~ Early Web Links ~

Bix Frankonis' personal hub documents his midlife in St. Johns, Oregon, with a characteristically candid inventory of identities, impairments, worries, and a surprisingly rich history of internet projects spanning from the mid-1990s to present. The site serves as a linktree-style landing page pointing to his blog, social profiles, and an eclectic collection of side projects including Firefly fan work and Portland community efforts.

Clare-UK is a comprehensive community website dedicated to the historic market town of Clare in Suffolk, England, covering its rich history from pre-Roman times through Norman occupation and beyond. Visitors will find a visitor's guide, local news, genealogy resources, a business directory, community events, and historical articles including a full book by David Hatton about Clare's past.

A French-language community site for Caramail chat users in the Côte d'Azur region, covering Nice, Cannes, Antibes, and Monaco, featuring member photo profiles and registration history dating back to September 2000. With over 180,000 visits and 465 registered members, it serves as a local social hub complete with free ringtones, weather, logos, and quirky generators for poems and insults.

SCIWAY (South Carolina Information Highway) bills itself as South Carolina's Front Door and serves as the largest comprehensive directory of SC information on the internet, covering jobs, businesses, cities, events, real estate, hotels, and more. A long-running community resource for residents, visitors, and anyone relocating to the Palmetto State, it features a photo project, local sponsorships, and curated guides to life in South Carolina.

Created by mal, the Irish Webring connects websites made by Irish people, people based in Ireland, or sites with predominantly Irish content, with a thoughtful discussion of what 'Irishness' even means. The site includes a nuanced exploration of national identity, diaspora, and the complexities of Irish heritage that sets it apart from a typical webring hub.

A Japanese-language Neocities personal site maintained by an enthusiast whose main passion is place names, featuring detailed columns on old town names in Suginami Ward, street address history, and neighborhood walks around Tokyo. The site also includes music notes, reading logs, baseball roster entries for the Swallows, and participates in the Neo-Nihongo Webring for Japanese-language Neocities creators.

A dedicated website about the history and community of Thorpe Mandeville, a small rural parish in south-west Northamptonshire, England, created by Maurice Cole. Visitors can explore parish registers, a brief village history, the local church, public houses, schools, military history, and notable people connected to this centuries-old settlement.

A detailed historical guide to Bishop's Stortford and Thorley in Hertfordshire, England, tracing the town's origins from medieval times through to the modern era with locally sponsored content. Visitors will find rich historical excerpts, including an 1791 description from the Universal British Directory, covering the town's geography, castle ruins, and notable landmarks.

A community resource page dedicated to veterans in Polk County, North Carolina, providing contact information for local veterans services, links to VFW and American Legion Facebook groups, and a rich archive of Veterans Day parades and memorial park events dating back to 2002. The site also offers resources on in-home care assistance, suicide prevention, POW/MIA remembrance, and the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

Pinoy Websites is a webring connecting Filipino people who have personal sites, blogs, portfolios, and passion projects from across the Philippines and beyond. With 19 members spanning web developers, writers, gamers, and diarists, it celebrates the diversity of the Filipino indie web.