# Request for favourite websites
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 21, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643 "2005-03-21T23:14:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/1 "2005-03-21T23:14:53Z")
I have switched jobs and I no longer have all the iinteresting links and fun websites I used to have which I could peruse when things were quiet. I find that the afternoons tend to drag a little bit as I work later than I used to so I need something to pass the time.
I am specifically looking for good Tech news websites and fun and games. Anything else would be good for a look (as long as it is ok to look at while at work).
C’mon dopers, help me while away the long afternoon hours.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/2 "2005-03-21T23:18:51Z")
Well, Milk and Cookies is a seemingly endless archive of quirks and such. I’ve spent hours there, and it’s where I’ve found other great sites such as homestarrunner and maddox. With all the links and time needed to explore them, you could probably spend at least 4/9 of an eternity there.
-The Cap’n
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### Author:  [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/3 "2005-03-21T23:30:26Z")
[notproud.com](http://notproud.com)
[crimelibrary.com](http://crimelibrary.com)
[obscurestore.com](http://obscurestore.com)
> **[HowStuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works!](https://www.howstuffworks.com/)**
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> 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.
I can’t play games at work, but these sites give me lots of interesting things to read instead.
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/4 "2005-03-21T23:36:26Z")
Three of my favorite sites that don’t update anymore, but still have great archives of material:
[Acts Of Gord](http://www.actsofgord.com/)
[Brunching Shuttlecocks](http://www.brunching.com/archive.html)
[Modern Humorist](http://www.modernhumorist.com/)
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### Author:  [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/5 "2005-03-21T23:38:38Z")
Don’t forget good 'ol [Fark.com](http://Fark.com), although they give NSFW warnings, I’d check it out outside of work and make sure it’s cool for your particular situation.
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### Author:  [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/6 "2005-03-21T23:40:15Z")
You have to try [bored.com](http://bored.com) when you get…uhm…bored.
And I will second [Howstuffworks.com](http://Howstuffworks.com)
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### Author:  [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/7 "2005-03-21T23:46:24Z")
I love browsing around at [memepool](http://www.memepool.com/).
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### Author:  [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/8 "2005-03-22T14:47:12Z")
[www.rinkworks.com](http://www.rinkworks.com)
> **[Newgrounds.com - Everything, by Everyone](https://www.newgrounds.com)**
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> A community of artists, game developers, musicians, voice actors and writers who create and share some of the best stuff on the web!
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### Author:  [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/9 "2005-03-22T15:29:53Z")
[www.43folders.com](http://www.43folders.com)
[www.homestarrunner.com](http://www.homestarrunner.com)
> **[Lifehacker | Do everything better](https://lifehacker.com/)**
>
> Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
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### Author:  [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/10 "2005-03-22T16:30:58Z")
> **[Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters](https://slashdot.org/)**
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> Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues.
[http://groklaw.com/](http://groklaw.com/)
[http://dansdata.com/](http://dansdata.com/)
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/11 "2005-03-22T16:38:39Z")
[www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com)🙂
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### Author:  [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/12 "2005-03-22T17:44:36Z")
[New York Public Library Digital Gallery](http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm) (hundreds of thousands of old pictures and photographs)
Worth 1000 (Photoshopping site; it’ll give you a warning if a gallery’s not safe for work)
[Kingdom of Loathing](http://kingdomofloathing.com) (an online role-playing game, of sorts)
[Uncyclopedia](http://uncyclopedia.org) (like Wikipedia without all the messy factual information)
[Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/) (urban legends)
I don’t really know many tech sites, though.
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### Author:  [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/13 "2005-03-22T18:23:37Z")
It’s not a tech site, but [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) has a lot of news and photoshop humor. Unfortunatley, it also has too much, “teh”, “ghey”, “haxors”, etc…
[http://www.worth1000.com/](http://www.worth1000.com/) has no news, but it has alot more photoshops.
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### Author:  [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/14 "2005-03-23T06:15:59Z")
[You are where you live](http://www.clusterbigip1.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp?ID=20): How marketing people segment your zip code by catchy demographical names
[History House](http://www.historyhouse.com/columns/): “The dirt swept under the carpet of centuries of history”
[Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About](http://www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com/): To me, the funniest document on the web.
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### Author:  [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2005, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/15 "2005-03-23T07:04:58Z")
[www.zefrank.com](http://www.zefrank.com/)
You will never be bored again. There’s even an “escape” button: When your boss is heading your direction, just click it and suddenly you’re viewing page 37 of the “Journal of Design Technology.”
Don’t hit the other button, though, or a big noisy page will open that reads:
My boss is a weenie.
😃
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### Author:  [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/16 "2005-03-23T18:33:22Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#):
>
> It’s not a tech site, but [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) has a lot of news and photoshop humor. Unfortunatley, it also has too much, “teh”, “ghey”, “haxors”, etc…
> [http://www.worth1000.com/](http://www.worth1000.com/) has no news, but it has alot more photoshops.
That’s a cool site. My husband is getting into Photoshop and isn’t a fan of Fark, so this is useful. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/17 "2005-03-23T19:35:38Z")
[www.ironictimes.com](http://www.ironictimes.com)
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### Author:  [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/18 "2005-03-23T21:25:30Z")
[Zompist.com](http://www.zompist.com/default.html) is a great resource for linguistics, political rants, and cartoons. Be sure to check out the Cultural Tests!
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/19 "2005-03-23T21:35:35Z")
[Crank Dot Net](http://www.crank.net) for all the wonderful cranky goodness.
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### Author:  [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-favourite-websites/295643/20 "2005-03-24T07:15:49Z")
[Jet Propulsion Laboratory](http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm)
[HubbleSite](http://hubblesite.org/)
[NASA Home Page](http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html)
[Space.com](http://space.com/)
[Antique Tractors](http://www.antiquetractors.com/index.htm)
[Joe Cartoon](http://joecartoon.atomfilms.com/pages/home/)
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