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> useful tools, archives, personal sites + miscellaneous signals
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DIRECTORY // CATEGORIES
[ PERSONAL WEB ]
sites / blogs / shrines / neighbours / personal pages
[ WEB TOOLS ]
html / css / graphics / generators / site-building
[ ARCHIVES ]
old web / preservation / historical material / media
[ ART + CREATIVE ]
art / writing / music / inspiration / visual resources
[ UTILITIES ]
useful things / tools / services / everyday resources
[ MISC ]
useful or interesting signals that escaped classification
PERSONAL WEB // FAVOURITES
These are personal sites,
Neocities pages,
blogs,
shrines,
and other places on the web
I like visiting.
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MORE PERSONAL WEB
- Fauux > A super cool Lain themed Neocities site with lots of rabbit holes to explore
WEB TOOLS
HTML + CSS
- Windows 98 / OS Layouts // Denpa Layouts > cool Windows 98 / OS system-style layouts // view page source for the code + remember to credit the creator
- Itinerae > Plenty of cute layouts and graphics
- A Beginner's Guide To HTML & CSS > A very simple written tutorial on getting started with your website
- HTML Cheat Sheet > A handy reference sheet that helps with coding HTML
- Nekoweb > A neocities alternative with different free features
- Sadgrl's Layout Builder > Generate your own website layouts
GRAPHICS + IMAGE TOOLS
- GIFCities > A search engine to find archived GIFs from 1990s to 2000s GeoCities sites
- Adrian's Blinkie Collection > LOTS of colour-coded blinkies, stamps and buttons
- Anlucas > A nice assortment of 88x31 buttons
- 88X31 Button Collection > Several pages with of lots of buttons
- VHS Engine > Add a VHS/Retro tape effect to photos
- Pixelit > Make your photos into pixel art
- Ditherit > Dither images for free, give photos + graphics a crunchy retro computer look with different palettes + effects
- EZGIF > free browser-based GIF + image toolkit, create, resize, crop, optimise, convert + edit animated GIFs
- Tylify > An even pattern maker that's handy for making your own backgrounds
- Dafont > Lots of free fonts to choose from
- Petrapixel's Clipboard > Cute emojis, symbols, dividers etc, there are also codes for image filters, tutorials and other fun stuff
GENERATORS + WIDGETS
- Undertale Text Generator > Generate Undertale style text boxes
- ItoA > huge ASCII text generator with loads of different fonts // great for headings, banners + decorative text
- GIFYpet > A virtual, customisable GIF pet widget to add to your site
- 88x31 Button Maker > Make your own custom buttons
- Cool Text > Lots of cool text styles and fonts, displays what you type with a transparent background
- Petpet > turn an image into the classic petting GIF
ARCHIVES // PRESERVATION
OLD WEB + DIGITAL HISTORY
- Text Files > A large archive of text-based files under all sorts of different categories
- Cameron's World > Huge interactive collage made from graphics + material rescued from old GeoCities pages
ZINES + DIGITAL CULTURE
- NEETpride > An online zine for NEETs
- Lain Zine > archive of Lainzine issues, community-made writing, art + explorations of Serial Experiments Lain, technology and internet culture
GAMES + SOFTWARE PRESERVATION
- Vimm's Lair > A solid site for downloading emulators and game ROMs
ART + CREATIVE
ART TOOLS + REFERENCES
- Rooms.xyz > Create your own voxel rooms - lots of fun
- Kidpix > browser recreation of the classic Kid Pix drawing program, make chaotic little drawings + nostalgic computer art
- Pose My Art > Free 3D posing tool for artists // build custom pose, perspective + composition references when you can't find the right photo
WRITING + LANGUAGE
- Phrontistery > Lots of obscure words to expand your vocabulary - a handy tool for writers
MUSIC + AUDIO
- Bandcamp > A music platform that allows artists to set up a direct storefront for fans to directly support them and buy their music and merch
FASHION + DESIGN
- Lazy Oaf > colourful + playful London streetwear brand known for unusual designs and collaborations, very cool, but definitely not cheap
UTILITIES
TEXT + SHARING
- Pastebin > Share your plain text, codes and snippets online through a simple link
IMAGE UTILITIES
- Remove Background From Images > Does what the title says and works fairly well
MISC // UNSORTED
GAMES + SOFTWARE
- ooooooooo > Lots of fun flash games that make you feel like you're back in the early 2000s
- Humble Bundle > Rotating bundles + sales for PC games // often a cheap way to pick up collections of games while supporting charity
FOOD + DRINK
- Brewery > Lots of information and recipes to brew your own alcohol