links to fun/helpful sites
links to sites that are fun, cool, helpful, or otherwise my favorite site to visit!
ART
animated glitter graphics and more - tumblr blog absolutely full of sparkly, glittery graphics and is the source of where i got a lot of the glitter/divider graphics on my site from.
glitter graphics - old site containing glitter art and graphics. the glitter text generator is excellent.
y2k aesthetic institute - tumblr blog full of 2000's nostalgia and various aesthetics from the era.
pip and pop - one of my favorite artists for a long time. pretty glittery rainbow candy sculpture art.
itabag central - the no.1 place to go to learn about itabags and how to create one!
blahaj being human - various random images of blahaj plushies doing human things.
cameron's world - personal site, almost like a museum of old gifs and geocities graphics. lots of clickable gifs/pictures too.
weave silk - create your own interactive art in-browser with this site!
chris shier's website - site with lots of interactive art from artist chris shier.
pom's website - personal site of someone named pom.
plasticdino - personal site of someone named kitty.
sadgrl.online - now archived site dedicated to webmastering and coding. lots of awesome resources here.
pixel safari - graphic archive site by someone named coco.
cutie internet archive - the cutie internet archive, site dedicated to cute pixel website graphics.
MUSIC
receiptify - site where you can connect a spotify or apple music account and make receipts from your top songs, artists, and even make receipts from entire albums.
radio garden - site to listen to almost any radio station in the world!
album of the year - music and album rating website. great place to find new music.
winamp skin museum - site dedicated to showcasing the many winamp skins across the internet archive. really great resource for new and nostalgic skins.
paper CD case - make your own paper CD case insert! fun little thing to use if you're making a mixtape or even making an insert for your own music.
WEATHER
rainymood - looping rain sound, great for studying or sleeping or just setting a vibe.
twc classics - site dedicated to the weather channel and archival footage, songs, and info about the channel.
weatherscan - site to emulate the weatherscan v1 and v2 software on your browser. put in a city after the .net/ to get live weather info. make sure to click somewhere on the site to hear that sweet music.
weatherstar 3000 - site to emulate the weather star 3000 software on your browser. follow the site directions to get live weather info. make sure to click somewhere on the site to hear that sweet music.
GAMES/FUN
flashpoint archive - a HUGE collection of now-defunct flash games. site has a launcher you can download and relive the nostalgia of flash.
club penguin journey - fan site for club penguin with its own discord server and wiki. monthly updates!
stepmania - DDR clone game with a huge modding community and lots of custom songs. the game hasn't been updated for a few years but the forums are still up and contain a lot of great answers and advice for getting the game to work with an irl ddr pad or controller. lots of keyboard charts too if pads aren't your style.
openrct2 - an open source program that mods rollercoaster tycoon 2 and adds quality of life features. requires owning rollercoaster tycoon 2 base game otherwise it won't work.
noclip - site where you can view video game maps/worlds in a noclip environment, being able to take the camera anywhere.
pictochat online - browser-based pictochat!
launchbox games database - a database of video games on nearly every single platform. this is where i found nearly all of the images used on my games page.
zenius-i-vanisher's arcade finder - page for finding arcades, rhythm games, and game meetups across the world.
sonic retro - largest fan wiki dedicated to sonic the hedgehog!
taiko time - fan blog dedicated entirely to taiko no tatsujin and updates on the series.
RESOURCES/OTHER
internet archive - an archive of the internet. amazing resource for looking at website snapshots & finding media.
gifcities - geocities and internet archive source site for gifs!
imgbb - free image hosting service, similar to imgur.
w3schools - site dedicated to various coding tutorials. i learned a lot personally about coding HTML for this very website through w3schools! definitely recommend.
instructables - site dedicated to various user-submitted DIY tutorials, all step-by-step. i have used this resource for cosplay, gardening, home decor, and other various crafts and DIYs. really good resource and just fun to surf on to see what people have made.
spacehey - social media website, very similar to myspace. html coding for profiles makes the site customizable and fun. i also have my own profile :)
the old net - view snapshots of old sites, provided by the internet archive.
scp foundation wiki - one of the longest running collaborative fiction writing websites on the internet. have spent many an hour on this site just reading various articles.