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making the internet fun again

https://theuselessweb.com/ and a blunt... less social-panopticon spaces, more dumb fun spaces

@starfu3ker

Feb 8, 2024

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niche/dead websites

Highly recommend hitting suprise me on https://wiby.me/ Generates a random web page that hasn't been updated in a while. It's such a fun window into niche litte worlds and reminds me of when the internet was way less vitriolic 10/10

@buscemibabe

Jan 14, 2025

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WIBY.ME

“Google isn't great at finding [old webpages], its focus is on finding answers to technical questions, and it works well; but finding things you didn't know you wanted to know, which was the real joy of web surfing, no longer happens.” -Wiby about page I love Wiby.me! I’ve found some amazing old websites using its random page feature, but I know it also works as a search engine for these older pages. It really brings back that sense of wonder you used to have for the internet as a kid in 2012…

@luckycat

Mar 6, 2025

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myspace tom

Rarely if ever does interviews AFAIK but just trying to set the bar high here

@iconicindex

May 28, 2025

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independent/DIY radio just in london

Because of the extensive tradition of pirate radio in the UK (from Radio Caroline on down), London probably has the most insane landscape of 24/7 internet radio in the world. I've tried to rank these in terms of approximate popularity ranging from NTS (as mentioned) on down to purely DIY weekend-only amateur collectives like LWSTD. If you don't know the stations in your city, just have a quick google and do some Instagram "Following" list exploration and it should be pretty easy to find more (e.g. in Amsterdam check out Echobox, Radio Tempo Não Pára, RRFM, etc...) - NTS (Dalston) https://www.nts.live/ - Rinse FM (Hoxton) https://rinse.fm/ - Worldwide FM (Islington) https://worldwidefm.net/ (currently mostly on ice but great archive) - Balaami (Peckham) https://www.balamii.com/ - Soho Radio https://sohoradiolondon.com/ - Reprezent Radio (Brixton) https://www.reprezentradio.org.uk/ - Netil Radio (Hackney) https://www.netilradio.com/ - Subtle Radio (Hackney) https://www.subtleradio.com/ - Voices Radio (Kings Cross) https://www.voicesradio.co.uk/ - Aaja (Deptford) https://aajamusic.com/radio/ - Do You!! Radio (Hackney) https://doyou.world/ - LWSTD https://www.lovewillsavetheday.fm/

@iconicindex

Apr 4, 2024

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birth (2004)

Finally saw this for the first time (on 35mm thxx Prince Charles Cinema) and wow. Jonathan Glazer and co-writer Jean-Claude Carrière spending all of pre-production re-writing the script without informing the studio… DP Harris Savides pushing the boundaries of underexposed film and getting the craziest deepest browns and purples out of Kodak stock… Alexandre Desplat starting with what seems like a very polite classical score and then gradually bringing in heavy synth bass… and of course Nicole Kidman throwing herself headlong into an insane role (and apparently bullying the producers for more $$$ when they finished under budget)

@iconicindex

Nov 10, 2024