While reminding Facebook recently about a particularly awesome site, I used the phrase “one of the 10 best websites ever”. This got me to thinking: What are the ten best websites ever? Well, here they are.
(I thought about writing a big paragraph for each of these, but then I decided not to, since I’ve been copyediting all day, and I really want to play a video game before the day is done.)
- Wikipedia. You know why. Don’t believe the hype!
- Homestarrunner. Could you detect me to the nearest bus stamp?
- DemocracyNow. One hour of excellent news coverage every weekday. Free. No ads, no corporate BS.
- Google. Search, docs, maps, mail, images, video, etc etc. I’ve got to hand it to them: Whatever Google does, they do well.
- isolatr. Forget MySpace and Twitter and all that crap. isolatr is all you need. I can’t wait ’til they’re out of beta and I can set up my own isolatr page.
- pixlr. I only just found it recently, but it does most of the things I use Photoshop for, and it’s free, and it’s online, and it’s fast.
- Facebook. It’s not as bad as its illuminati iconography suggests.
- The Floating Brain of Eric S. Piotrowski. Dude!
- YouTube. Fair’s fair (again). Entire albums are up, movie trailers, and crazy German WoW kid.
- Metacritic. Reviews are one thing. Emergent properties of review clouds are where it’s really at.
TimeWaster™
A cool Lego movie about ideas. The main character totally looks like my late father. (Who was also totally awesome — Happy Father’s Day, dad!)
Today I’m listening to: Sun Rise Above! (You can download his latest album for free.)
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