Web Links
I started this circa. end of October 2019 and have been slowly adding to it ever since. The links are of various topics.
FAQ
.. just to get it out of the way: If you like the list and want to contribute or something then email me them at num@privatevoid.net! Please do NOT try and sell me something or get an advertisement; this has happened before.
NOTE: Sites may go down. If so then head to archive.org and try looking them up there. Sometimes it works, sometimes they aren’t archived.
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Soda
information/findings | The OG Soda which this Soda is based on. All ideas are taken and transformed. |
genre | Community |
tilde.club
information/findings | If this didn’t exist Soda, as a webring, probably wouldn’t. It was our inspiration. |
genre | Webring |
cat-v
information/findings | A contrarian tech group that may or may not be a meme. I actually cannot tell but they have some suspect texts which would hint at that. |
genre | UNIX/Technology in general |
danger/u/
information/findings | Cyberpunk-styled textboard where I made a lot of good friends. Various boards such as /tech/, /u/ (Random), /cyb/ (Cyberpunk RP) |
genre | Textboard |
Lobsters
information/findings | Invite-only all things technology forum with a similar upvote/downvote system to Reddit. Better than “Hacker” “News”. |
genre | Technology |
SPIDR
information/findings | AI-powered news aggregator which grabs content, based on your country, from a bunch of different sources. An honest attempt at being unbiased possibly. |
genre | News aggregation |
Spyware Watchdog
information/findings | A spyware classification project. I’m not sure how accurate the information is but it is good reading material. |
genre | Privacy/Software |
catb
information/findings | The personal site of Eric S. Raymond. The creator of the The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1997), How To Ask Questions The Smart Way (2004-2014) and Master Foo. |
genre | Personal site/Technology |
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
information/findings | How To Ask Questions The Smart Way. This is mostly geared towards internet forums etc. where the user has to ask a question and the people who are gonna answer the question don’t wanna waste time. |
genre | Information/Guide |
3301
information/findings | Cicada 3301 archive. |
genre | Archive |
Bash Blob
information/findings | Linux-style memes. |
genre | Memes |
Cron Jobs
information/findings | If you ever need to make a cronjob this is the place to go. Takes the syntax and breaks it down simply. |
genre | UNIX/Linux |
Stumbling On
information/findings | A recreation of a site with a similar name that serves the same purpose. It is actually a really common way people find Soda! |
genre | Link aggregator |
Sentimental Corporation
information/findings | Used to think it was an ARG but it seems to be linked to a man called Randy Prozac who was “the ringleader behind GOAT WORSHIP, an Absurdist video making outfit, comprising of a group of actors performing in bizarre experimental videos” source |
genre | Absurdism art |
SGI IRIX
information/findings | A site which teaches how to set up IRIX. |
genre | Operating System |
Mental Models Box
information/findings | Research which explains different ways of approaching problems and reasoning. |
genre | Psychology? |
Memeforth
information/findings | “a terrible forth-like language for making memes”. It reminds me a lot of Brainfuck. |
genre | Programming |
omaera
information/findings | The personal site of z411. It’s a comfy site which I quite enjoy. He also hosts some services. |
genre | Personal site/Services |
Cambridge Cyber Gardening Club Postbox
information/findings | A postcard imageboard. I’ve never seen anything like it before and I really dig it. Might send a card myself one day. |
genre | Imageboard with postcards! |
channel 4
information/findings | A really old textboard that still gets some posts. It’s pretty comfy but almost sad when you’re reading something and can relate to the anon, then you see the post date says 2006. |
genre | Prodominantly a textboard |
Post Office
information/findings | Comfy text/image/video board. |
genre | Multimedia board |
Project Hessdalen
information/findings | A Norwegian town tracking strange lights in the skies above them. Looks like UFO’s but probably isn’t. |
genre | UFO’s |
Martin Kleppe aka aemkei
information/findings | “JavaScript Hacks and Creative Coding”. Definitely sums it up. |
genre | Programming/JavaScript |
gifcities
information/findings | “The GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine” started by the Internet Archive. |
genre | Archive |
Richard Stallman
information/findings | Richard Stallman, the chad himself. Nothing else needs to be said on that matter. |
genre | Ganoo Slash Linoox or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Ganoo Plus Linoox |
Doomworld
information/findings | The Doomworld Legacy File Database running since 1993, of course. |
genre | Database |
rawtext club
information/findings | A community that talks slowly through the command line. Kinda seems like a meme but it’s pretty interesting honestly. |
genre | Command line/Community |
emotion codes
information/findings | Seems to be tools that someone uses in order to process emotions. I guess it’s sorta self help. |
genre | Self help |
Terminal 00
information/findings | ARG or something meant to be a epileptic art piece. |
genre | ARG/Art? |
tildeverse
information/findings | A group of Webrings that are like tilde.club but host all kinds of things. Soda is still infinitely better tho :^). “member status in the tildeverse mainly involves some level of engagement or presence on irc”, fuck that honestly. |
genre | Webring of Webrings? |
Dig Deeper
information/findings | Articles on privacy, the internet, and cool tools you should use to not get spied on. |
genre | Internet/Privacy/Software |
n-gate
information/findings | The Webshit Weekly. Dives through the horseshit midden known as “Hacker” “News” so you don’t have to. |
genre | News |
Wiby
information/findings | “Search Engine for the Classic Web” |
genre | Search Engine |
Make Frontend Shit Again
information/findings | Lets go back in time and make the internet fun again. |
genre | Based and Redpilled |
A motherfucking website
information/findings | “This is a motherfucking website. And it’s fucking perfect.” |
genre | A motherfucking website |
Better Motherfucking Website
information/findings | “This is still a motherfucking website. And it’s more fucking perfect than the last guy’s.” |
genre | A motherfucking website |
Perfect Motherfucking Website
information/findings | “This is the final motherfucking website. And it’s really more fucking perfect than the last guy’s.” |
genre | A motherfucking website |
WTFPL
information/findings | Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License |
genre | License |
x
information/findings | Elon Musk’s site |
genre | No fucking idea |
Larry Wall
information/findings | The creator of the Perl Programming Language’s personal site. Quite the sight (pun intended). |
genre | Personal site/Programming |
NUKEMAP
information/findings | What it would be like if a nuclear weapon was dropped on a location. |
genre | Nuclear weapons |
The Swiss Bay
information/findings | The Swiss Bay PDF Archive. le sekrit page |
genre | PDF archive |
LINGsCARS
information/findings | An example of perfect web design. |
genre | Funny? |
Dank Memes
information/findings | /s4s/ made it so you know what you’re in for. |
genre | Memes |
Timecube
information/findings | The personal site of Otis Eugene “Gene” Ray. “personal web page, founded in 1997 by the self-proclaimed ‘wisest man on earth’” |
genre | Personal site/Conspiracy |
Beneath VT
information/findings | “Exploring Virginia Tech’s steam tunnels and beyond”. Really like the idea of underground secret tunnels. |
genre | Exploration |
OverTheWire
information/findings | If you’re into Linux and CTF-style games, this is for you. |
genre | Linux/CTF |
Internet Archive
information/findings | Largest Archive of the Internet. Everyone uses it and god bless it for existing. |
genre | Archive |
cockmail
information/findings | “Yeah it’s mail with cocks”. Do you really need to hear more? |
genre | Mail service |
Netiquette Guidelines
information/findings | Written in 1995, the Netiquette Guidelines set out how to act and exist on the internet with other people. Some of the information is still relevant and some of it should be adopted! |
genre | RFC |
districts
information/findings | Another web directory, albeit a lot more organised compared to this one. |
genre | Web directory |
The Eye
information/findings | Big data archive with a lot of different categories. |
genre | Data archive |
temp.sh
information/findings | Temporary storage for files. If you use the command line you can upload files to this via curl. |
genre | File upload/Command line |
Andreas Kling
information/findings | The author of SerenityOS’ blog. |
genre | Blog/Operating systems |
PGP beginners guide
information/findings | “A PGP beginners guide, for beginners who want to do it right”. Very simple and straight to the point. Good resource. |
genre | Cryptography |
curlie
information/findings | Organised Link Directory formerly known as OPD then DMOZ apparently. |
genre | Link directory |
Go Get Spoiled
information/findings | A site which aims to spoil movies. |
genre | Movies |
pandunia
information/findings | I get hardcore Esperanto vibes from this. |
genre | Universal language |
4stats
information/findings | Live 4chan board stats and thread stats. Useful for timing posts :^). |
genre | Statistics |
time is
information/findings | World clock with a very nice UI |
genre | Time/Information |
Arch Linux
information/findings | A Linux distribution I keep coming back to. Possibly my favourite. |
genre | Linux & Technology |
OLDSCHOOL PC FONTS
information/findings | A large repository of DOS-era PC fonts. |
genre | DOS/Fonts |
Install Gentoo
information/findings | The /g/ Wiki. |
genre | 4chan/Technology |
Astronomers Telegram
information/findings | Astronomy News straight from the people who do the science. |
genre | Astronomy |
Nitter
information/findings | Free and open-source Shitter front-end that actually respects your privacy. No JavaScript. |
genre | Social media |
wttr
information/findings | Weather straight from the terminal.. or the webpage if you go and visit it. |
genre | Weather/CLI |
ELDRITCHDATA
information/findings | Personal site of someone who makes lists of things and writings based around Technology, the Internet and a lot of other based topics. Used to link to either this list or Soda at one point. Anywho, hello! |
genre | Too based to define. |
Catbox
information/findings | File upload site. maximum upload is 200MB. |
genre | File upload |
Rentry
information/findings | Markdown Pastebin for those who don’t like plain-text. |
genre | Pastebin |
lolwut
information/findings | Personal site of a /g/ anon. Some cool writings etc. to be found in here. It is a site I enjoy. |
genre | Personal site |
Deception Island
information/findings | An island in antarctica with a hidden, but active, volcano. |
genre | Information/Geology |
TempleOS
information/findings | God’s Operating System made by the late, but also great, Terry A. Davis |
genre | Operating System |
DOS HAVEN
information/findings | A repository of DOS games with a twist - they’re modern. |
genre | DOS/Games |
Library Of Babel
information/findings | A library with the goal to have all of the worlds information - private and public - contained in it. It’s essentially the Infinite monkey theorem |
genre | Unsure |
MDN Web Docs
information/findings | Mozilla’s web documentation. Without it I wouldn’t know as much as I know about web development. |
genre | Web development |
Simplifier
information/findings | Makes guides with the goal of “creating a stable foundation of technology that is reliable, understandable, and practical for an individual to build for themselves”. |
genre | Guides |
Chadnet
information/findings | “the greatest website on the internet!”. Link aggregator much like this site but not so much of a directory. It’s pretty interesting. |
genre | Link aggregator |
no hello
information/findings | A handy guide on how to talk in internet chat rooms. You sometimes see people just say “Hello” and that’s it. What does it mean? Waste of time, just tell people your issue. |
genre | Internet etiquette |