#beautifulweb — Public Fediverse posts

Entrance
The art of interacting incorrectly
https://interactingincorrectly.online/
#art #beautifulweb #creativity #horses

RE: https://mastodon.social/@surprisetalk/115289637720907546

#beautifulweb

Sketchplanations - Simplifying complex ideas in sketches
Sketchplanations explains the world one sketch at a time. Discover clear, simple sketches that break down ideas from science, creativity, psychology, and more. Explore recent sketches, search for topics, and share your favourites. Start here.
https://sketchplanations.com/
#beautifulweb #drawings #educational #knowledge #sketch

Place Cats
A quick and simple service for getting pictures of cats for use as placeholders in your designs or code. Just put your image size (width & height) after our URL and you'll get a placeholder.
https://placecats.com/
#beautifulweb #cats #dev #frontend #images #placeholder

Place Cats
A quick and simple service for getting pictures of cats for use as placeholders in your designs or code. Just put your image size (width & height) after our URL and you'll get a placeholder.
https://placecats.com/
#beautifulweb #cats #dev #frontend #images #placeholder

Place Cats
A quick and simple service for getting pictures of cats for use as placeholders in your designs or code. Just put your image size (width & height) after our URL and you'll get a placeholder.
https://placecats.com/
#beautifulweb #cats #dev #frontend #images #placeholder

Place Cats
A quick and simple service for getting pictures of cats for use as placeholders in your designs or code. Just put your image size (width & height) after our URL and you'll get a placeholder.
https://placecats.com/
#beautifulweb #cats #dev #frontend #images #placeholder

Place Cats
A quick and simple service for getting pictures of cats for use as placeholders in your designs or code. Just put your image size (width & height) after our URL and you'll get a placeholder.
https://placecats.com/
#beautifulweb #cats #dev #frontend #images #placeholder

visual frameworks – A language of patterns
Subscribe for updates, insights, Zoom calls, access to private beta, member discussions, and more.
https://visualframeworks.com/
#beautifulweb

ListenBrainz
Track, explore, visualise and share the music you listen to. Follow your favourites and discover great new music.
https://listenbrainz.org/explore/cover-art-collage/
#album #beautifulweb #music

AI Darwin Awards 2025 - Celebrating Spectacularly Bad AI Decisions
Honouring those who use artificial intelligence in spectacularly reckless ways. Submit nominations for the most catastrophically ill-advised AI deployments of 2025.
https://aidarwinawards.org/
#ai #beautifulweb #p-bksy

My Life in Weeks by Gina Trapani
I have learned so much from @ginatrapani.org She taught me how to really use a computer, and blog, with her writing at the #LifeHacker. This page of hers is a wonderful piece of inspiration.
https://weeks.ginatrapani.org/
#beautifulweb #gina-trapani

This map shows how stupid it is for us to be waging wars. We all come from the same place. And for what it's worth, the only thing outside this planet is a void.

https://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/media/2013-01-a-walk-through-time #beautifulweb

Jenny Holzer's Truisms
Jenny Holzer's Truisms: A mini interactive tribute, sparked by Light Line.
https://truisms.ginatrapani.org/
#art #beautifulweb #code #gina-trapani #indieweb

https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/

https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/
#beautifulweb #code #indieweb #music #productivity

The Forest Jar - The Forest Jar
Merch
https://theforestjar.com/
# #beautifulweb #indieweb #philosophy

Journalism WTF
Updates on all the chaos, good and bad, in the world of journalism.
https://www.journalism.wtf/?ref=hbcompass.io
#beautifulweb #journalism

Moodist: Ambient Sounds for Focus and Calm
Moodist is a free and open-source ambient sound generator featuring 78 carefully curated sounds. Create your ideal atmosphere for relaxation, focus, or creativity with this versatile tool.
https://moodist.app/
#beautifulweb #music #productivity #sound #soundscape #white-noise

I've found and written about a whole bunch of Can I …? tools but it looks like either I fumbled something or Mastodon choked on the huge post. So I’m just letting you know about it.

Check it out. There are quite a few cool tools in there.

#tools #BeautifulWeb #BeautifulInternet https://status.pointless.one/@pointlessone/112802420328494789

Some stats:
• Do not resolve: 2044 (~12%)
• Landing pages: 5671 (~34%)
• Other failures: 4275 (~26%)
• Good sites: 4484 (~27%)

First, my “good site" detection is not exactly precise. There are a lot of landing pages and otherwise unhelpful pages that I was just too lazy to filter out. So we get below 1/4 of live domains with proper sites. Everything else is taken but not used.

Second, in this research I’ve seen a lot of weed. Apparently, “canibis” is a common misspelling, or something. I also saw more cannibals than I expected. Not literal cannibals but the word used in domain names. And many many dogs. Sooooo many dogs.

And third, this is not an exhaustive list. There are much more but I decided they're not interesting for one reason or another. For example, I excluded obviously commercial services. Like the ones actively selling stuff. I also excluded blog-style sites. They might be interesting to some but they don’t look or work like a tool.

And last. I want to highlight this little site: Can I Have That Recipe?. It's a blog-like site. It's design is from 2006 but it's still being updated! I saw a recipe from 2022. Just look how refreshingly to-the-point it is! I hope Beth and Dan are doing well.

#BeautifulWeb #BeautifulInternet

Can I …?

⚠️ This is a long post. If your client has issues with it try viewing it on the web.

We all know and love Can I Use? And over the years I stumbled upon a few other useful tools with a Can I …? type of name. So I decided to see what's out there.

So I downloaded all* zone files from ICANN, as one does. Found all the domains that start with cani and here's what I found.

* Well, not exactly all. Some GTLD admins are a bit cagy or require too much data to get access. But I've got all the popular ones and then some.

— Humorous, sarcastic

Let's start with simpler ones. These are humorous or satirical. They're often completely static, too.

• Can I Trust Google?
• Can I Teach English?
• Can I Poo?
• Can I Shit Now?
• Can I Have a Pass? — I don't know who JR is but they seem to be unable to have a pass.
• Can I Go Visit Puerto Rico?
• Can I Fuck My Phone Yet? — I assume it's a static page and doesn't really track this specific event.
• https://canideploy.today/
• Can I Use a Purchased Email List?
• Can I Buy Your Username? — <rant> OK, let me tell you that I'm thoroughly unimpressed with this one. It's 3 characters with 2 colors. But it's built in Dart/Flutter and weights 2.5 MB. This page could've been smaller than this rant. </rant>
• Can I Have a Cappuccino?
• Can I Have Some Coffee?
• Can I @eldon?
• Can I Afford a Porsche?
• Can I Do It?
• Can I be a Developer?
• Can I Redeploy?
• Can I Stop Working?
• Can I Wear Yellow?

— Simple tools

These are simple tools that require very few inputs (sometimes none at all) and give a simple (or static) answer but are actually useful.

• CanITrack.online — check your browser fingerprint.
• Can I has :has?
• Can I Reach the Net? — if it loads, you can. Simple
• Can I Enjoy It? — tells you whether a product is made by a company with ties to Israel.
• Can I Dodge? — TBH, I don't know what this is. If you know, please tell me so I could update this post.
• Can I Discuss Pay?
• Can I Upgrade to Big Sur Today? — I'm not sure if this still works as expected.
• Can I Trust the Bible? — research of accuracy of different versions the Bible.
• Can I Still Win? — some sort of tournament outcome prediction but I don't know which one.
• Can I Snack? — spaced repetition for snacks.
• Can I Force You to Meditate? — introduction to meditation for those who like a challenge.
• Can I Dig to China? — actually, it's Where can I dig to from my backyard?
• Can I Put My Tree Up? — dates are hard. This one helps answering this specific question without having to consult a calendar.
• Can I call? — time zones are even harder than dates. This will tell you if it's an OK time for a call elsewhere on the planed.
• Can I Bring Wine? and Can I Bring Wine to the Bowl? — tells you if you can bring wine to the Hollywood Bowl on any specific date. Or maybe it's just whether there's a show there on that date, I don't know.
• Can I Blame It on Solarflares?
• Can I be Loud?
• Can I #ballotselfie? — this is for USA only. Apparently, every state has its own rules about ballot photos.
• Can I Afford? — the basics of financial responsibility.

—— Outdoorsy tools

• Can I Ride? - tells you if canyons around Salt Lake City (USA) are open for bikes.
• Can I Kayak? - tells if Harpeth River (Bellevue, Tn, USA) is good for kayaking.
• Can I Get Under the Bridge? — it's unclear which bridge.
• Can I Bike Today? — again, unclear where but seems like somewhere in the USA.
• Can I BBQ? — activity-specific weather forecast.

— Advanced tools

These are tools that either require a lot of input, or provide more complex or exhaustive information.

—— Dev tools

• Can I Use …? — of course.
• Can I Email …? — Can I Use for email.
• Can I WebView …? — Can I Use for WebViews.
• Can I Animate …? — what CSS properties can be animated.
• Can I Video? — tells you what video/audio formats/codecs are supported by your browser.
• Can I Watch Video? — despite the name give you much more information about features supported by your browser.
• Can I use: Notify — this app will notify you when a specific feature becomes available in specific browsers.
• Can I Stop? — I guess, this tells you whether you can stop supporting a specific browser.
• CanIA11y.com — this redirect to Accessibility Support but I'll allow it because domain starts with Can I and it's a cool tool.
• Can I read It? — how readable is your text?
• Can I DevTools? — what features are available in different browsers' Dev Tools.
• Can I PHP? — Can I Use for PHP features.
• Can I Use Node? — API compatibility table for different JS runtimes.
• Can I Depend on X Already? — compatibility tables for libraries and interpreters on Linux distributions. No Gentoo, though.
• Can I Log4j? — log4j exploitability index.

—— Outdoors

• Can I Use a Hammock? — the tool to achieve maximum comfort.
• Can I Keep This Disc I Found? — I think this might be applicable to other stuff you find out there.
• Can I Have UKARA? — imitation firearms are regulated in the UK so require permits for airsoft matches.
• Can I Fly a Kite? — activity-specific weather forecast.
• Can I Fly? — planes are outdoors, right?

—— TV

• Can I Skip It? — this is a neat idea. It tells you which episodes are essential and which you can skip in a show. Unfortunately, it only has a guide for X-Files. I guess, they don't film show the way they used to any more.
• Can I Has a Show plz? — give it three shows you like and it will recommend you another.
• Can I Binge? — tv show binge calculator.

—— Games

• Can It Run Doom? — technically it's not Can I but it's too cool to skip. It's an extensive database of Doom running on things that are not a first-choice platform. There are challenges, too.
• Can It Game? — a big database of PC with a gaming slant.
• Can I Host a Minecraft Server? —probably outdated.
• Can I Play Ingress After 27 May? — checks if your phone can run Ingress.
• Can I Hit This? — DnD attack calculator. Initiative tracker as a bonus.
• Can I Win? — holdem poker odds calculator.

—— Cars

• Can I Tow This? — towing calculator. I don't understand anything here but it seem like it might be USA-specific.
• Can I Afford a Car? — car calculator.
• Can I Afford? — can you afford a luxury vehicle like a Tesla Model Y or Porsche 911?

—— Other tools

• Can I Text 911? — this is for the USA.
• Can I Tell My Boss to Fuck Off? and Can I Tell My Boss to Shove It? — these are basically the same. FIRE calculator, I guess.
• Can I Take This Class? — predict your chances of getting the classes you want at UIUC. Works (only) at every four year university in Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA.
• Can I Have Another Beer? — shows you closest bars on a map.
• Can I Compost It? — apparently composting is not as simple as one might think.
• Can I Airfry It? — airfying is at least as complex as composting.
• Can I be Yours ❤️? — generalisation of relationship establishment. Now you are not confined by the limitations of Tinder. With this you can find a boyfriend, a girlfriend, or even an enemy.
• Can I Send You an Email? — social networking the old school way.
• Can I be pwned? — no affiliataion to Have I been pwned?. Not sure how trustworthy this is.
• Can I Secure …? — a bunch of guide on how to be secure on the internet.
• Can I Publish This? — helps figuring out whether you can get in trouble for publishing stuff. USA-centric.
• Can I Jailbreak? — a succinct guide to iOS jailbreaking. A bit outdated.
• Can I Automate? — PC part picker for smart home stuff.

#tools #tool #BeautifulWeb #BeautifulInternet

The Flipbook Experiment
Help draw the longest flipbook animation ever.
https://pudding.cool/projects/flipbook/
#beautifulweb #data #datavisualization #music

if you run a static website or blog, this post is for you. https://mademistakes.com/notes/goodbye-gatsby-hello-hugo/ #indieweb #beautifulweb #SSG #OpenSource cc @gohugoio

@jonkeegan my pleasure! I’m keeping a whole #beautifulweb list of sites like yours. https://brunoamaral.eu/bookmarks/?t=beautifulweb

Beautiful Public Data
A curated selection of visually interesting datasets collected by local, state and federal government agencies. By @jonkeegan
https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/
#beautifulweb #data #datavisualization #dataviz

CarbonBombs.org
CarbonBombs.org is a tool to follow the evolution of carbon bombs in the world.
https://www.carbonbombs.org/
#beautifulweb #carbon #climatechange

The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/
#anildash #beautifulweb #indieweb

The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/
#anildash #beautifulweb #indieweb

The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/
#anildash #beautifulweb #indieweb

The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/
#anildash #beautifulweb #indieweb

@dweinberger I’m going to save this under #beautifulweb 😁

YouTune
A random player for youtube
https://youtune.glitch.me/
#beautifulweb #digitalart #youtube