Assorted links - Junited 2026 special
This post was inspired by Robert Birming's Junited articles. It shall be updated throughout June 2026.
Some link titles have been slightly modified for style.
Oops... I started a day late for this one.
Anyway, this month's curated links are formatted in an unusual manner. These are arranged as a numbered list (to represent each day) instead of categorized headings from my ordinary link dumps.
The following posts have been published on any human-oriented realm (Bear Blog, Nekoweb, Neocities, self-hosted website, etc.) at any point of time. Feel free to read any of them and write nice emails / comments to their respective authors!
- How I made my page doll alive → WhirrFox's awesome guide about rigging her virtual doll with JavaScript!
- Converting ISO country codes to flag emojis → Dan Q made a fun and interactive tool for creating emoji flags using those special two-letter codes.
- Service idea: roll-your-own streaming subscription (with artist royalties!) → A great idea by laze.net for giving financial support to artists within your local music collection!
- Puzzle #2. Music crossword → Try to solve every music-related word from Dabi's crossword puzzle.
- Getting off US tech: a guide → Disconnect's comprehensive guide for tech services that are based outside the United States. (I like seeing the emoji flags right after the links to those realms.)
- We need to own our computing experience → Andre wrote a great post about keeping our digital lives as decentralized and human-focused as possible.
- The archivist in me turned this blog into a book → Brain Baking, but make it a paperback book with curated articles from 2016 to 2026.
- You radiate knowledge → Ava motivates anyone to learn more about their expertise through various means (such as specialists, blog posts, videos, and casual chats).
- Tower structures of Japanese suburbia → A stunning photo collection of Japanese buildings by kwist.
- The search for a good offline dictionary for Linux → Curiositry from The Autodidacts wants to install some Linux-compatible, offline dictionaries through the terminal.
- Spredges → Chris Glass took some great photos of decorative book edges at a famous American bookstore.
- PH Comic Strips: Pugad Baboy → Roy Tang's memories about a slice-of-life (and occasionally political) comic strip by Pol Medina, Jr.
- #Vietnam2026 Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City → Ruben visits the most populous city in Vietnam.
- The story of MJ → Lighthearted lore for James' coffee-loving mascot, written from the cat's POV.
- The vinyl revival spreads to CDs, DVD, other physical media → John (from disassociated) shares some personal experiences with physical media in Australia.
- IKEA PS 2026 → Peige's thoughts about the Swedish furniture store and how they feel about this year's "Post Scriptum" collection.
- It's a mother*&#@ing website → Like what RNOTTÉ advised, try to make your personal website as simple and lightweight as possible!