Computers & Internet
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https://tilde.town/~thegiant
TheGiant's tilde.town homepage is a love letter to the old internet, covering BBS systems, telnet, MUDs, Usenet, Unix shell access, and hand-coded HTML in the spirit of dial-up era computing. The page doubles as a curated link collection pointing to active BBSes, MUD directories, and free Usenet servers for those who still embrace these retro communities.
https://list-me.com/
List-Me.com is a free, non-elite web directory that has been accepting site submissions since 2004, offering anyone a place to list their website and gain traffic without fees or exclusivity requirements. With 355 links in its database spanning personal pages, art sites, fanlistings, and more, it serves as a welcoming hub for the indie and old-web community.
https://0u75k1r7-p4rad1c3.neocities.org/
A cryptically named personal site with a striking retro-futuristic aesthetic, featuring a dramatic age-gate warning modeled after nuclear waste site markers. The page leans heavily into old-web nostalgia with custom fonts, audio autoplay, and a dial-up-era loading sequence, but its actual inner content remains largely inaccessible from the landing page alone.
https://jvt.me/blogroll
Jamie Tanna's blogroll is a curated list of blogs and feeds followed by a software engineer, spanning web development, APIs, and tech writing. With over 100 entries linking to developers, API specialists, and tech bloggers across Twitter, Mastodon, and personal sites, it serves as a well-connected index into the technical blogging community.
https://aolemu.com/
AOLEmu is an open-source project that emulates the classic AOL client experience, complete with instant messaging, chatrooms, and email services built to replicate the look and feel of AOL v4.0. Built in C# with a nostalgic UI, it has even been featured on Netflix's HIGH SCORE documentary series covering gaming and internet history.
https://pakhrom.ru/
Pakhrom's Basement is the personal site of Roman Pakhomov, a Russian student with a passion for programming, game development, and music, currently being rebuilt using the Astro framework. The site is in early development but promises future content including a blog, infosec section, and a curated list of cool sites.
https://johndecember.com/cmc/mag/1999/jan/elmer.html
A 1999 academic article from CMC Magazine by Greg Elmer examining webrings as a form of computer-mediated communication, analyzing how web-based hyperlinks transformed online social interaction beyond traditional email and Usenet dialogues. Published in a special focus issue on web usability, it offers a scholarly perspective on how webrings functioned as networked communication infrastructure in the early commercial web era.
http://www2.cybernex.net/~jj
This page returns an error and no content could be retrieved from the cybernex.net host. The site appears to be defunct, with no recoverable information about its original topic or creator.
https://spacedorky.com/
SpaceDorky is a colorful, animated personal homepage with autoplay music, currently under construction and best viewed on desktop. The landing page sets the stage for an old-web-style experience with playful typography and a welcoming intro.
https://zanshin.net/
Mark H. Nichols runs this long-running personal site where programming reflections, technology commentary, and musings on tools like LLMs and Hugo sit alongside links to music compositions and reading notes. Posts lean technical, with a thoughtful voice covering software development, calendar sync headaches, and the nature of AI, making it a compelling read for developers with broad interests.