I started this circa. end of October 2019 and have been slowly adding to it ever since. The links are of various topics. Also feel free to link to this too if you make a list. :)
Below is automatically generated from the genre’s in this unsorted list so don’t expect complete organisation of them. There may be some categories which could fall under the same umbrella for instance.
Advice Archive Art, probably Articles Astronomy Blog Blog post Command line Community Cryptography Database Directory Document DOS Exploration File upload Fonts Free software Games Generator Geology Guide idk Imageboard Information Internet etiquette IRC Linguistics Link aggregator Linux Mail Meme Motherfucking Website Movies News Operating Systems Paranormal Personal site Philosophy Politics Privacy Programming Retro RFC Search Engine Security Simulation Social media Software Soul Space Statistics Survival Technology Terminal Textboard Time Tool Weather Web design Web development Webring
As of 14 Jul 2024 (last time list modified) there are 98 links on the list. You can count them if you really want to.
cat-v
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-ish: Technology
danger/u/
Cyberpunk-styled textboard where I made a lot of good friends. Various boards such as /tech/, /u/ (Random), /cyb/ (Cyberpunk RP)
Genre-ish: Textboard
Lobsters
Invite-only all things technology forum with a similar upvote/downvote system to Reddit. Better than “Hacker” “News”.
Genre-ish: Technology & Textboard
SPIDR
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-ish: News
Spyware Watchdog
A spyware classification project. I’m not sure how accurate the information is but it is good reading material.
Genre-ish: Privacy
catb
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-ish: Personal site & Technology
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-ish: Information
3301
Cicada 3301 archive.
Genre-ish: Archive
Bash Blob
Linux-style memes.
Genre-ish: Meme
Cron Jobs
If you ever need to make a cronjob this is the place to go. Takes the syntax and breaks it down simply.
Genre-ish: Tool
Stumbling On
A recreation of a site with a similar name that serves the same purpose.
Genre-ish: Link aggregator
Sentimental Corporation
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-ish: Art, probably
SGI IRIX
A site which teaches how to set up IRIX.
Genre-ish: Operating Systems & Technology
omaera
The personal site of z411. It’s a comfy site which I quite enjoy. He also hosts some services.
Genre-ish: Personal site
Cambridge Cyber Gardening Club Postbox
A postcard imageboard. I’ve never seen anything like it before and I really dig it. Might send a card myself one day.
Genre-ish: Imageboard
channel 4
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-ish: Textboard & Imageboard
Post Office
Comfy text/image/video board.
Genre-ish: Textboard & IRC
Project Hessdalen
A Norwegian town tracking strange lights in the skies above them. Looks like UFO’s but probably isn’t.
Genre-ish: Paranormal & Information
Martin Kleppe aka aemkei
“JavaScript Hacks and Creative Coding”. Definitely sums it up.
Genre-ish: Programming
gifcities
“The GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine” started by the Internet Archive.
Genre-ish: Archive
Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman, the chad himself. Nothing else needs to be said on that matter.
Genre-ish: Software & Politics
Doomworld
The Doomworld Legacy File Database running since 1993, of course.
Genre-ish: Database & Games
rawtext club
A community that talks slowly through the command line. Kinda seems like a meme but it’s pretty interesting honestly.
Genre-ish: Community
Terminal 00
ARG or something meant to be a epileptic art piece.
Genre-ish: Art, probably
tildeverse
A group of Webrings that are like tilde.club but host all kinds of things.
Genre-ish: Webring
Dig Deeper
Articles on privacy, the internet, and cool tools you should use to not get spied on.
Genre-ish: Privacy & Articles
n-gate
The Webshit Weekly. Dives through the horseshit midden known as “Hacker” “News” so you don’t have to.
Genre-ish: News
Wiby
“Search Engine for the Classic Web”
Genre-ish: Search Engine
Make Frontend Shit Again
Lets go back in time and make the internet fun again.
Genre-ish: Web design & Meme
A motherfucking website
“This is a motherfucking website. And it’s fucking perfect.”
Genre-ish: Motherfucking Website
Better Motherfucking Website
“This is still a motherfucking website. And it’s more fucking perfect than the last guy’s.”
Genre-ish: Motherfucking Website
Perfect Motherfucking Website
“This is the final motherfucking website. And it’s really more fucking perfect than the last guy’s.”
Genre-ish: Motherfucking Website
Ultimate Motherfucking Website
“… the last thing I want is another shitty website that claims it is perfect!”. The final(?) version with accessiblity checks and all.
Genre-ish: Motherfucking Website
WTFPL
Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License
Genre-ish: Software
Larry Wall
The creator of the Perl Programming Language’s personal site. Quite the sight (pun intended).
Genre-ish: Personal site
NUKEMAP
What it would be like if a nuclear weapon was dropped on a location.
Genre-ish: Simulation
The Swiss Bay
The Swiss Bay PDF Archive. le sekrit page
Genre-ish: Archive
LINGsCARS
An example of perfect web design.
Genre-ish: Meme
Dank Memes
/s4s/ made it so you know what you’re in for.
Genre-ish: Meme
Timecube
The personal site of Otis Eugene “Gene” Ray. “personal web page, founded in 1997 by the self-proclaimed ‘wisest man on earth’”
Genre-ish: Personal site
Beneath VT
“Exploring Virginia Tech’s steam tunnels and beyond”. Really like the idea of underground secret tunnels.
Genre-ish: Exploration
OverTheWire
If you’re into Linux and CTF-style games, this is for you.
Genre-ish: Command line & Games
Internet Archive
Largest Archive of the Internet. Everyone uses it and god bless it for existing.
Genre-ish: Archive
cockmail
“Yeah it’s mail with cocks”. Do you really need to hear more?
Genre-ish: Mail
Netiquette Guidelines
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-ish: RFC
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA etc etc.
Make your URL’s longer!
Genre-ish: Generator
districts
Another web directory, albeit a lot more organised compared to this one.
Genre-ish: Directory
The Eye
Big data archive with a lot of different categories.
Genre-ish: Archive
temp.sh
Temporary storage for files. If you use the command line you can upload files to this via curl.
Genre-ish: File upload
Andreas Kling
The author of SerenityOS’ blog.
Genre-ish: Personal site & Operating Systems
PGP beginners guide
“A PGP beginners guide, for beginners who want to do it right”. Very simple and straight to the point. Good resource.
Genre-ish: Cryptography
curlie
Organised Link Directory formerly known as OPD then DMOZ apparently.
Genre-ish: Directory
Go Get Spoiled
A site which aims to spoil movies.
Genre-ish: Movies
pandunia
I get hardcore Esperanto vibes from this.
Genre-ish: Linguistics
4stats
Live 4chan board stats and thread stats. Useful for timing posts :^).
Genre-ish: Statistics
time is
World clock with a very nice UI
Genre-ish: Time
Arch Linux
A Linux distribution I keep coming back to. Possibly my favourite.
Genre-ish: Technology & Linux
OLDSCHOOL PC FONTS
A large repository of DOS-era PC fonts.
Genre-ish: DOS & Fonts
Install Gentoo
The /g/ Wiki.
Genre-ish: Technology
Astronomers Telegram
Astronomy News straight from the people who do the science.
Genre-ish: Astronomy
Nitter
Free and open-source Shitter front-end that actually respects your privacy. No JavaScript.
Genre-ish: Social media & Free software
wttr
Weather straight from the terminal.. or the webpage if you go and visit it.
Genre-ish: Weather & Command line
The Geocities Gallery
A gallery of pure Geocities S O U L.
Genre-ish: Archive & Soul
ELDRITCHDATA
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-ish: Personal site & Information
lolwut
Personal site of a /g/ anon. Some cool writings etc. to be found in here. It is a site I enjoy.
Genre-ish: Personal site & Technology
Microsoft "Completely Confidential" Secrets
A guy who found a vulnerability in Microsoft’s software and went down a rabbit hole.
Genre-ish: Information
Deception Island
An island in antarctica with a hidden, but active, volcano.
Genre-ish: Information & Geology
TempleOS
God’s Operating System made by the late, but also great, Terry A. Davis
Genre-ish: Software & Operating Systems & Technology
DOS HAVEN
A repository of DOS games with a twist - they’re modern.
Genre-ish: DOS & Games
Library Of Babel
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-ish: idk
MDN Web Docs
Mozilla’s web documentation. Without it I wouldn’t know as much as I know about web development.
Genre-ish: Web development & Guide
Simplifier
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-ish: Information & Guide
Chadnet
“the greatest website on the internet!”. Link aggregator much like this site but not so much of a directory. It’s pretty interesting.
Genre-ish: Directory
no hello
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-ish: Internet etiquette & Guide
Don't ask to ask, just ask
Much like the link above: don’t ask to ask, just ask.
Genre-ish: Internet etiquette & Guide
Bram Moolenaar
The personal site of Bram Moolenaar, creator of Vim (Vi IMproved). Typing this in vim currently. Changed my life for the better. May he rest in peace. 1961-3 August 2023.
Genre-ish: Personal site
Linux Kernel Mailing List archive
The archive of the Linux Kernel Mailing List. Some funny ones from torvalds pop up every now and then. I quite like this one.
Genre-ish: Technology & Linux
noclip
Requires WebGL 2 support (which I don’t care for – but here it is anyway). Fly around video game worlds from yesterdays.
Genre-ish: Games & Simulation
NixOS
The NixOS Linux distro as well as the nix package manager. Absolutely superior to anything else once you get over the learning curve. You might want to read this first however.
Genre-ish: Technology & Linux
FINAL CUT
From the description (which doesn’t do it justice): “FINAL CUT is a C++ class library and widget toolkit that enables developers to create text-based user interfaces.” … except they’re absolutely amazing and look straight out of Windows 3.1 but with colour.
Genre-ish: Programming
2FA Directory
A directory of popular services which all support (or don’t support) 2FA.
Genre-ish: Directory & Security
PDFTool
A way to be able to manipulate PDF’s in various ways.
Genre-ish: Tool
Covert Instruments
Physical tools for interesting purposes.
Genre-ish: Tool
OWASP Cheat Sheet Series
Cheat sheets for securing various kinds of applications from web servers to XSS to user management services.
Genre-ish: Security
Advice
An article (I guess?) with advice for people in the age range of 10-20 by one of the creators of the multibillion dollar payment processing platform Stripe.
Genre-ish: Advice & Philosophy
how to stop being "terminally online"
Blog post on exactly what the title says. Feel like it could be useful in the modern era. Also it links to this list so hi :)
Genre-ish: Advice & Philosophy & Blog post
Learn X in Y minutes
Community-driven, single page, no bullshit programming guides/tours.
Genre-ish: Software & Programming
ooh.directory
A collection of blogs aggregated into various topics.
Genre-ish: Directory & Blog
The end of the internet
This is the very last page on the very last server at the very far end of the internet.
Genre-ish: Meme
The Ultimate Survival Guide
You never know, especially these days, when you need to know how to survive out there in ye ol’ wild country.
Genre-ish: Survival & Document
GTFOBins
A list of ways to bypass security restrictions with a lot of popular Unix command line tools.
Genre-ish: Security & Linux
systemd by example
Learn systemd via a series of examples. Some of you retards – you know who you are – might actually figure out it is somewhat useful after all!
Genre-ish: Linux
ANSI Escape Sequences
A very informative rundown on ANSI escape codes and how to use them on the terminal. I always forget the link to this so here it is.
Genre-ish: Terminal & Linux
Handheld Games Museum
A museum of handheld games (unsurprisingly). If you can think of it, it’s probably here. Like rule 34 I guess only not porn related in the slightest.
Genre-ish: Retro & Games
Rulers
Lists of heads of states and governments going back to the 1700’s from places around the world. Still regularly updated.
Genre-ish: Directory & Politics
How to talk to cats with clarity and efficiency
Just see for yourself.
Genre-ish: idk
xkcd 927
Yeah it’s that one that as soon as you see the number you instantly know what it is because it’s always cropping up. You wonder why..
Genre-ish: Meme
nextrocket.space
Really easy way to see when the next rocket launch is from various companies/governments.
Genre-ish: Space