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      <title>earlyweblinks.com takes Us Back In Time With This Old-Fangled Directory</title>
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      <description>This is a human interest story about the vision of one person to produce an old fashioned internet directory. This is a really wonderful story, and he&amp;#39;s doing a lot of great work there.</description>
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<p>Try navigating to <a href="https://earlyweblinks.com">https://earlyweblinks.com</a></p>
<p>This is a wonderful directory showcasing plenty of real websites from all over the internet. I know what you&rsquo;re thinking and no, these are not all neocities websites, although there seem to be a few. There are, reportedly, more that 12000 websites in this amazing modern internet directory.</p>
<p>When I said modern, I guess I should have rather used the term &lsquo;current&rsquo;, because there is nothing particularly modern about this website. That&rsquo;s exactly how I like it. The original spirit of the internet is palpable on this human curated website. I like knowing that real people actually wrote those websites, and I like knowing that the directory itself has also been assembled by an actual human person.</p>
<h2 id="actual-human-written-websites-should-be-regarded-as-premium">Actual Human Written Websites Should Be Regarded as Premium.</h2>
<p>The sad reality is that projects like this one are typically ignored in the mainstream, and rarely get any significant attention. That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m writing up a little article to tell you all about it.</p>
<p>I really like it, and it&rsquo;s just sticking in my mind. There is someone out there willing to take their own time to pull together a curated directory for your enjoyment, and I just think that&rsquo;s a noble public service. You can see from the comments that the response, even though modest in number, is overwhelmingly positive.</p>
<p>Everybody loves this website. A lot of that love is because we know it&rsquo;s pointing us to real website made by real people. It&rsquo;s very hard to compete against that in my books, especially when you see how fake everything has become. We&rsquo;re in a big commercialized mess of algorithm that the little guy can hardly break through.</p>
<p>Most small personal website never see the light of day. Someone just writes it for their own satisfaction, and I just think that&rsquo;s great! If there was some way to connect all of that and chalk it up into some sort of mish-mashed system, just to get some interactivity through that, I think we&rsquo;d be on the right track.</p>
<h2 id="neocities-only-has-a-system-to-track-its-own-subdomain-sites">Neocities only has a system to track it&rsquo;s own subdomain sites.</h2>
<p>That&rsquo;s where this thing is different in a positive way. It&rsquo;s not only part of one thing. We can see websites from anywhere, and they are all listed here, curated on the basis that they are written by actual human people.</p>
<p>To me, that&rsquo;s a really good thing, and a thing worth checking out.</p>
<p>Give it a whirl, maybe have a look at the &lsquo;Site of the Week&rsquo;, or get crazy and try the &lsquo;Random Site&rsquo; button.</p>
<p>Best wishes, happy surfing&hellip; Where has this been?</p>
<p><a href="https://earlyweblinks.com">https://earlyweblinks.com</a></p>
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      <title>Taste of North York</title>
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      <description>Taste of North York is back, which proves that this is now summer-time. Is it weird if I bring my own spoon?</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Assalamu Alaikum.</p>
<h1 id="taste-of-north-york-isnt-just-at-mel-lastman-square">Taste of North York isn&rsquo;t just at Mel Lastman Square.</h1>
<p>The festivities are actually going on all over the area, and are promoting all of the amazing restaurants that are available in this wonderful region of Toronto.</p>
<p>While I was walking through the square today, it didn&rsquo;t look like there were any specifically Halal food setups but, I am sure there are some in there somewhere. If you aren&rsquo;t finding anything Halal, you can always go for the vegetarian options in the square. Always remember, when in doubt, just ask what the ingredients are, and maybe, just maybe, bring your own spoon.</p>
<p>The spoon is just in case there are some novelty iced-cream flavours available which come in small amounts but are all on a single order. I have no evidence that this is not the case.</p>
<h2 id="various-cultural-treats-will-be-showcased">Various Cultural Treats will be showcased.</h2>
<p>That is an absolute certainty but, we can only truly confirm the state of affairs by investigating the situation manually. There may be cakes, and other confections, having various types and densities. It is entirely possible that there might be specialty cookies present within the festive areas.</p>
<h2 id="here-are-some-places-to-get-halal-food">Here are some places to get Halal food.</h2>
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<li>Shawarma MAX, always a good choice, always Halal</li>
<li>Villa Madina, always Halal, super good food</li>
<li>There&rsquo;s actually so many good places that are always 100% Halal, I don&rsquo;t know anymore why I started a list but, there is no reason to abandon the list and then reformat this section because it&rsquo;s just a casual blogging style of writing over here at DCKIM toronto tech blog.</li>
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<p>Best wishes to everyone who is enjoying this festival. Always consider how fortunate you are that you have been blessed with safety and other wonderful things which you cannot provide for yourself but, only can be provided for us all from the creator of all things, Allah(SWT).</p>
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