Geokash

What it is

Geokash is one person's archive of things they have made, arranged like a desk someone tipped out onto a pale blue page: photo cut-outs of gadgets, shells and a music player scattered around a directory of projects. There are dozens of entries under hardware, software and printable files, from a thing counter and a custom watch to a rock social network, a nature keyboard and a gingham pattern generator, plus videos, an interview and an exhibition. It calls itself a site of sites, and that is exactly what it is.

How to play

Start with the sidebar. Hardware, software and files are listed by name, and every name opens a page about that project. If choosing feels like work, press the surprise page button and let the site pick. The menu is drawn as a little click-wheel music player, which is a joke you will get once you have clicked it. Then keep clicking. The site says it is meant for exploring, not passing through, and it means it.

What makes it different

Portfolio sites are usually tidy and slightly dead. This one is alive and a bit chaotic, with objects lying around the page as if they were just put down, and every project is the kind of small, finished, useless-in-the-best-way thing that Bored exists to find. There are no ads, no pop-ups and no newsletter box, and the site says so in its own words, which is rare enough to mention.

Why it is on Bored

One address, dozens of small finished things, none of them useful and all of them made by the same person. Most single-gag pages give you one joke and show you the door, while this one is a whole personality spread across hardware, software and printable files, with a surprise button for when the sidebar is too much choice. It rewards the visitor who reads the odd little captions instead of scanning for the biggest button, and it takes as long as you let it.

Tips

• Use the surprise page button when the list feels like too much choice
• The software section has the most things you can actually play with
• Try the search box if you are looking for one thing in particular
• Read the captions, the project names do not always say what they are

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