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http://vixy.net/ converts flv (youtube) into other formats

http://mobile9.com has free ringtones, programs, games for your mobile phone that you can easily download with your WAP browser. this does have a ton of moving, flashing, and talking ads (easily defeated by adblockers)

http://woot.com sells one thing per day, usually deeply discounted

http://maxgames.com is apparently not blocked by websense, so you can play games at work

http://wwwl.meebo.com/index-en.html is AIM, YIM, and MSN in your browser

http://slickdeals.net has deals n’ shit

http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page how to do shit

http://code.google.com database of open source code

http://www.oswd.org/ open source web design

http://www.google.com/reader/ amalgamates rss feeds or some such shit, i don’t know

http://zillow.com prices for any home, plus estimates on what you can do to raise the value of your home

http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/ free sci library

http://pandora.com find music that is similar to music you already like

http://www.seeqpod.com/music/ find music in general

http://fatwallet.com deals

http://www.junglecrazy.com/ compiles deals from amazon.com onto one page

http://www.netvibes.com/ a good customizable home page that does rss feeds, tabs, etc etc

http://www.gethuman.com/us/ get real people when you call places

http://beeradvocate.com beer dorks

http://www.grandcentral.com/ visual voicemail on your phone, etc; has been bought by google

http://www.cdcovers.cc/ cd covers, dvd covers, etc

http://nyc.myopenbar.com/ happy hours in LA, NYC, Chicago, San Fran, Boston, DC

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/ calculate distances you walk or run

http://mailinator.com if you need to sign up for spammy shit

http://www.snacksby.com/ tell it what you have and it can tell you recipes to cook

http://www.nanika.net/Metro/ cell phone software that has timetables and directions for the mass transit networks of hundreds of cities

http://www.citationmachine.net plug in info and it will make citations for you for papers and shit

http://www.musictheory.net/ a first year music course

http://steepandcheap.com like http://woot.com for outdoor equipment

http://makezine.com/blog/ DIY projects

http://zuji.com cheap ass airplanes tickets

http://www.gutenberg.org/ books n shit

http://riaaradar.com tells you if a band has an album released through a member of the RIAA

http://bubbl.us make brainstorming charts

http://www.site59.com last minute flight deals

http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/ explains how to text message google and get directions, addresses, phone numbers, etc

http://caedes.net high res wallpapers

http://www.chordbook.com/guitartuner.php online guitar tuner

http://mandolux.com/ cool wallpapers; also has options for the people out there with a multiple monitor setup

http://orb.com stream your media over the web

http://www.sxc.hu/ free, high res stock images

http://www.youtube.infamousx.com/ watch deleted youtube vids

http://www.factcheck.org/ NO SPIN ZONE

http://www.betawatcher.com/ sign up to beta test games

https://www.mediamax.com 25 gigs of storage

http://proxy.espn.go.com/wireless/espn/wml/index this, plus a phone and a data plan, gives you updates to all kinds of faggy sports bullshit

http://www.video101course.com course on film, lighting, editing

http://www.idrink.com give ingredients, tells you what drinks you can make

http://portableapps.com/ full software suites that are bootable from a thumb drive

http://www.virtualnes.com/ play nintendo

http://www.t-nation.com/ articles and forums on bodybuilding, powerlifting, and sports training (they do hawk their supplements heavily)

http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/ the only reason you still used IE is eliminated

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html shows and tells how to do almost any weightlifting exercise

http://www.wififreespot.com/ca.html locate free wifi hotspots

http://logmein.com browser interface, allows you access to your desktop files

http://bookmooch.com give away books, get points, get books

http://marxists.org everything marxists have written

http://www.ovguide.com/tvfilm.html compiles tv and movie sites

http://bloglines.com checks your favorite blogs for updates

lhttp://ala.com trade your old cds for new ones ($1.75 per trade)

http://brandsoftheworld.com/ huge free database of logos from all over the world

http://librivox.org/ users record public domain books into audiobook files, so they’re free

http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials drawing and painting tutorials

http://www.torrify.com portable web browser that can get by most proxies

http://pinger.com spam a voicemail to multiple people

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ forum where people, you know, advise you on trips (fastest way, cheapest way, places to see, etc)

http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm movie fonts for photoshops

http://empornium.us bittorrent porno

http://biopsychiatry.com/ abstracts from studies of many prescription drugs

http://www.youtube.com/ucberkeley UCB lectures on youtube

http://ffffound.com/ v cool found images

http://www.gasbuddy.com/ find cheapest gas near you