yo. where do you like to go on the internet?
name your favorite websites (better if niche), your favorite communities (again, better if niche), interesting instagram pages, interesting profiles to follow on any social media, podcasts, web forums, discord server, strange exotic communities, tumblr, horny stuff, videos, whatever. Don’t self censor yourself please!
(cross-posted: https://hexbear.net/post/415928)
One of my favorite sites: https://www.windows93.net/
ok this is cool
I had to find the author: http://jankenpopp.com/ and he is so creative and skilled. wonderful stuff, and great link, thanks!
There is also this one; it’s an actual genuine Windows 95 running on WASM in your browser
Running Win95 on a cell phone.
Damn thats wild! I remember I wished I could run Windows on a phone back in 00-ish instead of those crappy, brand-specific phone OS’s. What else was I gonna use a phone for, its not like I had anyone to call. Now I can.
I might be boring here, but outside of Lemmy, none of the websites I frequent are niche.
YouTube, Wikipedia, Fanfiction.net, Archive of Our Own, MAL, sci-hub, eBay, TV Tropes, Reddit (though I only read now, I don’t participate in the discussions since July).
What do you like to watch on youtube?
There used to be this plugin and site called something like “Stumble Upon”. You click on the big Stumble button and it takes you to a random place on the WWW based on your interests. It was awesome. I miss it. Anyone know something similar that still works?
That was how I discovered Reddit, didn’t realise it was gone…
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Someone posted a link to this site the other day and now I’m hooked https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/
It’s German but this guy has been blogging since the beginning of time http://blog.fefe.de/
https://gurushots.com/ photography challenges, quite fun.
https://flickr.com/ photography community
I translated some stuff in that German blog. It’s kinda wild, vaccination damage and the KGB mixed with more far right conspiracy theories and then just general normal stuff.
I guess from a quick look and with the translation the nuances of the conspiracy theories mentioned might not quite be obvious. But when you read it in German it’s more obvious that he’s making fun of (let’s say) most of them.
That guy is a security auditor of software as his main job and this blog is just his pet project on the side.
[edit] but yeah it’s quite a wild ride, that’s what is the appeal for many people like me.
It can be amusing, I used to read there regularly too, but taking it too seriously is a bad idea.
I still use Reddit, just not on my phone since their app suck and is full of ads.
you can do everything!
This blog is incredible:
https://ciechanow.ski/archives/
There aren’t many articles, but the ones that exist have been crafted with EXTREME attention to detail and DELIGHTFULLY interactive animations. I would recommend the mechanical watch and internal combustion engine posts specifically to start. If you like knowing how things work, this guys blog scratches that itch better than like, anything else I have found for the specific things he makes posts about. Have fun, be prepared to kill a few hours.
https://cari.institute/aesthetics
Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute, it’s a neat website showing design trends in advertising, packaging, print, etc throughout the years.
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Every mon/wed/fri I open tabs of some webcomics I follow:
I’ve followed a lot of other comics, but these have been updated VERY damn reliably for a long time.
I never heard of them! thank you!
btw, you might be interested in this little discussion that we had about webcomics at the other place https://hexbear.net/comment/3811311
I always go back to https://www.zombo.com/
Amazing library of customizable ambient noises and soundscapes, pretty much all recorded and developed by one guy. I think “Rain on a Tent” is the best rain track available on the internet.
Horny answer incoming:
If you’re into ERP at all, f-list.net is unparalleled in catering to just about anything you can think of that isn’t outright illegal. There’s a lot of trash as you can imagine, but you can build out a fairly intensive kink list and scroll through an absurd number of character profiles and channels for just about anything.
Honestly it’s great. I’ve had some really great stories there and met some amazing partners and learned things about kink I just had no idea about before. There are a certain amount of people there clearly for in the moment stuff but also so many passionate, knowledgeable people including some of the most capable DM’s I’ve ever met.
