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Trusted, fact‑checked online encyclopedia

Britannica.com is the digital version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, featuring thousands of expert-written, fact-checked articles across subjects. It includes videos, quizzes, and learning tools for accessible, reliable reference content.

Curated directory of browser‑based desktop environments

This GitHub repo lists hundreds of web-based desktops that emulate classic OS interfaces like Windows, macOS, and Linux in the browser. It’s a curated, actively maintained resource for retro UI exploration and web-desktop inspiration.

Interactive browser-based synthesis education

Ableton’s Learning Synths is a free browser-based tool that teaches sound synthesis basics through interactive lessons and a built-in synthesizer, covering oscillators, filters, envelopes, and more with a hands-on “Playground” mode.

Collectively owned music marketplace platform

Subvert is a cooperative music platform launching in 2025, allowing artists and labels to sell music and merch directly. It offers community ownership, democratic governance, and fair compensation based on member participation.

Curated quotes and portraits of cultural figures

Nitch pairs black-and-white photos with quotes from artists, thinkers, and icons. It’s a minimalist site celebrating identity, insight, and influence through words and visuals.

Private, anonymous AI chatbot interface

DuckDuckGo’s AI Chat (also called Duck.ai) lets you talk to popular models—like OpenAI’s GPT‑4 o mini, Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku, Meta’s Llama, and Mistral—without tracking. It’s free, anonymous, and doesn’t store your conversations.

Astrology without the bullshit

Co–Star is an astrology app that provides personalised daily horoscopes using NASA data and AI, based on users’ exact birth time and location. It features a minimalist design and allows chart comparisons with friends.

Premium managed WordPress hosting platform

Kinsta is a managed WordPress hosting provider powered by Google Cloud, offering fast, secure, and scalable hosting with features like edge caching, daily backups, and an intuitive dashboard for businesses, agencies, and developers.

Tom uses Kinsta to host his other website, ELPHNT.

A curated weekly newsletter on design and culture

Dense Discovery is a weekly newsletter featuring curated recommendations on design, tech, sustainability, and culture. It blends useful tools, inspiring projects, and thoughtful commentary for a more mindful digital life.

Visual breakdown of audio mixing basics

A psychedelic-style tutorial that explains audio mixing concepts like EQ, panning, and space using animated visuals and spatial metaphors to show how elements sit in a mix.

Community‑sourced video game duration tracker

HowLongToBeat lets users submit and view average game completion times for main stories, extras, or full completion. It helps estimate playtime and integrates with the Xbox app on PC.

Official site of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA’s website showcases the agency’s ongoing space missions, Earth science, aeronautics, technology and learning resources, all presented in an engaging, easy‑to‑navigate format. It offers up-to-date news, multimedia content and tools to explore space and climate science in a friendly, accessible way.

An essay about the creeping power of big tech

This essay critiques buzzwords like AI, Web3, and the metaverse as marketing fronts for infrastructure monopolies, arguing that a few major tech firms control the physical internet. It calls for defending a more open, decentralised web.

Comprehensive time, date, and calendar tools

Timeanddate.com is a free online resource for world clocks, time-zone converters, calendars, weather, astronomy data, and timers. It offers accurate global tools with no signup required, useful for scheduling, planning, and tracking time worldwide.

Playful web experiments and games

Neal.fun is a collection of interactive web experiments combining humour, education, and creativity. It features games, visualisations, and simulations that explore topics from science to pop culture.

A flagship weekly tech news podcast

The Vergecast is The Verge’s flagship podcast, hosted by Nilay Patel and David Pierce. Every Friday they break down the week’s biggest tech stories. On Tuesday’s they explore gadgets’ impact on our lives with expert guests. It’s casual, informative, and all about making sense of tech news with real insight.

Crowd‑powered fish migration livestream in Utrecht

Visdeurbel.nl is a seasonal livestream where viewers help migrating fish in Utrecht by ringing a digital doorbell to alert lock keepers to open a sluice gate. It blends nature, tech, and civic action, running each year from March to May.

Massive database of films and TV

IMDb is the go‑to platform for exploring films, TV shows, actors, crew, ratings, reviews, trivia and industry news. From blockbusters to indies, it’s a comprehensive hub for entertainment information, fan input and behind‑the‑scenes insight.

Open a window from around the world

WindowSwap is a free site that streams 10-minute window views submitted by people worldwide, offering calming glimpses into daily life across 110+ countries. It fosters reflection and connection through shared global scenery.

Modular, repairable laptops and desktops

Framework builds modular, upgradeable laptops and desktops designed for easy repair, customisation, and long-term use. Its products support component swaps, open-source firmware, and a parts marketplace, promoting sustainability and the right to repair.

Free URL safety scanner

NordVPN’s Link Checker is a free tool that scans any URL for phishing, malware, and scams using real-time threat databases and AI detection—no signup required.

Privacy-focused web browser

Brave is a free, open-source browser focused on privacy and speed, blocking ads, trackers, and fingerprinting by default. It includes a VPN, built-in crypto wallet, Brave Search, and the Leo AI assistant—all without collecting user data.

Documenting quirky public restrooms

Restroom Archive is an ongoing case study by Jake Welch that 3D‑scans public restrooms—from truck stops to theme parks—highlighting their hidden humour, chaos, and décor in a playful, immersive way.

Free archive of avant-garde media

UbuWeb is an online archive of avant-garde and experimental art, featuring films, sound, poetry, and ephemera from the 20th and 21st centuries. It offers a curated space for exploring radical and unconventional works.

Versatile online file converter

FreeConvert is a web-based tool for converting and compressing over 2,000 file formats, including audio, video, images, and documents. It offers free and premium tiers, with privacy features like encryption and automatic file deletion.

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