Here are some collections and resources I have found in my web travels that you might like as part of your web travels. #### Board Game Design Lab Collection of articles on the practices of board game design. Also has a great podcast. [Access here](https://boardgamedesignlab.com/design-theory/) #### Critical Distance "Writers who are just getting started often ask us where they should go to pitch or publish their first piece. Below is a list of games-focused and games-inclusive publications which welcome unsolicited pitches." [Access here](https://critical-distance.com/resources-for-writers/) #### Connected Papers Connecting papers by author and citation [Access here](https://www.connectedpapers.com/) #### Deku Deals "Deku Deals tracks the prices of Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam games at official stores in order to find the best deals." [Access here](https://www.dekudeals.com/) #### The Disenshittify Project "While the enshittification of the Web (and beyond) might seem far greater than any individual can even make the slightest dent in–you, we, can deshittify the Web one small piece at a time. Something you like or use or do that's become enshittified? Disenshittify it." [Access here](https://deshittify.us/) #### EcoLit Books A list of literary outlets for environmental writing. [Access here](https://ecolitbooks.com/resources/literary-outlets-for-environmental-writing/) #### Flashpoint Archive "Flashpoint Archive is the world's largest effort to preserve web-based games, animations, and interactive experiences." [Access here](https://flashpointarchive.org/) #### The Food Timeline A 25+ year old webpage, continually updated to date, on this history of all foods. [Access here](https://www.foodtimeline.org/) #### freemediaheckyeah "The largest collection of free stuff on the internet!" [Access here](https://fmhy.net/) #### The Free Software Directory "_**The Free Software Directory**_ (**FSD**) is a project of the [Free Software Foundation (FSF)](https://www.fsf.org/). We catalog useful free software that runs under free GNU-like systems, not limited to the [GNU](https://www.gnu.org/) operating system and its GNU/Linux variants. Many of those programs also run on proprietary operating systems which can be used to [replace nonfree software](https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page#Free_software_replacement)." [Access here](https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page) #### The GDELT Project "GDELT is the largest, most comprehensive, and highest resolution open database of human society ever created" [Access here](https://www.gdeltproject.org/) #### Hackdex "Find community-made hacks and patch in-browser with your own legally-obtained base ROMs for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS." [Access here](https://www.hackdex.app/) #### Linux Journey My favorite guide for learning Linux. [Access here](https://labex.io/linuxjourney) #### National Epics Map of the national epics of every country. Vivid and descriptive. [Access here](https://nationalepics.com/#/) #### Pandoc "If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, pandoc is your swiss-army knife." [Access here](https://pandoc.org/) #### A People Map of the US "where city names are replaced by their most Wikipedia’ed resident: people born in, lived in, or connected to a place." [Access here](https://pudding.cool/2019/05/people-map/) #### Privacy Tools "Pick the apps you use today, we'll show you private alternatives that actually work." [Access here](https://privacytools.io/) #### Refseek "RefSeek is a web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than five billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers." [Access here](https://www.refseek.com/) #### Retroflix "RetroFlix is a project archiving public domain films, cartoons and documentaries. We have more than 3000 items in our library, including classics and obscure titles." [Access here](https://retroflix.org/) #### Searching for Birds Gorgeously illustrated exploration of the bird of North America [Access here](https://searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com/) #### SPUN Underground Atlas "Explore the distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi to identify biodiversity hotspots and areas with rare, endemic fungi." Lucas says: one of the coolest things I've ever seen on the web [Access here](https://www.spun.earth/underground-atlas/mycorrhizal-biodiversity) #### Standard Ebooks "Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost." [Access here](https://standardebooks.org/) #### Textfac.es "Click to copy to clipboard. Paste anywhere. Achieve glory." [Access here](https://textfac.es/) #### UbuWeb "The site is filled with the detritus and ephemera of great artists better known for other things ... most of which were originally put out in tiny editions, were critically ignored, and quickly vanished. However, the web provides the perfect place to restage these works." [Access here](https://ubuweb.com/) #### Writing Examples "We built this website to celebrate great writing. It’s 100% free. Each article deconstructs a piece of writing from an iconic writer. The goal is to give you X-Ray vision into what makes sentences and paragraphs come alive (so that you can improve at your craft)." [Access here](https://writingexamples.com/)