Welcome!! To!!!! This Grand Ever-Growing Link Collection!!!!!!!!

(Accept no substitutes.)

This is my linkroll. I constantly add links onto this list, and I'll admit to rarely checking back on them. If you see anything wrong with this directory - link rot and 404s, site replaced by scams or malware, hate speech - assume I don't know about it yet, and then let me know as soon as possible.

(If you see a website on this list that's crossed out, that means it's gone, but I'm holding out hope it'll return.)

This is the back door of my web home, and you are standing in the doorway, glancing over a rolling green pasture of new destinations to travel to. It is one of the only pages here that doesn't open external links in a new tab. Do with this information what you will...
Thank you, and please enjoy your browsing.

Activism & Awareness

• Ukraine Carrd - A list of ways you can help Ukraine right now.
• Accessibility For Vestibular Disorders - Simple tips to make your website friendlier to people with vertigo and similar conditions
• An Anti-Racism Primer For White People - A detailed guide to understanding systemic racism and white priviledge.
• Black Lives Matter Carrd - Huge list of ways you can help the Black Lives Matter Movement
• Changing Ableist Language And Tropes In The Horror Genre - Demonizing views surrounding sanity and the mentally disabled are deep in the roots of the horror genre. Is there any hope of moving past them, and how would we begin?
• #FreeBritney and #FreeThemAll - A movement to end conservatorships.
• Humane By Design - Proposed principles to make the web (mostly social media) more humane.
• IndieWeb Code Of Conduct - The social expectations Indie Web Camp uses to foster kindess and inclusivity during their events. It's under a Creative Commons license so you can reuse the rules for your own organization or community.
• Living While Black - A game where you answer a simple question: Are the headlines you see real or fake?
• More Than One - A beginner's guide to understanding plurality.
• Terms Of Service Didn't Read - Magnifying the fine print of major companies' websites.
• World Unemployment - An animated visualization of the unemployed by country.

Adventures

• Black Room - A multi-genre maximalist online interactive experience.
• Cofounder Quest - This genuine real life tech startup is looking for a co-founder. Think you have what it takes?
• Dumpling Love - Take a nice stroll through a digital park.
• Mackerelmedia Fish - Navigate a dilapidated website in search of an ancient mythic fish.

Ancient Scriptures

• Cool Math Games.com - This website was false advertising... It had too many games and none of the math I was looking for! /j
• The Nyan Cat website - It needs no introduction.
• The Space Jam website - Yes, really.
• Dead Word - An incomplete archive of Word Magazine, one of the earliest zines to grace the web.

Art Tools (Online)

• Bomomo - Draw art with tools you can't fully control.
• Inspirograph - Spirograph simulations made easy.
• Lospec - Resources for creating art within color limitations.
• Make 8 Bit Art - A no-login, no-BS pixel art creator.
• No Paint - Easy "automatic" art creator.
• Photomosh - Instant image glitcher.
• Silk - Draw abstract symmetrical patterns.
• This Is Sand - Colorful sand dropping simulation.
• Travess Smalley's Painting Software - Browser-based painting with a toolkit full of fun surprises.

Art Tools (Offline)

• Electric Zine Maker - Make tiny fun books of whatever on your computer.
• Irfanview - Free image viewer with some editing functionality.
• Paint.Net - Free open-source image editing program.
• Tuxpaint - It's got playful painting... there is a penguin... What's not to love? I think this should be installed on every computer in the world by default.

Net Art

• Permaculture Network - Conversations in an ASCII wonderland. Also try Drawing Garden.
• REMOJI - Emojis party hard on your screen.
• Bouncing DVD logo - Title says it all.
• Other Ti.me - Step into this gallery.
• Do Not Touch - A music video and hundreds of cursors.
• Waiting For June - The time will come eventually.
• Blue Check Homes - Get "verified" in real life.

Assets And Stock Art

• Nappy - Stock photo site with a focus on black people.
• Open Game Art - Sprites, textures, music, and more.
• Pexels - Stock photo site.
• Pixabay - This is one of my favorite stock sites because of the extreme juxtaposition of different materials one can blend together and work with. It's got stock photos, clip art, abstract patterns, and more.
• Poly Haven - CC0 textures and models.
• Public Domain Pictures - Imagery for any use. (I must warn you, I have seen some scammy-looking stuff on here before. Check your image carefully for any watermarks before downloading.)
• Reusable Art - Public domain scans of vintage illustrations.
• Unsplash - Yep, it's another one of these. There's only so many unique one-liners one can spout off about stock art websites.
• Morguefile - Thousands of reference photos for use when drawing or designing.
• Burning Well - Hosting public domain images since 2006.
• 1 Milion Free Pictures - Collection of reusable photos. They may not have actually reached a million yet, but let's give them time. Often low quality and grimy-looking, but you may find an aesthetic use for them.

Blogs

• Astronomy Pic Of The Day - NASA's "secret" photo blog.
• The Creative Independent - Kickstarter's "secret" blog of artist interviews and resources.
• Screenshot Garden - Everest Pipkin's blog, as told in timestamped screenshots. Also try the other screenshot garden.
• McMansion Hell - Photo blog about the titular category of dwelling.
• Scoby - Explore Are.na channels transformed into microblogs. My favorite so far is probably "How do you describe Are.na at a party?", but most of the others are pretty neat too. (Caution: Some bizarre, NSFW, and/or creepy images in these blogs! Browse at your own risk.)

Game Making Stuff

• Bitsy - Create tiny game worlds with tiny tiles.
• Exploring Technology - Website with information about a variety of game engines and tools.
• Tiny Tools Directory - Comprehensive list of small, free and/or experimental tools.
• Twine - Use natural typing to create hypertext adventures.

Guides And Tutorials

• Choose A License - Find out what license is right for your open source project.
• Interneting Is Hard - Free no-login HTML and CSS tutorials.
• Run Your Own Social - Run a tiny social network for yourself and friends (some tech knowledge required).

Healing

• You Feel Like Shit - Set of questions that guide you through the self care process.
• Pixel Thoughts - Put a stressful thought in the star.
• Tree.fm - Hear nature from anywhere.
• 2020 Helped Me - Searching for the bright side of a bad year.

Homepage Decor And Resources

• Background Image Generator - A tool to generate tiled patterns for your website. Don't forget to credit Toptal Subtle Patterns, as this is derivative of their work.
• Broider - Pixel art CSS borders.
• CSS 3 Patterns Gallery - Tiling patterns created only with CSS properties. They make your pages look good AND take up a little less space! Fun fact: The background of this very page uses code from this repo. I think it's cool.
• cssdb - Take a sneak peek at the newest cutting-edge CSS properties.
• Patternify - Draw your own pixel art CSS backgrounds.
• Plaidmaker - Tileable plaid patterns for any use, even commercially. Attribution required.
• Screaming Brain Studios - Procedurally-generated graphics in an "old school" style. You can use them for your website, your games, any damn thing you want - they're CC0. Crediting is still a nice thing to do though.
• Stripe Generator - Create a striped background.
• Tartan Maker - Create a tartan background.
• TinyPNG - Save server space by making all your images instantly smaller.
• Random A11y - A random two color palette that matches AA or AAA text contrast accessibility guidelines.

Interesting Browsers And Web Experience Enhancers

• Beaker Browser - Client for a peer-to-peer, torrent-powered, remixable internet. (Note: Tech support for Beaker is apparently being discontinued soon. Stay tuned to find out whatever comes next.)
• Blackle - If you can handle the evils of Google (or somehow manage to not have a strong opinion) this site inverts Google results to use a dark theme, saving energy while you browse.
• FreeTube - YouTube frontend with various options - includes analytics blocking, turning off distractions, and subscribing to channels without logging in.
• Wikiless - Open-source privacy-centered frontend for Wikipedia. The repo on Codeberg describes it a bit more.

Bandcamp Music

• Parson Hex - Don't let his (currently) small discography deceive you. Every album is an unforgettable experience that will leave you hungry for more. I also recommend watching Illusion Lock, his multi-hour webseries that is still going today.
• Veryone by Zammuto - A tiny 3-track release that slaps unbelievably hard. Long after the first listen, I find myself crying tears of joy nearly every time. Music that makes one appreciate the wonder of being alive, for sure.
• untitled slab by Exquisite Corp - Some generative music to float through the universe and contemplate your life to.
• leaves by teen fuchsia - Relaxing "Animal Crossing style" music. I like how the tracks stand on their own but also flow into each other when listened in sequence. Overall just some lovely downtempo.
• Not Songs by Other Nothing - Well, they're not songs, but they are pretty neat to listen to.
• Audio Diary by Brendan Mattox - Arguably more interview than music, but I don't care, I'm putting it here anyway. It's a fun little collection of sounds to explore, and it's located on the Bandcamp website. What more do you need to be told? Click the link and consume.

Put Some Text Online

• Itty Bitty - Tiny text websites where all data is stored in the URL.
• Listography - Create lists of anything and everything, host them online.
• Sdnotes - Fleeting, temporary blogs that self-destruct after 30 days of inactivity.
• Tiddlyhost - Free hosting for your Tiddlywiki.
• Txti - Share tiny text files.
• Write.as - Plain minimalist blog hosting.

Soundscapes And Noise Machines

• myNoise - A massive collection of modular soundscapes.
• Purrli - We all know the internet is made of cats, but this is a bit much!
• Rain Today - A rain sound generator.
• Rainbowhunt - Rain generator with a few customizations.

Wikis And Pedias

• Aesthetics Wiki - Documentation of a wide variety of visual styles.
• Emojipedia - Cyberspace emotional expression iconography.
• Encycolorpedia - Look up colors by name, receive their hex and rgb codes.
• Game Making Tools Wiki - Information and resources on all the things that can help you make games.

Other Stuff / Unsorted

• DMpad - If you're a TTRPG fan, this note-taking tool will be just the thing for you!
• Incompetech - The website of Kevin MacLeod, creator of an unbelievably diverse collection of CC-BY music (and also graph paper).
• OneLook Reverse Dictionary - Describe a phrase or concept and it'll find a word for that.
• Polycul.es - Chart out a polycule and share it with... Your friends? Your family? Your polycule?!?
• Space Email - Send and recieve anonymous-ish cryptic messages across the farthest reaches of space and time.
• Weird Or Confusing - A website that redirects you to Ebay listings of randomly-chosen bizarre products.