~ Early Web Links ~

A whimsical, deliberately cryptic splash page inviting visitors to enter 'the weep deb thingie' with absurdist choices and circular navigation links labeled 'widdershins' and 'deiseal'. The site leans into old-web surrealist humor with a self-referential gag about providing 'less information' and a copyright credit to 'the invisible footprint disorganization'.

Part of Stefan Bohacek's 'Weird Web October 2025' series, this entry presents a spooky interactive page riffing on the famous nuclear waste warning messages designed to deter future humans from digging up buried radioactive sites. Visitors are greeted with ominous ceremonial language and given a choice to leave or ignore the warning, making it a clever piece of weird-web interactive art.

Skrudgspace is a bare-bones Neocities page with a single quirky focus: celebrating male pattern baldness with gleeful absurdist humor. The entire content revolves around a comedic ode to hair loss, making it a micro-site of surreal one-liners rather than any serious personal homepage.

JokeWallpaper.com, created by Steven M. Kremer and running since 1995, offers free funny desktop wallpapers, screensavers, themes, and startup screens that parody Microsoft, Apple, and current events. Visitors can also browse funny stories, letters from lawyers, satirical articles, and a collection of strange humor that defies easy categorization.

James Lileks presents a sprawling, irreverent gallery mocking the ghastly food photography and bizarre recipes found in mid-century American cookbooks and promotional pamphlets. Featuring dozens of themed collections with names like 'Meat Fisting At Home' and 'Jell-O Art of the 20s and 30s,' it's a hilarious archaeological dig through the culinary horrors of the 1940s through 1960s.

Julian Rubin's astronomy jokes page blends humor with genuine science education, mixing space puns and astronaut quips with biographical sketches of astronomers like Ptolemy, Galileo, and Kepler. The section is touchingly dedicated to the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia and sits within a broader science humor site that Scientific American once recognized for its educational value.

A charmingly niche Neocities site where a self-described geriatric millennial rates and reviews their naps, complete with detailed notes on dream quality, grogginess levels, and overall restfulness scored out of 10. The archive spans well over a year of entries, making it a surprisingly earnest and funny meditation on rest, sleep, and daily life.

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.

Totally Absurd Inventions showcases the funniest real patents ever issued by the US government, from tricycle lawn mowers to diaper alarms, celebrating the wonderfully eccentric side of American ingenuity. Running since 1997, the site features an archive of bizarre but genuine patented products, making it a treasure trove for anyone who loves quirky trivia and offbeat humor.

A scrappy personal links page from the mid-2000s Tripod era, collecting favorite humor and webcomic sites like Toothpaste for Dinner, Natalie Dee, White Ninja Comics, and Ebaumsworld. The page is a snapshot of early internet humor culture, linking to friends' sites alongside random funny corners of the web.