Ulik’s Journal

Links

—in no particular order.

web

MDN Web Docs
References for HTML, CSS, JavaScript. It's from Mozilla, so there is no SEO spam.
QR Code Generator
A QR code generator by Christian Lawson-Perfect
Squoosh
Image compressing web-app.
Dither it!
Web app for dithering images. Reduces the size of images and gives them an old school look.
HTML tips
Collection of tips for HTML web pages: semantic HTML, accessibility, etc.
Butterick's practical typography
Free webpage/textbook on typography.
FediTips
An unofficial non-technical guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse.
web manifestos
"Netizens are making it known that we are unhappy with the state of the internet as it is today."
ooh.directory
Repository of recently updated blogs.
Wiby
The Wiby search engine is building a web of pages as it was in the earlier days of the internet.
HTML for People
Tutorial for making HTML web pages.
The Plain Text Project
"Plain text. It's boring. It's unadorned. It seems so … well, so archaic. The digital equivalent of papyrus. But it isn't."
Classless CSS
List of classless CSS themes and frameworks. My front page currently uses Simple.css.
Mac Open Web
A collection of open and indie Mac, iOS, and web apps that help promote the open web.
Reasonable Colors
"Reasonable Colors is an open-source color system for building accessible, nice-looking color palettes."
Reasonable.html
"Reasonable.html is a single HTML document that contains a reasonably complete set of example HTML elements."
NeverSSL
"This website is for when you try to open [an website] on a wifi network, and nothing happens. Type "http://neverssl.com" into your browser's url bar, and you'll be able to log on."

entertainment

Standard ebooks
Public domain books as well-formatted ebooks.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is an online library of free eBooks.
Game Dad Club
A short introduction site to the Game Dad. "The Game Dad creates Game Time."
Vattu
Indie webcomic.
ZQuest Classic
A web version of the classic Zelda engine. Many games available to play.
Antimemetics Division Hub
SCP short story collection about antimemetics: "An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it."
Architecture of Consoles
"A practical analysis by Rodrigo Copetti"
Foone's death generator
"This creates GAME OVER/YOU DIED screens as seen in Sierra Online's SCI engine, as well as lots of other fake videogame screenshots from many, many games."
FromSoft image macro creator
From Demon Souls to Elden Ring. (Also has a macro creator for Smash Bros. Melee.)
Evangelion title card generator
What it says on the label. Both 4:3 and 16:9 proportions are available.
Fusion tools for Megami Tensei Games
Useful for planning fusions in SMT games. Allows for many methods of search. JSON datasets downloadable in the GitHub repositories.
The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme
"this is not a hall of shame. the intent is to awaken you to many of the peculiarities and weirdness of computers. hopefully, after reading these articles, you will have learned a lot and will embrace chaos."
Draw A Box
"Drawabox is a set of free exercise-based lessons that focus on the fundamentals - the skills you'll need to make sense of all the other resources and tutorials out there."
GENUARY
"GENUARY is an artificially generated month of time where we build code that makes beautiful things."
Tiny Code Christmas
"LoveByte’s Tiny Code Christmas is an event to help you take your first steps in demoscene sizecoding with Lua based fantasy consoles like TIC-80 and PICO-8!"
Six Degrees of Wikipedia
"Enter the titles of two Wikipedia pages in the boxes on this site, click the "Go!" button, and discover just how connected Wikipedia really is."
Iceberger
"Draw an iceberg and see how it will float."

other

Early Modern Texts
Translations of modern philosophy texts into contemporary English.
"So, what do you do if a topic you want to learn about is not taught at your university? Start your own reading group! And if this sounds like a daunting task, we are here to help. Below, you will find ready-made Blueprints you can use to create your reading group."
The society of mind.
Textbook on AI by Marvin Minsky.
International linguistics olympiads
Like Mathematics Olympiads, but for linguistics.
toki pona tutorial
A free 12 day tutorial for toki pona.
GB Studio
GB Studio is drag and drop game creator for making Game Boy games.
Pixel Art Tutorials
"The biggest collection of pixel art tutorials on the net!"
PGDP - Distributed Proofreaders
Distributed Proofreaders provides a web-based method to ease the conversion of Public Domain books into e-books. By dividing the workload into individual pages, many volunteers can work on a book at the same time, which significantly speeds up the creation process.
Safety Sign Generator
"This is a fancy portal for accessing generators for ERAU Logos, ANSI Z535 compliant Hazard Signs, and Laboratory Door Safety Signs."
Tiny Tools Directory
"This is a list of small, free, or experimental tools that might be useful in building your game / website / interactive project."
The proof is trivial!
Left as an exercise to the reader.

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