Links & Bookmarks as of: 10th July, 2025

The Architecture of Silence ↗

https://architectureofsilence.com/

This site is about silence. Keep it to yourself and only speak when you are ready to act. Not before, not after. Learn to speak and provide a valid, useful opinion only when the time is right.

Roytang.net ↗

https://roytang.net/

Roy Tang’s blog. Programmer, engineer, scientist, critic, gamer, dreamer, and kid-at-heart. Randomly amazed.

Sightless Scribbles ↗

https://sightlessscribbles.com/

A fabulously gay blind author.

Personal blogs are the best, I love yours and I’ll try and tell you why – Nothing Original Here↗

https://nothingoriginalhere.com/

A favourite thing to do on a Sunday morning is to make a coffee and then sit catching up on the part of my rss feed containing personal blogs

SearchSystem™  ↗

https://searchsystem.co/

An ever-growing collection of references and tools for designers. Curated by Julien Van Havere,…

Luke Davis: technical SEO, music producer & creator  ↗

https://lukealexdavis.co.uk/

The digital home of Luke Davis: a senior technical SEO, music producer, and blogger based in Nottingham, UK.

Miriam Eric Suzanne  ↗

https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/

writing & speaking & music & theater & cetera

Devon.LoL 😆  ↗

Ihttps://devon.lol/

Get out of my house! Nah, just kidding. I’m glad you’re here. Instead of getting this site from a CDN somewhere near you, you’re now downloading each of these files from a server right here in my home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I’ve been working for several months now to minimize my personal data footprint on the corporate-controlled walled gardens of the internet, and I’ve made quite a bit of progress.

JSON Canvas | Infinite Canvas Tools  ↗

https://jsoncanvas.org/

An open file format for infinite canvas data.Infinite canvas tools are a way to view and organize information spatially, like a digital whiteboard. Infinite …

https://sustainablewebdesign.org/

Estimating Digital Emissions  ↗

Learn why calculating digital emissions is so challenging and how we arrived at a formula for estimating emissions from digital products.

12seasons.nyc  ↗

https://12seasons.nyc/

New York ACTUALLY HAS 12 SEASONS

Kerning, the Hard Way  ↗

https://home.octetfont.com/

The letterforms are reversed out against a vertically striped background. In a manner similar to Schaeffer Versalien. The graphic effect is inspired-by/stolen-from Schaefer Versalien, but the letterforms are modified from my found stencil font Arugula.

Readymag  ↗

https://readymag.com/

The design tool for outstanding websites. Enjoy easy workflow The intuitive drag-and-drop interface gives you everything you need. Designers can switch to Readymag seamlessly, and marketers quickly get used to it.

Norko Font – YouWorkForThem  ↗

https://www.youworkforthem.com/

Discover Nutgame, the versatile Sans Serif font that effortlessly elevates your designs with a captivating 70s retro flair. Norko: A Sharp-Geometric Sans Serif with a Cinematic Twist Norko, a YouWorkForThem Exclusive, is a geometric sans serif with a distinctive twist. It introduces subtle flared terminals that add personality to its sharp, structured form. This unique detail makes it ideal for bold applications like movie titles, social media graphics, and editorial headlines where a modern voice with character is needed.

hypernormalization | Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real  ↗

https://www.theguardian.com/

If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

Trying To Change, Or Changing The Subject? How Feedback Gets Derailed  ↗

https://www.npr.org/

The first episode of Hidden Brain explores switchtracking: a common pattern in conversations you’ll be accusing your partner of in no time! Plus speedy science, a cup of tea and a song from Adam Cole.

Slashes | shellsharks.com  ↗

https://shellsharks.com/slashes

A list of all my slash pages

annie’s blog  ↗

https://anniemueller.com/

annie’s blog is a blog on the Pika blogging platform

gobino’s bites  ↗

https://gobino.be/

The microblog of Steven, a tech and app enthusiast who also loves running and photography.

In praise of creating crap – annie’s blog  ↗

https://anniemueller.com/

See also: Share your shit, and Don’t wait for tomorrow – Start now, and Please please please please please please share your big dumb beautiful self with the worldHumans are easy…

Cartographer | procedurally generated persistent multiplayer exploration game.  ↗

https://v-os.ca/cartographer

Cartographer is a procedurally generated persistent multiplayer exploration game. Cartographer is an exploration game centered around navigating biomes, exploring a generated world, and reading and leaving pins for other visitors of the world to read.

TypeTrials𛲅 | Powered by Pangram Pangram Foundry  ↗

https://typetrials.com/

TypeTrials is a tool designed for testing variable fonts and much more! Powered by Pangram Pangram Foundry

DESIGNERCIZE | Retro prompt generator for whiteboard design practice.  ↗

https://designercize.com/

Designercize Random prompt generator for whiteboard design practice. Choose a difficulty Reload until you’re happy Choose duration Hit 

Post Secret Voicemail ↗

https://www.postsecretvoicemail.com/

Tell a secret, hear a secret. “If you could have a conversation with someone who’s no longer alive, who would it be, and what would you talk about?”

Roobix – PLAYCANVAS ↗

https://playcanv.as/p/V9B7k46n

A new approach to a classic.
Welcome to Marco Del Valle’s personal portfolio. I’m a creative developer specializing in 3D visualizations, game development, and animated sites. I’ve worked in the automotive, entertainment, consumer-product, and advertising industries, where I have built several award-winning websites.

Rhythm in Web Typography | Better Web Type ↗

https://betterwebtype.com/

Horizontal rhythm mostly impacts the legibility, while vertical rhythm impacts the readability of the text and establishes a sense of visual hierarchy.

Explaining Code using ASCII Art – Embedded in Academia ↗

https://blog.regehr.org/archives/1653

This piece is about pictures drawn using a text character set and then embedded in source code. I love these! The other day I asked around on Twitter for more examples and the responses far exceeded expectations (thanks everyone!). There are a ton of great examples in the thread; here I’ve categorized a few of them. Click on images go to the repositories.

Bill Gates, Man United and 20 other sites that ban linking to them – Malcolm Coles ↗

https://malcolmcoles.com/

10+ years ago I created an annual list of websites that FORBADE you from linking to them, DEMANDED you write to ask for permission or LIMITED links to only their home page. Royal Mail even promised…

Making computers make art | Chase McCoy ↗

https://chsmc.org/

Chase McCoy explores, builds, & writes about the web

Smooth Sailing Listings ↗

https://smoothsailing.asclaria.org/

Smooth Sailing Listings is a web directory or listing for websites of any kind.

Visual design rules you can safely follow every time ↗

https://anthonyhobday.com/

You do not have to follow these rules every time. If you have a good reason to break any of them, do. But they are safe to follow every time.

Announcing WordPress Export to Markdown v3 / Coder’s Block ↗

https://codersblock.com/

WordPress Export to Markdown is a CLI tool (a Node script) that helps you migrate from WordPress to a static site generator (like Eleventy, for example)

Links • Cory Dransfeldt ↗

Links • Cory Dransfeldt

These are links I’ve liked or otherwise found interesting. They’re all added manually, after having been read and, I suppose, properly considered.

Linkding | self hosted Bookmarking ↗

https://linkding.link/

A self-hosted bookmarking service that is designed to be minimal, fast and easy to set up.

A Brief history of Apple Macintosh Firmware ↗

https://eclecticlightt.co/

From the Macintosh ROM of Classic days, to Open Firmware in Power Macs, and on to (U)EFI with Intel, and ending up with LLB and iBoot in Apple silicon Macs.

The old internet – rebeccatoh.co ↗

https://rebeccatoh.co/

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…

Hedy’s home ↗

https://home.hedy.dev/

hedy’s home: hedy’s canonical web presence including contact information and a blog

The Old Net ↗

https://theoldnet.com/

Welcome to the Old Internet Again!

pketh.org ↗

https://pketh.org/

Making things simple, radical and beautiful

Alternative Layout System ↗

https://alternativelayoutsystem.com/

This research rethinks paragraph formatting, inspired by techniques from Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts to challenge conventional layouts. Funded by the Leenaards Foundation and supported by Adobe’s plugin tools, the project led to the “Alternative Layout System” plugin, now available for free download on the website. A publication showcasing designers’ experiments with these scripts is also accessible on the website’s “Publication”

24HourHomepage: The Best Time Online ↗

https://24hourhomepage.com/

MillionDollarHomepage was a phenomenon in the days of the early social Internet. How many projects have tried to repeat its success?

The TymeSqr Experiment ↗

https://www.tymesqr.com/

Welcome to the TymeSqr Experiment. The Rules: Anyone can buy a Square to publish any image they want. The price of a Square doubles each time it is bought, awarding x1.5 to the previous owner +1% on all the future transactions for that Square. EU citizens only

HyperTextHero↗

https://hypertexthero.com/

HyperTextHero’s no hero but plays one on the web, flying between work and play to brighten days.

WiseType® | Typefaces ↗

https://wisetype.nl/typefaces

WiseType is an independent digital type foundry run by Jacob Wise

You’ve reached a future link! ↗

https://ineedmore.coffee/future-link/

This page represents a destination for links that do not yet exist! When I think of projects or formulate material for this site, I often find myself thinking of multiple posts at the same time, intertwined with each other. As a result, I place this “future link” where I would link to a future post that hasn’t been published yet, and then I can later find the spots where I need to update links using a simple grep command.

LN 019: Notifications ↗

https://alexanderobenauer.com/labnotes/019/

Notifications stand to be one of the most important things in our personal computing domain. But today, this sacred space fails to achieve that ideal because it is home to others’ priorities over our own.

Nintendo Logo Evolution: From Playing Cards to Gaming Giant – Indieground Design ↗

https://indieground.net/

Since the 1980s, Japanese company Nintendo has become one of the most famous brands worldwide for its legendary video games and consoles. Join us as we explore how changes in their logo accompanied their huge success.

A simple website ↗

https://simplesite.ayra.ch/

This website is a trip down memory lane. I’m not trying to tell you to stop modern web development. This website uses technologies not available at the time the content here is about. It works on mobile (tested in Firefox for Android) but you miss out on the background image.

How to build a digital garden with TiddlyWiki – Ness Labs ↗

https://nesslabs.com/

Learn how to create your own digital garden using Tiddly Wiki with this step-by-step guide.

Notes & Links on monospace, fonts, ascii, unicode usage ↗

wonger.dev

Notes on monospace, fonts, ascii, unicode. A collection of TILs and resources. Inspiration for monospace webpage aesthetic:

Wiby – Search Engine for the Classic Web ↗

https://wiby.me/

Wiby is a search engine for older style pages, lightweight and based on a subject of interest. Building a web more reminiscent of the early internet.

How to deploy a static website for free in just 3 minutes straight from your Google Drive, using Fast.io ↗

https://www.freecodecamp.org/

In this article, I’ll show you how to deploy a static website for free in only 3 minutes, using a cloud storage service like Google Drive or Dropbox. And no – fast.io didn’t pay me or freeCodeCamp to create this article. We don’t have any relationshi…

Mental Nodes ↗

https://www.mentalnodes.com/

Hello there! I’m Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs and a PhD researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, where I study how different brains learn differently.I created this public notebook / digital garden because I believe the only way to learn in public is to build in public.

Max Böck ↗

https://mxb.dev/

Max Böck is a professional front-end developer based in Vienna, Austria

The IndieWeb for Everyone | Max Böck ↗

https://mxb.dev/

Many people are looking for alternatives to Twitter. Can the IndieWeb step up? How can we build better social media for people without technical knowledge?

Digital gardening ↗

https://robinrendle.com/

Build a garden, not a feed.

Notes on monospace, fonts, ascii, unicode ↗

https://wonger.dev/

Notes on monospace, fonts, ascii, unicode. A collection of TILs and resources. Inspiration for monospace webpage aesthetic:

Text Only Websites | Are.na ↗

https://www.are.na/elliott-cost/

Directory of Text Only Websites saved in Are.na

/markdown • heracl.es ↗

https://heracl.es/

Design technologist, digital maker, and architect based in Athens, Greece. Works in the fields of cultural production, design, media arts, web development, and architecture.

/valgrind • heracl.es ↗

https://heracl.es/valgrind

A local, tracker-free, minimal yet customizable startpage.

vCard + RSS as an alternative to social media – nfraprado ↗

https://nfraprado.net/

vCard + RSS as an alternative to social media

/markdown Tutorial | heracl.es ↗

https://heracl.es/markdown/

A tutorial on the workflow from Markdown texts to beautiful PDFs

Lighthouse – The feed reader for finding actionable content ↗

https://lighthouseapp.io/

A reimagined RSS feed reader, optimized for people who are serious, intentional, and proactive about their content consumption.

LinkLonk ↗

https://linklonk.com/

LinkLonk is your personal news aggregator. Submit links to articles you liked and LinkLonk will show fresh articles from the same websites and from other users who share your interests. The more you rate👍 the better your recommendations will become.

Simple RSS Reader – Fast Web Based RSS Reader ↗

https://simplerssreader.com/

We bring you the best RSS reader and no more, no less. You’ll be able to browse, read, star, and search your stories — all within a clean interface. Take a look at the previews to the left for a glance at the interface that’s as fast and clean as can be. In fact, we can even import all your feeds with one click so you don’t miss a thing.

RSS Ground ↗

https://www.rssground.com/

Streamline your content discovery & sharing Manage your content, blogs & social networks more efficiently SIGN UP NOW Free plans available

GitHub – AboutRSS/ALL-about-RSS: A list of RSS related stuff: tools, services, communities and tutorials, etc. ↗

https://github.com/AboutRSS/

A list of RSS related stuff: tools, services, communities and tutorials, etc. – AboutRSS/ALL-about-RSS