# Joys of the Internet, great websites, online games

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** star-trek-paramount\
**Created:** [November 4, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joys-of-the-internet-great-websites-online-games/992583 "2023-11-04T13:11:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joys-of-the-internet-great-websites-online-games/992583/1 "2023-11-04T13:11:28Z")

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I’m surprised we don’t have a thread dedicated to those corners of the internet which are interesting, unusual, fun or fascinating, so I thought we ought to start one. Just somewhere we can share great online finds, weird stuff that pass the time, are a useful resource, or whatever other criteria.

Every now and then I find stuff that I just have to share and it might be fun to add them here and see what people think.

So I’ll start and let’s see if this withers on the vine. I have visited and tested all of these.

This site lists chairs used in Star Trek and works out what they are. Geekery at its finest:

> **[Ex Astris Scientia - Commercially Available Chairs in Star Trek](https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/database/chairs-trek.htm)**
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> Off-the-shelf office chairs, lounge chairs or car seats in Star Trek

Animal taxonomy game:  
[https://metazooa.com/game](https://metazooa.com/game)

This site switches between railway webcams in the US based on the train timetable so you don’t have to spend too long watching an empty track:  
[https://train.api.connelly.casa](https://train.api.connelly.casa)

NES simulator (with countless games). There’s also a SNES equivalent…

> **[NES Party](https://nes.party)**
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> Online Multiplayer NES Emulator using WebRTC!

This guy runs a bunch of servers and this site lists in real time the username and password guesses of every hacking attempt. Not a site to spend hours on perhaps but an interesting insight:  
[https://brute.fail/](https://brute.fail/)

Hex based clock:  
[https://retr0.id/stuff/2038](https://retr0.id/stuff/2038)

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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joys-of-the-internet-great-websites-online-games/992583/2 "2023-11-25T11:49:22Z")

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Listen to a tune and reproduce it on the piano. Relatively easy to be honest.

> **[Perfect Pitch Puzzle](https://www.perfectpitchpuzzle.com/)**
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> Ear training practice! Level up your musical ear in a daily wordle-esque game