# Let's make a list of great sites **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379 "2001-04-26T05:17:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/1 "2001-04-26T05:17:03Z")
I’ll start it off, with some of my favorites, many of which I found out about here on the SDMB. Great sound files / songs. Hilarious stuff: [http://www.earthstation1.com/aUdIo\_WeIrDnEsS.html](http://www.earthstation1.com/aUdIo_WeIrDnEsS.html) Bob Rivers, parody songer extraordinarre: > **[Twisted Tunes Archives - The Bob Rivers Show](https://bobrivers.com/category/twisted-tunes/)** > > Twisted Tunes .. description Great U2 site: [http://atu2.com/](http://atu2.com/) Great place to find used music or movies: > **[DjangoMusic.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=djangomusic&e=com)** > > Choose a memorable domain name. Professional, friendly customer support. Start using your domain right away. Quicktime movie trailers: [http://www.movie-list.com/comingsoon.shtml](http://www.movie-list.com/comingsoon.shtml) Star Wars Bloopers: [http://www.night-flight.com/bloopers.html](http://www.night-flight.com/bloopers.html) I’d love to see some more cool stuff. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/2 "2001-04-26T05:33:47Z")
one i visit every day: [http://www.lileks.com](http://www.lileks.com) Columnist for a Minnesota newspaper. Writes about his life in a daily diary, but has sections where he riffs on “found art.” He’s currently dissing '70s design books, foreign money, and really obscure newspaper comics. He also is fascinated with architecture and is cataloging various streets in Minneapolis/St. Paul with before and after pictures. Oh, and Art Frahm, **the world’s weirdest pin-up artist.** [http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html](http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/3 "2001-04-26T05:42:45Z")
Here’s a good one [www.theonion.com](http://www.theonion.com) If you’ve never been there it’s damned funny. Here’s another [www.redmeat.com](http://www.redmeat.com) Absolutely one of the funniest comic strips on the net. And my personal favorite [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com). Come on I can’t believe neither of you said it! [edited to fix url-Czarcasm] [Edited by Czarcasm on 04-27-2001 at 07:09 AM] ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/4 "2001-04-26T07:16:33Z")
A Flash stick figure kicking major kung-fu butt: [http://www.tbcnet.com/~torx/temp/fight.swf](http://www.tbcnet.com/~torx/temp/fight.swf) A hilarious video that’s apparently a major hit in India: [http://ebhon.jnst.uor.edu/~raveneye/geek/daler.html](http://ebhon.jnst.uor.edu/~raveneye/geek/daler.html) (go to the bottom of the page. The first one’s the one I’ve seen) ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/5 "2001-04-26T07:26:06Z")
Here is a few of my favorites: [http://www.iwin.com](http://www.iwin.com) : Great game site. [http://www.pvponline.com](http://www.pvponline.com) : My favorite online comic strip. (Thanks to Esprix for bringing to my attention) [http://www.chasms.com](http://www.chasms.com) : Online technical support tools. Very nice. [http://www.wizardworld.com](http://www.wizardworld.com) : Online home to Wizard Magazine. ---
**Author:** ![frobozz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed8c4c/32.png) [@frobozz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frobozz)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/6 "2001-04-26T11:04:30Z")
Can’t beat the Brunching Shuttlecocks. They’re great. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/7 "2001-04-26T13:17:29Z")
[http://www.rinkworks.com/](http://www.rinkworks.com/) A large collection of humor, including the largest collection of “computer stupidities” I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/8 "2001-04-26T13:35:30Z")
Some of my faves are [http://www.ubid.com](http://www.ubid.com) (online auction, better than eBay, IMO) [http://www.hotbar.com](http://www.hotbar.com) (allows you to add various “skins” to your browser) [http://www.passkeeper.com](http://www.passkeeper.com) (download a utility to keep all your passwords in one spot, safely) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/9 "2001-04-27T02:36:56Z")
[http://www.teemingmillions.com](http://www.teemingmillions.com) [http://fff.fathom.org](http://fff.fathom.org) _cough_ [http://www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) _cough_ ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/10 "2001-04-27T02:59:50Z")
**Max Torque** showed me [http://www.bad-candy.com](http://www.bad-candy.com) a few days ago and I thought it was hilarious. 🙂 Rose ---
**Author:** ![echonymph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@echonymph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echonymph)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/11 "2001-04-27T03:08:18Z")
http://www.once\_upon\_a\_forest.com this is… umm… interesting? and good… ---
**Author:** ![Amedeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Amedeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amedeus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/12 "2001-04-27T03:16:57Z")
Most of the great sites I get are on the SDMB. some are even other peoples homepages. 😉 [http://www.geocities.com/sdpeoplepages/](http://www.geocities.com/sdpeoplepages/) A nice collection of pictures of your favorite poster. > **[HowStuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works!](https://www.howstuffworks.com/)** > > HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics, ranging from the flu to black holes to conspiracy theories, with video and illustrations so you can learn how everything works. How stuff works! very neat. I can pick a lock now 😃 [http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/westtime.htm](http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/westtime.htm) Timeline of Western Philosophy. [http://socialcritic.org/review.htm](http://socialcritic.org/review.htm) Some nice articles. (ok, im a geek) ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/13 "2001-04-27T03:36:29Z")
Here’s a link to a great site. It has articles about fun things like anagrams, number games, lots of other good stuff. [http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikehome.htm](http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikehome.htm) The world’s most useless webpage. You have to visit it. [http://www.go2net.com/useless/](http://www.go2net.com/useless/) Go to this page and click on the link called “udder insanity”. Ignore everything else. It’s a game. The object is to milk cows. If you can’t milk them fast enough, they explode. [http://www.designreactor.com/portfolio-game-main.html](http://www.designreactor.com/portfolio-game-main.html) ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/14 "2001-04-27T03:41:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Some of my faves are > > [http://www.ubid.com](http://www.ubid.com) (online auction, better than eBay, IMO) > > [http://www.hotbar.com](http://www.hotbar.com) (allows you to add various “skins” to your browser) > > [http://www.passkeeper.com](http://www.passkeeper.com) (download a utility to keep all your passwords in one spot, safely) \*\* So, what’s on your Hotbar? Currently my hotbar is Duran Duran. Love the band and my last name is Duran, so it fits. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/15 "2001-04-27T15:59:28Z")
97% of the questions on the board could be answered here: [http://www.google.com/](http://www.google.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/16 "2001-04-27T18:58:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\* > 97% of the questions on the board could be answered here: > [http://www.google.com/](http://www.google.com/) \*\* Do you have a cite for that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/17 "2001-04-27T19:17:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dlgirl \* > \*\* > > So, what’s on your Hotbar? Currently my hotbar is Duran Duran. Love the band and my last name is Duran, so it fits. > \*\* Nothing on the browser here at work - they won’t let me download Hotbar, can ya imagine? - but at home I think it’s a peacful mountainscape. I like the nature ones da bestest. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/18 "2001-04-27T20:13:43Z")
In addition to [fff.fathom.org](http://fff.fathom.org) that **Opal** mentioned above, there is a specific section of that site that is devoted to providing links that have been _organized_ according to topic with descriptions (and some ratings) of those sites: [http://fff.fathom.org/links/](http://fff.fathom.org/links/) We have also had several threads on this subject, before. Here are some of the results: [Best Web Sites](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26924) [Any good links out there?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42245) [Top 10 Web sites you use](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=46020) [What other websites/boards do you frequent?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=53517) [Message Board Sites similar to Straight Dope?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=64270) [What’re the canonical web sites?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=65960) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/19 "2001-04-28T01:17:44Z")
More threads on this topic: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15747](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15747) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55855](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55855) Other useful links I’ve collected here: [http://www.xrefer.com/](http://www.xrefer.com/) offers searches of a great number of good reference works. [Finding Information on the Internet: A TUTORIAL](http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html) [Librarians’ Index to the Internet](http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-list-of-great-sites/63379/20 "2001-04-28T01:21:23Z")
I heartily second the recommendation for [lileks.com](http://lileks.com). If you go, don’t miss the Gallery of Regrettable Food and the Gobbler–the Grooviest Motel in Wisconsin. I too visit this site every day.