~ Early Web Links ~

Dopetalk is a harm reduction forum and community for drug users, offering information, peer support, and links to resources like Erowid, DanceSafe, and PsychonautWiki. Founded in December 2014, it emphasizes safe use practices and strictly prohibits solicitation or dealing, positioning itself as an educational and supportive space rather than a marketplace.

Peevish.co.uk hosts a sprawling dictionary of British slang and colloquialisms, cataloguing over 7000 informal expressions from across the UK with regional annotations and etymological context. Features include an A-Z browseable index, articles on Cockney rhyming slang and other linguistic topics, a bibliography, and monthly additions of newly documented slang terms.

Encyclopedia Mythica is one of the oldest and most comprehensive online references for mythology, folklore, and religion, boasting over 11,420 articles spanning Greek, Norse, Roman, Maori, Arthurian, and dozens of other traditions. Running since 1995, it offers a searchable database with daily deity and feast day features, making it an invaluable scholarly and casual resource for anyone exploring world mythologies.

Maintained by Melody Orfei, this page serves as a comprehensive directory of Massachusetts Special Education Parent Advisory Councils (SPED PACs) that have an online presence, organized alphabetically by town. Each entry notes the year the PAC went online, site size, hosting platform, and available features like email lists and Facebook groups, making it an invaluable resource for parents navigating special education advocacy across the state.

Hosted by Yale Law School's Lillian Goldman Law Library, the Avalon Project is a massive digital archive of primary source documents spanning law, history, and diplomacy from ancient times through the 21st century. Researchers and history enthusiasts will find everything from ancient texts to the Nuremberg Tribunal records, organized chronologically and by collection.

Cosma Shalizi's sprawling academic homepage offers a remarkable archive of book reviews, research notes, lecture materials, and personal essays spanning mathematics, statistics, science, and more. The Bactra Review alone contains over 130 wide-ranging book reviews, making this a genuinely rich intellectual resource built over decades.

The Little Directory of Calm curates links to websites that meet strict requirements: no ads, no tracking, no pop-ups, and no auto-playing media, making it a peaceful alternative to the noisy modern web. Spanning dozens of categories from creative writing and digital art to web development and open science, it serves as a thoughtfully filtered gateway to the quieter corners of the internet.

Behind the Name is a comprehensive encyclopedia of first names from around the world, covering etymology, history, and cultural origins for thousands of given names across dozens of languages and traditions. Visitors can browse by letter or origin, check name popularity by country, explore namesakes, and even use tools like a random name generator and baby name advisor.

MadSci Network is a nonprofit Ask-A-Scientist platform where a collective of real scientists answer user-submitted questions across biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and more, with over 36,000 archived answers available. The site also features science fair resources, FAQs on common topics like bread molds and caffeine, interactive labs, and a Random Knowledge Generator, making it a rich hub for curious minds of all ages.

R. Chris Fraley, a psychologist at the University of Illinois, presents a thorough overview of adult attachment theory and research, tracing its origins from John Bowlby's work through modern empirical findings on intimate relationships. Visitors can also take online quizzes to assess their own attachment styles and explore links to self-report measures like the ECR-R and ECR-RS.