~ Early Web Links ~

Sloop Web Directory is a community-curated collection of websites organized into Classic and Modern sections, with a particular focus on sites accessible to older web browsers and vintage machines. Retro computing enthusiasts will find it especially useful for discovering old-web-friendly communities, BBS resources, and personal pages compatible with systems like Mac OS 9 or Windows 98.

FOSSA Learning, created by Vic, is a learning design framework built around five core principles: free, open, small, simple, and accessible course creation. The site offers a methodology and starter course for teachers and instructional designers who want to build lightweight, inclusive learning materials without cost or proprietary formats.

A Cornell University research portal summarizing 47 peer-reviewed studies on conversion therapy, examining whether it can alter sexual orientation without causing harm. The site presents a thorough academic consensus, citing links to depression, suicidality, and anxiety, while methodically evaluating the limitations of existing research.

Dan Brickley's early tilde.club homepage offers a handful of curated links spanning endangered languages research and a digitized philosophy seminar he personally converted to HTML using MS Word macros on a 286 PC running DRDOS. The page is a charming artifact of early web DIY culture, with Dan's hands-on archival work making it a quirky footnote in web history.

Digital Research Tools (DiRT) is a wiki-based directory cataloging software and resources to help humanities and social science scholars conduct research more efficiently, covering everything from citation management to text analysis and data visualization. Organized by research activity, it offers both a browsable tool directory and in-depth reviews exploring practical applications for academic researchers.

Greg McVerry is a digitally networked scholar based in East Haddam, CT, whose site INTERTEXTrEVOLUTION explores the intersections of literacy, digital learning, and making through articles, blog posts, poetry, and podcasts. Organized around the motto 'Make. Hack. Play. Learn.', the site reflects his academic and creative philosophy that learning is interest-driven, production-based, and deeply tied to digital tools and networked communities.

Shadow Libraries is a curated directory of pirate library resources, aggregating links to free ebook sources like Anna's Archive, LibGen, Internet Archive, and more. It organizes access methods by type including direct downloads, torrents, IRC channels, Telegram bots, and online reading platforms, making it a handy one-stop reference for free digital book access.

A searchable glossary of Sanskrit terms drawn specifically from Sri Aurobindo's works and the Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library, making it a specialized reference for students of Integral Yoga philosophy. The indexed entries span hundreds of Sanskrit terms with alphabetical navigation sections and references to scriptural texts, offering a focused scholarly tool for readers of Aurobindo's writings.

Robert T. Carroll's Skeptic's Dictionary is a landmark reference site featuring 785 alphabetized entries covering strange beliefs, logical fallacies, cognitive biases, pseudoscience, paranormal claims, and dangerous delusions. Established in 1994 and continuously updated for over two decades, it offers definitions, arguments, reader comments, essays, and book reviews making it one of the most comprehensive skeptical inquiry resources on the web.

Kate Monk's Onomastikon is a massive dictionary of names from cultures and historical periods spanning the entire globe, originally compiled to help role-players find authentic character names. Preserved and re-hosted by Roger after the original site went offline, it covers everything from Celtic and Saxon England to Melanesia, the Ancient World, and the Americas, with historical background notes alongside male, female, and family names.