# Resources For one reason or another each of the following links proved to be useful to me over the years. I am pretty good at keeping my bookmarks organized, but I thought making a centralized link repository would be neat, so here we are. ## Toolbox - [Catbox](https://catbox.moe/) – A dead-simple file and image hosting service. I use this primarily for hosting `Webp` files that I link to on old WordPress posts that I am slowly importing into BearBlog. They have otherwise been a resource for years. - [Bypass Paywalls Clean](https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads) – I use this when an article is clearly worth reading but locked behind a paywall. - [1.1.1.1](https://one.one.one.one/) - The free app that makes your Internet faster. - [delphitools](https://delphi.tools/) - A collection of small, low stakes and low effort tools. ### Tools Utilized to Migrate from WordPress to BearBlog - [wordpress-export-to-markdown](https://github.com/lonekorean/wordpress-export-to-markdown) – Converts a WordPress export XML file into Markdown files. It is what I used to convert 15+ years of WordPress posts to usable Markdown files for putting back up on Bear Blog. - [Beautiful Soup](https://pypi.org/project/beautifulsoup4/) – a library that makes it easy to scrape information from web pages. - [markdownifty](https://pypi.org/project/markdownify/) – Converts HTML to Markdown. - [wp2bear](https://mgx.bearblog.dev/wp2bear-wordpress-plugin/) – A plugin for WordPress. The link for it's download is broken, but I leave this link here in case it returns someday. It seemed like the best option but wasn't available at the time. - [Local](https://localwp.com/) – Despite having used WordPress for over twenty years, I had no idea this existed as a way to install it easily locally without all the legwork required for a normal server-side manual installation. As the site says: "An effortless way to develop WordPress sites locally" which is true because I installed this to basically rework an old WordPress export/backup. - [WP Export](https://www.wp-export.com/) – Converts WordPress Posts to JSON and CSV files. Their [GitHub](https://github.com/raykeating/wp-export). ### Icons & Design - [Lucide](https://lucide.dev/) – A crisp, open-source icon library forked from Feather Icons. I reach for this when I want clean, customizable SVG icons without the bloat. - ⭐️ [Logo.dev](https://www.logo.dev/search) – Every company logo, one simple API. - [Iconify](https://icon-sets.iconify.design/) – Another vast home of thousands of open source icons. - [Geist Font](https://vercel.com/font?type=mono) - Geist embodies our **design principles** of simplicity, minimalism, and speed, drawing inspiration from the renowned **Swiss design movement**. ### Network & Admin Utilities - [MxToolbox](https://mxtoolbox.com/) – The "Swiss Army Knife" for email and domain health. I use this to make sure my mail server hasn't ended up on a blacklist. - [WhatsMyDNS](https://www.whatsmydns.net/) – Global DNS propagation. This is my go-to for that "did the site update yet?" anxiety. ### Search & Retrieval - [CachedView](https://cachedview.com/) – A quick way to see cached versions of pages across multiple services. - [Archive.ph](https://archive.ph/) – Creates a permanent snapshot of a webpage even if the original disappears. - [Perma.cc](https://perma.cc/) – Permanent citation links used widely in journalism and academia. ## Security & Privacy - [Passkeys Directory](https://passkeys.directory/) – A live index of which services actually support passkeys. - [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/) – Checks if your email appears in known data breaches. - [Ghostery](https://www.ghostery.com/) – Reveals and blocks trackers embedded across websites. - [BrowserLeaks](https://browserleaks.com/) – Shows what information your browser exposes to websites. ### Disposable Identity - [TempMail](https://temp-mail.space/) – Disposable email addresses for temporary signups. - [SimpleLogin](https://simplelogin.io/) – Open-source email aliasing service for privacy. ## Internet Recon & Analysis - [Shodan](https://www.shodan.io/) – Search engine for internet-connected devices. - [Photon](https://github.com/s0md3v/Photon) – Crawls a website to reveal hidden links and endpoints. - [Wappalyzer](https://www.wappalyzer.com/) – Identifies technologies running on a website. - [SimilarWeb](https://www.similarweb.com/website/) – Traffic and audience estimates for websites. - [PublicWWW](https://publicwww.com/) - Search for any alphanumeric snippet, signature, or keyword within the HTML, JavaScript, and CSS code of web pages. - [SpyFu](https://www.spyfu.com/) – Shows what keywords competitors buy in search ads. - [Metaculus](https://www.metaculus.com/) – Crowd-forecasting platform predicting global events. ## RSS Feeds for Very Specific Things *These don't really belong on a Blogroll so they are listed here instead.* - [SmugMug Release Notes](https://headwayapp.co/smugmug-release-notes/) – They host my photos. - [OpenAI News](https://openai.com/news/) – Official announcements and releases. - [Pocket Casts Blog](https://blog.pocketcasts.com/) – Product updates and platform direction. I have a [[lifetime]] subscription with them so I like to stay informed. - [Telegram Blog](https://telegram.org/blog) – Platform announcements and feature updates. There is **always** something exciting in each update. The way other platforms copy and redux their features, sometimes years later, is almost laughable. - [Ludeon Studios Blog](https://ludeon.com/blog/) – Updates from the creators of RimWorld. ## Surf the Indie/Small Web 🏄 - 🌟 [powRSS](https://powrss.com/) – A public RSS feed aggregator with a mission to support the open, independent web. Bookmark this URL right now and thank me later: `https://powrss.com/random`. - [ooh.directory](https://ooh.directory/) – A collection of 2,370 blogs about every topic. - [BUKMARK.CLUB](https://bukmark.club/) – A collection of websites from across the Internet. To be eligible for a listing in this directory, a website must have a curated collection of bookmarks and/or links to other websites. - [Wiby](https://wiby.me/) – Discover personal websites buried under SEO noise. - [Marginalia Search](https://marginalia-search.com/) – Finds forgotten non-commercial content Big Search rarely surfaces. - [Million Short](https://millionshort.com/) – Removes the top million websites from results to expose the long-tail web. - [Discovery Feed for BearBlog](https://bearblog.dev/discover/?newest=true) – The spot to discover new Bear Blogs. - [Ye Olde Blogroll](https://blogroll.org/) Because blogs are the soul of the web. A humanly curated list of **1110** fine personal & independent blogs and sites that are updated regularly. No algorithms ever! - [Neal.fun](https://neal.fun/) - games and stuff by Neal - [listography](https://listography.com/) - Listography provides users of all ages an easy-to-use tool for creative list writing and sharing. More in depth *[here](https://www.lisanola.com/about)*. ### Minimalist Blogging Platforms - [pico.sh / prose](https://pico.sh/prose) – A minimalist publishing tool that feels closer to writing than “running a site” — good for small, durable prose without infrastructure overhead. - [(ARTICLE) Blog Platforms – Manuel Moreale](https://manuelmoreale.com/blog-platforms) – A comparative overview of mostly all minor and major blogging platforms out there on the web today by Manuel Moreale. ## Bear Blog > Bear Blog gets it's own section because it's our primary and most beloved platform. - [Bear Blog](https://bearblog.dev/) – The blogging platform I actually use. It stays out of the way and lets writing be the whole point. - [Documentation › Bear](https://docs.bearblog.dev/) - [Roadmap › Bear](https://docs.bearblog.dev/roadmap) – A glimpse into where the platform is heading. Useful for trusting long-term stability rather than chasing features. - [Neat Bear Features](https://docs.bearblog.dev/neat-bear-features/) – A quiet list of thoughtful details that explain why Bear Blog is amazing. - [GitHub » Bear Blog](https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/) – The official repository for Bear on GitHub. ### Bear Themes & Tweaks - ⭐️ [BearBlog CSS Playground](https://bear.css.observer/) – test your new themes out here, as it is a bit more of a streamlined experience instead of testing on your live-site. You can tell it your BearBlog URL so you can see the changes over your own content. *A top-tier Bear Blog link.* - [Letterbird](https://letterbird.co/) – A quiet, email-first publishing tool. I see this as writing meant to land gently in someone’s inbox, not compete for attention in a feed. - [listography: writ.](https://listography.com/folkmoss/writ./bearblog_tools) – a farily extensive list of BearBlog tools - [Sylvia's Bear Blog insights](https://sylvia.bearblog.dev/blog/?q=bearblog) - loads of Bear Blog gems and nuggets of information worth taking in. - [Sylvia's Bearblog resources](https://sylvia.bearblog.dev/bearblog-resources/) – Bear Blog resources curated by Sylvia, which works well in tandem with the previous link. - [Hiding Upvote Counters on Bearblog](https://blog.parallax.fyi/small-tip-replacing-the-upvote-text-on-bearblog/) – Avoid metric chasing. Just blog! - [Bearming Theme](https://robertbirming.com/bearming/) – The theme I gravitate toward when I want my site to feel finished without feeling styled. %% ## Fediverse - [Mastodon.help](https://mastodon.help/) – a good 101 page for those completely new to the idea of Mastodon. %% ## Software - [Warp](https://www.warp.dev/) - The Agentic Development Environment - [tldr pages](https://tldr.sh/) - Simplified and community-driven man pages. - [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com/) - Open source binaries of VS Code - [[Firefox]] - [shiftkey/desktop](https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop) - Fork of GitHub Desktop to support various Linux distributions - [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) ## Rabbit Holes - [The Public Domain Review](https://publicdomainreview.org/) – Essays and artifacts pulled from the public domain. I open this when I want to fall sideways into history, art, and forgotten ideas. - [Longform](https://longform.org/) – A curated index of long reads from around the web. I use this when I want to read something substantial and don’t care where the time goes. ## Transparency & Research - [LittleSis](https://littlesis.org/) – Maps relationships between politicians, corporations, and elite networks. - [OpenCorporates](https://opencorporates.com/) – The largest open database of companies worldwide. - [ICIJ Offshore Leaks](https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/) – Database exposing offshore financial networks revealed by the Panama Papers and related investigations. - [Semantic Scholar](https://censys.com/internet-map) - Al-powered search across 200 million research papers free. - [Anna's Archive](https://publicwww.com/) - Largest free shadow library of books and papers. ## Archiving & Permanence - [Archive.ph](https://archive.ph/) – Creates a permanent snapshot of a webpage even if the original disappears. - [Perma.cc](https://perma.cc/) – Permanent citation links used widely in journalism and academia. - [Internet Archive / Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/) – The closest thing the web has to memory. ## Time Capsules - [Space Jam (1996)](https://www.spacejam.com/1996/) – A perfectly frozen slice of mid-90s web design that somehow still exists. I come here to remind myself how weird and earnest the early web was. - [Berkshire Hathaway](https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/) – Famously unchanged for decades. I revisit this as a reminder that usefulness doesn’t require polish or reinvention. - [Places to Telnet](https://telnet.org/htm/places.htm) – A list of fun destinations for telnet. [[Photography.]] ## Cats - [Tiki Cat](https://tikipets.com/cat/) – Wet cat food with simple ingredients and a strong protein focus. I use this as a reference point when evaluating cat food quality. - [Your Cat Backpack – The Fat Cat Backpack](https://yourcatbackpack.com/products/the-fat-cat-cat-backpack) – A structured cat backpack designed for larger cats. I keep this bookmarked for safe transport and outdoor adventures. %% ## AI [OpenClaw](https://openclaw.ai/) - Personal AI Assistant %%