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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: fallacy on February 06, 2012, 02:30:49 am
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List your favorite sites. Sites you visit every day or at least once a week to check for updates. Try not to post anything that anyone before you has posted.
I will get all the obvious ones out of the way so we can then discover some rare gems we never knew about.
Also say what you like about the site and why you keep coming back.
Obvious:
http://www.facebook.com/ (http://www.facebook.com/) FaceBook
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/ (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/) Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
http://www.ebay.com/ (http://www.ebay.com/) Ebay
http://www.amazon.com/ (http://www.amazon.com/) Amazon
http://www.newegg.com/ (http://www.newegg.com/) Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/ (http://www.newegg.com/) Pandora
http://www.youtube.com/show/keyofawesome?s=1 (http://www.youtube.com/show/keyofawesome?s=1) YouTube, But if you discovered any cool channels post them. <----- Key of Awesome
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AVGN, Been following this guy for years. Everything he puts out is gold, not just his Angry Video game nerd character. http://cinemassacre.com/ (http://cinemassacre.com/)
How many on this form even remembers this?
http://cinemassacre.com/2010/02/18/avgn-swordquest/ (http://cinemassacre.com/2010/02/18/avgn-swordquest/)
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of course this website!
MameZach http://mamezach.blogspot.com/ (http://mamezach.blogspot.com/) I found some great undiscovered Mame games because of this website
Shoryuken http://shoryuken.com/ (http://shoryuken.com/) fighting game website, the forum is pretty useful for arcade stick information
Fighters Generation http://www.fightersgeneration.com/main.htm (http://www.fightersgeneration.com/main.htm) it has lots of information on fighting games and pictures too
Creative Uncut http://www.creativeuncut.com/game-art-galleries.html (http://www.creativeuncut.com/game-art-galleries.html) great website for video game artwork
Geeks http://www.geeks.com/ (http://www.geeks.com/) a good website for computer parts
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eeks http://www.geeks.com/ (http://www.geeks.com/) a good website for computer parts
What kind of parts? Can you get things cheaper than Amazon or Newegg?
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http://www.moviefone.com/dvd?icid=cshub_nav (http://www.moviefone.com/dvd?icid=cshub_nav) Movie Fone – I check new DVD releases and watch the trailer. If I like it then I download it off http://thepiratebay.se/ (http://thepiratebay.se/) pirate bay
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http://crazytje.be/Latest (http://crazytje.be/Latest) always go to this manga site, I like Manga.... I like that they have a Latest release section I can quickly scan and see If a new chapter to any story I was reading came out.
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http://www.g4tv.com/games/reviews/ (http://www.g4tv.com/games/reviews/) always go to G4TV game review to see what games came out and check the score they give them to see if they are even worth looking into. They have to have a 5/5 to bother and even most of those suck.
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www.wired.com (http://www.wired.com)
One of the few magazines that are up-to-date or even a little ahead, yet writing their own ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- and doing it seriously good (I hate recycled or retweeted eight-hand news)
www.etsy.com (http://www.etsy.com)
The Ebay killer. Now mainly chicks and clothing focussed, but the first male ebay-retro-gaming sellers have arrived. It does everything right where Ebay stinks at:
No country localisations, you search all countries by default.
People who sell are real people with a name, a residential place, not floating 8-digit codes with a crap paypal email address to identify them
No bidding: only buy-it-now. I don't want to sit around at 4 am to check if I win something
The site looks decent (including decent pictures of the stuff sold), not My-Space like as Ebay does
Important for businesses: you get a receipt. Damn Ebay why don't you make these? Fleebay only mails a lousy email that is badly incomplete (Vat numbers anyone?) You can make a slightly better one for 90 days yourself on ebay's site, otherwise you have problems with you accountant.
www.amazon.co.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk)
And then other sellers, not Amazon itself. Those weird English sell a lot of stuff for 0.01 pound. How can they make a business of it? I don't mind those cheap books.
www.boingboing.net (http://www.boingboing.net)
The best of the news-digging and recycling sites.
www.rocketboom.com (http://www.rocketboom.com)
BoingBoing like presented with a nice chick in video format.
www.weer.nl (http://www.weer.nl)
Because it is damn accurate about showers. It allows me to cycle in between them to work and back.
www.duckduckgo.com (http://www.duckduckgo.com)
Because I want to search outside my filter bubble Google creates.
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www.duckduckgo.com (http://www.duckduckgo.com)
Because I want to search outside my filter bubble Google creates.
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AVGN, Been following this guy for years. Everything he puts out is gold, not just his Angry Video game nerd character. http://cinemassacre.com/ (http://cinemassacre.com/)
How many on this form even remembers this?
http://cinemassacre.com/2010/02/18/avgn-swordquest/ (http://cinemassacre.com/2010/02/18/avgn-swordquest/)
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1 Love this guy's stuff. I watch his AVGN videos over and over again; he says a lot of the stuff that went through my head playing the games.
As for stuff not added yet: www.cracked.com (http://www.cracked.com): Funny articles that are also informative (a guy on these boards has a couple of things published on the sute). The stuff by John Cheese is some of the best and I love the "Does Not Compute" (f/k/a Cracked TV) video series.
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THE CHIVE!!!
Best damn photoblog on the interwebs (http://www.thechive.com)
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THE CHIVE!!!
Best damn photoblog on the interwebs (http://www.thechive.com)
:stupid
Keep Cool and Chive on!
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Dont mean to threadjack or anything, but this seems relevant, did you guys know they are making a AVGN movie?! Its like a mockumentary, like King of Kong. I cant wait for it, its going to be HI-larious. :lol
I always check moviehole.net when I get home, because they always have up to date stuff on movies. Cant link it, at work. :(
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eeks http://www.geeks.com/ (http://www.geeks.com/) a good website for computer parts
What kind of parts? Can you get things cheaper than Amazon or Newegg?
Amazon is better, but they have almost the same stuff, the prices are the same I think. I bought my 28" 16:10 monitor from there, I found some great deals from that site. They have computer parts, computers, tvs, basically a lot of electronics and gadgets.
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Whatch this video, and become an even more stoned ape:
http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html (http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html)
Which brings me to another favourite:
www.ted.com (http://www.ted.com)
Great people talking!
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www.etsy.com
The Ebay killer. Now mainly chicks and clothing focussed, but the first male ebay-retro-gaming sellers have arrived. It does everything right where Ebay stinks at:
No country localisations, you search all countries by default.
People who sell are real people with a name, a residential place, not floating 8-digit codes with a crap paypal email address to identify them
No bidding: only buy-it-now. I don't want to sit around at 4 am to check if I win something
The site looks decent (including decent pictures of the stuff sold), not My-Space like as Ebay does
Important for businesses: you get a receipt. Damn Ebay why don't you make these? Fleebay only mails a lousy email that is badly incomplete (Vat numbers anyone?) You can make a slightly better one for 90 days yourself on ebay's site, otherwise you have problems with you accountant.
Thanks for this link.
I found some cool star wars pieces of art. I don’t particularly link Star Wars but this is the perfect kind of Geek\Classy hybrid art I was looking for my Media Room.
(http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.252209615.jpg)
(http://img0.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.252166172.jpg)
(http://img0.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.269393184.jpg)
(http://img2.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.279585154.jpg)
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Another great site I read occasionally is The Oatmeal (theoatmeal.com (http://theoatmeal.com))
Here's one of my favs: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/beer (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/beer)
And another: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/fix_computer (http://theoatmeal.com/blog/fix_computer)
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http://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45 (http://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45)
http://failblog.org/ (http://failblog.org/)
http://www.swapacd.com/ (http://www.swapacd.com/) - not so much an "every day" thing but still a great site
The rest of my frequently visited sites have already been listed.
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If you like gadgets, http://www.theverge.com (http://www.theverge.com) is really good. It was started by the guy who made Engadget and then became disillusioned with the shallow direction it was heading under AOL's ownership.
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I think www.pinterest.com (http://www.pinterest.com) is all the rage right now. They have a geek section. http://pinterest.com/all/?category=geek (http://pinterest.com/all/?category=geek)
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www.reddit.com (http://www.reddit.com) - The Frontpage of the Internet.
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http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html (http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html)
is that supposed to brother me tho?? I get whatever I want from google. but yeah a normal search engine would be nice. guess I will check the other one out duckduckgo sometimes.
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http://shirtoid.com/ (http://shirtoid.com/) - this site aggregates a lot of the t-shirt of the day sites from around the web
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I cant link it, but I go to www.riptapparel.com (http://www.riptapparel.com) every day because they have a daily t shirt thing. Some are awesome, and some are super lame.
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www.milkandcookies.com (http://www.milkandcookies.com) Pop culture video posts
www.atarimania.com (http://www.atarimania.com) Great resource for 8-bit games
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www.wwtdd.com (http://www.wwtdd.com)
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www.filmdrunk.com (http://www.filmdrunk.com)
I often find out about a lot of awesome, bizarre movies on this site, along with the regular movie news. For instance, this weekend I went to the Hollywood premiere of the movie The FP, which was all kinds of awesome, and I never would of even heard of the movie if it wasn't for this site.
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I like biertijd.com (NSFW) they have all sorts of funny videos, cool photography and pictures of gorgeous women (MetArt).
Your typical lad website.
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I think www.pinterest.com (http://www.pinterest.com) is all the rage right now.
Should I see more than a grey page?
Stupid JS HTML5 sites....
It is also grey on the Google preview...
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For fun/entertainment
www.fark.com (http://www.fark.com) ;D Because it's farking great!
http://www.de-animator.com/ (http://www.de-animator.com/) Because killing zombies ALWAYS make the day just a little better :woot
Hobbies
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php (http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php) Because I love to sail! Probably don't visit EVERY week, but it is on the fav bar.
http://straightrazorplace.com/content/ (http://straightrazorplace.com/content/) I don't check it all the time, but I like looking for deals on razors.. Shaving with a straight is cool.
http://www.aopa.org/ (http://www.aopa.org/) If you are a pilot like me, a student pilot, or want to earn your pilot certificate, this is an important organization to be familiar with.
http://maca.hobby-site.org (http://maca.hobby-site.org) I host this site for the Miniature Aircraft Combat Association.
www.marksdailyapple.com (http://www.marksdailyapple.com) nutrition and exercise site with forums! Grok on!
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web filter (http://www.aobo-porn-filter.com/)
Are you a healthy man?
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Nobody else listed www.woot.com (http://www.woot.com) and the other woot sites (home, kids, wine, shirts) for their daily deals?
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Nobody else listed www.woot.com (http://www.woot.com) and the other woot sites (home, kids, wine, shirts) for their daily deals?
I don't consider those places I visit so much as the home I come back to after visiting the rest of the web.
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For deals and such, I just go to http://slickdeals.net/ (http://slickdeals.net/) best deal site, IMO.
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Post some more, please.
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HGHRRRRRRRBRAINS ZOMBIE THREAD!
http://didyouknowgaming.com/ (http://didyouknowgaming.com/)
DID you know gaming?
http://www.free-tv-video-online.me/ (http://www.free-tv-video-online.me/)
free tv, nuff said.
http://www.fat-pie.com/ (http://www.fat-pie.com/)
creapy ass stuff there boy.
www.reddit.com (http://www.reddit.com)
:dunno
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http://Gizmodo.com (http://Gizmodo.com)
http://theregister.co.uk (http://theregister.co.uk)
If you haven't already you should read the BOFH archives... http://www.theregister.co.uk/data_centre/bofh/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/data_centre/bofh/)
And of course http://slashdot.org (http://slashdot.org)
not everyday but often:
http://dilbert.com (http://dilbert.com)
http://xkcd.com (http://xkcd.com)