Stellar Web Links

The old internet — the internet we first fell in love with — was a weird and wild and unregulated country. It was experimental, free for all, exhilarating, creative. The browsers in tho…

This is a set of three core commitments derived from the practical experiences of the Yesterweb staff after two years of community organization. They concentrate what we have learned and how we operate into a general template that can be applied to any community at a foundational level. We propose these commitments as the basis of unity for those individuals or groups who wish to move in the same direction, while allowing a diversity of focus, interests, and missions.

The Web Directory is a collection of websites and communities accessible to vintage, and modern computers. Our main focus is towards the retro computing community but we welcome many other types of personal pages and communities.

a post from alan w. smith

It’s with a near certainty and small sense of frustration that I say there was something that came before, but memory issues preclude me having any definitive sense of precisely, or even imprecisely, what it was. All I know is that it existed—or, at least,...

sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.

he floppy disk collection is part of the Museum of Obsolete Media, which comprises over 800 media formats spanning audio, data, film and video storage media. This microsite is designed to run from a 3.5-inch High Density microfloppy and is self-contained, so requires no internet connection.

A decentralized discovery network where websites promote each other through intentional, trust-based links.

Arcane curation focused on the convergence of the IndieWeb, Fediverse and Cybersecurity

The creation of the original Macintosh has been extensively studied and written about, but what happened after it launched? What was it like to own a Macintosh in the mid-eighties? I intend to tell this story of the Macintosh through the pages of MacUser.

When writing in public, there is a common idea that you should make it accessible. This is a left over from mass media.

Mario Carrillo is an artist with a profound interest in creating moving images to explore creativity, technology, and visual perception.

refern. is an ad-free, Pinterest-like image organizer, reimagined for creatives — save, find, organize, moodboard, study & share curated reference images all in one app.

Welcome to TextMechanic.com! Simple, single task, browser based, text manipulation tools. Popular Tools Add Prefix/Suffix into Line Insert a prefix and/or suffix into the content of each line. Add/Remove Line Breaks Add new line breaks and/or remove existing line breaks within your text’s formatting. Count Characters, Words, Lines Count your text’s characters, words, sentences, lines and word frequency. Delimited Column ... Read More

File synchronization can be fun and painless if you don’t have to deal with corporate bullshit.

Logo Nature is a site to compare logos

JUnited is all about supporting other bloggers (and their work) that I've come to appreciate. Some may know that I exist, while others... probably don't. My goal is to showcase 30 different bloggers1 throughout the month of June in this page.

My thought process about not having a Blogroll, and the introduction of a Postroll.

A community blog devoted to refining the art of rationality

I’ve been writing at least one blog post a week for the last 10 weeks. This idea of streaks is completely inspired by Matt Webb who would totally be on the cover of Blogging Weekly (if such a magazine existed).

Evergreen notes are written and organized to evolve, contribute, and accumulate over time, across projects. This is an unusual way to think about writing notes: Most people take only transient notes. That’s because these practices aren’t about writing notes; they’re about effectively developing insight: “Better note-taking” misses the point; what matters is “better thinking”. When done well, these notes can be quite valuable: Evergreen note-writing as fundamental unit of knowledge work.

Chase McCoy explores, builds, & writes about the web.

Some iconic scrollbars recreated as faithfully as possible.

Information Mesh is a web platform celebrating the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web that explores social, technical, cultural and legal facts throughout different interactive timelines. The project was realized by Media & Interaction Design students at ECAL/University of Art and Design, Lausanne. It was initiated in October 2018 during a one week workshop in partnership with swissnex San Francisco, where students visited key partners and began developing the project.

The goal is to create anything you want within 1 single html file. Practice your skills with no assistance from libraries, no separation of files, and no assistance of a modern framework. How creative can you be with such restrictions?

A little something for the Halloween weekend: Alien (1979) — Original Nostromo Crew Badges & Insignia Sketches by Ron Cobb & John Mollo

Harry Cresswell is a professional Front-end web developer based in London, England. Read technical articles and notes on design and code.

How to save the open web, & get (re)started with RSS

Bluesky Starter Packs help new users find relevant feeds and users after they joined the community.