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https://archive.hankchizljaw.com/notes/104
Andy Bell is a freelance web designer specializing in semantic HTML and CSS, and this archived note from 2019 captures his interest in collecting links to personal sites where people post their own notes. Andy is also the co-author of 'Every Layout' and curator of piccalil.li, making this a small window into the indie web and personal publishing community he helped foster.
https://webring.nomaakip.xyz/
Swagring is a webring curated by nomaakip, designed to connect and showcase cool personal sites across the old-web community. The site is minimal and in-progress, with an about page and a members directory linking out to participating sites.
http://audio.textfiles.com/
A massive audio archive from the textfiles.com project, collecting historical recordings from the early internet and hacker culture including conference speeches, phone phreaking pranks, and computer-themed music. Curated by Jason Scott, this repository preserves rare sound artifacts from hacker cons like DEF CON, telephone conferences, and other digital history ephemera.
https://subtraction.com/2010/10/27/my-ipad-magazine-stand
Subtraction.com is Khoi Vinh's long-running blog on design, technology, and culture, written by the former Design Director of The New York Times Online and Principal Designer at Adobe. This particular post examines the wave of iPad magazine apps from major publishers like Conde Nast and The New Yorker, offering sharp critical insight from someone with deep experience in digital publishing.
https://openrain502r.github.io/athe52.github.io
athe52's personal site is a curated link collection focused on retro computing, old-web nostalgia, and vintage software, featuring resources like Office 97 assistants, GeoCities-era GIFs, and early text-to-speech tools. The creator is also working on several original projects including lunarOS History and Project Fossil, with a clear love for preserving and exploring computing history.
https://ghostk.id/
Ghostk.id is a lovingly handcrafted personal site built as a deliberate rejection of social media monoculture, inviting visitors to explore a Windows-desktop-styled interface filled with interactive elements, webrings, shrines, and curios. The creator's manifesto-driven mission to revitalize the indie web is front and center, making the site itself a statement about decentralized, personal web presence.
https://dyremyhr.no/
Mats Dyremyhr Bakke is a Norwegian IT consultant based in Halden who shares his professional background, education, and online presence through this minimalist personal homepage. The site participates in several old-web rings including the Geekring, LowTech Webring, Fediring, and Retronaut Webring, reflecting a fondness for indie web culture.
https://gahongx.neocities.org/
Gahongx Slackershop is the experimental personal homepage of Gahongx Wang, a bilingual (English and Chinese) creator who built this handcrafted old-web-style site with meticulous attention to accessibility, layout, and navigation. The site features a guestbook, webrings, and a deliberately evolving design philosophy described as 'experimental and can change dramatically at any time.'
https://denmchenry.com/
Den McHenry is a front-end developer and self-described digital hermit who makes websites, draws cartoons for his kids and coworkers, and enjoys creator-owned comics and indie rock. The site serves as a personal hub linking out to his Codepen, GitHub, Pixelfed, and webcomics alongside participation in several indie webrings.
https://pict.chat/
PictoChat Online is a browser-based recreation of the Nintendo DS's iconic PictoChat application, built by ayunami2000 using a Java backend server. Users can connect, choose a username and color, and chat in the classic PictoChat style without needing a Discord account, making it a charming nostalgic experiment.