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https://sentex.net/~ajy
James Yolkowski's sprawling personal homepage covers a wide range of self-built web projects, from a mathematics reference site to a Calvin and Hobbes index, interesting facts collections, and hockey history articles. The site serves as a hub linking to numerous independently created resources spanning math, science fiction, puzzles, and Canadian history.
https://mail.jjakke.com/
Jake runs his own personal email server on a budget VPS and uses this page to explain why he won't be offering accounts to anyone else, with candid commentary on privacy, law enforcement subpoenas, and the limitations of cloud hosting. The page is a refreshingly honest and humorous look at self-hosted email infrastructure, touching on rDNS, VPS trade-offs, and the surveillance risks of third-party hosting.
https://linuxfromscratch.org/
Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a legendary project founded by Gerard Beekmans that provides detailed step-by-step instructions for building a complete Linux system entirely from source code. The site hosts a family of related books and subprojects covering everything from base installation to gaming support, multilib builds, and automated tooling, making it an essential reference for anyone wanting to deeply understand how Linux works.
http://roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/9E601E8E-2ACC-4866-A91B-3371D1688E00.html
RoughlyDrafted Magazine, written by Daniel Eran, offers in-depth tech analysis comparing Apple and Microsoft products, market dynamics, and consumer trends. This particular article digs into the distinction between market share and installed base using iPod vs. Zune and Mac vs. PC as case studies, with sharp commentary on competitive markets and monocultures.
http://mutt.org/
The official home of Mutt, the venerable text-based email client famous for its motto 'All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less.' Visitors will find release announcements, documentation, download links, mailing list info, and third-party resources for this long-running open-source Unix mail client.
https://vzqk50.com/blogroll
The Hive's blogroll, maintained by Apis Necros, curates a handpicked list of blogs and personal sites spanning infosec, programming, IndieWeb, and tech commentary. It serves as a warm introduction to a community of independent web authors, mixing close friends' personal sites with colleagues writing about cybersecurity, software freedom, and accessibility.
https://cadence.moe/
Cadence's personal website is a vibrant celebration of the creative, fun web, featuring a Geocities-inspired design with sparkly animations, pastel colors, and a warm handcrafted feel. Beyond the aesthetic manifesto, the site includes a weblog, video game pages, recipes, VRChat drawings, a GB camera section, and a thoughtful list of personal interests and special topics.
https://monoki.neocities.org/
Monoki's Moon-Landing is a whimsical personal homepage on Neocities with a space-themed intro that invites visitors to 'land on the moon' before entering the site. The splash page features atmospheric background music and creative worldbuilding prose, hinting at a handcrafted old-web aesthetic within.
https://robey.lag.net/2010/06/21/mensch-font.html
Robey's blog post documents the creation of 'Mensch', a custom monospace coding font derived from Apple's Menlo and the DejaVu/Bitstream Vera lineage, with carefully considered tweaks to glyphs like the zero, ampersand, and lowercase L. The post offers a free download of the font along with a detailed explanation of each design decision, making it a gem for developers who care deeply about their coding environment typography.
https://realworldtech.com/overclocking-observations
Written by Dean Kent in 1997, this Real World Tech article chronicles the early days of CPU overclocking, tracing the community's evolution from Usenet skepticism to increasingly bold experiments pushing Pentium processors far beyond their rated speeds. It offers a fascinating firsthand perspective on how overclocking culture developed, complete with cautionary tales about destroyed processors and the gradual spread of technical knowledge.