# Your top 5 sites **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132 "2005-09-11T20:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/1 "2005-09-11T20:06:40Z")
While reading [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334260) I wondered if y’all had gotten into the same kind of rut I have. I remember when getting online was an incredible adventure, where discovering things like The Straight Dope (from a hyperlink in Opera) happened A LOT. Now I hang out at a half dozen sites: 1. [www.slashdot.org](http://www.slashdot.org) 2. SDMB 3. [www.gizmodo.com](http://www.gizmodo.com) / [www.engadget.com](http://www.engadget.com) (they’re nominally the same site) 4. [www.arstechnica.com](http://www.arstechnica.com) 5. [Cellar.org](http://Cellar.org) (and [the Image of the Day](http://www.cellar.org/forumdisplay.php?f=10) ) 6. [www.corvetteforum.com](http://www.corvetteforum.com) there are otheres. But these are the ones I bookmark first when I get a new browser. So, where do you hang your hat? (other than here) ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/2 "2005-09-11T20:13:09Z")
SDMB > **[h2g2 - The Guide to Life, The Universe and Everything](https://www.h2g2.com)** > > h2g2, the Unconventional Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything > **[CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos](https://www.cnn.com)** > > View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com. > **[IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows](https://www.imdb.com)** > > IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. Find ratings and reviews for the newest movie and TV shows. Get personalized recommendations, and learn where to watch across hundreds of streaming... Those are always the first four to get bookmarked, and usually visited every day (maybe not absolutely every day for IMDB). ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/3 "2005-09-11T20:29:43Z")
There are lotsa suggestions [here](http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=185217) from myself and others. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/4 "2005-09-12T01:03:43Z")
SDMB [Broadband Reports](http://www.broadbandreports.com/) [Reuters News](http://today.reuters.com/news/default.aspx) [Blogger](http://www.blogger.com/start) [Websnark.com](http://www.websnark.com/) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/5 "2005-09-12T01:05:26Z")
1. SDMB 2. [NASCAR.com](http://www.nascar.com) 3. [Jayski’s Silly Season](http://www.jayski.com/) 4. [Craigslist, Seattle version.](http://seattle.craigslist.org/) 5. [Racing West.](http://www.racingwest.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/6 "2005-09-12T01:55:12Z")
SDMB LJ snarkpit Homestar Runner several news websites, mostly CNN I don’t have any of these bookmarked because I know where they are anyway. My bookmarks are usually articles I want to show to someone else (I have one on febrile seizures for my mom and a few about stuff Bush did while he was governor for my dad) or merchandise I come across that I might want to purchase later. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/7 "2005-09-12T03:15:37Z")
Hmm, well… 1. Here 😉 2. [NAILS](http://www.hoogerbrugge.com/) ; a very strange site featuring interacive Flash animations by Hans Hoogerbrugge. I love it. 3. [Something Awful](http://www.somethingawful.com). This place never fails to make me laugh. 4. [Japanese Engrish](http://engrish.com/). Photos of cases of hilariously butchered English on buildings, cars, clothing, and other assorted items, predominately in Japan but also elsewhere in the world. 5. [Milk and Cookies](http://www.milkandcookies.com/) . An archive of links to interesting, weird, and funny sites around the net. Great place to go when bored. ---
**Author:** ![Xixox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@Xixox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xixox)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/8 "2005-09-12T04:44:45Z")
Five I must visit daily or suffer withdrawl symptoms: The Straight Dope - Naturally Fark.com - It’s not news, but it’s the closest I get to it. Worth1000.com - Photoshop goodness Something Awful - Photoshop badness The fifth will need to remain anonymous. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/9 "2005-09-13T05:02:46Z")
I don’t have any **bump** ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/10 "2005-09-13T05:18:21Z")
Some mandatory visits: This site (quite obviously) [www.ourcampaigns.com](http://www.ourcampaigns.com) AOL (to check my e-mail) [www.politicsnj.com](http://www.politicsnj.com) > **[IBDB | The Official Source For Broadway Information](https://www.ibdb.com/)** > > The official database for Broadway theatre information The message board of [www.missing-episodes.com](http://www.missing-episodes.com) alt.movies.silent (through Google Groups) [www.yahoo.com](http://www.yahoo.com) ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/11 "2005-09-13T11:22:47Z")
I noticed a rut, too. After being on the internet for 11 years (!) I guess I’m getting jaded. Here’s my list: Straight Dope (natch!) Fark Something Awful Television Without Pity “Spare the snark, spoil the networks” Stiffs.com and occasionally Ain’t It Cool News ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/12 "2005-09-13T22:51:07Z")
[SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com) [LiveJournal](http://www.livejournal.com) [CNN](http://www.cnn.com) [AZFamily](http://www.azfamily.com) (Local news) [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com) ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/13 "2005-09-13T23:29:20Z")
I am boring and predictable: SDMB LJ My various email things [bbc.com](http://bbc.com) [boston.com](http://boston.com) (for some reason, I care more about what’s happening there, than here) ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/14 "2005-09-14T03:48:32Z")
Two webcomics: [Sluggy Freelance](http://www.sluggy.com/) [Bob and George](http://www.bobandgeorge.com/index.html) Others: [Something Awful](http://www.somethingawful.com/) [Astronomy Picture of the Day](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html) [Jigzone](http://www.jigzone.com/), a puzzle site. Tons of fun. [NFL.com](http://www.nfl.com/) [Sports Illustrated](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/index.html?cnn=yes) [Homestarrunner](http://www.homestarrunner.com/) I reckon that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/15 "2005-09-14T04:17:48Z")
> **[Food.com - Recipes, Food Ideas And Videos](https://www.food.com/)** > > Food.com has a massive collection of recipes that are submitted, rated and reviewed by people who are passionate about food. From international cuisines to quick and easy meal ideas, Food.com is where you can find what youre craving. [“The Best Page in the Universe”](http://maddox.xmission.com/) > **[Netflix - Watch TV Shows Online, Watch Movies Online](https://www.netflix.com)** > > Watch Netflix movies & TV shows online or stream right to your smart TV, game console, PC, Mac, mobile, tablet and more. [www.wunderground.com](http://www.wunderground.com) [www.intellicast.com](http://www.intellicast.com) ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/16 "2005-09-14T04:46:24Z")
SDMB [Eschaton](http://atrios.blogspot.com) [Altercation](http://altercation.msnbc.com) [Edward Tufte: Ask E.T. forum](http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-new-answers?topic_id=1&topic=Ask%20E%2eT%2e) [Philip Greenspun’s Weblog](http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/) ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/17 "2005-09-14T18:41:16Z")
I’m not sure how to answer your question. As far as messageboards that I actively participate in it would be here and the SA Forums. But if you are looking for cool links that will lead to other links and bring back your sense of adventure I would recommend the following: > **[Boing Boing | A directory of mostly wonderful things](https://boingboing.net/)** > > Brain Candy for Happy Mutants! > **[Lifehacker | Do everything better](https://lifehacker.com/)** > > Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better. But the best is this: [http://news.stamen.com/vox/](http://news.stamen.com/vox/) (Warning Flash website) What it does is it takes the popular bookmarks added to [del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us/) and show them graphically. A little on the technical side, but that is because of the current makeup of the [del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us) community. You find a lot of interesting sites there. Also the whole point of [del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us) is that you can look at what other people have bookmarked and tagged. You can spend days surfing through sites that have been tagged as ‘cool’, ‘forums’ or ‘programming’. You can see who has specific sites like the SDMB bookmarked, and what other sites they have bookmarked as well. I no longer use the bookmark function on my browser. I store all my bookmarks on [del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us), and surf them from work or home. ---
**Author:** ![Sutremaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sutremaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sutremaine)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/18 "2005-09-14T22:27:16Z")
Ah, I miss the days when I first got online and would punch semi-random words into Google in the hope that the answer to the query I was making matched the answer to my original question. Found lots of interesting little Angelfire sites and the like. 1. Here. I could (and often do) spend hours trawling for tidbits. 2. [Videogame Recaps](http://www.videogamerecaps.com). Kind of like Television Without Pity, but with videogames and penis jokes. 3. [Godawful Fanfiction forums](http://godawful.net/forums/index.php). A site devoted to making rude and funny comments about bad fanfics, bad fanart, and all things Godawful. Kind of like TWP and VGR, but anyone can join in. One of the relatively few forums on the net where everyone writes Standard English. Also, they have a vomit smily. 😉 4. Something Awful, but although I have a forums account I never use it. It’s one of the busiest forums on the net and I just can’t keep up with it. I just stick to reading the features now. 5. [Fanfiction.net](http://www.fanfiction.net). I read, I write, I review, and sometimes I even find a good fic all by myself. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-sites/321132/19 "2005-09-14T22:38:22Z")
[www.b3ta.com](http://www.b3ta.com) The weekly “newsletter” has plenty of fun links, games, animations, and general weirdness. The photoshop challenge entries are usually cleverer than Fark or SA. The message board is in a class by itself. It’s not really your usual “message” board – it’s more like the internet’s fridge door. “Look what I made!” And because b3ta is more of a river of woo than a searchable database, www.glassco.cx – for searching b3ta. [Here’s a quick search for my recent piccies](http://glassco.cx/search?q=id%3A5898&board=&order=n). Whee!