CNN
my Local news
Straight Dope…
CNN
my Local news
Straight Dope…
CNN
my Local news
Straight Dope…
Everyday, several times a day. Sometimes SNOPES, sometimes Car Talk…
I’m in a terrible rut. Enlighten me to get me out of my rut… where else can I pass my free time with on the interwebs
Any suggestions on classic rock and roll I can stream?
Try www.accuradio.com or www.sky.fm - and there’s always last.fm in case those fail.
Have you tried an alternate news source, for example http://news.bbc.co.uk ?
Slashdot! (http://www.slashdot.org) Come for the stories, stay for the comments.
http://seizurerobots.com/ --It’s been loaded with ads, but always cracks me up.
The Onion: http://www.theonion.com
Cracked: http://www.cracked.com Lots of top 10 lists of weird things, like “scariest bugs in the world” and "lamest superheroes ever
Slate: (http://www.slate.com) Online news magazine.
Geekologie: (www.geekologie.com) Collection of neat gadgets and generally fun nerdy stuff.
BoingBoing: (www.boingboing.net) Catchall “hey, cool stuff!” website, usually with good editorial commentary. Plus, John Hodgman posts there.
What else?
http://www.bored.com/
That’s what I came in here to type. It’s like rediscovering the web all over again.
www.live365.com for music
www.soyouwanna.com
www.shorpy.com - a blog with pictures of life at the turn of the century.
www.hulu.com - streaming episodes of old and new television shows
Fark.com is a site that links to interesting news stories while using humorous headlines.
Yaaaaaay flash animations. Some of it is NSFW.
Very cool! Thanks!
Imeem.
And (nsfw):
High-street. org
I can get lost for hours on the Internet Movie Database, especially the trivia sections on movies and tv shows.
This site is amazing, beautiful, poignant. Thanks.
http://www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ is one of my current favorites. … if you find the current first page kind of boring, don’t give up. The older stuff is better.
eta: it’s updated every day, so there’s still something to go back for at least once a day once you’ve exhausted what’s already there
Everything2
The Book of Ratings
Something Awful - Plenty of content NSFW. Their Photoshop Phriday section is usually good.
Boing Boing
And I love scrolling through Ask Metafilter http://ask.metafilter.com/
Neatorama http://www.neatorama.com/
http://www.englishrussia.com/ pictures and videos of the Russian past and present. A bit slow loading but there are some fantastic images. Currently nearly 190 pages.
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/ pictures of all sorts. I especially liked the series on the most dangerous roads in the world.
http://notalwaysright.com/ what the people in customer service have to put up with. Currently about 140 pages.
http://www.bash.org
http://www.notalwaysright.com - gah simulpost. But definitely worth another mention!