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http://contemporary-home-computing.org/affordance
A keynote essay by net artist and Digital Folklore researcher Olia Lialina, delivered at the Rethinking Affordance Symposium in 2018, exploring how interface design shapes human behavior through affordance, forgiveness, and ambiguity in HCI and human-robot interaction. Rich with annotated slides and references, it offers a critical artistic perspective on the hidden power of UI design decisions and the metaphors baked into everyday digital interfaces.
https://immibis.com/outlinks
The outlinks page of immibis.com is a curated collection of links to technical blogs, Hacker News, privacy tools, and real-world Berlin locations, maintained as a deliberate act of supporting the independent web. The selection leans heavily toward Linux sysadmin writing, reverse engineering, computer graphics, and functional programming resources, making it a useful jumping-off point for technically minded visitors.
https://rachsmith.com/
Rach Smith's digital garden is a personal notes and writing space by web developer Rachel Smith, covering CSS, browser tooling, web apps, and reflections on software development. Posts like 'Who needs a flying car when you have display: grid' and 'Home-cooked web apps' reveal a thoughtful practitioner sharing technical insights alongside personal reflections on work and life.
https://zillman.us/subject-tracers/directory-resources
Marcus P. Zillman's 2026 Directory of Directories is a massive curated reference collection covering hundreds of subject categories, from AI and biotechnology to genealogy and journalism. Created by a self-described eSolutions Architect and Internet expert, this long-running resource serves as a meta-directory linking to specialized resource guides across virtually every field of knowledge.
https://abslimeware.neocities.org/
A boot screen splash page by abslimeware on Neocities, featuring a clickable computer graphic that leads to the main site. The page is still under construction, with plans for autoplaying music and further content development.
https://scriptol.com/
Scriptol.com is a comprehensive development resource covering JavaScript, PHP, C++, HTML5, CSS, and the custom Scriptol programming language for building web and mobile applications. Visitors will find tutorials, open-source tools like the Advanced Explorer file manager and Composite static site generator, plus an encyclopedia of development languages, frameworks, and IDEs.
https://notnite.com/
Jules (notnite) is a 19-year-old programmer, modder, reverse engineer, and dataminer who uses this site as her personal hub on the web, complete with a blog, portfolio, and links to her many online profiles. The site features a customizable theme switcher, a collection of 88x31 friend buttons, and links to her open-source work on GitHub, making it a charming slice of old-web culture built by a technically skilled creator.
http://malloc.dog/
The personal blog of a software engineer writing under the name 'Ghettos of Abu Nawas,' featuring deep technical posts on Erlang, distributed systems, BEAM internals, and Kubernetes alongside travel fieldnotes from Iraq, Syria, Algeria, and beyond. The mix of rigorous CS writing, personal reflection, and international travel logs makes this a distinctive and wide-ranging technical blog worth bookmarking.
https://disassociated.com/
Running since 1997, disassociated.com is a long-running personal blog covering technology, web publishing tools like Eleventy/11ty, literature, health, and the IndieWeb and Small Web movements. The blogger writes thoughtful commentary on a wide range of topics, with a particular enthusiasm for independent self-publishing and the culture surrounding it.
https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html
The Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper is a comprehensive, freely available textbook covering shell scripting from beginner basics to advanced techniques. Packed with heavily-commented examples, exercises, and deep UNIX lore, it has long been a go-to reference for anyone learning Bash on Linux and Unix systems.