Whether you found it on a recommendation from others or on your own, we’ve likely encountered small corners online that delight us. One person or small team blogs that are surprisingly insightful, web apps or games that have been go-to’s for ages, showcases and exhibits on a specific yet curious niche, striking art pieces.

Do you have any favorite websites that loosely fall in this grouping? What about it is delightful to you?

I’ll give a couple personal examples that come to mind to get things started:

  • The Vidya Interweb Playlist: A relatively well-designed music player that exclusively plays music from a load of videogames. I can’t remember how exactly I found this, but I have some good memories of it being a sizeable part of my soundtrack to my middle school years.
  • The Web Design Museum: A showcase of how various websites have evolved over the years. I think it’s cool to see how things have developed with changing tech and changing tastes.
  • thrawn@beehaw.orgMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I love to garden, and when a few years ago I moved from a cool humid climate to the drier hotter inland southern California, it was quite the learning curve. I found Greg Alder’s Yard Posts, a small blog of a guy who loves to garden and lives in nearly the same climate. His tips on pruning, pest management, and what to plant when were so helpful.

  • mint@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Rainwave.cc is kinda like the link you posted but for remixes of gamemusic, mostly from Overclocked Remix, which I’ve been on since like, 2004 or something haha. I use it all the time!

    • Enfield [he/him]@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      This is pretty slick and definitely up my alley. I love how it’s got a Random feature—makes it a lot easier to do the kind of websurfing that makes this stuff fun. I’m gonna spend some time checking this out 👀.

  • Crotaro@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Ian’s Shoelace Site. His secure knot is a little tricky to learn (at least it was for me) but this and his fast knot are now my favorite ways to tie my boots. I especially love his detailed analysis of the various knots and lacing methods.

  • breakfastburrito@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Ubuweb has a huge archive of video, music, and poetry from mostly the 20th century avant garde. It’s a great site to just aimlessly explore. In some ways this website isn’t narrow at all, but I think it probably appeals to a pretty narrow group of people. https://www.ubu.com/index.html

    • Enfield [he/him]@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I looove me a great tagging system and library. It looks like this site also makes use of subtags, tag definitions, and a finely robust search system. It’s the kind of stuff that I never realize how much I appreciate it until I don’t have it somewhere. I wish every database and file system was built to allow this kind of robustness.

      kinda strange that Certain Major OS file explorers aren’t as thorough as this right out of the box, come to mention it 🤔

  • aka_oscar@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    • The Laws of UX: A website which catalogs principles, laws, razors -etc- which are relevant to consider for designers. Each concept has its description, the main takeaways, and sources for further reading.

    • The Arrowverse: A page which only focus is to catalog in chronological order every single episode from CW’s “Arrowverse” TV shows, like Arrow, Flash, etc. Very helpful for those looking to join in since cross-overs between shows are fairly common, so watching in order makes more sense story-wise

    • namesaregreat@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks for the laws of UX! I totally need to share that at work. It’s a really well done site with good info.