SEO has essentially destroyed search engines, what are some very useful websites that you might not get given by Google?
How to glue things together
You can’t mention Erowid without mentioning similar organizations like Dancesafe, MAPS and Bluelight. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that I am only here today because of those sites. I am literally where I am today because of my time on Bluelight.
I’m in my 40’s. Erowid has been with me since I was a teen. I don’t really know about the rest, but ty.
I’m insanely confused.
Maybe they started on Erowid, took some stuff, and ended up there?
Maybe. Fair.
This To That tells you what type of adhesive to use to glue different materials together. It’s handy for Halloween when suddenly you need to figure out how to attach vinyl to styrofoam or something (hot glue)
Useless in every country except one though. Never heard of these brands
A small instance of USDefaultism, but I appriciate OP’s thought.
A good selection of internet radio stations that has been around for many many years
Good opportunity to specifically recommend radioparadise.com - been supporting them for a very, very long time.
https://favicon.io/favicon-converter/ - Convert an image to a favicon file in many formats.
https://ninite.com/ - Easiest way to set up a new Windows PC with the latest common applications without toolbars, prompts, or anything like that. Not necessarily obscure but I like to peddle it.
https://www.printablepaper.net/ - Need a check register? Graph paper? Lined paper? College ruled or wide ruled? Dot paper? Calendars? If it’s on paper, chances are you can find it and print it here.
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ - Need a good bedtime story? This site is best read right before falling asleep.
“bedtime story” 🤣🤣🤣
FYI: Ninite has largely been superseded by Chocolatey
Another FYI:
wingetis usable if you wish to use a native solution. It has its shortcomings over choco, but usable.Winget is the best thing added to the windows ecosystem in a long time. I just wish it worked out of the box on Server :(
Chocolatey isn’t really made for the DIYer setting up their computer for a one-off install - for that I always recommend Ninite. Chocolatey is useful for enterprises and advanced DIYers though.
I like the last one. Have you read about the penis tree?
No idea if this is obscure or not, but for creating diagrams I’ve found draw.io a very useful free website/tool (there’s an offline version).
The ability to hide the entire model inside the png is really neat. You can upload the png in a wiki and later on just import it to alter it again.Excalidraw is my favourite. Make diagrams look like sketches so that people don’t take them too seriously.
That looks quite interesting. Draw.io has a sketch option but they always look the same. This one really makes unique shapes every time create an object. Could be quite handy for quick throwaway designs. Thank you for the recommendation.
to keep up to date on zoomer slang: Bruh.News
For all my fellow mechanical engineers out there, Custom Parts is an incredible tool for estimating tooling and production costs for injection molding, die casting, stamping, you name it. For runs all the way from 50 parts to 2 million I’ve found the estimates there to be consistently within 10% of the quotes we’ve gotten from suppliers
Edit: Corrected link, that’s what I get for going off memory lol
Do you mean https://www.custompartnet.com/ ?
I did indeed haha. Thanks
Bonus points is you can host yourself with docker. It has a bunch of handy tools for computer related projects.
The first and foremost thing that comes to mind is the wayback machine. It lets you archive and immortalize any moment in a website’s history.
Though I may be cheating a little here because it’s actually a toolbar, another obscure, highly useful “website” is the Hypothesis toolbar. It adds a comment section to any webpage merely by existing.
Free Media Heck Yeah. The largest collection of Free stuff on the Internet
This is amazing. I am in love with this site already. Thanks for sharing!
No problem! So many resources on that site.
This site lets you identify flags by color, shape, charges etc.
You might be able to find this website on Google, but if you are in the US, this can help you get the freshest produce. I use it all the time. https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/resources/nutrition-education-materials/seasonal-produce-guide
seirdy.one has this great index of google alternatives that can be used.
Anna’s Archive and z-library are the best way I’ve found to pirate books
