Computers & Internet
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http://aluluei.com/electropolis.htm
Elizabeth Reid's 1991 University of Melbourne honours thesis examines Internet Relay Chat as a space for community formation and communication, offering an early academic look at online social dynamics. This pioneering text explores how IRC users construct identity, community, and moral frameworks in a digital environment, and was later adapted into publications including a chapter in an MIT Press volume.
https://yonei.dev/
Yonei is a personal homepage by a developer and IT worker who collects retro web badges, participates in webrings, and shares links to their social profiles and projects. The site leans into classic old-web aesthetics with a curated badge wall featuring friends and cool sites, plus links to a blog and service status page.
https://webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgeocities.ws
A WebCite archive query result pointing to Geocities.ws, a preservation host for old GeoCities-style personal websites. The page itself contains no substantive content, serving only as a cached redirect shell with no retrievable site data.
https://abtmtr.link/
MeowcaTheoRange's abtmtr.link is a suite of self-hosted internet services including a mail server, a privacy-focused search engine, and a personal cloud storage instance. The site also serves as a community hub with a Discord server, webrings, and a collection of affiliated friend sites.
https://hallopiotr.de/
Piotr Halasiewicz is a frontend and fullstack web developer based in Aachen, Germany, with nine years of experience helping small agencies and freelancers troubleshoot WordPress, Astro, Next.js, TYPO3, and other web projects. His personal homepage also highlights fun side projects and links to developer friends and colleagues in the Euregio area.
https://seryndelle.neocities.org/
Seryndelle's Sanctum is a handcrafted personal homepage featuring shrines, thoughts, links, and a guestbook, built with old-web sensibilities and best viewed on desktop. The site participates in multiple webrings including the Retronaut Webring, reflecting a love of the indie web and nostalgic internet culture.
https://justaqrcode.com/
Created by Gabe as a privacy-first alternative to ad-laden QR code generators, this minimalist tool runs entirely in the browser with no trackers, no ads, and no server-side data collection. It offers customizable QR code output including size, error correction level, and foreground/background colors, and the creator encourages users to save, copy, or remix the source freely.
https://amusedmuse.tripod.com/wonderfull.html
A whimsical corner of the old web dedicated to the fictional 'Frompers,' tiny invisible creatures said to thrive on human imagination, used as the charming theme for a website award program encouraging creative and imaginative sites. Visitors can apply for the Fromper Award, browse award winners, explore the Fromper Web Ring, and find tips for accessible web pages.
http://goosh.org/
Goosh.org is an unofficial Google search interface created by Stefan Grothkopp that mimics a Unix shell, letting you run web, image, blog, and news searches entirely through typed commands. It's a clever mashup of command-line aesthetics and Google's search API, complete with tab completion, command history, and themeable color schemes.
https://123searchengines.tripod.com/se_manual.htm
A practical guide to manual search engine submission and SEO techniques from the early web era, covering how to submit sites to Google, AltaVista, MSN, and dozens of other search engines. The site includes tips on meta tags, keyword optimization, ranking improvement, and avoiding penalties from automated submission tools.