Explore the Web!

┳ Caution! ┳ All links on this page will navigate you away from Vivarism. They'll open in a new tab, though, for your convenience.

Web Design

Tutorials

Palemomos: "Add a gallery with HUNDREDS of images easily to your website with Vue.js"
EDRi: "Ethical Web Development"
Nenrikido: "Deploying Your Site to Neocities"
Dannarchy: "Native Neocities Hit-Counter"
JJJ: "Inline Documentation"
Understanding Relative vs. Absolute Paths
"Choosing Type" Articles hosted by Google
"Designing Beautiful Shadows in CSS": Article + Generator
"Smoother & Sharper Shadows": Article + Generator
Flexbox Froggy: Learn flexboxes with a cute browser game
Grid Garden: Learn CSS Grid with a cute browser game Login required
Some people discussing whether you should host your files (fonts, images, scripts) locally or use a CDN

Resources & Tools

Aspect Ratio Calculator
Toptal's resources for web designers
LazySizes: High performance and SEO friendly lazy loader for images, iframes and more
Masonry: A JS library that makes masonry style grid layouts
TEXTANIM: Generate animated text/word art
Lorem Ipsum Generator: Placeholder text
Lorem Ipsum Generator: CUTER placeholder text
Transfonter: @font-face generator
RV's free Javascript/DHTML effects
WAVE®: Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
Font CDNs (Content Delivery Networks)
- Bunny.NET
- CDN|Fonts
Font Downloads
- Font Collector
- Dafont
Malihu: Style-my-tooltips jQuery plugin
Bennett Feely: CSS Clip Path Generator
CSSBattle: Competetive CSS writing game
HTML and CSS coding standards from WordPress.ORG
Lovesick: Old Web Graphics
Cinni: Ichigo Directory

Webhosts

Leprd: Free web gosting for hobbyists
Neocities.org: Free web hosting with social media flavour
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET: Pay-as-you-go web hosting (I use this!)
Teacake.org: Web hosting for small, personal and hobby-focused sites

Writing

Writing-World.com: Varied and grounded advice for writers at every experience level
- My favourite article: "Making Your Writing World Safe" by Jane Anne Staw
Zenwriter: No-distractions writing application
StimuWrite: Software that rewards your writing with emojis Developed by a man who claims to be a woman
Scrivener: Writing project planning software
Related Words: Find words related to other words
The Editor's Blog: Writing advice from a professional editor
Magic Baby Names: Input a name and find more names that are similar or related
Behind the Name: The etymology and history of first names
- See also: Behind the Surname
Misc. Name Lists: Disgaea DS + Noun Names (from grownups) + Noun Names (from Tumblr users)
National Novel Writing Month, AKA NaNoWriMo
Cruinne: World Building Checklist
The Write Practice: Story Arcs
Derek Sivers: "Write Plain Text Files"
Ursula K. Le Guin: "A Few Words to a Young Writer"

Libraries

Z-Library: E-books and articles. My favourite online library! ♥ Watch out for fake domains.
Library Genesis: Books, scientific articles, magazines
Project Gutenberg: The original, and oldest, eBook project on the Internet
- Volunteer your support via Distributed Proofreadeers
Archive.org: So much more than a digital library
MangaDex: Unofficial manga publications (AKA scanlations)
Bato.to: Best manga library for reading on a smartphone

Documentary Streams

Thought Maybe: My favourite documentary project ♥
- Categories that interest me most:
  Women, Children, Identity, Internet
Real Horror
Defunctland
Watch Documentaries
Documentary Heaven
SFlix.to: TV and movie streaming in general. I've just linked directly to the documentary tag
Coming someday: lists of documentarians to keep an eye on and films that made me think

Video Games

ZLOEmu: Play Origin store games for free (e.g. Sims 4)
3DS Hacks: 3DS/2DS homebrew guide. Beginner friendly!
3DS .CIA Directory: 3DS ROMs on the Internet Archive
/r/Roms Megathread: Comprehensive ROM database
melonDS: Nintendo DS emulator for PC
Wii Guide: Nintendo Wii homebrew guide. Beginner friendly!
Nintendo Switch Homebrew Guide: ... well, it's friendly
Ryujinx: Nintendo Switch emulator for PC
NSW2U: Nintendo Switch ROMs
Ziperto: "A Digital Park for Gamers." ROMs, basically
vgperson: Free RPGMaker games translated from Japanese to English. My favourites are ENDROLL and Your Turn to Die.
My Abandonware: Download games from 1978 to 2012
Fit""Girl"" Repacks: Video games, compressed Created by a man who claims to be a woman
Vimm's Lair: Classic console gaming preservation. ROMs, emulators, game guides & more
English Otome Games: News about English releases of "reverse harem" visual novels
Mikutap: Super cute browser-based rhythm game Flashing lights

Music Downloads

Miku Database: Vocaloid albums
SoulSeek: Just try searching your favourite band/album
Sitting on Clouds: Anime and video game soundtracks
KHInsider: Video game soundtracks
Hikari no Akari: Anime, utaite, seiyuu, and more
JPOP80ss3: 1980's Japanese pop albums
JPop Singles: Contemporary Japanese pop
Mainstream Music Madness: American pop music
HIPHOPDE: American and South African hip-hop
The Midi Shrine: Video game and anime .midi files
MusicBee: My preferred music player and manager
Mp3tag: Edit metadata of audio files
MediaHuman Youtube to MP3: Rip audio from YouTube, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp

Torrenting & Internet Piracy

Mullvad: My preferred VPN
qBittorrent: My preferred P2P client
FastForward: Browser extension that bypasses "your link will be ready in 3 seconds!" type pages
Steal This Film: Documentary about Internet piracy I haven't watched this yet, but I appreciate their sentiment
Nyaa.si: Anime, subbed and dubbed
Torrent Galaxy: Mostly TV and movies, but other stuff too
IGGGames: Video games
1337x.to: Everything!
Pixiv Plus: Get Pixiv Premium for free
- See also: Powerful Pixiv Downloader: Chromium extension for bulk Pixiv downloads
Awesome Piracy Archive: Curated links and info
TypeRip: The Adobe Fonts ripper

Software

WordWeb: Offline dictionary
LibreOffice: My preferred office suite
Bulk Rename Utility: Rename multiple files at once
Launchy: Quickly open programs, folders, files, etc. with keystrokes
Imgbrd-Grabber: Batch download entire tags from popular imageboards (Zerochan, Danbooru, etc.)
WFDownloader: Another bulk image downloader. Works with Xitter, Tumblr, Insta, and other western SNS
Hydrus Network: Create a locally hosted booru for all those images you downloaded
Ninite: Install and update multiple programs at once
Revo Uninstaller: Uninstall multiple programs at once. Also available on Android
Glary Utilities: All-in-one utility for cleaning PC. Includes batch uninstall
Winaero Tweaker: Customise your Windows® experience (free)
Stardock: Windows® customisation software (paid)
Caesium Image Compressor: Offline bulk image compression
XnConvert: Edit multiple photos at once: compress, filter, resize, change file type, etc.

Japanese

Tofugu: Japanese learning resources
Jisho: Kanji search engine— search by radical!!!
RomajiDesu: Dictionary and translator
DeepL: AI translator for many languages, not just JA
Learn Japanese with Picture Books
The Language Realm: Japanese Slang Dictionary Adult language
The JADED Network: Japanese-to-English Sound Effects Dictionary
Self-Taught Japanese: 育児語 (baby talk) vocabulary
Nippon.com: "On the Finer Points of Baby Talk in Japan"
【闇のゲーム】: Seiyuu act dramatic while playing card games

Life Skills

MinutePhysics: "Is Anything on the Internet Real?"
Mary Hendricks-Gendlin, Ph.D.: "Focusing As A Force For Peace: The Revolutionary Pause"
ThereminTrees: "respecting beliefs | why we should do no such thing"
Custodians Online: "In Solidarity with Library Genesis and Sci-Hub"
PJ Eby's Dirtsimple: "How To End Your Sentence"
- Article based on Byron Katie's The Work: A method for squashing self-defeating thoughts with the truth
Win Wenger, Ph.D., on breathing:
- "How to Feel Better Instantly"
- "Breathing as a Way of Life"
- See also: Kelly McGonigal's "Politics of Breathing"
Grateful Living: Nonprofit dedicated to gratitude and joy
Greater Good in Action: "Science-based practices for a meaningful life." For all ages and experience levels
Roots of Action: Research-based resources on fostering positive youth development

Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

Key Facts + Key Assumptions & Intentions of NVC
Four Components of NVC
Feelings and Needs List
Another list of Universal Human Needs
"NVC Training CD: Sessions 1-9" with Marshall Rosenberg
Nonviolentcommunication.com: Official publishing website
The Center for Nonviolent Communication: Official non-profit website
NVC Academy: In-depth learning resources, free and paid
Street Giraffes: Blog that links to many other blogs
Self-Empathy Exercise: Replace rumination with gratitude
Kid's Feelings & Needs Posters: Cute posters I have on my wall!

Women with Opinions

all those charities and things and petition and ummm... THE HITE REPORT

Shere Hite: The Hite Report: A National Study of Female Sexuality
Laura Mulvey: "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema"
Lionel Shriver: "The War Against Words"
Jessica Jernigan: "The Book That Made Me a Feminist Was Written by an Abuser"
Valerie Solanas: "The SCUM Manifesto"
Women's Liberation Front, AKA WoLF
Collective Shout: Campaigns against the objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls
Selected essays and articles from Toni Morrisson
Anonymous: Ses purs ongles, 2016-2018

People that Interest Me

These are personal websites and blogs of "new web" people whose works have caught my attention.

Isabelle Cullen's Exploring Self: Journal prompts, life wisdom
Emily Agnew's Sustainably Sensitive: Resources for highly sensitive people
Dr. Susan Blackmore: Researching consciousness, memes, and anomalous experiences
Emma: "Ugly sketches"
Laurel Schwulst's World: "Design, Teaching, & Wind"
Charlie Eleanor Awbery: Tech & Vajrayana Buddhism
Joyce's Sweet Breathing: Simple living— "Love, Truth & Energy!"
Maria Popova's The Marginalian: One woman's search for meaning
Jennifer Peepas' Captain Awkward: Advice column for having difficult conversations
J.K. Rowling: Author and humanitarian

Female-only Imageboards

┳ Caution! ┳ User experience varies greatly depending on which threads you read and how seriously you take the posts therein. Best browsed in moderation. Read the rules.

Lolcow Farm: Gossip board. /g/ houses the husbandofags
Fujochan: Yaoi, BL, etc. For fujoshi!
Crystal Cafe: I dunno, I don't go here
Heolcafe: K-Pop posting. Again, I don't go here

Online Privacy

Mullvad: My preferred VPN
piped.video: YouTube alternative (Github)
Nitter.net: Twitter/X alternative
Imginn.com: Instagram alternative
Brave: Chromium-based internet browser. Not as "private" as you'd think, but great for adblock
Librewolf: Firefox-based internet browser

Cute Finds

Settei Dreams: Anime production materials archive
Sanrio^®: "Friend of the Month"
Little Explorers^™: Picture dictionaries + K-3 word themes
International Children's Digital Library
A Flower Garden of Macroscopic Delights
Hourly Animal Crossing Music Page
Noclip Website: Explore popular video game levels in browser
Museum of Non Primate Art: Paintings made by cats and birds
The Freddie Street Cats: Funny cat website
Tuul & Bruno Morandi: Cats Around The World
Cat Photo Safari: Cats of Europe
Yubit: My favourite Tumblr aesthetic blog
"50 Ways to Be Cute" by AllyRatWorld