# I need bookmarks! (site recommendations) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 29, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919 "2007-05-29T14:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/1 "2007-05-29T14:51:12Z")
I have just built a new computer to overcome the failure of the hard drive in my previous computer. For the most part I didn’t lose anything too important but I did lose 2 years worth of bookmarked sites. I am looking for sites to build up a new stash as it were. The things that I am looking for would fall into the categories of **reference** , **food and cooking** , **humour** and **general interest**. Please share your best, most favourite and most useful sites with me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/2 "2007-05-29T15:13:03Z")
Food and cooking: [http://www.chowhound.com](http://www.chowhound.com) – Regional restaurant reviews, cooking tips, recipes, and more. [http://www.foodtv.com](http://www.foodtv.com) – Food Network’s database of recipes, TV schedule, celebrity chef and TV personality bios. [http://www.epicurious.com](http://www.epicurious.com) – More good recipes. [http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/spec.html](http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/spec.html) – James Lileks’ hilarious Gallery of Regrettable Food. I’m a reference librarian, so here are some of my most-used reference links: [http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html](http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html) – Virtual Reference Shelf from the Library of Congress. [http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~pbeile/reference.htm](http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~pbeile/reference.htm) – Useful reference links collected by one of my current MLS professors. [http://www.webmd.com](http://www.webmd.com) – a perfect first stop for researching any health or medical issues. [http://www.findlaw.com](http://www.findlaw.com) – a similar good first stop for legal questions. [http://www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com) – good for identifying movies, TV shows, cast and crew of same. [http://www.allmusic.com](http://www.allmusic.com) – a similar resource, but for music. [http://www.amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com) – if they don’t have it, it will be really hard to find. Good reviews, song samples, and so much more. [http://www.ebay.com](http://www.ebay.com) – another great source for finding and buying just about anything. [http://www.wikipedia.com](http://www.wikipedia.com) – it does have its place, if you’re starting to research a topic and know little or nothing about it. Don’t rely on it too much, beyond using it as a launch-pad to find better sources. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/3 "2007-05-29T18:26:59Z")
You might want to take a look at [http://del.icio.us/](http://del.icio.us/) to use as a general repository for your bookmarks. It’s a website to organize your bookmarks and find out similar websites that might be interesting to you. Thus, when on a different computer, you can still pull up your bookmarks. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/4 "2007-05-29T21:18:00Z")
Sheez. Do I have to be the first to point out the most important link of all? [http://www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/5 "2007-05-29T21:21:59Z")
[http://forums.egullet.com/](http://forums.egullet.com/) [http://www.thefoodsection.com/](http://www.thefoodsection.com/) > **[Arts & Letters Daily](https://www.aldaily.com/)** > > Philosophy, literature, ideas, criticism, history, art, music from The Chronicle of Higher Education. [http://www.themorningnews.org/](http://www.themorningnews.org/) ---
**Author:** ![ChicanoRojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@ChicanoRojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChicanoRojo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/6 "2007-05-29T21:31:21Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] I am looking for sites to build up a new stash as it were. The things that I am looking for would fall into the categories of **reference** , **food and cooking** , **humour** and **general interest**. [/QUOTE] [www.cnn.com](http://www.cnn.com) [www.m-w.com](http://www.m-w.com) > **[Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia](https://www.wikipedia.org/)** > > You deserve an explanation, so please don't skip this 1-minute read. Our fundraiser won't last long, and we need some help to reach our goal. Less than 2% of our readers donate, but if everyone who saw this message gave $2.75, we'd hit our goal in a few hours. The rare few who donate do so because Wikipedia provides them with useful knowledge. If that sounds like you, please donate $2.75. Any contribution you make today helps. We ask you, sincerely: don't skip this. Be one of the rare readers who... > **[Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions](https://www.answers.com)** > > Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want > **[GoComics: Home to the best comics and most iconic characters. Updated daily!](https://www.gocomics.com/)** > > Read more than 400 comics online, updated daily on GoComics. Enjoy Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, Luann, Pearls Before Swine, Get Fuzzy, and more. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/7 "2007-05-29T21:53:50Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] Please share your best, most favourite and most useful sites with me. [/QUOTE] Translations: [http://world.altavista.com](http://world.altavista.com) Currency conversion: [http://www.xe.com](http://www.xe.com) Reference: [Home : Yahoo Academy Learning Center](http://education.yahoo.com/reference) Alternate news: [Free Republic Home Page](http://www.freerepublic.com/home.htm) Restoration car parts: [Parts123](http://parts123.com/vendor.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/8 "2007-05-29T23:16:30Z")
Reference : [Wikiquote](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page) [Dictionary.com](http://dictionary.reference.com/) [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/) ( or is that general interest ? ) General : [Darwin Awards](http://www.darwinawards.com/) Humor : [The Onion](http://www.theonion.com/content/ads/premercial.php?target=L2NvbnRlbnQvaW5kZXg=) [Evil Overlord List](http://www.evilrulers.com/) and others. [The Unitarian Jihad](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL) and the Unitarian Jihad [name generator.](http://whump.com/dropbox/other/ujname.html) [Cthulhu Chick Tract](http://www.o-ox-ox1.org/cthulhuchick/) [The Shining Recut](http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/275) [The Laws of Anime](http://www.lawsofanime.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/9 "2007-05-29T23:44:32Z")
This is great stuff. Thanks. Of course any more suggestions are always welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/10 "2007-05-30T00:19:48Z")
I don’t know if you follow fashion at all, but my husband seems to like this site, too - [Go Fug Yourself.](http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/) It has lots of hot women in skimpy clothing, anyway. And their Brittany Spears letters are worth the price of admission all on their own. I think everyone should have [Superdickery](http://www.superdickery.com/galleries.html) bookmarked, too. If you like cats, [there’s a billion of them at this site](http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/index.html), quite a few of them with hilarious captions. Then of course there’s the [Dave Cullen site for all things “Brokeback Mountain.”](http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=787e9ebb28e152418134bf8ee9888ba1) What? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/11 "2007-05-30T04:51:51Z")
[QUOTE=Projammer] Sheez. Do I have to be the first to point out the most important link of all? > **[The Straight Dope - The Straight Dope](https://www.straightdope.com)** [/QUOTE] Actually, within the SDMB, at the top of **General Questions** , is a stickied thread on the topic of [On General Questions - reference sites](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=149223). Now, I would recommend clicking on any link that looks valuable, to verify it. Since we cannot edit the posts to keep the links up to date, it is possible that the threads now contain dead links. However, as a general tool for finding reference sites, it is a superb intro. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bookmarks-site-recommendations/405919/12 "2007-05-30T05:19:36Z")
A wonderful comic - [xkcd](http://www.xkcd.com) it’s my only bookmark right now. Brendon Small