Websites
 

I've just realised how dull my internet repertoire is. I check my mail, read the news on the BBC website, view my bank accounts, monitor some forums and look at a couple of shops.

So tell me which websites you look at, regularly or occasionally, entertaining informative or useful, amusing or geeky, which you think the rest of us should be looking at. Any blogs you regularly keep an eye on which make astute political points? Any news sites which make you laugh out loud daily? Any shops where you consistently find huge bargains?

I want to know anything and everything worthwhile on the internet, as I now have more time on my hands. An encyclopaedia of good websites, if you will.

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i would have sacked you too

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To start off, an interesting one I've started monitoring lately is a blog of sorts called PostSecret. Here, people write their secrets on a postcard, send it to an address and the best are posted every Sunday.

I'm not sure why I like it, but I find it strangely uplifting to realise that a) there are people more ****ed up than me and b) there are people just as ****ed up as me, whatever my issues.

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We usually go to GD to realise stuff like that.

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Google is your friend.

:up:

Now **** off and speak to him and not us.

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copy cat wannabe

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I think most people have a dull repetoire too. In my case a cycle of news & sport headlines, torrent sites, and GD make up 90% of my internet use :(

MrPeach, for some reason your avatar reminds me of Stephen Hawking, perhaps at a time when his illness was less severe. Something about the head tilt and the frail smile I think. "No offence." :)

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My sites:

http://slate.msn.com

A *****ing* phenomenal opinion website that has extremely good articles if you don't mind digging for them.

http://www.npr.org
http://www.here-now.org
http://www.marketplace.org
http://www.theworld.org
http://www.transom.org

These are websites of public radio programs that you can listen to streaming. Sunday I was putting together a new desk and while I was doing the work I was listening to Fresh Air's piece on Smokey Robinson and the Miracles . It's great.

Other news I read:

http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.zdnet.com

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http://www.addictinggames.com/

usually keeps me amused

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Very highbrow. I might even say aristorcratic. ;)

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Oooo they have curve ball, I love curve ball.

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I like.

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These forums, various blogs, news.google.co.uk, Slashdot, The Register, The Pirate Bay + other torrent sites, Zmag, vcdquality.com and Wikipedia are my usual cycle. I very rarely run out of sites to look at I can always read blogs that are linked to the ones I read, then ones linked to those, etc.

Also the Audioscrobbler site that Skiddy posted is quite a useful way of finding similar bands to the ones you like who you can then go Google which leads to more results...etc.

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You don't want to do too much on the Internet in case it substitutes real life, you need a balance.

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http://www.alldumb.com

a selection of a few of the funniest things in the world (and some of the dumbest too)

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http://www.worth1000.com PhotoShop site
http://www.killsometime.com/Addictive-Flash-Games.asp More Flashgames
http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com Dont know why i still have this
http://www.sixsixfive.com A list of amusing stuff people write/draw/photo/etc.

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One of the most oddly captivating sites I've ever seen...

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Damn that site is really intense.
Kind of puts things into perspective when you see people with problems like that.

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i pretty much use this, mirc (more channels than #forums), and GBS.

although, i also spend a lot of time on KGS playing go (kgs.kiseido.com people)

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I look here and various link dumps (e.g. www.fark.com)

Also have things todo with the bittorrent world, http://snarf-it.org/.

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I find myself wasting hours a day on wikipedia. I will go on to find one peice of info and a link to something else in the entry I was looking for will drag me some where else and before i know it ive spent a few hours and am reading about something which is so far removed from what I was originally visting the site to find.

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I've found myself doing the same at times, http://www.howstuffworks.com is good for that also.

http://www.linkydinky.com is also another good links depository.

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These i use everyday in that order:

http://www.orkut.com
http://www.myspace.com
http://gmail.com
http://www.terra.com.br
http://mail.yahoo.com
http://www.google.com
http://forum.wars.com.br
http://pirate.planetarion.com

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Most of the sites I visit people have already mentioned. I also browse the free articles at http://www.economist.com/ as well as reading www.capmag.com. Most of my time recently though has been playing the games on the arcade at www.urwins.com