Links

• Link to me
• Button Wall
• Cool Sites
• Neocities ads
• Art Resources that I use
• Audio and Music Programs that I use
• Pixel art/Dolling sites
• Webrings, Directories, Etc.
• Forums

Link to me

If you'd like to link back to me, feel free to use one of my buttons:

The Button Wall

Cool Sites

Here are some cool personal/nostalgic websites you should visit

DVD3000.ca - Tons of stuff about old computers. Truly a treasure trove of fun!
Cobra's Retro Room - Fun personal site with tons of old graphics.
Mazeguy Smilies - This guy has been creating smilies for over two decades at this point. There are TONS.
Jan's Graphics - A large collection of graphics from around the web
Kawaii Hannah - Excellent artist website that also has some doll bases and tutorials.
Mle-s Paint - Personal site with really awesome MS Paint artwork
The Cheapskate's Guide to Computers and the Internet - Contains TONS of info on how to set up your own website for cheap. Take a look here if you're interested in going a little bit deeper than just basic HTML and JS.
Lulu In Cyberspace - Personal website with lots of different fun stuff on it.
Sixey.es - Personal site with very unique style and tons of fun stuff to explore
Sleepy Sage - Personal site that is covered in PINK and BLINKIES!
Spdrcastl - Personal low-tech website with games, writing, and music
Nathalie Lawhead's site - Maker of awesome games and fun internet toys
Blogroll.org - Hand-curated list of blogs that are regularly updated. I've found a lot of great blogs through here.

Neocities ads

This is a neat little widget that displays ads for different Neocities sites. Nobody makes money off of these--it's just for exposure and fun!

Counter Culture

Low tech magazine - Using low-tech to accomplish modern tasks
Permacomputing - Computer for the long term
Damaged Earth Catalogue - Computing in Earth-friendly ways
Libre Projects - Open source hosted alternatives to popular software
Lineage OS - Open source android OS for aging phones
512kb Club - Websites 512kb or less
250kb Club - Websites 250kb or less
10kb Club - Websites 10kb or less
1mb Club - Websites 1mb or less

Art Resources that I use

Photopea - Free art/image program based on Photoshop. It's what I've used to make most of my web resources.
Public Domain Images on Flickr - All public domain images on Flickr. Tons of images to search through.
Public Domain images from the NY Public Library - Lots of really old images. Some cool stuff here!
JS Paint - MS Paint in your browser, powered by Javascript
Adinkra West African Symbols - A dictionary of West African symbols used to tell stories and histories, released into the public domain.
Hypercard Art Bits - An archive of images from the old hypercard program on MacOS
Lospec's Pixel Art Scaler - what it says. Makes your pixel art bigger without making it blurry.
Fontstruct - Build fonts online out of glyps.
Glyphr Studio - Free online and desktop font making software
Birdfont - Another desktop only free font editor and creator.
Adorkastock - Formerly Senshistock, on Deviantart. Free pose references for artists.
Inkscape - Free open source vector editor
TileMancer - It's no longer being supported, but still works. A tile editor for game development.
Pixel Studio for Android (Google Play link) - This is the app I use for making pixel art on my phone.
Piskel - Online sprite editor
Infinite Painter (Google Play link) - Painting app that I use on my phone
Infinite Design (Google Play link) - Vector app I use on my phone
The Old School Font Resource - Fonts from old OSes and other hardware
The Web Design Museum - A curated collection of old web design from the late 90's to mid 2000's

Audio and Music Programs that I use

Online Sequencer
Signal App - Another online MIDI sequencer
Nanoloop - I use the android app, but this is a music app that was originally designed for the original Game Boy
Gpodder - Podcast aggregator and downloader

Pixel art/Dolling sites

Webrings, Directories, Etc.

You can find links to other great sites here. I prioritize linking to non-corporate sites and web 1.0 type stuff

• The Retronaut Webring
• List-me.com
• Moonshot Listings
• Bucket Webring - "For cool people."
• The Funky Webring - Personal webpages that like funky visuals and colors.
• Neocreatives Webring - For visual artists (who aren't all necessarily on Neocities).
• The Transring - "For any webmaster here on the web that identifies as transgender, nonbinary, basically anything that isn't cisgender."
• Unnamed Webring - "This webring is an attempt to inspire artists & developers to build their websites and share traffic amongst each other." I can't find a name for it, but it is identified by the symbol at the bottom of the page.
• Lainchan Webring - Websites that have linked together using Lainchan, an image board revolving around the anime Serial Experiments Lain. Not all are anime focused, however. A few are on Tor and listed separately, and the webmaster keeps track of sites that have gone down.
• Low tech webring - Websites that focus on low-tech Web 1.0 type things

Forums

Forums are experiencing a comeback, thanks to both the web revival and a growing disatisfaction with social media and fast-paced forms of communication. Here are some that I've found and enjoyed.

• MelonLand Forums - Web-crafting centered discussions and other fun stuff.
• Yesterweb Forums - Forums hosted by the Yesterweb site, now read only.
• Pixel Lounge - A forum for pixel art and pixel dolling
• Basement Community - General-purpose community that's pretty chill
• TamaTalk forums - Dedicated to Tamagotchi and other virtual pets
• Atari Age Forums - Dedicated to Atari consoles and the homebrew communities around them
• Posting.cool - All shitposting, all the time