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http://outer-outer.space/visual-history-of-delicious-bookmarks
A richly researched visual history of Delicious, the pioneering social bookmarking site, tracing its design evolution through dozens of archived screenshots spanning over a decade. The creator reflects on digital ephemerality, the cultural impact of tagging and metadata, and what was lost when Delicious faded, making this a thoughtful and well-documented tribute to a formative piece of web history.
https://lynn.ru/examples/svg/en.html
Alexey Ten shares a clever SVG graceful degradation technique that lets modern browsers display SVG images while older browsers automatically fall back to raster PNG versions using a single block of markup. The article is concise but technically illuminating, walking through the HTML parsing quirk that makes this cross-browser trick possible.
https://calzonie.neocities.org/
Calzone's personal Neocities homepage greets visitors with a bold splash page, webring links, and a playful warning about cuss words and heavy construction. The site leans into classic old-web aesthetics with a dense image layout, gang-style navigation humor, and a handcrafted feel that's clearly a work in progress.
https://404city.neocities.org/
404 City is a retro-themed personal site on Neocities with a stylish old-web aesthetic, built with JavaScript and iFrames. The splash page hints at a creative, under-construction personal space with a dark, nostalgic tone.
https://sakana.fr/blog/2007/03/18/scripting-twitter-with-curl
Stephane's sakana.fr blog features a practical 2007 tutorial on scripting Twitter's API using cURL from the command line, covering status updates and direct messages that the official API didn't support. The post walks through specific curl commands with clear explanations, making it a useful reference for developers who want to automate Twitter interactions via shell scripts.
https://xml-dev.com/
A curated directory of XML editors, listing both commercial and open-source options including well-known tools like XMLSpy, JEdit, and Stylus Studio. The site organizes editors into standard and WYSIWYG categories, making it a handy reference for developers searching for the right XML editing tool.
https://nullroute.lt/
Grawity's personal technical hub, Symlink, celebrates ARPANET nostalgia and networking projects with a self-described love of 'broken toys and hopeless dreams.' The site hosts documentation, mirrors, personal projects, and network/server information, all wrapped in a classic dark-room hacker aesthetic.
http://bertel.de/software/rdfc/index-en.html
RDFC is a free Windows console utility by Bertel that generates binary files of any size filled with random data, useful for developers who need to stress-test their applications with large files up to 1 TB. The page covers usage parameters, system requirements, and a direct ZIP download with MD5 checksum for verification.
https://blog.dante.cool/link-roundup-4-nerd-stuff-of-various-flavors
Videodante's link roundup series collects interesting corners of the internet spanning games, tech, history, chess, and more into curated posts with personal commentary. This particular entry covers everything from Transformers toys and Linux mini PCs to search engine indexes and medieval history, making it a lively digest of nerd culture.
https://textfiles.meulie.net/
A mirror of the legendary Textfiles.com, this site preserves thousands of ASCII text files from the mid-1980s BBS era, offering a remarkable window into early digital culture and underground computing history. Visitors can explore materials spanning BBS documentation, ASCII art, historical timelines, and audio artifacts that capture the spirit of pre-web online communities.