Remember when the internet felt like a giant treasure hunt instead of just… cycling through the same five apps? Yeah, me too. That’s why I started COI (Corners of Internet)—a place where I dig up weird, fun, and happy corners of the web so you don’t have to.
No algorithms. No doomscrolling. Just pure internet exploration.
If it’s cool, underrated, or a little unhinged, it goes on COI.
Check it out: www.cornersofinternet.com
Also, if you’ve got a favorite weird site, drop it below! I’m always looking for new rabbit holes to fall into.
I’ve made websites about my little hobby projects. Rent a VPS for $1/month, get a privacy, no-name domain for $5/year, and just put stuff up. Mostly for my own reference or documentation; I don’t care if anyone else ever sees it, but it does get hits (mostly from the openai bot). Shouting into the void like it’s 1995.
I do miss when people would post links to actual interesting original sites, as opposed to just screenshots of other social media posts. Give me a link to https://tvtropes.org/ not a jpeg of the KnowNothingKnowItAll next to a picture of Elon Musk. That’s resulted in the internet going from 99% crap to 99.99% crap.
That’s what I missed most. Links to other sites.
I used to run a page for Robert E Howard, Conan author, way back in the day. I got to know others that shared an interest…we were our own small community. It was fun. I would link to stuff that was related, including music that I liked when reading. I would have these bands email me back about how they appreciated the link. It was great.
Then Google and Facebook started the end to all that