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The internet used to be ✨fun✨
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I’ve been meaning to write some kind of Important Thinkpiece™ on the glory days
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of the early internet, but every time I sit down to do it, I find another,
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better piece that someone else has already written. So for now, here’s a
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collection of articles that to some degree answer the question “Why have a
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personal website?” with “Because it’s fun, and the internet used to be fun.”
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If you’ve written something that feels like it belongs here—especially if your
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voice is one that’s frequently underrepresented—I’d be interested to read it!
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Holler at me via email (kwon at fastmail.com), or on Mastodon ([1]
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mastodon.social/@rjkwon).
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Article Author Date Date added
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published ↓
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[2]Blogs Are Dead. Long Live Blogs! [3]Gersande La 2023-03-26 2024-03-03
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Flèche
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[4]Surfing the Old Web [5]Juan Villela 2023-01-11 2024-03-03
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[6]Why Personal Blogging Still Rules [7]Mike Grindle 2023-04-12 2024-03-03
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[8]L'informatique, c'était mieux avant [9]Richard Dern 2022-01-21 2024-03-03
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(Computing was better before)
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[10]shite: static sites from shell [11]Aditya Athalye 2022-03-08 2024-03-03
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[12]Desktops.zip - Some thoughts on [13]Simone 2023-08-14 2024-03-03
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websites that look like desktops Marzulli
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[14]Reviving Ye Olde Personal Home [15]Dominik Rabiej 2019-06-30 2024-03-03
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Page
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[16]Digital Homes and Neighborhoods [17]Jake Weber 2023-05-23 2024-03-03
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[18]Game of Content [19]Deep H. Dave 2021-03-09 2024-03-03
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[20]The Internet Changed My Life [21]Maxime 2022-01-19 2024-03-03
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Chevalier-Boisvert
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[22]Social Websites [23]Matt Stein 2024-02-06 2024-03-03
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[24]The Web is Fantastic [25]Robb Knight 2023-12-28 2024-03-03
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[26]Into the Personal Website-Verse [27]Matthias Ott 2019-05-12 2024-03-03
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[28]Splitting the Web [29]Ploum 2023-08-01 2024-03-03
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[30]Do You Remember the Internet [31]dear talula 2022-02-19 2024-03-03
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Before Social Media?
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[32]Blog Bookmark Rot [33]Skelly 2024-02-17 2024-03-03
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[34]Let Us Build a New Web [35]Brad Enslen 2018-09-13 2024-03-03
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[36]Where have all the websites gone? [37]Jason 2024-01-08 2024-03-03
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Velazquez
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[38]Ruminating on Walled Gardens [39]Brandon 2024-02-16 2024-03-03
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[40]My website is a shifting house [41]Laurel
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next to a river of knowledge. What Schwulst 2018-05-21 2024-02-11
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could yours be?
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[42]Rediscovering the Old Internet [43]Noisy 2023-09-07 2024-02-11
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Vibe Deadlines
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[44]Click around, find out [45]John Hoare 2024-01-21 2024-02-11
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[46]The Bullshit Web [47]Nick Heer 2018-11-30 2024-02-11
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[48]The old internet [49]Rebecca Toh 2020-01-16 2024-02-11
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[50]Computers: An Invocation for Soft [51]Katherine Yang 2023-09-01 2024-02-11
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Tech
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[52]i really love the (hipster) [53]Judah 2023-02-02 2024-02-11
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internet
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[54]Poor man's web [55]Serge Zaitsev 2021-04-27 2024-02-11
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[56]The web is yours [57]James G 2024-01-06 2024-02-11
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[58]Refuge in blogs and the IndieWeb [59]Robert Kingett 2023-10-17 2024-02-11
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[60]I Love the Web [61]fLaMEd 2021-04-06 2024-02-11
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[62]a personal manifesto [63]Simone 2023-04-20 2024-01-04
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Silvestroni
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[64]Everyone Should Blog, And That [65]Alexandra 2023-12-30 2024-01-04
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Includes You
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[66]My website as a home [67]Nico Chilla 2023-11-13 2024-01-04
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[68]The Web Revival [69]Melon 2023-11-10 2024-01-04
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[70]Make your own independent website [71]Victoria Drake 2021-01-16 2024-01-04
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[72]Why the Indie Web movement is so [73]Dan Gillmor 2014-04-25 2024-01-04
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important
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[74]It’s Time to Get Personal [75]Laura Kalbag 2019-12-09 2024-01-04
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[76]Please for the love of Blarg, [77]Jay Springett 2019-12-14 2024-01-04
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Start a Blog
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[79]Spencer Chang
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[78]Taking an Internet Walk [80]Kristoffer -- 2023-11-12
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Tjalve
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[81]tiny internets [82]Spencer Chang -- 2023-11-12
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[83]You Should Have a Website [84]Mark Murphy -- 2023-11-12
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[85]Notes on the small web [86]Felix 2022-09-10 2023-10-24
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Pleşoianu
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[87]The Quiet Web [88]Brian 2021-02-12 2023-10-24
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Koberlein
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[89]Rediscovering the Old Internet [90] 2023-09-07 2023-10-24
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Vibe noisydeadlines.net
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[91]Soft tech [92]Helena -- 2023-10-24
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Jaramillo
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[93]How to fix the internet [94]Katie 2023-10-17 2023-10-19
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Notopoulos
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[95]Social Internet Is Dead. Get Over [96]Om Malik 2023-10-15 2023-10-18
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It.
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[97]Build your own website! [98]Devastatia del 2023-07-09 2023-10-16
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Gato
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[99]The Importance of Personal [100]Hayden White 2023-08-29 2023-10-16
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Websites
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[101]why the web? [102]Justin Hall -- 2023-09-30
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[103]Exploring the Personal Web [104] 2023-05-06 2023-09-30
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foreverliketh.is
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[105]Why you should have a blog (and [106]Leticia 2020-06-21 2023-09-30
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write in it) Portella
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[107]My 20th anniversary of blogging! [108]Tracy Durnell 2023-09-23 2023-09-30
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[109]Bix's story of his internet [110]Bix Frankonis 2020-02-24 2023-09-18
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[111]About me (localghost) [112]Sophie Koonin -- 2023-09-12
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[113]At home on the internet [114]Johnny -- 2023-09-12
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Rodgers
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[115]How I experience web today [116]Li Guangyi -- 2023-09-12
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[117]About this website [118]Zinzy Waleson -- 2023-09-12
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Geene
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[119]How the Blog Broke the Web [120]Amy Hoy -- 2023-09-12
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[121]I miss the internet. [122]Joan 2023-07-07 2023-09-12
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Westenberg
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[123]Every person on the planet should [124]Amin 2023-07-06 2023-09-12
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have their own website Eftegarie
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[125]Eight years of blogging [126]Paweł Grzybek 2023-03-11 2023-09-12
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[127]Blogging is alive and well [128]Colin Devroe 2023-01-11 2023-09-12
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[129]The Year of the Personal Website [130]Matthias Ott 2023-01-06 2023-09-12
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[131]Bring back personal blogging [132]Monique Judge 2022-12-31 2023-09-12
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[133]Passionless Web [134]Manuel 2022-08-16 2023-09-12
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Moreale
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[135]Building a Digital Homestead, Bit [136]Tom Critchlow 2022-03-08 2023-09-12
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by Brick
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[137]Early Web Design Helped a [138]Nika Simovich
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Generation Express Themselves Online. Fisher 2022-03-08 2023-09-12
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How Do We Capture That Feeling Again?
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[139]The Joys and Sorrows of [140]"Cheapskate" 2022-03-06 2023-09-12
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Maintaining a Personal Website
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[141]On building a home on the web [142]Daniël van 2022-02-25 2023-09-12
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der Winden
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[143]How Websites Die [144]Wesley 2022-02-21 2023-09-12
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Aptekar-Cassels
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[145]“Tom had us all doing front-end [146]Kate M.
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web development”: a nostalgic (re) Miltner 2021-10-07 2023-09-12
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imagining of Myspace [147]Ysabel
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Gerrard
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[148]Why Personal Websites are [149]Chuck Carroll 2021-03-25 2023-09-12
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Important
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[150]The Value of a Personal Site [151]Marc 2021-03-15 2023-09-12
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[152]The small web is beautiful [153]Ben Hoyt 2021-03-01 2023-09-12
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[154]envisioning my homepage as an [155]Winnie Lim 2020-11-22 2023-09-12
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online therapeutic space
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[156]Hunting the Nearly-Invisible [157]"Cheapskate" 2020-08-27 2023-09-12
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Personal Website
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[158]What is the Small Web? [159]Aral Balkan 2020-08-07 2023-09-12
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[160]Rediscovering the Small Web [161]Parimal 2020-05-25 2023-09-12
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Satyal
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[162]On attention management & owning [163]Roel van der 2017-06-04 2023-09-12
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your content Ven
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[164]Stop Crowdsourcing Your [165]Darius Foroux 2016-08-25 2023-09-12
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Confidence
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[166]Homesteading 2014 [167]Frank Chimero 2013-12-21 2023-09-12
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[168]Death to Bullshit [169]Brad Frost 2013-04-08 2023-09-12
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[170]A Brief History & Ethos of the [171]Maggie -- 2023-09-12
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Digital Garden Appleton
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[172]E/N (Everything/Nothing) [173]JR (Sawv) -- 2023-09-12
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Line drawing of an old-school desktop computer with various whimsical items
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emanating from the screen including an ice cream cone, rainbow, puppy, happy
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sheep, and sparkles
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I still love the internet (it's still fun)
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Made with [174]Hugo and 💕 by [175]Rachel J. Kwon
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Updated 03 Mar 2024
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References:
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[1] https://mastodon.social/@rjkwon
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[2] https://gersande.com/blog/blogs-are-dead/
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[3] https://gersande.com/
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[4] https://cleverlaziness.xyz/posts/surfing-the-old-web/
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[5] https://juanvillela.dev/
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[6] https://mikegrindle.com/posts/personal-blogging
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[7] https://mikegrindle.com/
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[8] https://www.richard-dern.fr/blog/2022/01/21/l-informatique-c-etait-mieux-avant/
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[9] https://www.richard-dern.fr/
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[10] https://www.evalapply.org/posts/shite-the-static-sites-from-shell-part-1/index.html#main
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[11] https://www.evalapply.org/
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[12] https://system31.simone.computer/blog/desktops-zip
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[13] https://simone.computer/
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[14] https://dominik.net/reviving-ye-olde-personal-home-page.html
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[15] https://dominik.net/
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[16] https://polymathematics.blog/2023/05/25/digital-homes-and-neighborhoods/
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[17] https://jakeweber.net/
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[18] https://deephdave.com/2021/03/09/Game-of-Content.html
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[19] https://deephdave.com/
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[20] https://pointersgonewild.com/2022/01/19/the-internet-changed-my-life/
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[21] https://pointersgonewild.com/
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[22] https://garden.mattstein.com/notes/people-content-6-social-websites
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[23] https://mattstein.com/
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[24] https://rknight.me/blog/the-web-is-fantastic/
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[25] https://rknight.me/
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[26] https://matthiasott.com/articles/into-the-personal-website-verse
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[27] https://matthiasott.com/
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[28] https://ploum.net/2023-08-01-splitting-the-web.html
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[29] https://ploum.net/
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[30] https://deartalula.com/do-you-remember-the-internet-before-social-media/
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[31] https://deartalula.com/
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[32] https://yllekz.github.io/blog/blog-bookmarkrot.html
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[33] https://yllekz.github.io/
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[34] https://ramblinggit.com/2018/09/13/let-us-build.html
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[35] https://ramblinggit.com/
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[36] https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/where-have-all-the-websites-gone/
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[37] https://www.fromjason.xyz/
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[38] https://brandonsblog.bearblog.dev/ruminating-on-walled-gardens/
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[39] https://brandonsblog.bearblog.dev/ruminating-on-walled-gardens/
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[40] https://thecreativeindependent.com/essays/laurel-schwulst-my-website-is-a-shifting-house-next-to-a-river-of-knowledge-what-could-yours-be/
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[41] https://laurelschwulst.com/
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[42] https://noisydeadlines.net/rediscovering-the-old-internet-vibe
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[43] https://noisydeadlines.net/
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[44] https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2024/01/click-around-find-out/
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[45] https://www.dirtyfeed.org/
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[46] https://pxlnv.com/blog/bullshit-web/
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[47] https://pxlnv.com/
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[48] https://rebeccatoh.co/the-old-internet/
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[49] https://rebeccatoh.co/
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[50] https://kayserifserif.place/work/manifesto/
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[51] https://kayserifserif.place/
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[52] https://bewrong.substack.com/p/the-hipster-internet
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[53] https://joodaloop.com/
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[54] https://zserge.com/posts/small-web/
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[55] https://zserge.com/
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[56] https://jamesg.blog/2024/01/06/the-web-is-yours/
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[57] https://jamesg.blog/
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[58] https://robertkingett.com/posts/6158/
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[59] https://robertkingett.com/
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[60] https://flamedfury.com/posts/i-love-the-web/
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[61] https://flamedfury.com/
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[62] https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/personal-manifesto/
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[63] https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/
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[64] https://library.xandra.cc/everyone-should-blog/
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[65] https://xandra.cc/
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[66] https://nicochilla.com/my-website-as-a-home/
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[67] https://nicochilla.com/
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[68] https://wiki.melonland.net/web_revival
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[69] https://melonland.net/
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[70] https://victoria.dev/blog/make-your-own-independent-website/
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[71] https://victoria.dev/
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[72] https://dangillmor.com/2014/04/25/indie-web-important/
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[73] https://dangillmor.com/
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[74] https://24ways.org/2019/its-time-to-get-personal/
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[75] https://laurakalbag.com/
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[76] https://www.thejaymo.net/2019/12/14/114-please-for-the-love-of-blarg-start-a-blog/
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[77] https://www.thejaymo.net/
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[78] https://syllabusproject.org/syllabus-for-taking-an-internet-walk/
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[79] https://www.spencerchang.me/
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[80] https://cloudlord.management/
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[81] https://tiny-inter.net/
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[82] https://www.spencerchang.me/
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[83] https://maerk.xyz/blog/you-should-have-a-website/
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[84] https://maerk.xyz/
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[85] https://felix.plesoianu.ro/web/in-the-small.html
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[86] https://felix.plesoianu.ro/
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[87] https://briankoberlein.com/tech/quiet-web/
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[88] https://briankoberlein.com/
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[89] https://noisydeadlines.net/rediscovering-the-old-internet-vibe
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[90] https://noisydeadlines.net/
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[91] https://helena.mmm.page/soft_tech
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[92] https://everywwwhere.net/
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[93] https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/17/1081194/how-to-fix-the-internet-online-discourse/
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[94] https://katienotopoulos.com/
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[95] https://om.co/2023/10/15/social-internet-is-dead-get-used-to-it/
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[96] https://om.co/
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[97] https://www.devastatia.com/thread-9.html
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[98] https://devastatia.com/
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[99] https://whitevhs.xyz/articles/2023/08/29/personal-websites
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[100] https://whitevhs.xyz/
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[101] https://www.links.net/dox/tech/whyweb.html
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[102] https://www.links.net/
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[103] https://foreverliketh.is/blog/exploring-the-personal-web/
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[104] https://foreverliketh.is/
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[105] https://leportella.com/why-have-a-blog.html/
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[106] https://leportella.com/
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[107] https://tracydurnell.com/2023/09/23/my-20th-anniversary-of-blogging/
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[108] https://tracydurnell.com/
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[109] https://bix.blog/2020/Feb/24/in-some-sense-its-interesting-that-i-had/
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[110] https://bix.blog/
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[111] https://localghost.dev/about/
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[112] https://localghost.dev/
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[113] https://johnnyrodgers.is/at-home-on-the-internet
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[114] https://johnnyrodgers.is/
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[115] https://how-i-experience-web-today.com/
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[116] https://projects.kwon.nyc/internet-is-fun/
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[117] https://www.zinzy.website/site
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[118] https://www.zinzy.website/
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[119] https://stackingthebricks.com/how-blogs-broke-the-web/
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[120] https://stackingthebricks.com/
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[121] https://joanwestenberg.medium.com/i-miss-the-internet-c7e41544a8b9
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[122] https://projects.kwon.nyc/internet-is-fun/
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[123] https://eftegarie.com/every-person-on-the-planet-should-have-their-own-website/
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[124] https://eftegarie.com/
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[125] https://pawelgrzybek.com/eight-years-of-blogging/
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[126] https://pawelgrzybek.com/
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[127] https://cdevroe.com/2023/01/11/blogging-is-alive
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[128] https://cdevroe.com/
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[129] https://matthiasott.com/notes/the-year-of-the-personal-website
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[130] https://matthiasott.com/
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[131] https://www.theverge.com/23513418/bring-back-personal-blogging
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[132] https://moniquejudge.com/
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[133] https://manuelmoreale.com/passionless-web
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[134] https://manuelmoreale.com/
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