What other non-mainstream websites do you enjoy?

[KeplerElectronics]

The title says it all... What are some of your favorite webpages that aren't mainstream? I'm talking stuff run by individuals, maybe some bands, artists, etc.

One of my favorite sites is etotheipiplusone.net, a blog that's been running since like 2004 cataloging the owner's escapades in the worlds of robotics and car repair. It's always fun to poke around in, and as an engineering student I've definitely used it to come up with solutions before.

Another really fun blog is nicole.express, which catalogs its owner's escapades in game development for retro consoles, modification, arcade board investigations, a whole treasure trove of information and research about old gaming hardware, including some stuff that I hadn't seen talked about in more mainstream sources.

Anyways, I'm always looking for other obscure stuff, I'd love to see what other people have found!

 

[Andrew]

I just stumbled on one of my new favorite websites - https://youaremachines.com/

 

[SpiderQueenPC]

Sunset System, a cool "cassette futurism" worldbuilding project

 

[SpiderQueenPC]

oh and I almost forgot, I've already plugged corru a billion times but I haven't shared this other web game I think is cool yet: Nirakul Archives! and if you enjoy cognitohazards and experiencing the closest thing real life has to eldritch madness, you could also have a look at Terminal 00.

 

[KeplerElectronics]

Sunset System, a cool "cassette futurism" worldbuilding project

Oh wow, I used to follow them on Twitter, didn't realize they had a site. Their stuff is always really fun.

 

[jadd]

these websites look so good! this makes me want to up the interactivity on my own digital domains...

 

[shaymin]

PostZone: https://postzone.app/
write and delete messages

in a similar vein, yourworldoftext: https://yourworldoftext.com

 

[atradaitoshi]

My 2000's TV!

Go back to the 2000's via this nostalgic TV simulator and relive the original ads, music videos, movie trailers, shows and more!

00s.myretrotvs.com

 

[spc_daicon]

in a similar vein, yourworldoftext: https://yourworldoftext.com

Really fun site. Lost a good hour just dicking around

 

[Mukky]

Really fun site. Lost a good hour just dicking around

I remember hosting a school chatroom in a private world of this lol

 

[log64]

The new DG theme made me remember an old forum (based around a Justin.tv streamer) that I spent a decent amount of time on as a kid...

Borderline Gaming

Hammer on the vocal harmonies of truth with these peculiar things called letters to get your verbal message across.

blgaming.4umer.com

 

[Andrew]

The new DG theme made me remember an old forum (based around a Justin.tv streamer) that I spent a decent amount of time on as a kid...

Borderline Gaming

Hammer on the vocal harmonies of truth with these peculiar things called letters to get your verbal message across.

blgaming.4umer.com

This makes me wonder how many other forum corpses are still up and running out there. I'm sure it's a lot, so much history left floating out there in cyberspace.

 

[KeplerElectronics]

This makes me wonder how many other forum corpses are still up and running out there. I'm sure it's a lot, so much history left floating out there in cyberspace.

I think this screenshot from the sidebar sums it up nicely

 

[Andrew]

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I think this screenshot from the sidebar sums it up nicely

And the forum they link to in that topic is 100% offline while this one's still online! lol

 

[bennydryl]

Sunset System, a cool "cassette futurism" worldbuilding project

i love sunset system, it has such a good personality
my friend is constantly making 3d printed models of the robots

i'd like to do something for them. I'll have to think what

 

[Knito]

https://comfybox.floofey.dog/ is pretty great. I usually go there for finding old 90s Sample CDs, they rehosted the one that was on Internet Archive before it got taken down. Soooooooooo many great sample CDs

 

[Thingie]

Sunset System, a cool "cassette futurism" worldbuilding project

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[KeplerElectronics]

Just remembered this site yesterday: https://www.ruralindexingproject.com/

It's a site where a couple of folks share pictures of extremely small towns all throughout America (like lots of them are sub-1000 people). I used to follow their Twitter before things went south, and it's pretty cool to have a standalone site as a backup of their work (though I don't think it's super up to date). It's also a great resource for reference of small-town America.

They even have a few places I've been!

On their Tolono, IL page they have a picture of the bar I went to see Unwed Sailor play to a crowd of 15 people. (It's called the Dead Horse Lounge in the image but was apparently rebranded Loose Cobra in the past decade or so since the picture was taken. It was still alive and well last summer, was a pretty cool place and an extremely weird show to go to, being the only non-regular who was just there to see the band)

I have a lot more thoughts about this website and it's images but it's probably better saved for another thread or medium. I will say that it's astonishing how big the world truly is, and the number of tiny towns that I'll never get to visit.

 

[Andrew]

(like lots of them are sub-1000 people).

Ohhhhh I have a lot of places I could fill this out with. I'm entirely surrounded by this.

 

[KeplerElectronics]

I've been wanting to add this one for weeks, just kept forgetting when I got home from work.

https://100r.co/site/home.html

This site, made by software development and artistic duo 100 Rabbits, contains a collection of a bunch of miscellaneous projects: ranging from vector art programs to livecoding environments to games. Some of these tools are super cool, like Dotgrid, which is designed for making minimalistic vector designs.

The site also includes a blog talking about the duo's adventures living full-time on a houseboat and sailing it around the world! I was reading through some of these blog posts over my lunch break, and they're really cool. They put lots of thought into sustainability, both in terms of daily life, but also in terms of software design: emphasizing portability, maintainability, and minimizing dependence on libraries or protocols that might disappear suddenly.