Weird & Wonderful
Oddly useful tools you did not know you needed.
Throwaway inbox for sign-ups you do not trust.
Which McDonald’s ice cream machines actually work.
A fake 90s TV that just plays old clips.
Which streamer actually has the film.
Identify outfits from TV shows.
The song that played in that scene.
Tear-down guides when something breaks.
Free 3D-print files from other makers.
Earth’s wind and currents as a living globe.
Is it you, or is the site actually down?
See if your email sat in a breach dump.
The Wayback Machine and a free library.
Spin the globe, hear live radio.
Look out someone else’s window.
Weird little web experiments that stick.
Guess the place from a Street View drop.
Search without a profile attached.
Letterboxd
CommunityLog films, write reviews, and follow lists
Weird & WonderfulLog films like they were albums.
Pay the artist, keep the files.
Run a file or URL past dozens of virus scanners.
Cast, ratings, and where a title streams.
Lyrics with line-by-line annotations.
Discogs
CommunityA catalog and marketplace for records and CDs
Weird & WonderfulA catalog and marketplace for records and CDs.
TMDB
CommunityA community movie and TV database with a public API
Weird & WonderfulA community movie and TV database with a public API.
Critic and audience scores before you pick a film.
A new AI face on every refresh. None of them are real.
One random pointless site, then another.
A photo of someone pointing at your cursor, wherever it is.
The wiki that names every story trick you have ever seen on screen.
A stick-figure comic about science, tech, and being a person.
Satire news headlines that look real until the second sentence.
The Oatmeal
Web comics about animals, brains, and being a person
Weird & WonderfulWeb comics about animals, brains, and being a person — plus games that grew out of them.
Neocities
CommunityFree static hosting for a site you write yourself
Weird & WonderfulHost a free personal site you actually write in HTML.
Wait But Why
CommunityLong illustrated essays that unpack one big idea
Weird & WonderfulLong, illustrated essays that unpack a big idea until it actually makes sense.
Crowd definitions for slang the hardcover dictionary has not caught up to.
Worldometer
CommunityLive counters for the world’s big numbers
Weird & WonderfulLive counters for population, energy, and the other big numbers — updated as the world moves.
Newgrounds
Independent games, animations, and audio in a tab
Weird & WonderfulIndependent games, animations, and audio you play in a tab — the old Flash portal, still live.
Disney+
Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and Nat Geo in one app
Weird & WonderfulStream Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic in one subscription.
HBO Max
HBO series, movies, and Max originals in one streamer
Weird & WonderfulStream HBO series, movies, and Max originals — pick a plan on the official HBO Max site.
Zoom into museum collections, walk landmarks in Street View, and sort art by color.
Paramount+
Paramount, CBS, and MTV shows plus movies in one streamer
Weird & WonderfulStream Paramount, CBS, and MTV shows plus movies — pick a plan on the official Paramount+ site.
Apple TV
Apple Originals, live sports, and rentals in a browser
Weird & WonderfulStream Apple Originals, live sports, and rentals in the browser on the official Apple TV site.
Prime Video
Prime originals, rentals, and live sports in a browser
Weird & WonderfulStream Prime originals, rentals, and live sports on Amazon’s official Prime Video site.
Free movies and TV with ads — a legal streamer you open in the browser, no subscription wall.
A summer FM radio in the browser. Pick a station and leave it on — no skip-fight algorithm.
Incredibox
CommunityDrag sounds onto beatboxers and make a mix in the browser
Weird & WonderfulDrag sounds onto beatboxers and make a mix in the browser — a music toy that is also a sequencer.
Shodan
A search engine for devices exposed on the public internet
Weird & WonderfulSearch the public internet for open services and devices — banners, ports, and IPs, not just web pages.
Daily hardware hacks, teardowns, and maker projects — a desk for the build, not a product launch.
Adafruit
Boards, sensors, and kits plus learn guides for electronics projects
Weird & WonderfulBoards, sensors, and kits plus learn guides — parts and the how-to on the same site.
Download free 3D-print files from a huge community library — search a part, grab the STL, slice.
Mullvad
No-logs VPN with anonymous accounts and a privacy browser
Weird & WonderfulNo-logs VPN with anonymous accounts, plus a privacy browser from the same shop.
Chocolatey
Install and update Windows software from the command line
Weird & WonderfulInstall and update Windows software from the command line — one package at a time.
The app store for Linux: install the latest desktop apps on any distro.
Home Assistant
Local-first home automation with 1,500+ integrations, dashboards, and privacy-first voice
Weird & WonderfulLocal-first home automation with 1,500+ integrations, dashboards, and privacy-first voice — a desk, not a gadget dump.
KiCad
Free schematic capture and PCB layout with a 3D viewer and official symbol libraries
Weird & WonderfulFree schematic capture and PCB layout with a 3D viewer and official symbol libraries — a desk, not a gadget dump.
Freesound
A collaborative library of Creative Commons sound effects you can preview and download
Weird & WonderfulA collaborative library of Creative Commons sound effects you can preview and download — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.
JetPunk
Timed trivia and geography quizzes, from countries of the world to daily trivia
Weird & WonderfulTimed trivia and geography quizzes, from countries of the world to daily trivia — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.
Noisli
Mix rain, cafe, and other ambient sounds into a focus or sleep soundtrack
Weird & WonderfulMix rain, cafe, and other ambient sounds into a focus or sleep soundtrack — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.
TimeGuessr
Guess when and where a historic photo was taken, then score the year and the map pin
Weird & WonderfulGuess when and where a historic photo was taken, then score the year and the map pin — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.
skribbl.io
A free browser Pictionary: one player draws a word, everyone else races to guess it
Weird & WonderfulA free browser Pictionary: one player draws a word, everyone else races to guess it — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.
Coffitivity
Play cafe-level ambient noise in the browser so a quiet room feels like a coffee shop
Weird & WonderfulPlay cafe-level ambient noise in the browser so a quiet room feels like a coffee shop — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.
Akinator
Think of a character; the genie asks yes/no questions until it names who you meant
Weird & WonderfulThink of a character; the genie asks yes/no questions until it names who you meant — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.
Patatap
Tap the keyboard and get a different sound and shape each key, looping into a tiny live show
Weird & WonderfulTap the keyboard and get a different sound and shape each key, looping into a tiny live show — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.
Windows93
A fake 90s desktop in the browser, with tiny apps, games, and a CRT-era start menu
Weird & WonderfulA fake 90s desktop in the browser, with tiny apps, games, and a CRT-era start menu — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.
RANDOM.ORG
True random numbers, lists, and drawings generated from atmospheric noise
Weird & WonderfulTrue random numbers, lists, and drawings generated from atmospheric noise — a weird shelf, not a clip dump.