Cool, depending on your definition of cool

Feross Aboukhadijeh, Suz Hinton, Nick Nisi, and Alex Sexton get weird this week talking about their favorite old and weird HTML tags, web APIs that do or don’t require permission, and their favorite weird websites.

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Featuring:

• Feross Aboukhadijeh – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Suz Hinton – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub
• Nick Nisi – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Alex Sexton – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• <map>
• <dl>: The Description List element
• <wbr>
• <applet>: The Embed Java Applet element
• Albino Blacksheep
• Newgrounds.com — Everything, By Everyone
• Everybody! Everybody!
• David Firth 🆙 (@DAVID_FIRTH) | Twitter
• Salad Fingers
• ::iLL WiLL PreSS:: HOME OF NEUROTICALLY YOURS, 4Y-RECORDS & MORE.
• :: procatinator ::
• ytmnd - you’re the man now dog!
• The Million Dollar Homepage - Own a piece of internet history!
• HELICOPTER GAME - Play the famous Helicopter Game
• The End of the World
• The Best Page In The Universe.

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