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https://poddys.com/
The Poddys Directory is a long-running web directory created in 1998, covering an enormous range of topics from jokes and UFOs to genealogy, anime, and cheap phone cards. Despite its dated appearance and some broken links, it remains a nostalgic snapshot of early web curation with a particularly large humor and funny pictures section.
https://gifcity.carrd.co/
GIFCITY is a massive archive of free web graphics including blinkies, stamps, buttons, dividers, icons, backgrounds, and animated GIFs organized for old-web enthusiasts. Built after a predecessor site went down in 2021, it offers code previews and a dark-themed layout housing thousands of collectible graphics for personal pages.
https://tar.dev/
Tarandir is a richly crafted personal site by a language enthusiast and web tinkerer who built a desktop-first, Web 1.0-styled experience complete with a drawbox, guestbook, Harry Potter quiz, and even a constructed language called Nûnþæðkira. The site blends a terminal aesthetic with personal achievements, vinyl and book collections, and links to an IndieWeb community, making it a genuine labor of love.
https://members.tripod.com/azn_addict1986/Links.htm
AzN Addict's links page is an early 2000s curated directory of resources organized into categories including MP3 downloads, software, game cheats, emulators, and anime sites. Built on Tripod with an AzN Pride aesthetic, it offers a snapshot of the kinds of sites young internet users were frequenting at the turn of the millennium.
https://boutell.com/
Tom Boutell's long-running web technology hub, home to the original 1994 World Wide Web FAQ that helped launch countless web careers. The site publishes articles on open source tools, JavaScript techniques, CMS development, and shareware products, reflecting decades of hands-on web development expertise.
http://proggyfonts.net/
Proggy Programming Fonts is the original home of a beloved collection of free monospaced bitmap fonts designed specifically for programmers, including Proggy Clean, Proggy Square, Proggy Small, and Proggy Tiny. The fonts were carefully crafted with coders in mind, with design choices like centered asterisks, distinct zeros, and vertically aligned braces, making them a cult favorite among developers who spend long hours reading code.
http://pragma-ade.nl/
PRAGMA Advanced Document Engineering is a Dutch company behind ConTeXt, a powerful document typesetting system built on TeX and MetaPost for producing high-quality PDFs from TeX or XML sources. The site offers downloads, extensive documentation, examples, and showcases for ConTeXt and the LuaMetaTeX engine.
https://havn.blog/
Havn.blog is a thoughtful personal tech blog covering home networking, Apple ecosystem observations, and everyday technology musings, written in both English and Norwegian. Posts like a beginner's guide to UniFi Wi-Fi and reflections on Apple charger standards make it a genuinely useful read for everyday tech enthusiasts.
http://myappsecurity.blogspot.com/2007/01/ajax-sniffer-prrof-of-concept.html
Anurag Agarwal's threat modeling blog dives into real-world web security vulnerabilities, including this post presenting a working proof-of-concept Ajax sniffer that overrides XMLHttpRequest to intercept and exfiltrate data. The site covers topics like XSS, Ajax worms, SQL injection, clipboard theft, and secure SDLC integration, making it a valuable technical resource for security researchers and developers.
http://sd.silentears.net/
Silent Devotion is a classic old-web graphics resource site offering cartoon dolls, pixel text, website decorations, and cliques for use in forums, email signatures, and social media profiles. It preserves the beloved SDnet dollmaking and web graphics tradition, making it a nostalgic treasure trove for fans of early internet personal page culture.