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moyen
un · masculine noun
The means
A means or resource used to reach a result.
Le vélo est un moyen de transport.
A bicycle is a means of transport.
Dictionary source ↗Bric-à-brac
bric-à-brac (n.) — odds and ends, gathered for no good reason. Music, odd corners of the web, words, and small experiments.
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façon
une · feminine noun
The manner
How something is done: its manner, approach, or style.
J’aime sa façon de raconter.
I like the way they tell a story.
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chemin
un · masculine noun
The route
A path or route; also a figurative course towards a goal.
Quel chemin mène au village ?
Which path leads to the village?
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espèce
une · feminine noun
Species / sort
A species, or a kind or sort. Une espèce de can also make an approximate description.
Une espèce d’oiseau.
A species of bird.
Dictionary source ↗ALONGSIDE
genre
un · masculine noun
Category / genre
A kind or category, including an artistic genre. In biology, a genus contains species.
Un genre musical.
A musical genre.
Dictionary source ↗ALONGSIDE
type
un · masculine noun
Type / model
A category with shared characteristics, or a model. Its everyday uses overlap with genre.
Un type de moteur.
A type of engine.
Dictionary source ↗Meanings overlap in context. These are starting points, not interchangeable translations.
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link · Internet Archaeology
Neocities
Personal sites that don’t all look the same. A place to follow the smaller paths of the web.
Personal sites.
Individual rules.
I’m interested in early web culture: niche personal sites, independent blogs, old forums, and the people who keep making them. I especially like sites with a strong personal style, where a platform template doesn’t decide how everything should look.
Neocities belongs in that collection. It hosts personal, static HTML websites and has a directory for browsing what people make. The appeal for me is that freedom to build a site around a person’s own interests.
Browse the Neocities directory
About the link
Neocities describes its purpose on its About page.
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What’s in the box
Bric-à-brac is Damien’s cabinet of small obsessions: records worth a second listen, strange and lovely corners of the independent web, notes on French and Japanese words, books, and little experiments. Everything below has its own page.