50 Kick-Ass Websites You Need to Know About
Posted 10/21/09 at 11:00:00 AM by Alex Castle, Norman Chan, and Forence Ion
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Crackle.com
Watch TV Shows and Movies You Can’t Find on Hulu
NBC’s Hulu may be the dominant video-streaming service for legally watching TV shows and movies, but its catalogue isn’t nearly comprehensive. Rival service Crackle fills in missing shows and films owned by Sony Pictures, in case you want to watch movies like Ghostbusters or Groundhog Day. Cracke’s collection isn’t as big as Hulu’s, but there are plenty of hidden gems here (Karate Kid II, anyone?).
Offworld.com
Insightful Gaming News without the Kotaku Crowd
Boingboing’s gaming spinoff cherry picks only the most interesting gaming links and industry news for its blog, adding insightful commentary with a little nostalgic bent to each post. It has since been put on hiatus, and former editor Brandon Boyer has deposited most of his eclectic links in a Tumblr blog. Still, Offworld’s archives are a delightful read, and it is still currently updated by the editors of Boingboing.
Also worth checking out: Rockpapershotgun.com, featuring frequent Offworld and PC Gamer UK contributors.
Vimeo.com
The Best Place to Upload Your Videos
We’ve given up all hope for Youtube. Vimeo – founded by the creators of CollegeHumor – is the premium cable equivalent of internet video. The simple upload interface, relatively quick processing times, and elegant video interface make this our preferred video hosting site. The moderated channels have high-quality content (there’s even a channel for anaglyph 3D video!), and the community has more than a single-digit lexicon.
Craiglook.com
Craiglist Gets Unstuck from 1995
Craigslist is undoubtedly the best place online marketplace to barter or trade goods, but its interface and navigation system leaves much to be desired. But since all of its content can be read through RSS feeds, you’re not forced to actually use the Craigslist site. Craiglook is a mash-up of Craiglist feeds (read through Yahoo Pipes) and Google Maps. Its location radius-based search is the site’s most useful feature, and its content is always up to date with the main Craigslist directory.
Drop.io
Collaborate in Real-Time without the Wave
Yes, we know everyone is excited about the potential of Google Wave as an end-all solution for real-time project collaboration. But in its Beta state, Wave is too buggy and slow to earn our recommendation. Drop.io takes a simpler approach to real-time collaboration: users share online “drop” repositories which host documents and images. We dig that Drop.io doesn’t require complicated user accounts or unnecessary social networking elements. Yahoo apparently feels the same way, and has pre-installed Drop.io’s Attach Large Files feature into every Yahoo mail account.
Spotify.com
A Social Music Platform to Replace iTunes
Spotify is a new music service that hopes to streamline the way we both stream and purchase new music. The company was launched with the blessing of several major labels, in a refreshingly forward-thinking move on the part of the music industry. Because of this, Spotify is able to stream full, high-quality tracks from these labels without fear of retribution. Our favorite feature is the ability to create and save playlists for later. This really adds to the illusion that you now have an unlimited music library on your computer. While Spotify is not yet available for US residents, we await its stateside debut with bated breath.
You forget
Submitted by dandart on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 7:08pm
Last.fm (music, scrobbling, sharing, recommendation)
Jamendo.com - brilliant free music
Your Creative Commons search bar - search for free moddable stuff.
xenon.kevinghadyani.com - a Web OS plus file, video, audio, picture sharing and hosting!
Stuff:
sourceforge.net - free software
freshmeat.com - free software
ubuntu.com - a whole free OS
linuxmint.com - another one that may be the easiest OS I have ever used
amarok.kde.org - a great audio player
Wikipedia.org
Google.com
Submitted by Kevin398 on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 9:51pm
Like the previous post said, I agree that this website looks like a good idea. Seems like it lets consumers combine buying power to get a better deal.
Submitted by freb on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 5:33am
This site looks like a good idea. I don't know if it works or not. http://www.swaggitsearch.com
Freb
Submitted by bballisgod on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 12:26am
I also thought the all in one search engine http://www.onepageartist.com was pretty good, you guys should think about it for your next list! Thanks for the compilation!
Great list!
Submitted by Phoebe on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 12:54am
Great combination of standbys like Kayak and io9 mixed with some useful new discoveries.
Those looking for an alternative to Hulu etc. might also take a look at Jinni http://www.jinni.com for a new, visual way to choose and get seamlessly connected to watch with Netflix, Hulu, etc.
Submitted by rharjanto on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 10:08pm
http://www.heapr.com
Search Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, WolframAlpha, etc. all at once, super fast (search on key press)!
Submitted by ericalong1 on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 6:48pm
The Filthyrichmond site is ridiculously funny, you guys left out http://booklookr.com for finding cheap textbooks/school books, great list!
TVTropes
Submitted by gendoikari1 on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 2:30pm
Great job MPC, you just [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife ruined hundreds of lives]]... AAAGH IT HAS ME!
Submitted by markohurlo on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 2:25pm
I think Prom Date Depot --- http://www.promdatedepot.com --- is one of the better site ideas I've seen in awhile....
Submitted by johnny5000 on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 1:16pm
It's not listed, but I really like Woopid.com
tons of really great tutorials for me and those I help out
i now <3 openwith.org. thx
Submitted by nsk chaos on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 12:19pm
i now <3 openwith.org. thx guys!!!!!! XD
Submitted by gleep on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 8:44am
Thanks for the list, guys. Got some great new bookmarks out of it.
Submitted by Obsolete on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 8:04am
Thanks so much for linking to ObsoelteTheBook.com! My name is Anna Jane, however. Not Mary Jane. Although, I do like Mary Janes...
The site is actually just an extension of my book, <A href="http://bit.ly/obsoletebook">OBSOLETE</a>. Thanks for allowing me this shameless plug.
Signed,
MJG
Submitted by norman on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 8:09am
Oops, fixed! Sorry about the error. Good luck with your book!
-- Norm
Submitted by DogPatch1149 on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 7:18am
I've been using Weather Underground for a long time now, and the ability to select advanced radar types alone is reason enough it beats Weather.com in my book. (Of course, WU doesn't have Heather Tesch, so it's kind of even, I guess. :) )
More than once, I've used WU to monitor approaching storms...the interactive radar display gives you six frames of playback (more if you pay), which is more than adequate to figure out where the serious weather is headed.
Submitted by snapple00 on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 7:16am
A top 50 with no porn? Shame..
What is the world coming to...
Submitted by fnordfnord on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 6:46am
FilthyRichmond.com is hilarious. But WTF is up with her grill?
Submitted by WFUJay on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 6:16am
Gethuman.com is extremely helpful.
Nice article.
PostSecret
Submitted by K0BALT on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 3:30am
PostSecret.com is an intersting site that I check every Sunday.
Craiglook Is Useless
Submitted by Comic Book Guy on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 1:49am
It only searches cities in Iowa, what good is it for Craigslist..?!
Comic Book Guy
.....did you only put in
Submitted by myndflyte on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 3:27am
.....did you only put in Iowa zip codes when you searched?
Submitted by Comic Book Guy on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 4:11am
Why would I put Iowa zip codes, I am in Canada, I tried postal codes, as well as city; it's only good for the US then...so it's still useless!
Comic Book Guy
I think you are mistaken! It
Submitted by Modred189 on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 4:43am
I think you are mistaken! It just means it is useless to people who don't live in the US. Who are pretty useless anyway!!!
I KID!!!mm :-D
Not so smooth
Submitted by Havok on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 6:08am
Oooooooo.... you just pissed off A LOT of users Mr. Naruto-avatar-person...When a Canadian pokes fun at Canada, it's funny, when a 'Mericain makes fun of the US it's funny, just not the opposites. Canada shames YOU!
CLICK.
Submitted by snapple00 on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 7:51pm
Is the Canadas apart of the Chinas?
Nah, Canadian independency
Submitted by Xylogeist on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 6:27am
Nah, Canadian independency is a joke. You'd be better off anexed by the US.
Submitted by Havok on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 2:59pm
It's not Fallout!?!
CLICK.
"Independency" isn't a word.
Submitted by naxself on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 9:29am
Just thought I'd point that out.
Good list, though. I've clicked on a couple of sites I didn't know about.
Nice list! I like
Submitted by DBsantos77 on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 8:57pm
Nice list! I like soyouwanna.com, saves me a lot of time rather than using a search engine.
-Santos
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