Web Design
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http://contemporary-home-computing.org/
Contemporary Home Computing is a research and writing project by Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied exploring the cultural history of the web, home computing, and the evolving relationship between users and technology. Articles cover topics like vernacular web aesthetics, GIF culture, web paleontology, and what it means to be a computer user, making it a fascinating critical theory archive for anyone interested in internet history.
https://flamedfury.com/
fLaMEd fury is a personal web hub by fLaMEd, a New Zealand-based webmaster who has been surfing the internet since 1996 and writes lovingly about the open web, personal websites, and building things online. The site doubles as a living collection of vinyl records, books, beers, bookmarks, and blog posts, described by its creator as a love letter to the everything/nothing websites of the early 2000s.
https://echoecho.com/toolcursor.htm
EchoEcho.Com offers a suite of online tools for webmasters, including this custom cursor generator that writes HTML and CSS code on the fly for Internet Explorer-compatible link cursors. Visitors can select from a variety of cursor styles, preview them, and copy the generated code directly into their own web pages with no coding knowledge required.
https://moondvsted.space/
A personal homepage by moondvsted that is currently under construction, offering a dreamy old-web aesthetic with minimal content visible at this stage. The site hints at more to come with links to webrings and a placeholder index, making it a work-in-progress space worth revisiting.
https://shenanigans.neocities.org/
France La'Lune's Shenanigans is a personal creative hub focused on sharing coding creations, free website decorations, and old-web styled layouts that others can use and remix. Highlights include a Code Catalog of shareable HTML and CSS snippets, a Website Deco page with button links and fonts, and a newsletter documenting ongoing site improvements.
https://undevoted.org/
Cristina's personal web collective 'lachrymа' at undevoted.org serves as a hub linking to her various online projects and domains. The minimal navigation hints at a curated collection of sites, typical of old-web collectives maintained by hobbyist webmasters.
https://libre.town/?webring=htmlhobbyist
Lianna's Libre.Town is a vibrant personal homepage styled as a virtual town, packed with shrines, blog posts, art, writing, programming projects, and recipes. A proud member of the web revival movement, the site champions the handcrafted, social-media-free web and includes manifestos, friend links, and webrings that make it a genuine hub for like-minded netizens.
https://daedrms.neocities.org/angel/colorsplash
Colorsplash is a general-purpose webring hosted by Nora (daedrms) that connects handcrafted, vibrant, and creative personal websites made without AI or site builders. Members are encouraged to bring color, energy, and creative works like art, writing, or music to the ring, with a small but growing index of member sites.
https://johan.hal.se/
Johan Halse is a web developer's personal blog featuring sharp, opinionated commentary on the tech industry, including AI hype, the Rails community, and the blockchain era. Posts are witty and candid, offering a developer's perspective on trends he finds overblown or troubling.
https://doesmysitedeserverecognition.com/
A practical checklist and reference guide for evaluating whether a website truly deserves recognition, awards, or citation as a best-practice example. It covers web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.0/2.1), the P.O.U.R. principles, screen reader compatibility, print stylesheets, valid code, and cross-browser support, with curated links to tools and further reading.