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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?).
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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March 15, 2012 at 3:53am
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November 17, 2011 at 7:42pm
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barrym
March 11, 2012 at 8:09am
Yes great examples of sites you have here. Some great web design examples too. Barry
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luedawen
February 08, 2011 at 6:39am
This is a great list! I'm going to try allot of the sites listed on here today at work ~WINK~
Since other ppl are sharing sites they like I like http://AsSeenInBathrooms.com its a funny site I guess they put new stuff up every day. Some of the pictures are ok but I did find allot that make me laugh!
exa4774
January 01, 2011 at 9:13pm
I wish it was updated but the sites mentioned are very cool. I'm starting up my own awesome sites site. Check it out at http://www.awesomewebsites.org/ I'd love some feedback...
carbon6
August 25, 2010 at 9:03am
Another one I'd add to the list that’s just starting is called eventtap.com, and it does something that is needed but doesn’t exist on the web- display things to do right now in your area. I expect to see it become very popular within the next couple years, as long as people use it and add content (something which it’s lacking right now, but it’s just starting to grow)...so check it out! Maybe add it to the list!
kenhat92@gmail.com
February 23, 2010 at 6:37am
I use left2go.com when I have a deadline to meet. It lets me know exactly how many days, hours, minutes, seconds I have left to procrastinate.
-- "Insisting on absolute safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." Mary Shafer
dandart
November 20, 2009 at 8:08pm
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
Kevin398
November 05, 2009 at 10:51pm
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.
freb
October 28, 2009 at 6:33am
This site looks like a good idea. I don't know if it works or not. http://www.swaggitsearch.com
Freb
bballisgod
October 27, 2009 at 1:26am
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!
Phoebe
October 22, 2009 at 1:54am
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.
rharjanto
October 21, 2009 at 11:08pm
http://www.heapr.com
Search Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, WolframAlpha, etc. all at once, super fast (search on key press)!
ericalong1
October 21, 2009 at 7:48pm
The Filthyrichmond site is ridiculously funny, you guys left out http://booklookr.com for finding cheap textbooks/school books, great list!
gendoikari1
October 21, 2009 at 3:30pm
Great job MPC, you just [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife ruined hundreds of lives]]... AAAGH IT HAS ME!
markohurlo
October 21, 2009 at 3:25pm
I think Prom Date Depot --- http://www.promdatedepot.com --- is one of the better site ideas I've seen in awhile....
johnny5000
October 21, 2009 at 2:16pm
It's not listed, but I really like Woopid.com
tons of really great tutorials for me and those I help out
Obsolete
October 21, 2009 at 9:04am
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
norman
October 21, 2009 at 9:09am
Oops, fixed! Sorry about the error. Good luck with your book!
-- Norm
DogPatch1149
October 21, 2009 at 8:18am
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.
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fnordfnord
October 21, 2009 at 7:46am
FilthyRichmond.com is hilarious. But WTF is up with her grill?
Comic Book Guy
October 21, 2009 at 2:49am
It only searches cities in Iowa, what good is it for Craigslist..?!
Comic Book Guy
Comic Book Guy
October 21, 2009 at 5:11am
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
Modred189
October 21, 2009 at 5:43am
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
Havok
October 21, 2009 at 7:08am
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.
Xylogeist
October 21, 2009 at 7:27am
Nah, Canadian independency is a joke. You'd be better off anexed by the US.
DBsantos77
October 20, 2009 at 9:57pm
Nice list! I like soyouwanna.com, saves me a lot of time rather than using a search engine.
-Santos
robertsimon212
August 12, 2010 at 12:44am
You might have heard of some of these sites, but we'll bet you haven't heard of all them. Read on and find out. You won't be disappointed.
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