Web Design
1378 sites
https://linkage.lol/
Linkage is Lou Plummer's daily links blog, curating interesting websites from across the internet with the self-imposed rule of sharing at least one link every single day. Beyond the links, Lou's hub connects to his app reviews, life blog, Appalachian Trail honeymoon journal, and various social media presences, painting a picture of a GenX educational IT professional with wide-ranging curiosity.
https://wake.st/
Liaizon Wakest's personal homepage is a sparse but community-connected node on the Merveilles webring, with a dedicated subpage cataloging members who created 88x31px banners for their sites. The page points visitors toward the Fediverse and a /now page, reflecting an indie web ethos centered on small, handcrafted online spaces.
https://v0idspace.nekoweb.org/
V0id's personal corner of the web is a lovingly crafted old-web tribute packed with curated links, retro computing nostalgia resources, and a gallery of original art. The site doubles as a hub for old-web exploration, featuring search engines, nostalgic tools, webrings, and a growing collection of pages dedicated to cats, aquariums, and Windows 98 homages.
https://opendyslexic.org/
OpenDyslexic is a free, open-source typeface created by Abbie Gonzalez and specifically designed to reduce some common reading difficulties associated with dyslexia. Available under the SIL-OFL license for personal, commercial, and educational use, the font can be downloaded via Itch.io or supported through Patreon.
https://applianceri.ng/
Appliance Ring is a quirky webring created by Lily that connects personal websites based on a single delightful requirement: each member must feature a picture of an appliance and use it as the navigation link to the next site. Members have claimed everything from a Juicero Press to a Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster, making it a charming slice of old-web creativity.
https://csh.bz/gifmelter
GifMelter is a browser-based tool by Tim Baker and Chris Shier that lets you distort and glitch any GIF image using canvas effects, either via a bookmarklet or by pasting a URL. It's a clever creative utility that turns ordinary animated GIFs into melting, warped visual experiments right in your browser.
https://wortelarchief.netlify.app/
Sophie's personal corner of the web, known as Het Wortel Archief, is a playful old-web style homepage featuring a music player, links to multiple past site redesigns, and a charming collection of web buttons and webrings. The site leans into nostalgic internet aesthetics with anti-NFT badges, a no-AI webring, and a rotating cast of colorful layouts that Sophie experiments with for fun.
https://atinytrashbag.neocities.org/
Bag's personal Neocities site is a colorful digital playground built as a self-taught coding project, featuring shrines, stamps, webrings, and a custom CD player with an eclectic music playlist. The site leans into indie web culture with fanlistings, cliques, and a cheerful "under construction" spirit that captures the creative DIY ethos of the modern old-web revival.
https://web.cs.wpi.edu/~jshutt/surfing.html
John N. Shutt's massive curated web directory, maintained from 1998 to 2021, organizes thousands of links across categories spanning arts, sciences, politics, religion, humor, software, and much more. With over 2,200 links organized into a deep hierarchical structure, it represents a remarkable personal effort to catalog the breadth of the early and mid-era web.
https://tilde.club/~leach
Leach's cozy corner on tilde.club features a mix of personal updates, a hosted game called A Dark Room, and a curated set of links to interesting corners of the web. The page has an old-web community feel, complete with a guestbook, a webring, and badges celebrating the tilde.club community.