~ Early Web Links ~

Lee Perry is a Burnley-based enthusiast who documents his wide-ranging active lifestyle including running, virtual cycling on a Wattbike, rock climbing, mountaineering, and motorhome adventures across the UK and beyond. The site functions as a digital garden with a blog, microblog, fitness training log, retrogaming notes, and coding projects, making it a rich personal hub for an impressively varied set of pursuits.

A mirror of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, founded by the late herbalist Michael Moore, this site is a massive archive of medicinal plant knowledge including photographs, illustrations, materia medica, herb manuals, folios, and digitized historical texts like the complete US Dispensatory 20th Edition. Visitors will find an extraordinary depth of botanical reference material spanning decades of Moore's teaching, with genus-indexed plant photos, video clips, color illustrations, and extensive lecture notes on clinical and constitutional herbalism.

Joe's tilde.town personal page centers on affirmations of self-love, spiritual wellness, and positive manifestation, written in an introspective and meditative style. Short but sincere, it reflects a philosophy of gratitude and personal growth shared with visitors of the small-web community.

Cliophate.wtf is a thoughtful personal blog where the author documents experiments in mindful technology use, including a multi-week project to reduce smartphone screen time and break habits of reflexive phone-checking. The writing is reflective and self-aware, exploring the psychology of digital distraction with references to other writers and a community of like-minded minimalists.

A moody, atmospheric personal site hosted on Neocities where the owner explores their inner world without censorship, including discussions of depression and intrusive thoughts. The gothic woodland aesthetic and content warnings signal a deeply personal space built around mental health experiences.

Judson Carroll, a master herbalist, shares detailed knowledge of Southern Appalachian wild plants, foraging, and herbal medicine through this long-running blog. Posts cover edible and medicinal plants of the American Southeast, with ties to his many published books on topics ranging from survival herbalism to Christian herbal medicine traditions.

A vibrant personal homepage by dykefag featuring trans and safer sex resources, DIY HRT guides, and links to LGBTQ+ support organizations. The site also includes music embeds, a theme switcher, and a lively collection of pixel art buttons reflecting queer internet culture.

Rachel Tan's unapologetically Autistic blog challenges neuronormativity with a punk attitude, offering personal reflections on forging your own path outside neurotypical expectations. Based in Singapore, Rachel writes for Autistic punks, rebels, and misfits who refuse to mask or conform.

EasyPeasy is a free online book adapted from Allen Carr's method, rewritten to help people quit pornography without willpower or feelings of deprivation. Structured as a step-by-step guide with chapters covering addiction psychology, brainwashing, withdrawal, and relapse prevention, it offers a compassionate and practical framework for breaking the habit.

DrugsData.org, a project of the Erowid Center, provides independent anonymous laboratory analysis of recreational drugs using GC/MS and chemical reagent testing, publishing thousands of results dating back to 2001. Visitors can search a massive database of drug checking results by substance name, location, or data source, making it a unique harm reduction reference for researchers and the public alike.