~ Early Web Links ~

Common Pest is a personal creative hub by a maker who goes by the same name, hosting self-produced zines, music logs, and various creative projects while learning HTML and CSS from scratch. The site features a charming bat-filled illustrated tree as its navigation, a blog, and a music section covering artists like Tears for Fears, the Deftones, and Twenty One Pilots.

An archived 1995 HotWired article by Josh Quittner exploring the birth of 'Way New Journalism' and how the web might fundamentally transform media, publishing, and the economics of content distribution. A fascinating time capsule from the early commercial web, capturing the excitement and uncertainty journalists felt as digital publishing upended traditional print models.

Slash Seconds is an internationally edited online publishing project, initiated by Derek Horton and Peter Lewis, featuring text, visual art, moving image, and sound-based work from a global roster of artists, academics, and curators. Published quarterly and supported by Leeds Metropolitan University, the project brings together experimental and critical cultural contributions from contributors like Runa Islam, Michael Nyman, and numerous others.

1312 Press is an anarchist zine distro operating out of Occupied Coastal Salish Territories, publishing and distributing printable zines focused on anti-fascism, anti-colonialism, and anti-police politics. The catalog includes titles covering topics like antifascist skinhead history, Indigenous land defense at Standing Rock, settler colonialism, and resistance to grand juries, with many available for both reading online and printing.

Fahrenheit is the oldest Polish internet magazine dedicated to speculative fiction, covering science fiction, fantasy, and horror with short stories, reviews, essays, and the prestigious Zew Zajdla award coverage. Visitors will find a rich archive of book and film reviews, original fiction, interviews, gaming coverage, and cultural commentary all presented in Polish.

Jeff Kaufman's personal blog covers a wide range of topics including effective altruism, urban housing policy, parenting, contra dance music, and technology. The site features regularly updated posts with thoughtful analysis on civic and social issues, alongside links to his music projects and coding work.

Aphelion is a long-running online fiction magazine publishing original science fiction, fantasy, and horror since 1997, with new issues released on the first Sunday of every month. Visitors can read short stories, novellas, flash fiction, poetry, and reviews, with new writers actively encouraged to submit their work for publication.

Link Punk is a linkblog by Braden Slen that curates and comments on daily news stories spanning politics, civil liberties, and current events with a distinctly skeptical, left-leaning voice. The format is clean and RSS-friendly, offering a steady stream of annotated links to journalism and longform reads from across the web.

Paper Tiger Television is a long-running independent media organization dedicated to freedom of speech, personal expression, and social justice through grassroots video production. Their site offers access to an archive of activist media work, a history of the collective, and resources connecting visitors to their mission.

TheZONE is a quirky, space-themed creative hub built around an ongoing e-zine called the Super Secret Zone, now on its fifth issue, featuring original comics, short fiction, art, and classified ads. Visitors can submit anonymous "super secrets" via a web form, which may be featured in future issues, giving the site a participatory and irreverent old-web personality.