• This post is a thread and notes about setting up a Pi-Hole to block all ads at the wifi source. i wish i could do this but i don't think i'm that tech-savvy
• Terms of Service, Didn't Read reveals issues with sites' terms of services. Also has browser extensions
• Just Delete Me helps with deleting your info from sites and knowing which sites you can't be fully erased from.
• haveibeenpwned and Firefox Monitor show if any emails or phone numbers have been leaked in data breaches.
• This article explains how exif data works in pics.
• Online Harassment Field Manual and Crash Override Network are resource centres for online harassment.
• 1.1.1.1 is a free app for making the internet faster and more private - i don't and haven't used it but it is by cloudflare so i'm inclined to trust it.
• This article and this site have tips on remaining anonymous online. So does the Defensive Computing Checklist.
• Password security checker.
• Online Spyware Watchdog page has info about spyware and how to circumvent those features in common software. Kind of depressing i will not lie
• Privacy Tools is tools for privacy, i guess
• Restore Privacy is like, online privacy news? this is new to me

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Fuck paywalls i know they're necessary for some people but it's such bullshit that you're expected to have a subscription to 1000 different sites just to read a news article or whatever. anyway

• Literally just archive the page on the wayback machine or archive.today. Works for a decent few different news sites. Was also able to save one instagram post on archive.today once so it might work for other things tools
• 12ft.io is limited in scope but may be useful.
• Print friendly is in a similar boat to 12ftio. I haven't used this one though

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for finding out what the situation is in various media (mostly shows and movies but also potentially games and books)

• Does the Dog Die is the classic. So many more categories than just animal death.
• Trigger Warning Database is specifically for books.
• Unconsenting Media is specifically about sexual assault in TV and movies.
• Can I Play That isn't really "content" warnings but rather it does have a bunch of reviews of accessibility (and lack thereof) in video games.

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• EasyUSSR neocities is quite literally Everything to me.
• See also this post for movies.
• This post also explains how to add subtitle tracks to downloaded videos.
• This and this post have info on ripping and burning cds. it's been a while since i've done this.
• Did you know you can record audio from a laptop to a cassette tape (or VCR) and back again, totally legally? Now you do.
• Further to the last two points, this post explains DRM. Itchio and Bandcamp are my fave DRM-free media sites.
• This post and PC Part Picker help with building PCs. See also how to keep her alive.
• Make your own little portable computer in a USB stick.
• things that will make your computer meaningfully faster
• used book sites (this doesn't really fit here but idk where else to put it lol)

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• Tinytools.directory has a BUNCH of things on it
• Search.marginalia and Wiby.me are cool early-web-style search portals. You can find all sorts of things on here
• Worldcat, Open Library,, and Archive.org are basically online library services!
• Libgen is also a godsend for finding articles and books.
• JSTOR, refseek, and Google Scholar are good reference search sites (that don't necessarily need logins).
• Fuck Microsoft Office, use LibreOffice
• Fuck Adobe, use Photopea and Shotcut
• Fuck paid subscription graphics programs, use Krita
• i don't know of paid 3d modelling softwares but Blender is supposedly super good
• Fuck Spotify, use Bandcamp
• Fuck Discord RE: being used for forums and stuff, use proboards (← has not used it)
• Itchio is so good for indie games and ttrpgs.
• Apparently there are a bunch of open source alternatives to Alexa and Google Home, which is nice!
• You can "Learn Anything (dot xyz)" online

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• MyNoise.net is Everything to me and i will cherish it forever and ever. They've got SO many noises in here
• Beepbox is an in-browser music maker! It seems cool :)
• Every Noise at Once is "an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter-plot of the musical genre-space". Did you know there were this many flavours of music? I sure didn't. Isn't life amazing
• Poolsuite.net is a funky little online radio. The vibes are delectable.
• Panther.audio is a graph of similar music artists.
• Jet Set Radio Live is another funky little online radio with the JSR soundtracks and adjacent-vibe music. Bangers only
• basically free music-making software

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individual sites will have different usage guides but most here should be free to use for non-commercial purposes.

• Pexels
• Unsplash
• Free Images
• Stocksnap
• Burst.Shopify
• Pixabay
• Gratisography
• Morguefile
• NASA images
• Met Museum Open Access
• USFWS National Digital Library
• USGS Public Domain media
• Smithsonian Open Access
• This post contains most of the above, plus probably some extra in the notes:)

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• Domino is a little red-string-board, sticky-notes-wall style brainstorming tool. It has an option to publish directly to neocities! I want to use this for my projects on here at some point
• 404 Page Found has a bunch of web 1.0 sites that are still up! That's history baby :)
• Apparently there are a bunch of tools to make blogging on neocities easier. sadly did not use any of these before i started
• Food Timeline is a TIMELINE of FOOD THROUGHOUT THE AGES
• ideas for neocities

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