Great little old school website just recording the history of a small vintage computer musem with lots of great photos. https://myoldcomputers.com/
Smallweb Finds: Astrolair.xyz – Cool retro looking throwback website
“A long time ago, corporations did not rule the interwebz. It was a time of creativity, expression, and exploration. This website? It’s a love letter to the Internet of yesteryear.” https://astroslair.xyz/
Smallweb Finds: 404City
Great looking website with a classic vibe. Obviously some thought and care put into the aesthetic. https://404city.neocities.org/
Smallweb Finds: Javagames.cc – Play old java games in your browser
“Thousands of free Java games to play. Support IOS, Android, macOS, Windows and any other system that supports modern browsers.” https://javagames.cc/
Smallweb Finds: TinyWind – Pixel Pirate Game in a Browser
“A pixel pirate roguelite with real sailing and naval combat. Sail the pixel seas ten minutes at a time. Hand-rolled wind physics, procedural islands, mythic treasure, and rare sea companions. Liberate British, Spanish, and Dutch waters, hold Tortuga against both Crowns, or duel captain-vs-captain.” (Steam) https://tinywind.io/
YouTube Finds: 10 Second Clips Of Every MS DOS Game Ever
“ALL MS DOS GAMES. This is based upon the ExoDos release (version 6). They made these videos. I have simply reduced each clip to 10 seconds (from 31 seconds). Their release currently has around 6,600 games. They have made over 4,200 videos which are in this video. Check out their setup at www.retro-exo.com. It is an excellent preservation programme with games, video clips, manuals, music etc. Enjoy the video!”
Smallweb Finds: PlaintextSports.com
A site that depicts the schedule, standings, and teams, for various leagues, in super basic and clean plain text. https://plaintextsports.com/
Smallweb Finds: Rectangles.app
An oddly satisfying yet ultra simplistic representation of your day, time already passed and time still left in the day, using simple squares. Also a nice little exercise in HTML flex grids. https://rectangles.app/
Fractal Patterns: Activation Energy is a good model for a lot of things
“Heat some paper to 300ºF (150ºC) and mostly what happens is you have some hot paper. Heat some paper to 500ºF (260ºC) and what you have is a fire. You can use that fire to start other fires, and there’s a self-sustaining thing happening that will go on until all of the locally available fuel is consumed.”
YouTube Finds: The Male Gaze Doesn’t Exist: Knight’s Path, Stellar Blade, And 40 Years Of Data
This deceptively good video actually goes into the science studies of male vs female preference to show that the ‘Male Gaze’ isn’t what you think it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdbMfj3Ge1E