New additions to the HooBoy directory.https://hooboy.net/https://hooboy.net/entries/seat61/https://hooboy.net/entries/seat61/One person’s train-travel obsession turned into one of the web’s best practical travel resources.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/tldraw/https://hooboy.net/entries/tldraw/A polished whiteboard for sketching systems quickly, with enough structure to survive beyond the first doodle.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/pcgamingwiki/https://hooboy.net/entries/pcgamingwiki/A textbook example of useful web curation: compatibility fixes, launch options, and annoyances documented by people who care.Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/fonts-in-use/https://hooboy.net/entries/fonts-in-use/One of the most useful typography references on the web because it shows type in actual use.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/our-world-in-data/https://hooboy.net/entries/our-world-in-data/One of the few data sites that pairs charts with enough explanation to prevent shallow reading.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/mdn/https://hooboy.net/entries/mdn/Still the best front-line documentation for web platform work because it explains behavior, not just syntax.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/mit-ocw/https://hooboy.net/entries/mit-ocw/One of the few course archives that still feels like real course material rather than a teaser.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/htmx/https://hooboy.net/entries/htmx/A sharply argued web-development tool and documentation site that makes old ideas feel newly usable.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/timeanddate/https://hooboy.net/entries/timeanddate/One of the quietly indispensable utility sites of the web, especially for time zones and calendars.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/excalidraw/https://hooboy.net/entries/excalidraw/The fastest way to sketch a process, interface, or rough idea without fighting the software first.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/desmos/https://hooboy.net/entries/desmos/A graphing calculator that turns abstract math into immediate visual feedback with almost no setup.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/radiooooo/https://hooboy.net/entries/radiooooo/A time-traveling music listener that is strange enough to be delightful and organized enough to keep using.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/finra-brokercheck/https://hooboy.net/entries/finra-brokercheck/A practical public lookup that lets you inspect a financial professional before trusting them.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/museum-of-endangered-sounds/https://hooboy.net/entries/museum-of-endangered-sounds/A tiny cultural archive that captures the noises whole generations instantly recognize.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/public-domain-review/https://hooboy.net/entries/public-domain-review/A beautifully edited portal into old, strange, and surprisingly relevant material from the public domain.Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/reelgood/https://hooboy.net/entries/reelgood/A useful alternative streaming guide when you want another source to confirm availability quickly.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/levels-fyi/https://hooboy.net/entries/levels-fyi/Salary transparency done plainly enough that it can reset unrealistic expectations fast.Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/apod/https://hooboy.net/entries/apod/A tiny enduring corner of the web where curiosity, imagery, and brief explanation still coexist gracefully.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/astro-docs/https://hooboy.net/entries/astro-docs/Framework documentation written clearly enough that architectural intent stays visible alongside the API.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/smithsonian-open-access/https://hooboy.net/entries/smithsonian-open-access/A gift to anyone who needs public-domain cultural material without legal fog or scavenger-hunt UX.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/nhs-couch-to-5k/https://hooboy.net/entries/nhs-couch-to-5k/A simple public training plan that has helped an enormous number of people start running sanely.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/co-optimus/https://hooboy.net/entries/co-optimus/A niche solved well: finding co-op information without digging through promotional copy and forum hearsay.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/epicurious/https://hooboy.net/entries/epicurious/Still useful as a recipe archive, especially when you know roughly what you are after already.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/nih/https://hooboy.net/entries/nih/A useful top-level gateway to U.S. biomedical institutions, resources, and public information.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/freesound/https://hooboy.net/entries/freesound/An extraordinarily useful sound library when you need one specific noise more than a glossy music platform.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/poetry-foundation/https://hooboy.net/entries/poetry-foundation/A straightforward poetry archive that remains worth visiting when you want the poem, not content around it.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/w3c-validator/https://hooboy.net/entries/w3c-validator/Still useful because boring standards checks save time that glossy tooling prefers to waste.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/who/https://hooboy.net/entries/who/Best used when you want the institutional source documents rather than summaries of the source documents.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/ssa/https://hooboy.net/entries/ssa/Useful public-reference material for benefits, retirement basics, and official answers to common confusion.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/musicbrainz/https://hooboy.net/entries/musicbrainz/Structured music metadata that keeps paying off anywhere credits, aliases, or discographies matter.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/wolframalpha/https://hooboy.net/entries/wolframalpha/A computational answer engine that remains unmatched when the question is structured enough to compute.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/gardeners-world/https://hooboy.net/entries/gardeners-world/A strong practical gardening site with enough plant-by-plant specificity to keep it from becoming decoration.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/justwatch/https://hooboy.net/entries/justwatch/It answers the practical question first: where can I watch this thing right now?Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/atlas-obscura/https://hooboy.net/entries/atlas-obscura/A travel site that keeps the world feeling strange, specific, and bigger than recommendation algorithms suggest.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/public-books/https://hooboy.net/entries/public-books/Criticism for readers who want intelligence on the page, not hot takes wearing academic clothing.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/squoosh/https://hooboy.net/entries/squoosh/A clean image optimizer that makes compression choices visible instead of hiding them behind presets.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/howlongtobeat/https://hooboy.net/entries/howlongtobeat/A practical expectation-setting tool that answers one of the first questions people actually have.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/80000-hours/https://hooboy.net/entries/80000-hours/Career thinking with unusual seriousness, even if you do not share every premise behind the framework.Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/nts/https://hooboy.net/entries/nts/Internet radio with real programming judgment, deep archives, and a sense that music discovery can still surprise you.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/measure-of-things/https://hooboy.net/entries/measure-of-things/A wonderfully specific reference for making physical scale legible through concrete comparisons.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/inaturalist/https://hooboy.net/entries/inaturalist/Part field guide, part public record of observation, and genuinely excellent for identifying living things.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/physiopedia/https://hooboy.net/entries/physiopedia/A specialized rehabilitation resource that is often useful even for people outside the profession.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/smithsonian-magazine/https://hooboy.net/entries/smithsonian-magazine/A general-interest publication with enough archival and science depth to justify a place in rotation.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/openalex/https://hooboy.net/entries/openalex/A modern scholarly index that makes tracing authors, topics, and citation neighborhoods much less painful.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/google-arts-culture/https://hooboy.net/entries/google-arts-culture/Uneven but often excellent, especially when you want high-resolution access to collections scattered across institutions.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/devdocs/https://hooboy.net/entries/devdocs/The best documentation aggregator for people who want one fast searchable tab instead of ten.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/the-spruce/https://hooboy.net/entries/the-spruce/Broad home reference that often does the humble service of answering the straightforward question competently.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/pauls-online-math-notes/https://hooboy.net/entries/pauls-online-math-notes/A plain old web resource that keeps saving students because the explanations are clear and the examples are abundant.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/earth-nullschool/https://hooboy.net/entries/earth-nullschool/A beautiful wind and weather visualization that stays useful because the data remains the point.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/national-archives/https://hooboy.net/entries/national-archives/Public records are only useful if you can find them; this site generally respects that fact.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/google-flights/https://hooboy.net/entries/google-flights/A commercial service that belongs here because the route search is genuinely excellent.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/sep/https://hooboy.net/entries/sep/Authoritative philosophy articles written like scholarship, not filler, and still navigable by determined non-specialists.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/artsy/https://hooboy.net/entries/artsy/A commercial art site that still earns attention through artist pages, context, and collection discovery.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/have-i-been-pwned/https://hooboy.net/entries/have-i-been-pwned/A practical public service that tells people something concrete about their exposure.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/paris-review/https://hooboy.net/entries/paris-review/The interviews alone justify bookmarking it, and the rest of the archive is not ornamental either.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/tiny-desk/https://hooboy.net/entries/tiny-desk/A concert archive that makes musicians legible again by putting performance before production gloss.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/nps/https://hooboy.net/entries/nps/Trip planning, historical context, maps, and alerts from the people responsible for the parks themselves.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/edx/https://hooboy.net/entries/edx/A large course catalog that remains worthwhile because enough real institutions still publish substantial material there.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/ebird/https://hooboy.net/entries/ebird/Birding data that scales from backyard curiosity to migration pattern research without changing tone.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/examine/https://hooboy.net/entries/examine/A better-than-average supplement reference because it keeps evidence summaries near the claims.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/roadtrippers/https://hooboy.net/entries/roadtrippers/Still handy for road-route planning, though more of the good stuff now sits behind product layers.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/regex101/https://hooboy.net/entries/regex101/A debugging surface for regular expressions that turns black magic back into inspectable mechanics.Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/does-the-dog-die/https://hooboy.net/entries/does-the-dog-die/A practical trigger-reference site that solves a real pre-watch problem with specificity.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/old-maps-online/https://hooboy.net/entries/old-maps-online/A terrific gateway into dispersed historic map collections, especially when you know the place before the period.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/budget-bytes/https://hooboy.net/entries/budget-bytes/Practical cooking organized around cost without becoming joyless or pretending canned shortcuts are a philosophy.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/remove-bg/https://hooboy.net/entries/remove-bg/Background removal that is fast enough to be useful and good enough for everyday web work.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/jstor-daily/https://hooboy.net/entries/jstor-daily/A rare general-interest publication that consistently links the present back to real scholarship.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/window-swap/https://hooboy.net/entries/window-swap/A simple premise that becomes unexpectedly restorative: look out someone else’s window for a minute.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/gamefaqs/https://hooboy.net/entries/gamefaqs/The text guides still matter because text remains the fastest format for many game problems.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/cfpb/https://hooboy.net/entries/cfpb/Consumer-finance guidance with a clearer public-service orientation than most commercial money sites.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/the-kitchn/https://hooboy.net/entries/the-kitchn/A useful mid-point between recipe database and home-cooking publication, especially for weeknight problem-solving.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/longreads/https://hooboy.net/entries/longreads/A reliable route to substantial journalism and personal essays without making discovery itself exhausting.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/photopea/https://hooboy.net/entries/photopea/A remarkably capable browser image editor that solves real production tasks when desktop software is out of reach.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/caniuse/https://hooboy.net/entries/caniuse/A crucial reality check between browser-feature enthusiasm and what users can actually run.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/libretexts/https://hooboy.net/entries/libretexts/A large open-textbook network that is most valuable once you learn how to search within it.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/tmdb/https://hooboy.net/entries/tmdb/Cleaner than many competitors and often faster when you just need reliable metadata and art.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/nypl-digital-collections/https://hooboy.net/entries/nypl-digital-collections/A strong digital collection site with enough metadata and image quality to support actual work.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/discogs/https://hooboy.net/entries/discogs/The release metadata is the real product here, and it remains deeply useful for collectors and listeners.Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/genius/https://hooboy.net/entries/genius/Crowd annotation for lyrics and cultural lines, best when you need context more than transcription.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/adobe-color/https://hooboy.net/entries/adobe-color/A color tool that stays relevant because it helps you compare and refine palettes instead of merely generating them.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/owasp/https://hooboy.net/entries/owasp/Security reference that still matters because it keeps common failures named and documented publicly.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/pubmed/https://hooboy.net/entries/pubmed/The default front door for biomedical papers because it stays centered on finding literature rather than selling access.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/drugscom/https://hooboy.net/entries/drugscom/Broad medication reference that stays useful because interaction and dosage basics are easy to find.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/steamdb/https://hooboy.net/entries/steamdb/An indispensable companion to Steam because it exposes the metadata Valve leaves implied or hidden.Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/trove/https://hooboy.net/entries/trove/Australia’s national-library search portal is a model of how broad cultural collections should feel online.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/retroachievements/https://hooboy.net/entries/retroachievements/A smart layer around classic games that adds goals without mangling what made them worth revisiting.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/calcom/https://hooboy.net/entries/calcom/Scheduling software that exposes enough of the mechanics to feel like a tool instead of a funnel.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/apartment-therapy/https://hooboy.net/entries/apartment-therapy/There is still useful home advice here, though the site has grown busier and thinner than its best period.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/quora/https://hooboy.net/entries/quora/There are still occasional useful answers here, but the signal is now buried under prompts, spam, and friction.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/rome2rio/https://hooboy.net/entries/rome2rio/Excellent for answering the messy transit question between two places when the route is not obvious.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/whosampled/https://hooboy.net/entries/whosampled/One of the web’s purest pleasures: a database that makes musical lineage visible and immediately listenable.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/sciencedaily/https://hooboy.net/entries/sciencedaily/A decent way to scan new research headlines, provided you click through to the study before believing too much.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/usgs/https://hooboy.net/entries/usgs/Geology, hazards, maps, and water data presented with the calm seriousness the subjects deserve.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/lithub/https://hooboy.net/entries/lithub/A broad literary publication that earns the breadth by publishing interviews, excerpts, and criticism with texture.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/usajobs/https://hooboy.net/entries/usajobs/Clunky, but indispensable if federal work is in scope and rumor is not enough.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/coolors/https://hooboy.net/entries/coolors/Fast palette exploration for moments when you need options now, not a theory lesson first.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/the-pudding/https://hooboy.net/entries/the-pudding/A visual-essay publication that uses interactivity to clarify ideas rather than decorate them.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/coursera/https://hooboy.net/entries/coursera/Commercial, sprawling, and still useful when you need a structured beginner path in a mainstream subject.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/irs/https://hooboy.net/entries/irs/Nobody loves this site, but it remains the canonical answer when tax folklore starts spreading.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/wikidata/https://hooboy.net/entries/wikidata/Messy in places, but invaluable when you need structured facts connected across domains instead of isolated pages.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/metacritic/https://hooboy.net/entries/metacritic/Score aggregation remains useful, though the site has gotten slower, louder, and less pleasant than it was.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/nhs/https://hooboy.net/entries/nhs/A public-service health site that gets right to the practical information people actually came for.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/cloudconvert/https://hooboy.net/entries/cloudconvert/Format conversion done plainly, with broad coverage and less nonsense than most sites in this category.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/docker-docs/https://hooboy.net/entries/docker-docs/A rare product-doc site where the official documentation is often the fastest path to clarity.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/radio-garden/https://hooboy.net/entries/radio-garden/A globe of live radio that turns casual listening into geographic wandering in the best possible way.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/chronicling-america/https://hooboy.net/entries/chronicling-america/Historic newspapers made searchable enough to support real research instead of token browsing.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/stackoverflow/https://hooboy.net/entries/stackoverflow/Still worth searching for old answers first, even if the social climate and surface quality have softened.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/purdue-owl/https://hooboy.net/entries/purdue-owl/Unglamorous, dependable, and still one of the fastest ways to settle a citation or grammar question.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/giant-bomb/https://hooboy.net/entries/giant-bomb/The database and encyclopedic edges remain useful whenever a game’s history is fuzzier than its marketing.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/flightaware/https://hooboy.net/entries/flightaware/Practical flight tracking that is good for delays, arrivals, and sanity checks when the airline page lags.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/open-library/https://hooboy.net/entries/open-library/A public-facing catalog and lending system that makes books feel discoverable again, not trapped in vendor silos.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/king-arthur/https://hooboy.net/entries/king-arthur/An unusually trustworthy baking site where the recipes, measurements, and educational material all hold up.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/roger-ebert/https://hooboy.net/entries/roger-ebert/The archive matters, and the site still gives criticism more room than a score box.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/cern/https://hooboy.net/entries/cern/Worth visiting when you want particle physics from the source instead of flattened science-news retellings.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/brilliant/https://hooboy.net/entries/brilliant/Paid, but unusually good at making mathematical and scientific intuition feel interactive instead of ornamental.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/cdc/https://hooboy.net/entries/cdc/Worth using whenever the subject intersects with public health, prevention, or official guidance.Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/bandcamp/https://hooboy.net/entries/bandcamp/Still the best place to explore independent music when you want context, credits, and a sane listening page.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/nvd/https://hooboy.net/entries/nvd/Still a necessary security reference when you need the official record, not commentary about the record.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/tv-tropes/https://hooboy.net/entries/tv-tropes/Dense, rabbit-hole prone, and still uniquely good at naming narrative patterns you vaguely recognized but could not phrase.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/aeon/https://hooboy.net/entries/aeon/Essays that are paced like essays, edited like essays, and still worth reading years later.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/onet-online/https://hooboy.net/entries/onet-online/Dense but valuable career data, especially when you want skills and tasks spelled out without coaching jargon.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/looperman/https://hooboy.net/entries/looperman/Still a handy public stash of loops and acapellas when you need raw material quickly.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/british-pathe/https://hooboy.net/entries/british-pathe/Historic footage indexed well enough that you can search history by mood, event, or image.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/food52/https://hooboy.net/entries/food52/A food publication that remains worth checking when you want ideas shaped by cooks rather than search demand.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/openstreetmap/https://hooboy.net/entries/openstreetmap/A public map of the world that becomes more impressive the more specific your local question gets.Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/behance/https://hooboy.net/entries/behance/Still useful for seeing finished design work presented by the people who made it.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/unesco-whc/https://hooboy.net/entries/unesco-whc/Useful when a destination’s cultural or natural significance matters as much as the logistics.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/speedrun/https://hooboy.net/entries/speedrun/Runs, leaderboards, and route culture made legible, even if you are only there to understand a game better.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/library-of-congress/https://hooboy.net/entries/library-of-congress/A giant public institution site that actually rewards serious searching with scans, records, and durable metadata.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/neal-fun/https://hooboy.net/entries/neal-fun/Playful interactive pages that often sneak real scale, history, or systems thinking into the fun.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/cleveland-clinic/https://hooboy.net/entries/cleveland-clinic/A strong hospital information library that is detailed enough to be useful without becoming impenetrable.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/fandom/https://hooboy.net/entries/fandom/Still hosts useful fan knowledge, but aggressive ads and clutter often make the knowledge itself hard to reach.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/tinywow/https://hooboy.net/entries/tinywow/A grab bag of file tools that stays practical because the jobs are obvious and the friction stays low.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/investopedia/https://hooboy.net/entries/investopedia/A helpful financial glossary and explainer library when you know enough to ignore the surrounding upsell energy.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/mobygames/https://hooboy.net/entries/mobygames/Historic game metadata, screenshots, and credits arranged like somebody expects you to research them.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/electric-literature/https://hooboy.net/entries/electric-literature/Contemporary literary coverage with enough actual editorial shape to rise above generic book culture chatter.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/merriam-webster/https://hooboy.net/entries/merriam-webster/Reliable dictionary work with etymology, usage notes, and enough example sentences to settle the argument.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/europeana/https://hooboy.net/entries/europeana/A large cultural archive that remains worth using because it lets the underlying objects stay visible.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/pinterest/https://hooboy.net/entries/pinterest/Still occasionally useful for tracing visual motifs, though login pressure and recycled pages have made it worse.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/deepl/https://hooboy.net/entries/deepl/Still the translator people quietly check when machine phrasing matters and tone mistakes will cost them.Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/tldr-pages/https://hooboy.net/entries/tldr-pages/Command-line examples distilled to the part you actually needed when opening the page.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/imdb/https://hooboy.net/entries/imdb/Still the quickest way to identify cast, credits, release years, and adjacent titles.Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/met-museum/https://hooboy.net/entries/met-museum/A museum site that behaves like a reference work, with collections you can actually browse and learn from.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/npm/https://hooboy.net/entries/npm/Package metadata, docs links, and version history in one place, even if the ecosystem around it is chaotic.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/ck12/https://hooboy.net/entries/ck12/A broad school-learning resource that works best when you need examples, practice, and an explanation fast.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/noaa/https://hooboy.net/entries/noaa/Weather, oceans, and climate information from the people who actually measure the planet.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/recipe-tin-eats/https://hooboy.net/entries/recipe-tin-eats/A popular recipe site that earns the popularity by being consistently usable and specific.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/wirecutter/https://hooboy.net/entries/wirecutter/Still useful when you want a starting recommendation and a decent explanation of what matters in the category.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/project-gutenberg/https://hooboy.net/entries/project-gutenberg/The classics in simple, durable form, which matters more than elegant branding ever could.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/wikivoyage/https://hooboy.net/entries/wikivoyage/A genuinely useful travel guide because it remains organized around what a traveler needs on the ground.Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/encyclopedia-of-life/https://hooboy.net/entries/encyclopedia-of-life/A broad species reference that works best when you need a public starting point with linked context.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/colossal/https://hooboy.net/entries/colossal/An art and design publication that still surfaces work you are glad somebody pointed out.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/allmusic/https://hooboy.net/entries/allmusic/An old-school guide to recordings, genres, and related listening that still helps when algorithms flatten taste.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/pdf24/https://hooboy.net/entries/pdf24/PDF utilities without the usual hostage-taking flow, covering merge, split, compress, and conversion cleanly.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/cabinet-magazine/https://hooboy.net/entries/cabinet-magazine/A long-running cabinet of curiosities in magazine form, full of intelligent detours worth taking.Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/marginalian/https://hooboy.net/entries/marginalian/An idiosyncratic reading life turned into a public archive, best enjoyed when you want thinking rather than updates.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/medlineplus/https://hooboy.net/entries/medlineplus/Government-backed health information with solid sourcing and less commercial pressure than most health sites.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/david-rumsey/https://hooboy.net/entries/david-rumsey/Historic maps presented with the care and zoom depth that make long attention worthwhile.Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/occupational-outlook/https://hooboy.net/entries/occupational-outlook/Still the sanest place to begin career research because it mixes pay, growth, and actual job duties.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/openstax/https://hooboy.net/entries/openstax/Open textbooks that are actually usable, complete, and good enough to displace expensive default options.Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/nodejs-docs/https://hooboy.net/entries/nodejs-docs/Official docs that are worth using directly once you stop expecting a tutorial voice from them.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/moma/https://hooboy.net/entries/moma/Strong collection pages, solid essays, and enough context to make browsing online more than a souvenir experience.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/boardgamegeek/https://hooboy.net/entries/boardgamegeek/Chaotic to look at, but still the deepest public reference for tabletop games and rules discussions.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/serious-eats/https://hooboy.net/entries/serious-eats/Still one of the best recipe sites because technique explanations remain attached to the food.Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/duolingo/https://hooboy.net/entries/duolingo/Good at creating daily language momentum, especially for beginners who need repetition before nuance.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/letterboxd/https://hooboy.net/entries/letterboxd/Useful because the lists are public, the tone is human, and the film data is easy to move through.Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/github/https://hooboy.net/entries/github/Useful not because everything good is there, but because so much modern software reality is visible there.Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/britannica/https://hooboy.net/entries/britannica/Still useful when you want a cleaner, more synthesized overview before diving into primary material.Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/bbc-bitesize/https://hooboy.net/entries/bbc-bitesize/Surprisingly useful beyond its official audience, especially for fast concept refreshers without educational theater.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/internet-archive/https://hooboy.net/entries/internet-archive/An indispensable public memory machine whose usefulness only grows as more of the web becomes brittle.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/sec-edgar/https://hooboy.net/entries/sec-edgar/Public-company filings from the source, which is where serious financial reading should usually start.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/worldcat/https://hooboy.net/entries/worldcat/The fastest way to figure out whether a book exists, which edition matters, and where it is nearby.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/mayo-clinic/https://hooboy.net/entries/mayo-clinic/One of the better large medical-information sites for readable symptom and condition overviews.Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/criterion-collection/https://hooboy.net/entries/criterion-collection/Excellent essays, synopses, and extras make this worth visiting even when you are not shopping.Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/khan-academy/https://hooboy.net/entries/khan-academy/Still the cleanest open path from confusion to competence in school-level math, science, and economics.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/nasa/https://hooboy.net/entries/nasa/Still one of the best public science sites because the missions, imagery, and educational material are all first-party.Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hooboy.net/entries/wikipedia/https://hooboy.net/entries/wikipedia/The web’s best general reference because it combines breadth, revision history, and a path outward to sources.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT