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Boring Websites

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Notes on the internet's quiet, strange, single-purpose corners: the sites that do one odd thing, and the subjects behind them. boringwebsites.blog

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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 4h
Eel Slap is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. eelslap.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 15h
A blank white page. One green button. A narrator who notices every time you move the mouse, then quietly decides you are boring. It is the ad economy performed as a short comedy, and it still runs. boringwebsites.blog/posts/click-...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 22h
Today's Rock — The Sedentary Piece. Dense. Tests declined. 4.10 kg. Indifferent to praise. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-282: The Sedentary Piece. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Dense. Tests declined. Mass: 4.10 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Indifferent to praise. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
100,000 Stars is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. stars.chromeexperiments.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fourteen tiny experiments, no account, no download, no score. Scribble and hear it, watch your own voice turn into colour, then build a song on a grid and share it with one link. boringwebsites.blog/posts/chrome...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A red box turns green, you click, and a website tells you that you are slower than 60 percent of strangers. Twenty minutes later you are still trying to beat the number, which was always the point. boringwebsites.blog/posts/human-...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today's Rock — One Ordinary Mass. Limestone, at heart. 7.97 kg. Content. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-281: One Ordinary Mass. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Limestone, at heart. Mass: 7.97 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Content. Features: Almost symmetrical. Almost.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The True Size Of is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. thetruesize.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You start with air, earth, fire, and water. An hour later you have a browser tab full of 720 things, including a wizard, a galaxy, and a mild case of regret about where the evening went. boringwebsites.blog/posts/little...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Drag Greenland down toward the equator and watch it shrink to a sliver. The standard world map has been lying to you about size your whole life, and this one page proves it in about ten seconds. boringwebsites.blog/posts/the-tr...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today's Rock — An Honest Fragment. Sediment, thoroughly settled. 6.59 kg. Serene. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-280: An Honest Fragment. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Sediment, thoroughly settled. Mass: 6.59 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Serene. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
WindowSwap is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. window-swap.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Somebody trained a neural net on the dictionary and set it loose. It invents words that never existed, defines them, and uses each one in a sentence. Every definition fits a little too well. boringwebsites.blog/posts/this-w...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today's Rock — The Sedentary Mass. Basalt (probably). 8.97 kg. Content. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-279: The Sedentary Mass. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Basalt (probably). Mass: 8.97 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Content. Features: Slightly heavier on the left.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Radio Garden is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. radio.garden
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today's Rock — The Patient Mass. Compacted grey, throughout. 8.83 kg. Indifferent to praise. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-278: The Patient Mass. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Compacted grey, throughout. Mass: 8.83 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Indifferent to praise. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Neal.fun is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. neal.fun
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today's Rock — An Honest Presence. Fine-grained something. 3.52 kg. Quietly smug. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-277: An Honest Presence. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Fine-grained something. Mass: 3.52 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Quietly smug. Features: A pale patch, possibly decorative.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Koalas to the Max is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. koalastothemax.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today's Rock — One Unassuming Object. Fine-grained something. 9.69 kg. Stoic. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-276: One Unassuming Object. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Fine-grained something. Mass: 9.69 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Stoic. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Long Doge Challenge is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. longdogechallenge.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's Rock — A Compact Body. Mineral matter, unspecified. 1.06 kg. Stoic. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-275: A Compact Body. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Mineral matter, unspecified. Mass: 1.06 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Stoic. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Paper Toilet is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. papertoilet.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Most developer portfolios are a list of links. This one hands you a tiny car and a physics engine, then hides the list somewhere you have to drive to find it. boringwebsites.blog/posts/bruno-...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today's Rock — A Quiet Presence. Mostly rock. 4.66 kg. Serene. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-274: A Quiet Presence. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Mostly rock. Mass: 4.66 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Serene. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Find the Invisible Cow is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. findtheinvisiblecow.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Take any film, average every frame down to one color, stack them in order, and you get a stripe you can still read the whole movie in. The Colors of Motion has quietly done this since 2014. boringwebsites.blog/posts/the-co...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today's Rock — A Compact Stone. Schist, allegedly. 6.36 kg. Quietly smug. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-273: A Compact Stone. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Schist, allegedly. Mass: 6.36 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Quietly smug. Features: One suspiciously flat side.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cat Bounce is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. cat-bounce.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pointer Pointer is a small, unusual corner of the web worth a look. pointerpointer.com
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cartoon cat, two bongos, and every key on your keyboard wired to a drum. Bongo Cat has been quietly playing along since 2018, and it still only asks for about forty seconds of your day. boringwebsites.blog/posts/bongo-...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's Rock — A Compact Body. Granite, or near enough. 3.75 kg. Grudging. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-272: A Compact Body. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Granite, or near enough. Mass: 3.75 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Grudging. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Drag a sound onto a cartoon beatboxer and he starts to loop it. Stack a few more and you have a track. Incredibox has turned browsers into tiny recording studios since 2009, no training required. boringwebsites.blog/posts/incred...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One giant circle. Tap it and it splits into four, again and again, until a koala quietly assembles itself. A co-author of the paper that introduced D3 built it for someone he loved. boringwebsites.blog/posts/koalas...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A software engineer in Tokyo wanted to learn JavaScript, so he built a live map of every wind on Earth. Nullschool has animated the whole planet's weather as glowing streamlines since 2013. boringwebsites.blog/posts/nullsc...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Draw a cat in twenty seconds while a neural network shouts guesses at you. Quick, Draw! turned a billion panicked scribbles into the largest open doodle dataset on earth. boringwebsites.blog/posts/quick-...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A single painting that falls into itself forever. Fourteen illustrators built the Zoomquilt in 2004, each painting one panel that melts into the next. It has been quietly looping ever since. boringwebsites.blog/posts/zoomqu...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today's Rock — The Grey Stone. Quartz-adjacent. 5.79 kg. Grudging. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-270: The Grey Stone. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Quartz-adjacent. Mass: 5.79 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Grudging. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pick rain, add a distant fire, mix in a coffee shop, and Noisli builds the exact wall of background noise you need to concentrate. It has quietly been doing this since 2013. boringwebsites.blog/posts/noisli...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Move your mouse, hold still, and a photograph of a total stranger points straight at your cursor. Pointer Pointer does one absurd thing perfectly, and has since 2012. boringwebsites.blog/posts/pointe...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The internet feels like a cloud until you see the 600-plus cables on the seabed that actually carry it. Submarine Cable Map plots every one, and every point where they come ashore. boringwebsites.blog/posts/submar...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today's Rock — A Compact Object. Mostly rock. 5.90 kg. Reserved. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-269: A Compact Object. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Mostly rock. Mass: 5.90 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Reserved. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Two random colors, one grid, no players. Each pixel flips a weighted coin against its neighbors until one color wins by pure chance. Pixels Fighting is a zero-player war you can only watch, and someho… boringwebsites.blog/posts/pixels...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Drag the mouse and every stroke is mirrored into soft, glowing lines. Silk has quietly turned bad handwriting into stained glass since 2011: a drawing toy where the only possible outcome is something that… boringwebsites.blog/posts/silk-t...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today's Rock — The Patient Fragment. Limestone, at heart. 9.44 kg. Patient beyond reason. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-268: The Patient Fragment. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Limestone, at heart. Mass: 9.44 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Patient beyond reason. Features: None.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pick sand, water, fire or acid, draw it on screen, and watch the pixels obey their own physics. Sandspiel is a browser falling-sand world where fire spreads, plants grow and everything can dissolve. boringwebsites.blog/posts/sandsp...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Move your mouse and it flings paint like Pollock; click and the colour changes at random. Miltos Manetas built this wordless canvas in 2003 and it still runs, no paint, no setup, no angst. boringwebsites.blog/posts/jackso...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today's Rock — The Patient Fragment. Fine-grained something. 9.39 kg. Settled. One rock per day, the same rock for everyone, gone forever at midnight UTC. todaysrock.art #TodaysRock #generative #procgen
Specimen № 2026-267: The Patient Fragment. A procedurally generated low-poly grey rock, floating and lit from the upper left. Composition: Fine-grained something. Mass: 9.39 kg, approx. It will not be weighed. Temperament: Settled. Features: A pale patch, possibly decorative.
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For two weeks in 2024, the internet shared one grid of a million checkboxes and ticked it 650 million times. Teens hid binary messages inside. The crowd has gone home, but the boxes are still there. boringwebsites.blog/posts/one-mi...
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Boring Websites @boringwebsites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This Person Does Not Exist shows a photo of a human who has never existed. Reload, and a different not-real stranger appears, just as convincing. A small, repeatable shiver that is hard to stop. boringwebsites.blog/posts/this-p...
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