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My Friends around the web

Hertog!

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- Who hosts a bunch of the cloud-replacement services I now depend on (as well as this website). He's a very good gamedev and friend of mine :3 -

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Who hosts a bunch of the cloud-replacement services I now depend on (as well as this website). He's a very good gamedev and friend of mine :3

Jo!

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- Who extremely cool, fun to listen to, and yap at. They help run tech.lgbt, where my first real fedi presence was. And the hermitcollective servers, where this website is. -

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Who extremely cool, fun to listen to, and yap at. They help run tech.lgbt, where my first real fedi presence was. And the hermitcollective servers, where this website is.

Mia Rose Winter!

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- Who develops and hosts the awesome Wave blog I contribute to. As well as being fun to chat with on fedi. -

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Who develops and hosts the awesome Wave blog I contribute to. As well as being fun to chat with on fedi.

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Look At My Stupid Cat

An orange-and-white cat lying on her back in the sun on a windowsill. -

She is adorable :3

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She is adorable :3

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The Big List of Recommendations

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Sites, products, tools, blogs, you name it, I have opinions on it. Here's some of the stuff I personally like.

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Sites, products, tools, blogs, you name it, I have opinions on it. Here's some of the stuff I personally like.

Newsletters

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- I follow more RSS feeds than I care to count, but here's some of the active ones that I like or that have helped me in various ways. -

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I follow more RSS feeds than I care to count, but here's some of the active ones that I like or that have helped me in various ways.

No Escape

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- A gaming and music reviewer and essayist who takes an appealing socio-political perspective on games. The games played are not in the slightest limited by what is currently coming out or considered "big", allowing for a fresh variety of interesting writing. -

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https://noescapevg.com/feed/

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A gaming and music reviewer and essayist who takes an appealing socio-political perspective on games. The games played are not in the slightest limited by what is currently coming out or considered "big", allowing for a fresh variety of interesting writing. +

https://noescapevg.com/feed/

Gamers' Nexus

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- Mainly a video publication on google's YouTube. But they also make all of their videos into free to access, no-advert blog posts on their website. Including their major investigative journalism pieces. As the name suggests, they focus on game-related hardware, but if you're in any kind of computer technology space, they're a great source to keep in your feed. -

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http://gamersnexus.net/rss.xml

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Mainly a video publication on google's YouTube. But they also make all of their videos into free to access, no-advert blog posts on their website. Including their major investigative journalism pieces. As the name suggests, they focus on game-related hardware, but if you're in any kind of computer technology space, they're a great source to keep in your feed. +

http://gamersnexus.net/rss.xml

Pluralistic

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- At this point, Cory Doctorow is a well known figure in tech politics and adjacent spaces. But for those unaware, Cory Doctorow is a fiction and non-fiction writer, analyst, and commentator with a particular skill for translating complicated situations and structures down to catchy phrases and words. If you've ever hear "Enshitification" or more recently, "Reverse centaur" (or even "Chickenised reverse centaur") the pluralistic blog is where that terminology was coined and developed. The writing is accessible, and at times very funny, so to keep up with the times, this blog is a good add to any tech-focused feed. -

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https://pluralistic.net/feed/

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At this point, Cory Doctorow is a well known figure in tech politics and adjacent spaces. But for those unaware, Cory Doctorow is a fiction and non-fiction writer, analyst, and commentator with a particular skill for translating complicated situations and structures down to catchy phrases and words. If you've ever hear "Enshitification" or more recently, "Reverse centaur" (or even "Chickenised reverse centaur") the pluralistic blog is where that terminology was coined and developed. The writing is accessible, and at times very funny, so to keep up with the times, this blog is a good add to any tech-focused feed. +

https://pluralistic.net/feed/

Dread Ships

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- I know basically nothing about boats and ships beyond the very basic sailing camp I spent a week at as a kid. However Dread Ships manages to make nautical history both understandable and extremely funny. If you like stories of disaster like those shown on "Well There's Your Problem", it's absolutely worth reading through the backlog and adding to your feed. -

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https://dreadships.com/feed/

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I know basically nothing about boats and ships beyond the very basic sailing camp I spent a week at as a kid. However Dread Ships manages to make nautical history both understandable and extremely funny. If you like stories of disaster like those shown on "Well There's Your Problem", it's absolutely worth reading through the backlog and adding to your feed. +

https://dreadships.com/feed/

Not GDC

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- Any game developer that doesn't have the money to go to GDC (or even those that do) should consider adding NotGDC to your feed. It's talks on game development freely shared. No high entry fees, and no limited access to the useful information. -

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https://notgdc.io/feed.xml

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Any game developer that doesn't have the money to go to GDC (or even those that do) should consider adding NotGDC to your feed. It's talks on game development freely shared. No high entry fees, and no limited access to the useful information. +

https://notgdc.io/feed.xml

Veronica Explains

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- Fun and informative. For anyone who would like to better understand linux and the various tools that surround it. In particular she's great at demistifying all of the "low-level" linuxy stuff you may encounter but not understand. -

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https://vkc.sh/feed/ and https://tinkerbetter.tube/feeds/videos.xml?videoChannelId=2

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Fun and informative. For anyone who would like to better understand linux and the various tools that surround it. In particular she's great at demistifying all of the "low-level" linuxy stuff you may encounter but not understand. +

https://vkc.sh/feed/ and https://tinkerbetter.tube/feeds/videos.xml?videoChannelId=2

CJ the X

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- A blog of essays with interesting insights on social media and art in the age of the internet. -

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https://cjthex.com/feed/

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A blog of essays with interesting insights on media and art in the age of the internet. +

https://cjthex.com/feed/

Clockwork

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- A scientific newsletter with the coolest developments in the life sciences. A good feed to break up the "news" category with. Or an amazing feed for those who have a strong interest in evolutionary science, medicine development, and how natural process work. -

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https://rss.beehiiv.com/feeds/MLiKGv3Pzl.xml

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A scientific newsletter with the coolest developments in the life sciences. A good feed to break up the "news" category with. Or an amazing feed for those who have a strong interest in evolutionary science, medicine development, and how natural process work. +

https://rss.beehiiv.com/feeds/MLiKGv3Pzl.xml

404 Media

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- I think best described as an independent newspaper for the internet age. Reporting on technology, the internet, and the way they interact with the real political landscape (particularly in the US). A lot of their stuff is behind a paywall (I'm not a subscriber personally), but the free reporting is well worth keeping in your feed if my description sounds useful to you. -

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https://www.404media.co/rss/

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I think best described as an independent newspaper for the internet age. Reporting on technology, the internet, and the way they interact with the real political landscape (particularly in the US). A lot of their stuff is behind a paywall (I'm not a subscriber personally), but the free reporting is well worth keeping in your feed if my description sounds useful to you. +

https://www.404media.co/rss/

Ludicity

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- Very funny, and insightful. In particular about the state of internet companies from the perspective of a data scientist. -

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https://ludic.mataroa.blog/rss/

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Very funny, and insightful. In particular about the state of internet companies from the perspective of a data scientist. +

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/rss/

Bellingcat

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- OSINT reporting and investigative journalism, targeting powerful organisations like governments and corporations in particular. If you follow any other world news sources, you'll have seen their name pop by at least once. But they off course also have their own website. -

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https://www.bellingcat.com/feed

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OSINT reporting and investigative journalism, targeting powerful organisations like governments and corporations in particular. If you follow any other world news sources, you'll have seen their name pop by at least once. But they off course also have their own website. +

https://www.bellingcat.com/feed

Godot Blog

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- If you use godot regularly, I definitely recommend keeping track of the newsletter. Mainly because it means you discover all kinds of cool new features godot has (for example, that you can press shift-g to snap an object to the surface under your cursor) -

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https://godotengine.org/rss.xml and https://godotengine.org/atom.xml

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If you use godot regularly, I definitely recommend keeping track of the newsletter. Mainly because it means you discover all kinds of cool new features godot has (for example, that you can press shift-g to snap an object to the surface under your cursor) +

https://godotengine.org/rss.xml and https://godotengine.org/atom.xml

Resources

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- There are so many resources online, and sometimes they can be difficult to find. Here's the ones I have had good use of in the past. Recorded here in part because I know for a fact I'll forget them myself. -

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There are so many resources online, and sometimes they can be difficult to find. Here's the ones I have had good use of in the past. Recorded here in part because I know for a fact I'll forget them myself.

Game Programming Patterns

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- For any game developer, The place to go once you've learned the basics of your programming language of choice. I recommend you read the index and motivation section of each chapter, then go back when you think that "maybe this might fit a pattern". Basically a must read, which is why it's good it's free to read online. -

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(gameprogrammingpatterns.com) +

For any game developer, The place to go once you've learned the basics of your programming language of choice. I recommend you read the index and motivation section of each chapter, then go back when you think that "maybe this might fit a pattern". Basically a must read, which is why it's good it's free to read online.

Action Adventure Level Design

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- (gamedeveloper.com) -
- A really good breakdown of how to organize designing action/adventure levels. -

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(gamedeveloper.com) +

A really good breakdown of how to organize designing action/adventure levels.

A Practical Guide to Level Design

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- (ISBN 9781003275664) -
- An amazing book on the processes that go into making levels in teams. The particular notes on how to design from large to medium to specific detail have massively helped me refine my ability to iterate on concept squickly. -

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(ISBN 9781003275664) +

An amazing book on the processes that go into making levels in teams. The particular notes on how to design from large to medium to specific detail have massively helped me refine my ability to iterate on concepts quickly.

Music I Really Like

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- Some of the music I like A Lot. Categorised by artist and album, because that's how I generally listen to music. The albums shown are the specific albums I own, sorted by how much I enjoy the albums (not the artists, that order is basically random). -

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Some of the music I like A Lot. Categorised by artist and album, because that's how I generally listen to music. The albums shown are the specific albums I own, sorted by how much I enjoy the albums (not the artists, that order is basically random).

Bad Cop/Bad Cop

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Probably a decent summary of what I like listening to. Hard, fast, radical punk rock.

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Favourite track: Safe and Legal

- Bad Cop/Bad Cop - Safe and Legal - Bad Cop/Bad Cop - Warriors +

Probably a decent summary of what I like listening to. Hard, fast, radical punk rock. +

Favourite track: Safe and Legal +

+ Bad Cop/Bad Cop - Safe and Legal + Bad Cop/Bad Cop - Warriors +

Buggin

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Screaming hardcore headbangers.

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Favourite track: Buggin Out

- Buggin - Buggin Out - Buggin - Concrete Cowboys +

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Favourite track: Buggin Out +

+ Buggin - Buggin Out + Buggin - Concrete Cowboys +

Sarah and the Safe Word

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Original and interesting stories told through rock with a healthy infusion of violin.

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Favourite track: Lit Cigarette

- Sarah and the Safe Word - Red Hot & Holy - Sarah and the Safe Word - The Book of Broken Glass - Sarah and the Safe Word - Good Gracious! Bad People. +

Original and interesting stories told through rock with a healthy infusion of violin. +

Favourite track: Lit Cigarette +

+ Sarah and the Safe Word - Red Hot & Holy + Sarah and the Safe Word - The Book of Broken Glass + Sarah and the Safe Word - Good Gracious! Bad People. +

Destroy Boys

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Minimal, raw, fast; guitar, drums and vocals.

- Destroy Boys - Sorry Mom - Destroy Boys - Funeral Soundtrack #4 +

Minimal, raw, fast; guitar, drums and vocals. +

Favourite track: Beg for the torture +

+ Destroy Boys - Sorry Mom + Destroy Boys - Funeral Soundtrack #4 +

Freak La Femme

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Punk rock that's rough around the edges in all the right ways.

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Favourite track: Freaks Unite

- Freak La Femme - Freaks Unite - Freak La Femme - Shut Up (and take my honey) - Freak La Femme - Violent Tongue +

Punk rock that's rough around the edges in all the right ways. +

Favourite track: Freaks Unite +

+ Freak La Femme - Freaks Unite + Freak La Femme - Shut Up (and take my honey) + Freak La Femme - Violent Tongue +

Dead Sara

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Distorted hardcore switched out for slower melodies.

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Favourite track: Unamerican

- Dead Sara - Temporary Things Taking Up Space - Dead Sara - Aint It Tragic +

Distorted hardcore switched out for slower melodies. +

Favourite track: Unamerican +

+ Dead Sara - Temporary Things Taking Up Space + Dead Sara - Aint It Tragic +

The Interrupters

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An extremely unique and recognisable style of punk.

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Favourite track: Jailbird

- The Interrupters - In The Wild +

An extremely unique and recognisable style of punk. +

Favourite track: Jailbird +

The Interrupters - In The Wild

Pinkshift

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Harsh and angry hardcore.

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Favourite track: BURN THE WITCH

- Pinkshift - Love Me Forever +

Harsh and angry hardcore. +

Favourite track: BURN THE WITCH +

Pinkshift - Love Me Forever

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Wave

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- Blogging is simultaniously really easy and weirdly hard. It's easy to make a website like this one and throw raw html files at an nginx reverse proxy. The difficult part is allowing multiple users to write on the same website (without giving them all total access to edit eachother's files). It's difficult to add index pages for tags, and writers, and it's hard to then make that all work with an automatically updated RSS feed. Which is why I don't, and instead use Mia Rose Winter's Wave. -

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Blogging is simultaniously really easy and weirdly hard. It's easy to make a website like this one and throw raw html files at an nginx reverse proxy. The difficult part is allowing multiple users to write on the same website (without giving them all total access to edit eachother's files). It's difficult to add index pages for tags, and writers, and it's hard to then make that all work with an automatically updated RSS feed. Which is why I don't, and instead use Mia Rose Winter's Wave.

Nextcloud

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- I'm not a sysadmin, I'm lucky to have a friend in my life who's willing to go through the trouble of hosting this kinda stuff for his community. But if there's any chance you can get an account on a Nextcloud server, whether through your college, or through a friend, or hosting it yourself, I highly recommend it. It's fast and easy to connect to other services. I've got a specific folder on my laptop that syncs in the background, which means that it's as easy as choosing the right place to put my file and it's backed up and accessible from all my other devices. -

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I'm not a sysadmin, I'm lucky to have a friend in my life who's willing to go through the trouble of hosting this kinda stuff for his community. But if there's any chance you can get an account on a Nextcloud server, whether through your college, or through a friend, or hosting it yourself, I highly recommend it. It's fast and easy to connect to other services. I've got a specific folder on my laptop that syncs in the background, which means that it's as easy as choosing the right place to put my file and it's backed up and accessible from all my other devices.

Feedle

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- There are a Lot of RSS feeds, but sometimes it can be a bit hard to find one for specific subjects you'd like to keep on top of. So feedle.world provides a search engine for RSS feeds. It doesn't have summaries, or tries to push any advertising. It simply directs you to the articles. -

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There are a Lot of RSS feeds, but sometimes it can be a bit hard to find one for specific subjects you'd like to keep on top of. So feedle.world provides a search engine for RSS feeds. It doesn't have summaries, or tries to push any advertising. It simply directs you to the articles.

Webcomics

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- I read a lot of webcomics. I don't particularly care to support the rough duopoly of the space, so I'll just share the ones you can follow on their own website through an RSS feed. -

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I read a lot of webcomics. I don't particularly care to support the rough duopoly of the space, so I'll just share the ones you can follow on their own website through an RSS feed.

Aurora

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- Pretty art, inspired worldbuilding, fun characters. A high-fantasy story at the scale of an entire mythology and the charm of a tabletop campaign, in comic form. -

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Pretty art, inspired worldbuilding, fun characters. A high-fantasy story at the scale of an entire mythology and the charm of a tabletop campaign, in comic form.

Clown Corps

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- What if clowns were cops, when they're actually supposed to be firefighters. A story about a woman at her lowest point given a second chance, and a well-intentioned public service being turned into a tool for control (and hopefully how that control is challenged and broken, the full story isn't done yet). -

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What if clowns were cops, when they're actually supposed to be firefighters. A story about a woman at her lowest point given a second chance, and a well-intentioned public service being turned into a tool for control (and hopefully how that control is challenged and broken, the full story isn't done yet).

Web Directories

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Other weblink directories and recommendations pages.

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Other weblink directories and recommendations pages.

url.town

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A general everything-directory of webpages for various kinds of things. Organised and categorised so it's fun to browse idly and quick to search through.

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A general everything-directory of webpages for various kinds of things. Organised and categorised so it's fun to browse idly and quick to search through. URL Town pop. 642

Buttons

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Here's my personal webpage's button. Feel free to add it to your own personal page if you want to. Just don't imply I condone whatever it's next to.

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88 by 31 pixel button of A witchy scene of a shooting star over a lake. Cursive text reads 'objectionable solutions' above the star

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Here's my personal webpage's button. Feel free to add it to your own personal page if you want to. Just don't imply I condone whatever it's next to. +

88 by 31 pixel button of A witchy scene of a shooting star over a lake. Cursive text reads 'objectionable solutions' above the star

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I also made the "Link the world" button on top of the index page, if you feel like using that one. It's just an image link on it's own, but you can always link it to your own web directory.

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88x31 pixel button saying 'make a web directory/link the world'

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I also made the "Link the world" button on top of the index page, if you feel like using that one. It's just an image link on it's own, but you can always link it to your own web directory. +

88x31 pixel button saying 'make a web directory/link the world'

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And a Forgejo button that, on my homepage, I link to my instance git.objectionable.solutions. It's free to use if you want to, so you can link it to your own instance if you feel like it.

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- 88x31 button that has stylised text saying 'forge' and a small illustration of a hammer hitting an empty html tag on an anvil -

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And a Forgejo button that, on my homepage, I link to my instance git.objectionable.solutions. It's free to use if you want to, so you can link it to your own instance if you feel like it. +

+ + 88x31 button that has stylised text saying 'forge' and a small illustration of a hammer hitting an empty html tag on an anvil + +

This button adapts the forgejo logo, created by Caesar Schinas and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. @@ -309,12 +275,12 @@

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And a winter-software Wave button for the blog hosted by Mia Rose Winter.

- And a winter-software Wave button for the blog hosted by Mia Rose Winter. + + colourful 88x31 button of an abstract wave approaching a beach. The text 'Wave' is written over the beach part +

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- colourful 88x31 button of an abstract wave approaching a beach. The text 'Wave' is written over the beach part -

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