My website and blog.
The Dystopian Reality of Online Advertising
You Should Make a Website - Ewan’s Blog
I grew up on an internet that mostly asked me to make accounts. It took me until seventeen to realise I could make a place instead.
Coby Cat's Abode
Hiya! Welcome to Coby Cat's humble abode. I'm currently sprucing up the place, so pardon the dust. Want to explore? The About page has the usual intro stuff, plus some personal essays and even some fun surprises. The Portfolio showcases my visual dabblings. The Articles section dives into all sorts of topics—sometimes deeply personal, sometimes just focused. And the Links page? It's my curated collection of neat links, online media, and personal sites.
Build the web you want to see
My website, James’ Coffee Blog, is now over five years old. I seldom thought about how old my website was until recently, when I looked and realised that years had passed since the single black-and-white HTML page that comprised my site. “Hyperlinks are my friend,” I said, in a playful tone whose message foreshadowed my deepening appreciation for the web and what the web could be. Five years on, I find myself as invigorated about the web as I was at the beginning. I started what would become James’ Coffee Blog interested in blogging, seeing a personal website as a way to share words on the web. Those words would help me nurture my passion for writing. My website could, I learned, be a place for me to grow and experiment as a writer. Having a website encouraged me to ask the question what could I write today? Whether or not I published what I wrote, I was writing. I was making something. I was proud. My passion for the web is fuelled not only by my own experiences writing, but by seeing what others make. Seeing others’ websites, I have asked myself questions like How did they make that?, spurring my interest in web design. Web design is a topic I would later find the motivation to study in greater depth. I have been delighted by stories that people have shared, eliciting reactions in me from I see myself in this to That was fascinating! Blog posts on personal websites have made me curious, they have made me feel seen, they have satisfied my interest in learning – they have opened up new worlds, from the technical to the poetic, from the introspective to the collaborative. When I was thinking what would be a good fit for The Good Internet Magazine – a publication whose very existence makes me excited about the future of the web – a question came to mind: “what have I learned over the years that a new web weaver would find interesting?” Here is my answer to that question.
Northsky
Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.
Personal Blogs
Darek Kay is a professional front-end developer and an accessibility advocate.
Self-Hosting on the Dark Web | David Álvarez Rosa
This site is now reachable over Tor as a hidden service, at a .onion address that resolves only inside the Tor network. Tor relays and encrypts your traffic as …
PersonalSit.es | Yes we got hot and fresh sites
Personal sites are sick as hell, so this site was built so we can all discover each other's. This directory of links are by folks that want to share their site with the world.
gregpak.link: Yes We Blog! Webring
A webring for real people who actually blog. Yes, a functioning webring in 2025!
How the Web Was Lost – James Gleick
This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Webby Tim Berners-Lee with Stephen WittFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 389 pp., $30
First thoughts on integrating with standard.site
Notes on the limitations and unresolved design questions encountered while integrating a blog with standard.site.
Ewan's Corner
A personal space where I share my thoughts on coding, technology, and life.
