Websites
Do you like history? This one is a map of the world with a sliding-year scale so if you want to see what the world looked like in 1862...
Websites
Do you like history? This one is a map of the world with a sliding-year scale so if you want to see what the world looked like in 1862...
If you have one you like, share it here.
https://realultimatepower.net/
(it seems like the link on the main page is broken, this is on OLD site), Here is where the main one is supposed to go to: https://www.realultimatepower.net/ninja/ninja2.htm
nuff said
The Wayback Machine on archive.org. Look up old websites that have disappeared, or see what people were saying on the GRM forums in 2008. Plenty of other cool stuff there too.
In reply to aircooled :
I haven't thought about that website in a good 20 years. Wow.
In reply to Toyman! :
I wasted so much time on that sight last night. The rulers/people/battles features are really cool, too.
In reply to Colin Wood :
If you ever doubled whether the human race is war-like, look at the battles. There are battles almost every year, all over the world.
Being able to click on them and read the details is very interesting.
I know I've mentioned it plenty of times before, but Atlas Obscura is an excellent resource if you're looking for oddball/kitschy things to do around the country (and the world). I definitely spend too much time adding places to my Google Maps. You know, just in case. 
I also like to browse Radio Garden and listen to different radio broadcasts around the world. Australia has some pretty good stations.
In reply to Colin Wood :
Oh, that sounds like a great way to plan trips and stuff. I'm adding it to my favorites bar.
Dont mind me, I'm just bookmarking this thread after I wasted a solid 20mins on atlas Obscura, haha.
I feel like I should at least add something, so I'll throw something a little different into the mix-
timeanddate.com is a great resource for, well, pretty much everything. Set a coordinate point, and it'll tell you everything you'd like to know from a time and weather perspective- Historical averages, past storms, sunrise/sunset times/daylight values, moon phases and angles... It's very robust.
Mad scientist MTB is a bike geometry and calculation website.
Yes, I am a nerd. Bike geometry is fascinating stuff, especially in regards to off-road performance.
It's also great fun to compare modern bike geometry to MTB geo figures from the 90s and early 00s. It's astonishing we survived to build a better mountain bike...
https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer
With this I discovered that the woods in my back yard are not from time immemorial, as the neighbor lady said when trying to shame me from clearing them, but from the mid 70s when someone just let the field grow fallow (probably the same people who dumped their trash all over it).
1940s household stuff
http://www.jitterbuzz.com/decfur.html
Flip clock Forums
www.flipclockfans.com/forum/
Smoking meat (real meats, not tires) forum
www.smokingmeatforums.com/forums/
Antique automobile club of America
https://forums.aaca.org/?_ga=2.82306526.956696438.1671550120-1511441439.1666881727 ppl
List of Hot wheels models
https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_2024_Hot_Wheels
Sears catalogs and wish books
In reply to prowlerjc :
That is awesome. I remember spending hours digging through the Christmas editions.
A bunch of web cams set up at various spots in Africa. Great large animal spotting
https://worldcams.tv/rsa/south-africa-wild
In reply to Recon1342 :
I was one of the guys replacing the 46 or 42 chain ring with a Rock Ring because our trails weren't that fast but had a lot of 2-3' logs across them.
The 90s were the pinnacle of mountain bike geometry once the fad of ultra short chainstays passed, and downhilling ruined things for us trail riders.
*mic drop*
Toyman! said:In reply to Colin Wood :
If you ever doubled whether the human race is war-like, look at the battles. There are battles almost every year, all over...
All land is stolen land....
Website contribution: Yarchive
A whole lot of saved posts from various listservs, mailing lists, and USENET, from the 80s and 90s. Lots of interesting info on various topics, in textfile format and grouped by general subject.
What's fascinating is that it stretches back enough to get first person accounts from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, with a focus on aviation. Want to read accounts from people who were at Rabaul, or one of the Flying Tigers? It's there.
Want to read about a former Porsche engineer complaining at length about their sticking with air cooling long past its sell by date? It's there too. Want to read about how to machine stainless steel? There too...
I discovered it around 2002 and it pleases me that it hasn't gone dark.
In reply to Colin Wood :
Radio Garden is awesome! My favorite is North & Beyond out of Hammerfest, Norway. I love throwing on N&B as I'm starting my work day; they play a lot of chill beats (think Sega Bodega) that help me get through the morning glut of emails and phone calls.
I've had a particular cartoon stuck in my head since 1978. I read it when it came out. I finally found it on the internet recently. It was "dirtdinks." When the bazooka and flamethrower came out I just died.
I've decided to go reread every magazine I bought or subscribed to. lol
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
The rise of the 29er was a godsend for us tall folks.
I'm also a big fan of my modern hardtail. Short-ish chainstays, lots of stack, and a nice long top tube. Soooo comfy.
In reply to Recon1342 :
I like a 18-19" frame and a short head tube with a 150mm straight stem. Makes it easy to loft the front wheel and either get a bunnyhop started or simply just stand up and ride on the back wheel for a while.
With a 35" inseam, I generally bought 400mm seat posts 
Sitting up like a modern bike was hell on my back, even 30 years ago. I like a low handlebar so my upper body weight is on my hands, not my spine.
prowlerjc said:Sears catalogs and wish books
You're MEAN 
I never got the Dukes of Hazzard power wheel from 1983
Pete. (l33t FS) said:prowlerjc said:Sears catalogs and wish books
You're MEAN
I never got the Dukes of Hazzard power wheel from 1983
Must have been naighty...
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