# What 2 sites do you find most useful **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 30, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2-sites-do-you-find-most-useful/210370 "2003-10-30T03:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2-sites-do-you-find-most-useful/210370/1 "2003-10-30T03:00:10Z")
Aside from [StraightDope.com](http://StraightDope.com) and search sites (Google, et al), which sites do you find you keep going back to time and again for things other than entertainment… I use MapQuest and my family’s home page the most. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2-sites-do-you-find-most-useful/210370/2 "2003-10-30T03:03:21Z")
[dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) (has a thesaurus and translator too.) [excite.com](http://excite.com) (for news and tv listings) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2-sites-do-you-find-most-useful/210370/3 "2003-10-30T05:12:47Z")
I’m going to break the rules (as usual), please bear with me: maps - [http://mapsonus.switchboard.com/bin/maps-mapspec](http://mapsonus.switchboard.com/bin/maps-mapspec) dictionary - [http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm](http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm) movie reviews - [http://www.mrqe.com/](http://www.mrqe.com/) movies / actors - [http://www.imdb.com/](http://www.imdb.com/) almanac - [http://www.infoplease.com/](http://www.infoplease.com/) webby awards - [http://www.webbyawards.com/main/](http://www.webbyawards.com/main/) medical info - [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/) newspapers worldwide - [http://www.newsdirectory.com/](http://www.newsdirectory.com/) internet public library - [http://www.ipl.org/](http://www.ipl.org/) sports odds - [http://www.bettingedge.com/](http://www.bettingedge.com/) interesting stuff - [http://www.viewzone.com/](http://www.viewzone.com/) jokes - [http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/](http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/) animals - [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/](http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/) art - [http://www.art.com/](http://www.art.com/) shopping - [http://www.mysimon.com/](http://www.mysimon.com/) perl - [http://www.perldoc.com/](http://www.perldoc.com/) sql - [http://www-dbs.ethz.ch/~infosys/syntax\_diagramme/](http://www-dbs.ethz.ch/~infosys/syntax_diagramme/) html - [http://www.willcam.com/cmat/html/crossref.html#list](http://www.willcam.com/cmat/html/crossref.html#list) dmoz - [http://dmoz.org](http://dmoz.org) market - [http://cbs.marketwatch.com/](http://cbs.marketwatch.com/) cnet - [http://www.cnet.com/](http://www.cnet.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2-sites-do-you-find-most-useful/210370/4 "2003-10-30T05:22:22Z")
Just 2? [BBC News](http://news.bbc.co.uk) [Radio Times](http://www.radiotimes.beeb.com/) (TV is my GOD) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2-sites-do-you-find-most-useful/210370/5 "2003-10-30T06:23:54Z")
This thread is better suited for **IMHO**. I’ll move it for you. * * * **Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2-sites-do-you-find-most-useful/210370/6 "2003-10-30T06:31:08Z")
[LA Times](http://www.latimes.com) It’s set as my home page (my start page). Always something interesting there. [eBay](http://www.ebay.com) (Hey, I’m always buying or selling stuff.) [Internet Movie Database](http://www.imdb.com) [Stedman’s](http://www.stedmans.com) (I’m studying medical transcription.) [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com) I go there every damned day, so it seems. Even if it’s just to look up books or read customer reviews. I am addicted to [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com)! [Wet Canvas](http://www.wetcanvas.com) I check out Wet Canvas pretty regularly–it’s a nice art site. [Netflix](http://www.netflix.com) I have a movie queue that is _really_ way too long. I change the order around constantly. And there’s more. But that’s a starter. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2-sites-do-you-find-most-useful/210370/7 "2003-10-30T06:57:14Z")
Yeah! Amazon’s gonna be the bankruptcy of me! ☹