ZIBALDONE: a heap of things, miscellany

How would I describe myself? Born on Halloween, a reader, I love to dance and sing. I have an MLIS from the University of Washington. Original Star Trek fan, but Harry Potter is my first fandom. Member of the #SPNfamily #AlwaysKeepFighting

[witchtraci]

I'd like to go to bed but I hate to disturb my kitty blanket! #catsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMh1e0LIZJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[witchtraci]

23rd February 2023 #snowday (at Beaverton, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBpfoxv2Ig/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[witchtraci]

I wanted to be her. A part of my childhood has died. #RIP #OliviaNewtonJohn https://www.instagram.com/p/ChBm2uFO0uW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[witchtraci]

I wish the would call it a mental health help line #988mentalhealthlifeline https://www.instagram.com/p/CgGHRAILONa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[witchtraci]

Today's office manager is not helping. 😸🐈 #catsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfez_MTvHxe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[existentialterror]

Sometimes I’m looking for something online - often “how to” articles - and I want to filter for - like - a website that was clearly built in 2010 at the latest, which may or may not have been updated since then, but contains a vast wealth of information on one topic, painstakingly organized by an unknown legend in the field with decades’ worth of experience. I don’t want a listicle with a nice stolen picture in a slideshow format written by a content aggregator that God forgot. I want hand-drawn diagrams by some genius professor who doesn’t understand SEO at all, but understands making stir-fries or raising stick insects better than anyone else on this earth. I don’t know what search settings to put into Google to get this.

[greenjudy]

thank you for articulating this cri de coeur for me

[jumpingjacktrash]

ngl these days i’m just happy when it’s not a video

[averixus]

search.marginalia.nu is the search engine you want!

The search engine calculates a score that aggressively favors text-heavy websites, and punishes those that have too many modern web design features.

This is in a sense the opposite of what most major search engines do, they favor modern websites over old-looking ones. Most links you find here will be nearly impossible to find on a regular search engine, as they aren’t sufficiently search engine optimized.

[ashby-santoso]

“It is a search engine, designed to help you find what you didn’t even know you were looking for. If you search for “Plato”, you might for example end up at the Canterbury Tales. Go looking for the Canterbury Tales, and you may stumble upon Neil Gaiman’s blog.

If you are looking for fact, this is almost certainly the wrong tool. If you are looking for serendipity, you’re on the right track. When was the last time you just stumbled onto something interesting, by the way?

I don’t expect this will be the next “big” search engine. This is and will remain a niche tool for a niche audience.“

[ms-demeanor]

i clicked around for a few minutes searching various things and I now have two fourteenth century pie crust recipes and an apple filling recipe i want to try, so thanks!

[ms-demeanor]

it has been twenty minutes and I am deeply in love with this search engine.

INCREDIBLE. I *do* want to know how to test Windows 95 for Y2K Compliance and I am glad that someone is still hosting step by step instructions for that.

[workfornow]

tl;dr: search.marginalia.nu for the old or old looking and just plain serendipitous stuff that google or Duck duck go are gonna not find/bury on the 20th page. For perfectly good reasons, but …

[existentialterror]

My absolute favorite part of having made this post - other than causing people to be introduced to this site - are the people in the tags/comments talking about their interests and stuff they found about their hobbies.

Good luck out there surfing the cyberweb, you crazy cats. I love the shoelace website too - Ian’s Shoelace Site [link], unless there’s another. My personal favorite old-school site is Alysion’s string figure collection [link].

[witchtraci]

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Rowena stole Zelda's blanket. #catsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CZtOQJSjv2E/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]

For #Jolabokaflod, loosely translated, is the Icelandic tradition of gifting and reading books on Christmas Eve. Gift from Ron. Read by me. https://www.instagram.com/p/CX5W0dSrL3Y/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]

What can I say, it was the #90s https://www.instagram.com/p/CX2C9EKPuTl/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]

Sums up my day, #broken https://www.instagram.com/p/CXsC7tRLBgk/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]

@fredmeyerstores and @qfcgrocery I will not cross the picket lines. Support #unionworkers #fredmeyer #qfc #strike https://www.instagram.com/p/CXnZfP8r_Ay/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]

More Long Beach, more deer, and North America's only Kite Museum! (at Long Beach, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV_oe8aPs0c/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]

Our Friday get away. Lots of good food and drinks and relaxing. (at Long Beach, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV8-4DMvl9u/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]

#Halloween2021 Dragon is alive! Snickers and peanut M&MS least favorite candy 🍬 https://www.instagram.com/p/CVtx_XoptEJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]

This is 52. #birthdayselfie #Halloweenbirthday #nomakeup #nofilters https://www.instagram.com/p/CVs_vF9P3fD/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]

Sky on fire https://www.instagram.com/p/CTbJLMHLVTE/?utm_medium=tumblr

[witchtraci]