nowfound

Life & fun · April 30, 2012

IA

Imagine a search engine that removed top million sites from its index

Visit millionshort.com ↗Alternativestop 1% of April 2012

In plain words

Million Short is a search engine that deliberately excludes the top one million most-visited websites from its index. Launched in 2012, it allows users to discover less mainstream web content by filtering out major sites that typically dominate search results. The service is useful for researchers, curious explorers, and anyone seeking alternative information sources beyond the usual commercial and popular destinations. By removing noise from conventional search results, Million Short surfaces smaller blogs, niche communities, and lesser-known resources.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

More life & fun this month

the category →
  • TL
    The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude▲703

    Life & fun · 9d ago · louisabraham.github.io

  • iPhone app takes simultaneous images from 2 lenses, fuses into 1 photo▲329

    Photosynthesis fires two of your iPhone

    Life & fun · 28d ago · photosynthesis.camera

  • SoloUno▲310

    Take control of hair pulling, nail biting & skin picking

    Life & fun · 28d ago · solouno.io

  • Scroll through all 43252003274489856000 Rubik's Cube states▲295

    Scroll through all 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 reachable Rubik's Cube permutations.

    Life & fun · 26d ago · everycube.alen.is

  • Expeditione▲265

    The Interactive 3D Encyclopedia

    Life & fun · 21d ago · expeditione.fun

  • Eigendrum - Draw any shape and hear what it sounds like as a drum▲243

    Hi HN, I built Eigendrum, a web tool that solves the 2D wave equation for arbitrary shapes so you can hear what they sound like as drums. How it works: * Solves -∇²u = λu using finite element analysis (Kφ = λMφ) on a triangle mesh. * Validated to <0.1% error against closed-form solutions for circles (Bessel zeros) and rectangles. * Sound model factors in strike location, Rayleigh damping, and mallet width. * Includes Kac drums I & II to demonstrate identical sound spectra from different geometries. * No frameworks, build steps, or dependencies. Repo and tests:…

    Life & fun · 26d ago · baselashraf81.github.io

Launched alongside, April 2012

the whole month →