Internet Is Awesome

Hacker News.

Stolen from this blog/newsletter post.

Just like it sounds, this slick map gives you a Sim City style view of New York City!

See also https://gapplaylists.blogspot.com/

A website I created devoted to all the “facts” that have been changed or proven false since you graduated high school. User submissions welcome.

There’s also https://thehuarachedirectory.wordpress.com/ for artisans

Who would have thought that an eerie and creepy 3D chatroom game from the 90s, Worlds Chat, would still be somewhat active? We are so lucky that we can find out more about all of its internet mysteries from the past! Thus, let’s explore it, and see if we can unearth anything about its famous urban legends!

We really really don’t get these kinds of websites anymore.

On 22 June 2025, the anniversary of the Battle of Murten fought in 1476, the EPFL releases an immersive experience terra-pixel digital twin of a 10m x 100m oil on canvas panorama, painted in 1893 … https://terapixelpanorama.ch/

Crossposted from https://mander.xyz/post/31996365

Thanks to this YSK post https://lemmy.ca/post/45600167

This person on reddit had a BIOS that took 4 hours to update… then 10… then 24… then 36, so they started a livestream for people to watch. Now it’s been over 100 and it’s still not done! They even started a fundraiser and got more than enough for a new motherboard when (possibly if) it gives up and breaks.

I only just found out about this from Boing Boing, but it’s really cool!

Interesting blog with cool animations and toys to understand some science about the Moon

In 2003, these guys found a secret nook in a shopping mall. They secretly built an apartment in there and squatted it. This lasted until 2007.

geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/3251000

Look at it all. The low-res background that doesn’t scale right. All the styled UI as just tables of images. The awkward typography.

Slappa da eel mon

The hardest riddle available on the internet

Neat open source implementation of Carcassonne, supports multiplayer and self-hosting

It’s a small part of it overall, but this made me really get imaginary numbers

More than you ever knew you wanted to know about gears

Windows93

An interactive web app that shows you how much Mercator distorts the Earth by allowing you to set the center of it anywhere you’d like.

My eyeeeesss ahhhhh

Link: https://scrump.cfd/weather