I want to see if I can get a spark of the “old internet” back by making a starting page for myself with all kinds of cool websites. But not sure where to start because Google obviously will not work for this.

So… what are some of your favourite websites?

  • NoTimeLeft@lemmy.world
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    Got a few:

    https://everynoise.com/ You can find A LOT of music genres here. Genres next to eachother resemble one another. Figure out what you like, and what genres are close to it. Clicking on the >> will take you to artists in this genre, or search for artists in the upper right corner and see what genre they fall under.

    https://clickclickclick.click This one is about privacy, see what a browser can track. If you don’t know much about pixeltracking, this one is a fun way to learn (and a little creepy hehe)

    https://suno.com/create Create your own songs with an AI, just throw in lyrics, a genre, and you are done. A fun way to troll a friend by throwing in an old conversation

    https://darknetdiaries.com/ Haven’t looked into this one myself, but these are true stories on the darknet, recommended by a friend of mine.

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    I don’t know if it’s “lesser known” but I discovered boardgamearena.com last year and I’ve been addicted ever since.

    It’s free, but there is a premium membership that gives some extra perks.

    Hundreds of boardgames that you can play with others online, from rummy and checkers to Wingspan and Catan.

    They offer casual matchmaking and ranked competitive modes and tournaments.

    Set up an account and invite me to your favorite game! I would love to learn it! You can figure out my username on there.

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      BGA is fantastic. Free game selection is always growing. Membership, if you want to pay for the premium games, is a fantastic deal. Only one person in your playgroup needs a membership for everyone to play. The interface for most games is WAY better than actually playing in person and games are so much faster too. It’s not as good as hanging out in person with friends, but it’s damn close.

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      I miss the old Yahoo games site where during night shift you could play Canasta with probably some retired folks from the other side of the world

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    futilitycloset.com/

    Futility Closet is a collection of entertaining curiosities in history, literature, language, art, philosophy, and mathematics, designed to help you waste time as enjoyably as possible.

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    https://wikimapia.org/

    It’s a map site that helps you identify places around the world. Google maps is so commerce-focussed, Open Street Map often lacks an explanation of what something is.

    But it clearly has issues such as not licensing the background options so it has watermarks and popups.

    Opentripmap.com is similar, but is probably just OSM data.

    Wikimapia is great for “what’s that wierd marking in the desert”-type questions.

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    I couldn’t think of many less visited sites I usually go to often, but coalregion(dot)com is an interesting site I found using this Wiby search engine a long time ago. It’s a site about a region in Pennsylvania. They have a section for recipes supposedly from that region along with a section for words/slang from that regions past. They got other things, but the dictionary and recipes interest me more than the other parts.

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      Aww, the site says that Linux doesn’t support Vsync :( Useful for my Windows install though!

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      What a treasure trove! At first glance I love all the ASCII art. But some of the texts feel like you’re browsing some old Reddit/4chan posts. Will take me a while to get through all the gems!

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        I am really happy that you appreciate it. There is so much to explore there, be careful because it’s easy to lose a lot of time browsing the files. Lol

        I love reading about all the old school hacking and shit. There’s some genuine ‘anarchist cookbook’ type of stuff in there. Probably don’t try any of that shit, but it’s fun to read about none the less.

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      Ooh yeah, the Flashpoint Archive is an amazing resource! I’ve dabbled in it before. Great blast from the past!