Links

Blogs / Personal Sites

The following are some personal sites which contain interesting or useful content.

Please also see The Minimal Web, a page collecting links to websites which aim to be slim and functional rather than bloated like many modern-day websites. It also includes the odd website which follows the 1990s design aesthetic.

YouTube

• Ace's Adventures - touring of dead and alive malls in America.
• Bigclivedotcom - tear-downs of electrical and electronic equipment.
• Crosstalk Solutions - coverage of IP telephony and networking.
• David Tipton - restorations of vintage radios.
• Drain Addict - unblocking of drains in Sydney, Australia.
• DSS Electrical - electrical work in Cambridgeshire.
• FreeDOS - guides and tutorials focused on FreeDOS.
• Jelle's Marble Runs - fun with marbles.
• LGR - reviews of games and looking at old computer software and equipment.
• LockPickingLawyer - analysis of a variety of locks and safes.
• Marty's Matchbox Makeovers - restoration of older Matchbox toys.
• Michael MJD - history and experiments with old and new software.
• My Mate VINCE - repairs of various electronic and electric gadgets.
• N Bundy Electrical - electrical vlog based in Staffordshire.
• Post 10 - explorations of drainage systems and maintenance.
• Retail Archaelogy - looking at malls and retail businesses in the U.S.
• RetroManCave - a view of older computer equipment.
• Sal - expeditioning around dead malls of America.
• Techmoan - reviews and analyses of various (mostly older) technologies.
• Technology Connections - in-depth information about various technologies.
• This is Dan Bell - home of the Dead Mall Series and Another Dirty Room.
• Thomas Nagy - a day in the life of an electrician in London.

Useful

• Datasheet Archive - downloadable electronic circuit datasheets.
• Down For Everyone or Just Me - check if a website is up or not.
• Fourble - radio series available as podcasts.
• Gutenberg - public domain ebooks free to download.
• Internet Archive - library of content including television, books, and images.
• Loyal Books - free audiobooks of out-of-copyright books.
• Many Books - a wide range of free ebooks.
• OTRR - the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
• Textfiles - text file directory contains arbitrary information.
• TV Ad Music - find that song heard in a television advert.
• VectorLogoZone - find a company logo in vector format.
• WinWorld - a variety of old software for various systems.
• Yarchive - various Usenet archives.

Informational

• Aerials and TV - shop and information site on television and radio broadcasting.
• Budget Bytes - recipes for people on a budget.
• deadmalls.com - information on dead American shopping malls.
• DistroWatch - updates on Linux/BSD/other distribution releases.
• Disused Stations - a look at disused train stations in the UK.
• Frixo - live road traffic reports for the UK.
• Games That Weren't - info on games that were never released.
• G.B. National Grid Status - United Kingdom electrical power consumption.
• Have I Been Pwned - check if your accounts have been compromised.
• Longreads - long form news articles.
• Obscuritory - a blog about odd, lesser-known games and software.
• Pathetic Motorways - information on the UK motorway network.
• Prism-Break - privacy focused alternatives to software and hardware.
• That One Privacy Site - details on email and VPN providers.

Fun and Interesting

• Awkward Stock Photos - funny pictures from stock photo sites.
• Fold’N Fly - create a wide range of paper aeroplanes.
• Pylon of the Month - pictures of electricity pylons.
• Stellarium Web - web based planetarium software.
• Thanks Text Books - content from academic text books.
• Web Design Museum - a look at old home pages.
• Radio Garden - radio stations from around the world.
• Radiooooo - music from around the globe and across the decades.
• This Artwork Does Not Exist - random artwork generator.
• Winamp Skin Museum - version 2 style skins for Winamp.

Podcasts