Linus Åkesson's website
www.linusakesson.net
A dense personal site spanning chipmusic, programming languages, and hardware tinkering.
Essays — The Public Domain Review
publicdomainreview.org
The Public Domain Review publishes in-depth essays that illuminate overlooked stories behind historical artworks, texts, and artifacts.
Red Blob Games
www.redblobgames.com
Interactive tutorials with live diagrams explain pathfinding, hex grids, and noise algorithms.
Bret Victor, human being
worrydream.com
Bret Victor's site hosts a collection of interactive essays that reimagine how humans interact with computers.
Library of Congress Audio Collections
www.loc.gov
The Library of Congress's audio collections offer direct access to thousands of digitized sound recordings spanning decades of cultural history.
Filippo Valsorda
filippo.io
The homepage of Filippo Valsorda, a cryptography engineer known for his work on Go’s crypto libraries and security research.
Blondihacks
blondihacks.com
Blondihacks is a long-running independent blog that documents precision metalworking, electronics, and small-scale manufacturing projects with clear instruction and a distinct voice.
Aphyr
aphyr.com
Aphyr is Kyle Kingsbury's personal blog, best known for the Jepsen series where distributed databases are tested for safety under network partitions.
Trilemma Adventures
blog.trilemma.com
A personal blog presenting original fantasy adventure modules with detailed maps and illustrations.
Online Databases | National Archives
www.archives.gov
The page lists paid subscription databases available on-site at National Archives facilities.
Archives and Primary Sources - Local History
libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
This is a library pathfinder that aggregates links to archival databases and primary source collections.
Photography – Explore the Collections · V&A
www.vam.ac.uk
This page offers direct access to the V&A's extensive photography holdings, with high-resolution scans and detailed catalogue entries.
Digital Libraries/Collections by Region or Language
guides.library.harvard.edu
The page compiles an extensive directory of digital libraries and primary source collections from around the world, organized by region and language.
Wait But Why
waitbutwhy.com
Wait But Why publishes in-depth essays with stick-figure illustrations on topics such as artificial intelligence, space colonization, and productivity.
Bartosz Ciechanowski
ciechanow.ski
Bartosz Ciechanowski publishes detailed interactive essays that unpack complex engineering and physics topics.
negativesign
negativesign.com
The site presents a collection of visually striking and technically impressive browser experiments.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
www.davidrumsey.com
The David Rumsey Map Collection provides access to tens of thousands of historical maps, many scanned at high resolution.
Everest Pipkin
everest-pipkin.com
A personal website that archives digital projects, browser-based games, and essays exploring the entanglements of technology, data, and nature.
eBird
ebird.org
eBird provides real-time bird sightings, species distribution maps, and migration patterns drawn from millions of observations.
Adactio: Jeremy Keith
adactio.com
This is the longtime online home of a prominent voice in the web standards and indieweb movements.
UX Tigers: Jakob Nielsen's new articles
www.uxtigers.com
A long-standing, no-frills blog by usability pioneer Jakob Nielsen.
Poetry Foundation
www.poetryfoundation.org
The site provides the complete 110-year archive of Poetry magazine, along with current poems, audio recordings, and news about the poetry world.
Poetry Magazine
www.poetryfoundation.org
The site hosts the venerable Poetry magazine, featuring contemporary poems, essays, and audio recordings.
Ken Shirriff's blog
www.righto.com
Ken Shirriff's blog presents meticulous deep dives into vintage computing and chip reverse engineering.