Blogroll
Due to a lack of time or self management i have not been surfing the 'net for ages. Most of these links are outdated in terms of i have not opened them in months. I have shoved them under "Legacy".
Note for adless YT watching (and adless web browsing in general) use uBlock Orgin. I
can say this personally as I use it daily and it works very well.
This extention can be installed on the mobile version of
Firefox Browser if you want to have portable, adless YT.
This feels sketchy on the grounds of YT revenue,
but most Youtubers have a Patreon anyways, and Google is Google.
Websites
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i-land - This has nothing to do with Apple devices. It appears to be some kind of artsy fartsy point-and-click adventure. It seems goal-less.
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Cobalt - A very nice online video downloader that unfonturnately is not able to download from Youtube.
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UniversalDownloader - A very nice online video downloader that can still download from Youtube.
Not for the website
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yt-dlp - Command-line youtube download tool that nerds might find useful. Very good. Note that using apt to install might not work; agressive blockjitsu on YT's end mean having a recent version is important.
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(I've also heard rumours of the FreeTube client. I personally have yet to use it yet.)
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uBlock Origin - This is an obvious one, the best (and i say this more definitively than usual as it is the only, like trust me it has 100% block rate) adblockers I have ever used.
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Firefox Browser - another obvious one. Mobile version supports the above. Plus idk like i am a hipster okay? idc. i want to use this thing. you do not get to convince me otherwise.
Misc. (when I am not linking to the entire site, or i don't deem the site has extended stay value)
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Clippy PFP Movement [knowyourmeme.com] - I have not looked into this deeply so far but in light of all the tringulation of your personal life online these days someone said "why not we all change our PFPs to Clippit?" Basis seems to be something about how Clippit, despite arguably being a bad-faith feature, did not try to find out your insecurities and age.
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ytmnd - you're the man now dog! - Some ancient site central to meme culture. It has retained the same layout since 2010. The format of it's content seem very simple, there's a slideshow of some kind paired with a looping audio track. It does not even seem to stream the audio, instead opting to download tracks in one go.
Legacy:
TV Tropes - This website is a wiki of commonly used story elements in media. It is self-depreciating in the way that it claims it will "ruin your life" via unlimited wikiwalk potential. I have experienced this myself.
Alex Parr - This site has the honor of being the first Neocities website i visited. It had a free tier URL so i was able to simply delete the the part before "neocities.org" that says "this is x part of y website" (i hope i have defined a subdomain correctly)
billwurtz - This was a musical artist I had an interest in some years ago. It was when I found out that i liked jazz as until then i thought all jazz was boring chill jazz. Bill Wurtz music is now too empty and not flowing enough compared to my tastes (to make it clear the tastes were the major thing changing here) which is why i have found myself transitioned to smooth jazz, especially The Rippingtons. All music on the site is available gratis. He seems to have dissapeared off Earth, as his last post is roughly three years ago as of writing this.
MelonLand Forum - This is where the cool kidz on the indieweb hang out or smth. Melon has curated a sprawling presence and indieweb community online. That's all I know.
(They have a theme
that is better suited for less powerful computers).KatiePla.net - All I know is that this user seemed to be a newcomer to Neocities. I decided to point to her website to direct extra traffic there and fill this page.
Coffeebug - I had a brief interest in this musical artist for a brief period in '23 or whenever, when I was just getting onto Neocities. She makes all-GM midi compositions and the technical level of her music has increased sharply, especially timing between instruments. I no longer listen to Coffeebug music.
Pinterest - Everyone knows what a Pinterest is
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The ✨️internet✨️ used to be* fun - This is a list of articles which i so far imagine to be related some how to why the small handcrafted model of the web needs to return. I say "so far imagine" as I came across this directory some time ago hoping it would help me intergrate into the small web sphere but i still haven't touched a majority of the articles.
The Verge - Modern corpo tech news web site that tries to stay swift and fresh(has been paywalled into oblivion)
Webhosts (where you can host websites)
Youtubers (all legacy links)
Note I am going to bandwagon on here and warn that yes, Youtube are apparently
going to machine-verify your age, which is why i have taken the (puny) precaution (quote and quote) of removing the direct links to these profiles.
Strangely I have heard nothing new about this as of 2025, Sept 13.
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@DeadlyComicsYT - This is a dood that uploads once every sixteen bajillion years and it is among the most artsy fartsy stuff ive seen ever
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@MachoBoyANIM - This one is simpler. They have a cool show involving a cute robot girl in a video game. They also upload infrequently.