# I'm bored...need a new website **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758 "2009-01-04T00:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/1 "2009-01-04T00:17:47Z")
1. CNN 2. my Local news 3. Straight Dope… 4. CNN 5. my Local news 6. Straight Dope… 7. CNN 8. my Local news 9. 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? ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/2 "2009-01-04T00:22:00Z")
Try [www.accuradio.com](http://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](http://news.bbc.co.uk) ? ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/3 "2009-01-04T00:25:59Z")
> **[I Can Has Cheezburger?](https://icanhas.cheezburger.com/)** > > World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals ---
**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/4 "2009-01-04T00:27:51Z")
[www.stumbleupon.com](http://www.stumbleupon.com) Slashdot! ([http://www.slashdot.org](http://www.slashdot.org)) Come for the stories, stay for the comments. [http://seizurerobots.com/](http://seizurerobots.com/) --It’s been loaded with ads, but always cracks me up. The Onion: [http://www.theonion.com](http://www.theonion.com) Cracked: [http://www.cracked.com](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](http://www.slate.com)) Online news magazine. Geekologie: ([www.geekologie.com](http://www.geekologie.com)) Collection of neat gadgets and generally fun nerdy stuff. BoingBoing: ([www.boingboing.net](http://www.boingboing.net)) Catchall “hey, cool stuff!” website, usually with good editorial commentary. Plus, John Hodgman posts there. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/5 "2009-01-04T00:43:24Z")
What else? [http://www.bored.com/](http://www.bored.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/6 "2009-01-04T00:46:07Z")
> [@Influential\_Panda](#): > > [www.stumbleupon.com](http://www.stumbleupon.com) That’s what I came in here to type. It’s like rediscovering the web all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/7 "2009-01-04T00:47:44Z")
[metafilter.com](http://www.metafilter.com/) [instructables.com](http://www.instructables.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/8 "2009-01-04T00:59:57Z")
[www.live365.com](http://www.live365.com) for music [www.soyouwanna.com](http://www.soyouwanna.com) [www.shorpy.com](http://www.shorpy.com) - a blog with pictures of life at the turn of the century. [www.hulu.com](http://www.hulu.com) - streaming episodes of old and new television shows ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/9 "2009-01-04T01:17:40Z")
[Fark.com](http://Fark.com) is a site that links to interesting news stories while using humorous headlines. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/10 "2009-01-04T01:18:56Z")
[Reddit](http://www.reddit.com%5B/url) ---
**Author:** ![Zygomide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zygomide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zygomide)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/11 "2009-01-04T01:21:56Z")
> **[Newgrounds.com - Everything, by Everyone](https://www.newgrounds.com/)** > > A community of artists, game developers, musicians, voice actors and writers who create and share some of the best stuff on the web! Yaaaaaay flash animations. Some of it is NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/12 "2009-01-04T01:34:13Z")
> [@Influential\_Panda](#): > > [www.stumbleupon.com](http://www.stumbleupon.com) Very cool! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/13 "2009-01-04T01:43:53Z")
> [@Sigene](#): > > Any suggestions on classic rock and roll I can stream? [Imeem.](http://www.imeem.com/) And (nsfw): High-street. org ---
**Author:** ![Momofgirls](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/momofgirls/32/21798_2.png) [@Momofgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofgirls)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/14 "2009-01-04T02:11:24Z")
I can get lost for hours on the [Internet Movie Database](http://www.imdb.com/), especially the trivia sections on movies and tv shows. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/15 "2009-01-04T02:16:42Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > [www.shorpy.com](http://www.shorpy.com) - a blog with pictures of life at the turn of the century. This site is amazing, beautiful, poignant. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/16 "2009-01-04T02:25:23Z")
[http://www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com/](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 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/17 "2009-01-04T02:28:11Z")
[Everything2](http://everything2.com/) [The Book of Ratings](http://www.bookofratings.com/) [Something Awful](http://www.somethingawful.com/) - Plenty of content NSFW. Their [Photoshop Phriday](http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/) section is usually good. [Boing Boing](http://boingboing.net/) ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/18 "2009-01-04T02:28:31Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > [metafilter.com](http://www.metafilter.com/) And I love scrolling through Ask Metafilter [http://ask.metafilter.com/](http://ask.metafilter.com/) Neatorama [http://www.neatorama.com/](http://www.neatorama.com/) ---
**Author:** ![terrymiff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@terrymiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terrymiff)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/19 "2009-01-04T02:32:12Z")
[http://www.englishrussia.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/](http://www.darkroastedblend.com/) pictures of all sorts. I especially liked the series on the most dangerous roads in the world. [http://notalwaysright.com/](http://notalwaysright.com/) what the people in customer service have to put up with. Currently about 140 pages. ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758/20 "2009-01-04T02:39:25Z")
[http://www.bash.org](http://www.bash.org) [http://www.notalwaysright.com](http://www.notalwaysright.com) - gah simulpost. But definitely worth another mention! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-need-a-new-website/479758.md?page=2)