Some websites

Cereal Offers

http://cerealoffers.com


Thin clients

https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin


Motorway services

https://motorwayservices.uk





So What?

  • We should make more websites like these.

Thank you

  • Mark Johnson
  • @marxjohnson@indieweb.social

* There's a lot of talk about "rewilding" the web, reinvigorating the kind of web we had before social media took over. * But what does that look like? * There are still sites around today that keep this spirit alive. * Lets have a look at some.

- Do you remember getting a toy in your cereal when you were a kid?

- cerealoffers.com

- "What I hope will become the most comprehensive website of UK cereal promotions over the years.

- For example, if I look at Shreddies offers from the 90s, I can see the Power Ranger Secret ID book. - I remember collecting these when I was in primary school

- They were a little cardboard booklet which hinged one way to show you the Power Ranger, and the other way to show you their secret identity - When I was 6, this blew my tiny little mind.

- The next website is all about Thin Clients

- Compiled by a man named David Parkinson, thanks David! * If you're looking for a low-powered device to run as an always-on system, as I recently was, this is the site for you.

- It isn't a comprehensive list of all thin clients on the market, past and present.

- It does have a section about the Wyse 5070, which I run as a home server - This include all the available configurations and connectors.

- It also details some possible mods, including bodging a second SSD into the Wi-Fi card's PCIe port.

- The last site I'm going to show your is all about Motorway service stations

- This is motorwayservices.uk

- They maintain what is almost-certainly the country's largest database or motorway services. - I dont think I could name a larger one. - The website helps you answer questions like

- Which services stations featured the "Holy Trinity"? - McDonalds, Burger King and KFC - Woodall and...

- Fleet services! - Special to me as Fleet is where I grew up - There is no longer a McDonald's at Fleet services, but it is still notable for

- The Scott Mills footbridge - Unfortunately,

- While Scott Mills' endorsement helped maintain Fleet's social standing, in some respects its status as a *cultural icon* - especially among younger drivers - has been lost to Cobham.

* This is mainly factual stuff, but it probably doesn't belong on wikipedia. * It's cool to be able to find out about nerdy stuff in lots of detail. * You probably know lots about a particular subject and could make a website like this. * It's doesn't matter if it's not great, put it out there and improve it later.