Ye Olde Blogroll
blogroll.org
A hand-curated list of more than a thousand independent blogs and personal sites that are still being updated, collected as a reminder that blogs are the soul of the web.
Why it is useful
A good way to find real people writing about real interests, away from algorithms and content farms. Because it only lists active sites, it works as a ready-made reading list.
More in Hidden Websites
Other hidden websites you might not have heard of.
- Messy Nessy ChicA blog about forgotten places, vintage curiosities, odd history and the quirky side of culture.
- SearXNGA public instance of the open-source metasearch engine that aggregates results from dozens of search engines without tracking you.
- Have I Been PwnedCheck if your email or phone has appeared in a data breach.
- Library of BabelA website inspired by the Borges story that contains every possible page of 3,200 characters, which you can search to find any text you can think of.
- Dan QThe personal blog of Dan Q, a long-running site that covers technology, the web, geocaching, travel and everyday life, with posts going back many years.
- dCodeA large set of tools for solving ciphers, codes, puzzles, number problems and games, with explanations of how each method works.