Cool Sites
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(WIP, sorry to anyone who doesn't have one yet┌)
Web Design
- "Designing Beautiful Shadows in CSS": Article + Generator
- "Smoother & Sharper Shadows": Article + Generator
- "Choosing Type" Articles hosted by Google
- Aspect Ratio Calculator
- Toptal's resources for web designers
- TEXTANIM: Generate animated text/word art
- Lorem Ipsum Generator: Placeholder text
- Transfonter: @font-face generator
- RV's free Javascript/DHTML effects
- WAVE®: Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
- EDRi: "Ethical Web Development"
- Dannarchy: "Native Neocities Hit-Counter"
- Malihu: Style-my-tooltips jQuery plugin
- Bennett Feely: CSS Clip Path Generator
- Neocities.org: Free web hosting with social media flavour
- NearlyFreeSpeech.NET: Pay-as-you-go web hosting
- Teacake.org: Web hosting for small, personal and hobby-focused sites
- Flexbox Froggy: Learn flexboxes with a cute browser game
- Grid Garden: Learn CSS Grid with a cute browser game Login required
- CSSBattle: Competetive CSS writing game
- HTML and CSS coding standards from WordPress.ORG
- "Inline Documentation" by JJJ
- Understanding Relative vs. Absolute Paths
- Lovesick: Old Web Graphics
- Cinni: Ichigo Directory
Documentary Streams
- Thought Maybe: My favourite documentary project ♥
- Real Horror
- Defunctland
- Watch Documentaries
- Documentary Heaven
- SFlix.to: TV and movie streaming in general. I've just linked directly to the documentary tag
- Coming someday: lists of documentarians to keep an eye on and films that made me think
Libraries
- Z-Library: E-books and articles. My favourite online library! ♥ Watch out for fake domains.
- Library Genesis: Books, scientific articles, magazines
- Project Gutenberg: The original, and oldest, eBook project on the Internet
- Volunteer your support via Distributed Proofreadeers
- Archive.org: So much more than a digital library
- MangaDex: Unofficial manga publications (AKA scanlations)
- Bato.to: Best manga library for reading on a smartphone
Personal Philosophy
- MinutePhysics: "Is Anything on the Internet Real?"
- Mary Hendricks-Gendlin, Ph.D.: "Focusing As A Force For Peace: The Revolutionary Pause"
- ThereminTrees: "respecting beliefs | why we should do no such thing"
- Custodians Online: "In Solidarity with Library Genesis and Sci-Hub"
- PJ Eby's Dirtsimple: "How To End Your Sentence"
- Article based on Byron Katie's The Work: A method for leaving behind self-defeating thoughts
- Win Wenger, Ph.D., on breathing:
- "How to Feel Better Instantly"
- "Breathing as a Way of Life"
- See also: Kelly McGonigal's "Politics of Breathing"
- Grateful Living: Nonprofit dedicated to gratitude and joy
- Greater Good in Action: "Science-based practices for a meaningful life." For all ages and experience levels
Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
- Key Facts + Key Assumptions & Intentions of NVC
- Four Components of NVC
- Feelings and Needs List
- Another list of Universal Human Needs
- "NVC Training CD: Sessions 1-9" with Marshall Rosenberg
- Nonviolentcommunication.com: Official publishing website
- The Center for Nonviolent Communication: Official non-profit website
- NVC Academy: In-depth learning resources, free and paid
- Street Giraffes: Blog that links to many other blogs
- Self-Empathy Exercise: Replace rumination with gratitude
People that Interest Me
These are personal websites and blogs of "new web" people whose works have caught my attention.
- Isabelle Cullen's Exploring Self: Journal prompts, life wisdom
- Emily Agnew's Sustainably Sensitive: Resources for highly sensitive people
- Dr. Susan Blackmore: Researching consciousness, memes, and anomalous experiences
- Emma: "Ugly sketches"
- Laurel Schwulst's World: "Design, Teaching, & Wind"
- Charlie Eleanor Awbery: Tech & Vajrayana Buddhism
- Joyce's Sweet Breathing: Simple living— "Love, Truth & Energy!"
- Maria Popova's The Marginalian: One woman's search for meaning
- Jennifer Peepas' Captain Awkward: Advice column for having difficult conversations
- J.K. Rowling: Author and humanitarian
Women with Opinions
- Laura Mulvey: "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema"
- Lionel Shriver: "The War Against Words"
- Jessica Jernigan: "The Book That Made Me a Feminist Was Written by an Abuser"
- Women's Liberation Front, AKA WoLF
- Collective Shout: Campaigns against the objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls
- Selected essays and articles from Toni Morrisson
- Anonymous: Ses purs ongles, 2016-2018
Writing
- Writing-World.com: Varied and grounded advice for writers at every experience level
- My favourite article: "Making Your Writing World Safe" by Jane Anne Staw
- Zenwriter: No-distractions writing application
- StimuWrite: Software that rewards your writing with emojis Developed by a man who claims to be a woman
- Scrivener: Writing project planning software
- Related Words: Find words related to other words
- The Editor's Blog: Writing advice from a professional editor
- Magic Baby Names: Input a name and find more names that are similar or related
- Behind the Name: The etymology and history of first names
- See also: Behind the Surname
- Misc. Name Lists: Disgaea DS + Noun Names (from grownups) + Noun Names (from Tumblr users)
- National Novel Writing Month, AKA NaNoWriMo
- Cruinne: World Building Checklist
- The Write Practice: Story Arcs
- Derek Sivers: "Write Plain Text Files"
- Ursula K. Le Guin: "A Few Words to a Young Writer"
Online Privacy
- piped.video: YouTube alternative (Github)
- Nitter.net: Twitter/X alternative
- Imginn.com: Instagram alternative
- Brave: Chromium-based internet browser. Not as "private" as you'd think, but great for adblock
- Dig Deeper: Privacy & technology rabbit hole
Music Downloads
- Miku Database: Vocaloid albums
- Sitting on Clouds: Anime and video game soundtracks
- KHInsider: Video game soundtracks
- Hikari no Akari: Anime, utaite, seiyuu, and more
- JPOP80ss3: 1980's Japanese pop albums
- JPop Singles: Contemporary Japanese pop
- Mainstream Music Madness: American pop music
- HIPHOPDE: American and South African hip-hop
- The Midi Shrine: Video game and anime .midi files
- MusicBee: My preferred music player and manager
- Mp3tag: Edit metadata of audio files
- MediaHuman Youtube to MP3: Rip audio from YouTube, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp
Video Games
- ZLOEmu: Play Origin store games for free (e.g. Sims 4)
- 3DS Hacks: 3DS/2DS homebrew guide. Beginner friendly!
- 3DS .CIA Directory: 3DS ROMs on the Internet Archive
- /r/Roms Megathread: Comprehensive ROM database
- melonDS: Nintendo DS emulator for PC
- Wii Guide: Nintendo Wii homebrew guide. Beginner friendly!
- Nintendo Switch Homebrew Guide: ... well, it's friendly
- Ryujinx: Nintendo Switch emulator for PC
- NSW2U: Nintendo Switch ROMs
- Ziperto: "A Digital Park for Gamers." ROMs, basically
- vgperson: Free RPGMaker games translated from Japanese to English. My favourites are ENDROLL and Your Turn to Die.
- My Abandonware: Download games from 1978 to 2012
- Vimm's Lair: Classic console gaming preservation. ROMs, emulators, game guides & more
- English Otome Games: News about English releases of "reverse harem" visual novels
- Mikutap: Super cute browser-based rhythm game Flashing lights
Torrenting & Internet Piracy
- Mullvad: My preferred VPN
- qBittorrent: My preferred P2P client
- FastForward: Browser extension that bypasses "your link will be ready in 3 seconds!" type pages
- Steal This Film: Documentary about Internet piracy I haven't watched this yet, but I appreciate their sentiment
- FitGirl Repacks: Video games, compressed
- Nyaa.si: Anime, subbed and dubbed
- Torrent Galaxy: Mostly TV and movies, but other stuff too
- IGGGames: Video games
- 1337x.to: Everything!
- Pixiv Plus: Get Pixiv Premium for free
- See also: Powerful Pixiv Downloader: Chromium extension for bulk Pixiv downloads
- Awesome Piracy Archive: Curated links and info
Cute Finds
- Settei Dreams: Anime production materials archive
- Sanrio®: "Friend of the Month"
- Little Explorers™: Picture dictionaries + K-3 word themes
- International Children's Digital Library
- A Flower Garden of Macroscopic Delights
- Hourly Animal Crossing Music Page
- Noclip Website: Explore popular video game levels in browser
- Museum of Non Primate Art: Paintings made by cats and birds
- The Freddie Street Cats: Funny cat website
- Tuul & Bruno Morandi: Cats Around The World
- Cat Photo Safari: Cats of Europe
- Yubit: My favourite Tumblr aesthetic blog
- "50 Ways to Be Cute" by AllyRatWorld
Japanese
- Tofugu: Japanese learning resources
- Jisho: Kanji search engine— search by radical!!!
- RomajiDesu: Dictionary and translator
- DeepL: AI translator for many languages, not just JA
- Learn Japanese with Picture Books
- The Language Realm: Japanese Slang Dictionary Adult language
- The JADED Network: Japanese-to-English Sound Effects Dictionary
- Self-Taught Japanese: 育児語 (baby talk) vocabulary
- Nippon.com: "On the Finer Points of Baby Talk in Japan"
- 【闇のゲーム】: Seiyuu act dramatic while playing card games
Female-only Imageboards
┳ Caution! ┳ User experience varies greatly depending on which threads you read and how seriously you take the posts therein. Best browsed in moderation. Read the rules.
- Lolcow Farms: Gossip board. /g/ houses the husbandofags
- Fujochan: Yaoi, BL, etc. For fujoshi!
- Crystal Cafe: I dunno, I don't go here
Miscellaneous
- Postimages.org: Host and hotlink to images online
- EmojiDB: Search for emoji, kaomoji, & one-line ASCII art
- Emojipedia: Emoji reference website
- The Tiny Life: Tiny homes, minimalism, homesteading
- Earth Hero: Online retailer of eco-friendly products
- Deceptive Patterns: Discover how websites try to trick you
- 1MB Club: A collection of websites smaller than one megabyte
- Programmer Dvorak: Alternative keyboard layout for programmers
- More on Dvorak here
- Fun Activities Catalogue
- Joan Bunning: Learning the Tarot
- Poem by Robert Bly: "Seeing You Carry Plants In"
- Curated manga list: "GL that reads like BL" Adult content
Software
This stuff is not "on" the web so much as it "comes from" the web. Still, I find these programs useful, so I'm sharing them here.
- WordWeb: Offline dictionary
- LibreOffice: My preferred office suite
- Bulk Rename Utility: Rename multiple files at once
- Launchy: Quickly open programs, folders, files, etc. with keystrokes
- Imgbrd-Grabber: Batch download entire tags from popular imageboards (Zerochan, Danbooru, etc.)
- WFDownloader: Another bulk image downloader
- Hydrus Network: Create a locally hosted booru for all those images you downloaded
- Ninite: Install and update multiple programs at once
- Glary Utilities: All-in-one utility for cleaning PC. Includes batch uninstall
- Winaero Tweaker: Customise your Windows® experience (free)
- Stardock: Windows® customisation software (paid)
- Caesium Image Compressor: Offline bulk image compression
- XnConvert: Edit multiple photos at once: compress, filter, resize, change file type, etc.