Links 4 you

  • The Hydrant Directory - Directory of fire hydrants and their color palettes
  • Manhole Covers - Flickr Archive of Japanese manhole covers!
  • Do not Disturb Signs - Flickr archive of Hotel do not disturb signs
  • Japanese Hotel Labels - Archive of Japanese Hotel Labels
  • Postcard Past / Present Photos - Interesting Site on Places on Postcards
  • Fonts in Use - Typography Archive
  • Office Museum - Everything to do with office history
  • Grocery Lists - Collection of grocery lists left behind
  • Hummingbird Illustrations - Restoration of John Gould's Monograph of the Trochilidæ
  • Ledger Book of William Bache -Silhouette portraits drawn by William Bache
  • Labyrinth Database - Database of every labyrinth ever
  • Pinball Machine Map - Map of every pinball machine in your area! This is how I found out my favorite old pinball machine was removed last month and I'm still not over it
  • Sears House Database - Database of Sears Homes across the US
  • Fictional Brand Archive - Database of Fictional Brands
  • VADS - British repository of art and design free to use in education
  • Modern Illustration - Archive of illustration from 1950-1975
  • The Peculiar Manicule - 60s & 70s Psychedelic Ephemera
  • Little Wheels Museum - Collection of Diecast Cars
  • N-Wheeled Vehicles - Digital museum of every car with a number other than four wheels
  • Antique Microscope Museum - Museum of Antique Microscopes
  • Cylinder Audio Archive - UCSB Archive of Cylinder audio recordings
  • Tape Deck Archive - Digital archive of audio tape cassettes
  • Snellings Museum - Digital museum of British home electronic artifacts
  • Mobile Phone Museum - Digital museum of mobile phones
  • History of Discontinued Microsoft Creative Software - Museum of different versions
  • Radio Shack Catalogs - Radio shack catalogs online
  • Femicom - Museum of Girls' Games (now I desperately wish I had a Casio Loopy)
  • London Bills of Mortality - Database of weekly death bills of London
  • England Ghost Signs Map - Interactive map of ghost signs across England
  • The Book of Days - The complete Book of Days online, an incredibly rare book that was helpful in solving Cain's Jawbone
  • World of Playing Cards - Incredible archive of playing cards. There are so many. Could spend forever looking through all the decks
  • Bonnibel's Graphics - Lots of free graphics
  • Adelfaure's ASCII Art - Incredible art made with ASCII
  • Covid Denialism - Article about Covid & Disability
  • A Time We Never Knew - Gen Z and Obsession with the Past
  • Social History of the Cardboard Box - Interesting article about cardboard boxes
  • Frankenstein, the Baroness, and the Climate Refugees of 1816 - Insight into the context of Frankenstein
  • Scenes of Reading on the Early Portrait Postcard - Essay about Postcards of people reading!
  • Ahab's Leg Dilemma: Part 1 - Fascinating analysis on Ahab's leg
  • Contraband Marginalia - Written by a prison librarian about notes found in library books
  • I Migrated to my Ancestral Homeland - Article about returning to your homeland (something I find interesting as someone who feels connected to Eastern Europe, the home of my ancestors on my dad's side)
  • How do we Transmit Culture when it cannot be put into Words? - Essay about the transmission of culture
  • Timisoaras Vanished Railway Depot - Article on a lost station in Romania and the ephemeral nature of architecture
  • Research as a Leisure Activity - Article on research done for leisure (what I do every day to relax)
  • Is Matches an Appeal the Oldest Surviving Animated Film? - Probably not the oldest!
  • A Website is a Room - Inspiration for my website and links to other personal websites!
  • Rediscovering the Small Web - More inspiration for the Small Web
  • A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden - Incredible essay on the digital garden and a huge inspiration
  • Paywall Reader - No Paywalls; I believe in free access to the internet
  • Open Letter to the Indie Web - Stop using table layouts!!
  • CSS Flexbox Layout Guide - Useful guide for Flexbox
  • Kottke - Excellent site that has been updated for 25 years with cool links and info from across the web
  • The Complete Review - Website with tons of comprehensive reviews of different books
  • Neglected Books - Blog on neglected books that have been mostly forgotten

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