~ Early Web Links ~

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.

BOWest Pty Ltd hosts a comprehensive technical reference library covering electrical engineering topics including circuit theorems, formulae, and electrical machines. Organized as a text-based index spanning Ohm's Law through Thevenin's Theorem and three-phase power, it is designed for both students and practicing engineers who want to draw their own diagrams while reading through the material.

AIspotting is a curated directory of guides and tools for identifying AI-generated content across visual art, writing, and other media, helping people protect themselves from AI fraud and misinformation. It also collects resources for artists to protect their work from being used in AI training, along with recommendations for AI-free creative platforms.

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.

Harley Hahn's Internet Yellow Pages is a classic web directory that organizes internet resources by topic, and this particular page covers genealogy-related sites and links. A well-known resource from the early web era, it serves as a curated guide for users seeking genealogy research tools and communities online.

href.cool is a curated link directory that organizes the web into evocative categories like Bodies, Crimes, Supernatural, and Tapes, billing itself as a collector of 'the final heartbeats of our beloved www.' Its poetic framing and eclectic taxonomy make it a genuinely distinctive way to discover unusual, forgotten, or fascinating corners of the internet.

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.

nimi.li is a comprehensive, interactive dictionary for Toki Pona, a constructed minimalist language with just over 130 core words. Visitors can browse all vocabulary sorted by frequency of use, writing system, and rarity, with detailed definitions and particle usage notes for each entry.

Native Languages of the Americas is a non-profit resource dedicated to preserving over 800 indigenous languages of the Western Hemisphere, run by Laura Redish and Orrin Lewis. Visitors can explore an alphabetical master list of Native American languages, vocabulary lists, pronunciation guides, linguistic family groupings, tribal geographic indexes, and materials tailored for younger readers.

A specialized web tool by Ben Bullock that lets users draw kanji characters by hand with a mouse and have them automatically recognized, making it invaluable for looking up unfamiliar Japanese characters. The site also offers multiple lookup methods including multiradical, four-corner, and SKIP codes, with support for over a dozen interface languages.