09-30
tags: unix software homepages programming games
Michigan Terminal System
Thirty year history of a computer operating system developed at the University of Michigan and used by many other universities, including the University of British Columbia. Nice old-school minimalist web design.
date added: 2022-03-18
tags: computers history programming
Jargon File Text Archive
Most versions of the storied Jargon File (a hacker lexicon), dating back to 1976
date added: 2022-03-16
tags: history computers programming networks
ACME Laboratories
"Purveyors of fine freeware since 1972. On the net since 1991." Graphics, Unix, Networks, Fun.
date added: 2022-03-10
tags: art programming
Computers Are Bad
"COMPUTERS ARE BAD is a newsletter semi-regularly issued directly to your doorstep to enlighten you as to the ways that computers are bad and the many reasons why."
date added: 2022-02-18
tags: computers networks programming electronics radio infosec
The Tao of Programming
"When you have learned to snatch the error code from the trap frame, it will be time for you to leave."
date added: 2022-02-16
tags: programming humour
Duramecho's Miscellany
"A small but eclectic collection of miscellaneous information that might be of use or of interest to someone somewhere, possibly." Come for the info on C pointers, stay for the Morris dancing.
date added: 2022-01-03
tags: computers programming food dance art photography