~ Early Web Links ~

A playful archive cataloging the history of internet cat memes, tracing characters like Happycat, Ceiling Cat, Limecat, and Longcat through their many pop-culture permutations and parodies. Created by Helene Dams at Merz Akademie, the site presents 164 images organized as a taxonomy of classic lolcat and early internet feline phenomena.

A lighthearted personality quiz that tells you which type of cheese you are based on your food preferences, travel dreams, and life priorities. Inspired by the San-X cheese family characters, it offers a fun, nostalgic early-web quiz experience with multiple choice questions leading to a cheese-based result.

Sleep Talkin' Man is a wildly popular blog by Karen Slavick documenting the bizarre, hilarious, and often profane things her husband Adam says in his sleep. With years of archived late-night ramblings, audio recordings, merchandise, and a devoted fanbase, it became a genuine internet phenomenon.

A festive holiday page from the 4chan /aicg/ (AI Chatbot General) community, featuring a parody Christmas song about spending the holidays with AI companions like Character.AI and Claude. The lyrics lovingly poke fun at the culture of AI chatbot enthusiasts, referencing SillyTavern, character bots, and the joys of AI waifus.

Bungle Online is a quirky personal site packed with fandom content and intentionally chaotic web design, complete with vine boom sound effects, moving gifs, and weird fonts. The creator describes it as a place where they do whatever they think is cool or funny, making it a fun oddball corner of the old-web revival scene.

Petit Tube surfaces obscure YouTube videos with zero or very few views, giving visitors a peek at the overlooked corners of the internet's vast video archive. It's a minimalist discovery tool for those curious about what gets uploaded but almost never watched.

The Corporation is a satirical parody site that dresses up internet humor as a corporate enterprise, complete with mock consumer research and deadpan business-speak about delivering 'humor product' to the masses. Created under the Funreal Entertainment banner, it blends absurdist comedy with corporate parody in a style reminiscent of late 1990s web humor.

Fingel's Site is a quirky personal homepage dedicated to celebrating James Durso, featuring countdowns, favorite things, and enthusiastic declarations of appreciation. The minimal but heartfelt content centers on commemorating specific dates and people, giving it a charmingly eccentric old-web personality.

A gloriously absurd parody corporate website for the 'Extreme Schemes Team,' featuring a full FizzBuzz output, fake employee bios including a dog CEO and Petey Piranha, and mock customer testimonials. The site leans hard into surreal internet humor with a deadpan delivery that makes it a charming piece of old-web comedic chaos.

Hellmouth Finder is a playful interactive map revealing all 746 supposed portals to the underworld hidden across the UK, presented with a straight face and genuine geographic detail. Part of the vole.wtf collection of silly browser-based diversions, it sits alongside other absurdist British humor projects like Comic Sans Maps, Dog Poo Golf, and How British Are Your Teeth.