#websurfing — Public Fediverse posts

MakeUseOf: This website literally walks you through the coolest parts of the internet. “I once discovered a website that allows me to listen to radio stations from around the world for free. But this time, I might have found one that’s even better: Viralwalk, a website that allows me to discover some of the coolest sites on the web. I’d give fair warning: don’t visit this website if you […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/12/makeuseof-this-website-literally-walks-you-through-the-coolest-parts-of-the-internet/

Ars Technica: We let OpenAI’s “Agent Mode” surf the web for us—here’s what happened. “I wanted to put Atlas’ Agent Mode through its paces to see if it could really save me time in doing the kinds of tedious online tasks I plod through every day. In each case, I’ll outline a web-based problem, lay out the Agent Mode prompt I devised to try to solve it, and describe the results. My […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/25/ars-technica-we-let-openais-agent-mode-surf-the-web-for-us-heres-what-happened/

Safety First: Always web surf between the flags.

#WebSurfing #WebSafety

MakeUseOf: Sick of Too Many Tabs? These Simple Tricks Saved Me . “My web browsers used to look chaotic at best. A random website open in one tab, Google Docs in another, and perhaps a video to listen to while I worked with some extra tabs involving research pages. Eventually, I got fed up with working like this, and some simple tweaks changed everything.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/02/makeuseof-sick-of-too-many-tabs-these-simple-tricks-saved-me/

I need a browser extension that blocks every fucking cookie and every fucking request made outside the domain im visiting.

I believe this is the way.

#Internet #Web #WebSurfing #Browser #Browsers #Technology #BrowserExtension #Cookies #Tracking #BrowserTracking

#introtoot

I'm what you might call a professional lurker upon the web. Okay maybe professional is a bit extreme; let's just say I'm a connoisseur of #websurfing with a minor in weblurking.

I've grown up alongside the #interwebz and drenched myself in the various stages, waves, and phases of its evolution. As a consequence, my interests are similarly scattered and all-encompassing. But mostly I like patterns: from the cognitive to the pixelated.

So, hello 👋

#introductions #pinnedpost

@atomicpoet Oh how I miss the old StumbleUpon. I lost hours there and met great people too. It's inheritor, Mix, never hit the same mark. #WebSurfing #StumbleUpon, #OldInternet