Links


FREE/NOSTALGIA GAMES

DOS Games
Play free in your browser; full screen capable (on archive.org)

Internet Arcade
Old computer games (on archive.org)

8bit Workshop
Write your own 8-bit games and see them run instantly within your browser


INTERNET 1.0

Principia Cybernetica Web
A collection of writing and philosophical works from various scientists and thinkers including subjects like global intelligence and cybernetics created in 1993

The Man in Seat 61
Website with detailed information on passenger trains worldwide from a man who has ridden on each of them in seat 61

Pictures From Old Books
Over 3800 pictures antique books as old as the 1400s, scanned from the collection of an individual book collector

Insecure.org
Personal site of Fyodor, a prominent figure in early web hacking and current web security

Earth Conditions
Global animated map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions

Every Noise At Once
A library of sounds

Astronomy Picture of the Day
A new picture posted daily by NASA

100,000 stars
Explore our galactic neighborhood

Mandelbrot Set Viewer
Explore some pretty fractal geometry

Windows 93
Emulate Windows93 in your browser

Esref Armagan
Paintings by a man born blind


ARCHIVES

Internet Archive
An archive of games, programs, books, tv, etc. from the past

Internet Wayback Machine
Search for screencaps of long dead websites (part of the internet archive)

Webdesign Museum
Archive of iconic webdesigns from different eras

Usenet Newsgroup Archives
Links to various archives going back years


LEARNING & EDUCATION

CNX.ORG
Learn anything! large online database of textbooks and courses

The World Wide Web Virtual Library
Online since 1991


VIDEOS

Strandbeest
Wind-powered "beasts" that roam the shores of the Netherlands

Wintergatan Marble Machine
Music Machine powered by marbles

Life of the Cosmos
2 minute video showing the evolution of the universe


AID SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS

SETI@home
Scan the skies for extraterrestrial life

CureCoin
Earn cryptocoins while you fold proteins for medicine and biology

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