Before the internet sucked, people used to make their own websites...no ads and no subscriptions - just for fun!

The INTERBONG is an independent library of intriguing links to lesser known sites or artists. This content below is not being promoted to you, nor generated by some tech bro's algorithms trying to "build engagement" or "maximize revenues" -- but rather is a human-curated selection of some of my favorite websites. No ads, no trackers, no analytics, no sponsors, no logins, no revenue, no crap.

Some of these are long gone from active hosting, but where possible the Wayback Machine link is still posted.

THE EVERLASTING BLORT

	Everlasting Blort This is really the bible of excellent oddities and intriguing links from the wild internet.

CARTOONS, ART & ANIMATION

	Steve Armstrong Excellent drawings of "mostly robots, monsters and aliens"
	Hans Hoogerbrugge - NAILS series Dutch flash animation
	Cyriak Animation like you've never seen before
	Nathan Pyle Aliens come to earth and examine the strange society of humankind
	Nicholas Gurewitch Twisted comic strips for the cynical citizens
	Dave Contra Can we truly ever get enough of cynical dark humour comic strips? I think not.
	Holly Carden Awesome illustrations made by a real human
	Ming the Merciless Weird interactive world of awesomeness from the days of flash
	Red Meat A comic strip that is the exact opposite of Family Circus

PODCASTS

	The Practical Guide to Nothing in Particular PGNIP - Canadian's best satire podcast and short audio skits
	WireTap on CBC Radio Jonathan Goldstein's Wiretap was the first of its kind, the perfect mix of deadpan self-deprecating humour, bizarre phone calls and super weird stories set to musical beats
	99 Percent Invisible A podcast examining the architecture, patterns, trends and incentives that exist invisibly behind society. Some of my favourite episodes: 1 2 3

DIY TECHNOLOGY & CONTRAPTIONS

	The Cannonball Run (2007) A detailed account of the technology and big balls Alex Roy employed on his record-setting drive from coast to coast...average speed, 90mph.
	Crazy Rocketman This old feller REALLY likes building jet engines, and attaches them to motorcycles, skateboards, santa sleds
	Cockeyed A true internet pioneer, Rob Cockerham explores all manners of measuring, pranking and building contraptions
	Afro Tech Mods The entire site used to look like this and THIS - which was awesome! But now it's all sanitized and boring.
	Watching YouTube on a Commodore Pet Man figures out how to hack a 1982 Commodore Pet to display modern YouTube videos as ASCII text
	Survival Research Labs Would you like to see a machine that can hurl 2x4's 800ft at 200mph?
	The Radioactive Boy Scout True story of a Michigan teenager who, for funsies, built a nuclear reactor in his garden shed

MUSIC

	Citizen Freak A huge collection of obscure Canadian music from the 1960s-80s
	Bob Log Tour Diary "Hello I am Bob Log III. I would like to share a little secret with you. I have found every song sounds better if you imagine tits clapping together in it." Page 1 2 3 4 5 6
	Vladimir Vysotsky Kinda like the 1970's Soviet version of Tom Waits
	Uno B. Lee and the Variables Great songs from the single most undergroundiest musician in Canada. Give him some plays!

LONG FORM WRITING

	Excerpt from Cory Doctorow's Unauthorized Bread From the man who coined "Enshittification", a story of the near future when even your toaster needs a subscription
	Ed Zitron Ed posts scathing articles about the utter bullshit of the AI boom, and its impending collapse
	Employee 0000 One of the best stories of corporate slacking ever written
	Undercover reporter gets hired as a private prison guard in Louisiana This is a long read, and very disturbing.

COMEDY

	Nikki Payne Canadian comedienne from Nova Scotia. May contain swear words and naughty bits.
	TV Go Home Parody British TV Guide listings from the very early 2000's, written by Charlie Brooker (of Black Mirror fame). Another favorite page here
	Half Bakery Kinda drunk and came up with a great new idea to improve something? Post it here
	Hola Amigos! The Onion's Jim Anchower archives A young man's neverending quest for cheap cars, cheap beer and good times
	The Arcata Police Log "11:33 p.m. A busy man outside a Plaza bar balanced out his personal hydrology by peeing in the street while holding a beer. He somehow found time between moisture management mandates to bang on passing vehicles with a bat."
	Modern Man - George Carlin One of my favorite skits of all time - George truly was a high concept, low profile, medium range ballistic missionary.
	The Beaverton Canada's best satire news site
	The Outback Backpacker A fascinating tale of travels to VERY rural Newfoundland. Bonus points for fabricating a complete municipal website for the town.
	How to be Deadly The original short film about Newfie legend, Donnie Dumphy. Features advanced chirping that was 4 years before Letterkenny.

MISC and I DON'T EVEN KNOW, MAN...

	The Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group You will never look at bread bag clips the same way again!
	Glurt Stickers Canada's greatest independent free mail-order stickery project
	The Mojave Phone Booth A lonely pay phone booth in the middle of the desert attracted random callers from around the world
	Cowboy Boot Poetry Archive Finally! Soon to be adapted to an 8hr Netflix mini-series
	Hyper-Reality A terrifyingly prescient art project that shows the future of daily life with augmented reality overlays.
	Internet Anagram Servers Type in your friend's names and make funny or rude anagrams!
	Gobler Toys Thoughtful and delightful and bizarre children's toys
	The Forbidden Toys Another marvellous batch of extremely weird and demented kid's toys
	Hats of Meat A guide to the modern fashion of wearing raw meat on the head