Here are a few of my favorite websites:
Blogs
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SIGPWNED |
Here, stupid. One of the best sites on the internet. Really. |
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Gorgeous Earth |
Amateurs' perspectives on the world. A photoblog run by my best friend Arpit Dave. |
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Arpit's Blog |
Arpit's personal blog on life or something like it. |
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News Sites
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BBC News |
News from the BBC. I prefer it to most domestic news sources for reasons you can probably imagine. |
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Reddit |
A social network news aggregator. Alternately fascinating and hilarious. |
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Digg |
Another social news aggregator. Digg used to be mostly tech news, but I think it's jumped the shark. Still good for a laugh, though. Stay classy, Digg. |
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Slashdot |
IT news and other stuff. An oldie but a goodie. Always vote for the Cowboy Neal option. |
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Fark |
It's not news, its fark.com. Your dog wants steak. |
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The Onion |
Best fake news on the internets. |
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Open Source Software
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Ubuntu |
Home of the best desktop Linux distro in existence. If you're interested in giving linux a try, visit the download page to find out how. (Hint: It's really easy.) |
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Firefox |
The best damn internet browser, period. There was some bloat through the 2.x series, but 3.x is doing a lot to fix it. Way better than Internet Exploder. |
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Drupal |
The homepage of the Content Management System SIGPWNED is built on top of. I'm actually quite impressed by Drupal. Keep up the good work, guys! |
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Emacs |
The best text editor/operating system on the planet. Let the flame war commence. |
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The Gimp |
Really excellent photo-editing application. Actually not a character from Pulp Fiction. |
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Audacity |
The best open-source audio editing program. Better than SoundForge by far, even if "better" just means "cheaper". |
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Software and Technology
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Google |
This site needs no introduction. The best search engine on the internet, period. I use it daily. |
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Coding Horror |
Jeff Atwood's blog on "programming and human factors". Top notch articles on programming especially, although maybe I just don't like human factors. |
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The Daily WTF |
War stories from the front lines of IT. I appreciate the irony of reading other people's war stories from the front lines of IT as I sit on the front lines of IT. |
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Web Comics
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Penny Arcade |
One of my favorite web comics. I roll twenties. |
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xkcd |
Another one of my favorite web comics. What is the square root of  indeed, Mr. Monroe. |
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Diesel Sweeties |
Yet another good web comic. Not as good as Penny Arcade or xkcd, but it posts every day and it's better than working. |
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Perry Bible Fellowship |
Beautifully-drawn webcomic. Very insightful, and quite funny if you don't mind dark comedy. Now "semi-retired," though, so new posts are very infrequent. |
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SinFest |
I don't visit it often, but I read a lot when I go. Monica is hawt. |
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VGCats |
Really well-drawn comic. Kind of hit and miss content-wise, though. |
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Cooking
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AllRecipes |
One of the best recipe and cooking websites on the internet. Bar none. Please let me know if you find a good recipe for blueberry muffins! |
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Other
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Coast to Coast AM |
Official website of the late-night AM radio show Coast to Coast with George Noory. Way out there, but sometimes interesting and always great for a laugh. |
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