~ Early Web Links ~

David Wertheimer has been publishing Ideapad since 1998, making it one of the longest-running personal blogs on the web, with archives stretching back decades. Posts cover everyday observations, technology, diet experiments, and slice-of-life vignettes written with a warm, conversational style.

Leveretstar is a newly launched personal digital outpost with a space-themed aesthetic, built around a blog and a growing collection of personal pages. The site is still early in development, with a to-do list hinting at future sections covering interests, media, dreams, and ethics.

GB's cozy corner of the web blends a personal blog with zine-making, doodles, book lists, and a curated blogroll, all tied together by a warm indie-web sensibility. The site participates in webrings, distributes zines through Ko-fi and ZinesForever, and documents everyday life through short reflective posts.

HTML Zine Club is a community founded by artist and web publisher Nami Kim that brings together creators who make hand-crafted webzines using basic HTML and CSS. Members share personal, experimental, and artistic web documents through the club, which also offers HTML and CSS tutorials to help newcomers publish their own digital zines.

Aardvark Daily is New Zealand's longest-running online daily news and commentary publication, now in its 30th year, run by Bruce Simpson covering science, technology, and current events with a distinctly Kiwi perspective. Visitors will find opinionated columns on topics ranging from energy policy and fuel scams to computing history, making it a veteran voice in independent tech journalism.

The alt.zines DMZ serves as the unofficial web companion to the Usenet newsgroup alt.zines, collecting archives of on-topic discussions, a regularly updated FAQ, and practical advice for aspiring zine publishers. Visitors can explore a publishers index, a curated list of review zines, and tips from experienced zinesters, making it a genuine hub for the indie zine community.

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.

A curated LibGuide from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library that compiles digital zine archives, lending libraries, and artist collectives into one organized reference hub. It covers everything from activist zines and science-fiction fanzines to POC and queer zine collections, making it a rich starting point for researchers, educators, and zine enthusiasts alike.

Joe Ross is a lawyer with a keen interest in law, tech policy, and geekery who runs this frequently updated link blog sharing commentary on politics, culture, and the occasional obscure delight. Posts range from Supreme Court dynamics and civil liberties to RoboCop statues and rare Steve Jobs interviews, making it a lively and eclectic read.

LainZine is an online zine community inspired by the anime 'Serial Experiments Lain', featuring an archive of issues, a radio stream, and submission opportunities for contributors. The site connects a tight-knit circle of like-minded communities including Sushigirl, Uboa, and other alt-web spaces, cultivating a moody, philosophical cyberpunk aesthetic.