Updated post. First published November 22, 2013.
Music & Sound
- Warbeats – Improve your beatmaking skills
- Whosampled – Find music samples
- Tastekid – Find related TV, Music, Movies, Books, etc
- DI.fm – HQ Electronic Radio Resource
- Live365 – Online radio
- mp3cut – Cut mp3s online
- Last.fm – Your listening history/find related artists
- StereoMood – Listen to music depending on emotion
- ThisSongIsSick – Music blog (hiphop/electronic mostly)
- GoodMusicAllDay – Electronic/Hiphop Blog/Player
- Simplynoise – Noise Cancelation
- RainyMood – Noise Cancelation
- SoundCloud – Share and listen to music (audio hosting)
- BeatPort – Online electronic music store
- 22tracks – Simple 22 track playlist categorized by genre
- Radio3net – Streaming 1001 albums you must hear before you die
- Classic-Music-Online – Free classical music library with player
- TheNeedleDrop – Great music review site
- SetList.fm – Share setlists
- Essential Mix Database – Every essential mix since 1993
- Songkick – Scan your library and receive notifications of nearby concerts
Education
- Qwiki – Transcribed audio/images into a video from any wiki article
- WolframAlpha – Computational knowledge engine
- ThinkTutorial – Free Computer Tutorials and Lessons
- Lizardpoint – Learn geography
- TED – Ideas worth spreading
- TEDtalk Spreadsheet – Rates presentations on a scale of 1-10, and automatically updated
- KhanAcademy – Science/Math tutorials
- HowStuffWorks – Fucking magnets
- ThinkingAllowed – Thought-provoking videos
- CS50.tv – OpenCourseware – Harvard Computer Science 50
- Open Yale Courses – OpenCourseware – Yale
- Library.nu – eBook database
- MIT – Free Online Course Material – Lectures, Assignments, Projects, Media
- StudyBlue – Create flashcards to study
- theNewBoston – Learn programming
- Lifehacker – Tips/tricks for everyday
- AddictiveTips – Tech Tips
- Gutenberg – Online books
- Erowid – Learn about drugs
- Cramster – Homework help
- Academic Earth – Online Academic Video Lectures
- Instructables – Makes, How To, and DIY
- HowCast – Instructional Videos
- TopDocumentaryFilms – Watch free documentaries online
- DocumentaryHeaven – Watch free documentaries online
- After The Deadline – Because you’re not that smart
- TutVid – Free Adobe application tutorials
- Videojug – How-To videos and guides
- Tech-Recipes – Tech-related tutorials/tips for a variety of categories
- CodeAcademy – Learn how to code
- HTMLdog – Learn HTML and CSS
- CSS-tricks – A web design community
- Snopes – Urban legends reference page
- CosmoLearning – Educational website for students and teachers covering all topics
- tutsplus – From graphics to web development
Tools
- Zamzar – Online file conversion
- Broken File Generator – Blame your faulty computer for your procrastination
- CopyPasteCharacter – Online character map for frequently used non-alphabet characters
- BigAssMessage – Ensure they get the message
- ReadItLater – Save pages to read later
- Tinyurl – URL Shortener
- L-Mail – Send letters online
- WhatTheFont – Match fonts
- Tineye – Reverse image search
- Sleepyti.me – Sleep calculator
- Ninite – Fast way to update/install software
- BugMeNot – Find/Share login/passwords to avoid signing up
- WhatIsMyIp – Find your IP address
- Mailinator – Disposable email account
- Scribd – Text hosting
- PopURLs – Feed from top stories of news aggregators
- 10minutemail – Disposable email account
- PrintFriendly – Make webpages printfriendly
- EasyBib – Bibliography/Citation Maker
- Pipl – Web people search
- Pixlr – Online photo editor
- Mibbit – Web IRC
- ShadyURL – Create alternative “shady” urls
- DownForEveryoneOrJustMe – Is google.com down?
- Kapersky – Online virus scanner
- SynchTube – Watch YouTube videos in sync with your friends
- Lipsum – Create filler text
- CoolUtils Image Converter – Resize images for avatars
- Dropbox – File hosting
- MediaFire – File hosting
- ZumoDrive – File hosting
- DepositFiles – Another file hosting resource
- FilesTube – Search and Download Files
- FileCrop – Search engine for shared files
- Imgur – Best image hosting
- DummyImage – Create dummy images of any format
- VectorMagic – Create vectors from any image
- Challonge – Create tournament brackets
- Prezi – Because powerpoint slides are boring
- TypeWith.me – Online word document collaboration
- eBuddy – Web and mobile messaging
- Iedone – Online IDE & Debugging Tool
- Do I have a dead pixel?
- RunPee – Find out when the best time to use the bathroom is during movie
- Dailylit – Read books by email or RSS
- Youtube to mp3 – Convert and download youtube video/audio
- FaxZero – Send/Receive faxes through email
- Boxoh – Track your USPS, UPS, FedEx, or DHL/AirBorne packages
- CamelCamelCamel – Amazon price tracking history
- TheAlphabetizer – Modify lists – strip HTML, alphabetical order, randomize, reverse, etc
- HipsterIpsum – Lorem Ipsum for hipsters
- Samuel L Ipsum – Lorem Ipsum mothafucka, do you speak it?
- UpsideDownText – Flip text
- WeirdMaker – Make crazy text
- EnergyFiend – How many energy drinks before you drop?
- ProjectHarmony – Abstract drawing made easy
- PTable – Easily viewable periodic table
- Springpad – Note manager
- Snag.gy – Just ctrl+V to upload an image
- ICheckMovies – Keep track of the movies you’ve seen
- WayBackMachine – View websites in the past
- Jeffrey’s Exif Viewer – View image EXIF data
- ASCII Art Generator – Generate images as text
- Howjsay – Free online pronunciation dictionary
- StolenCameraFinder – Uses EXIF data to track your camera down
Resources
- Iconspedia – Icon resource
- RetailMeNot – Coupons
- NationMaster – World Statistics Database
- Userscripts – Customize your browser
- DaFont – Font database
- Google Webfonts – Free, open source fonts for your website
- Celtx -Media pre-production system
- Kayak.com – Planning a trip?
- AllMyFaves – Popular websites index
- WeatherSpark – Interactive Weather
- Etsy – Buy/Sell handmade products
- GPUReview – Compare video cards
- Can You Run It? – System Requirements Analyzer
- Zeer – Food ingredients & nutrition information
- DocuWiki – A wiki for documentaries
- Dummy Credit Card Numbers – Allows you to register with sites that require a credit card
- PaperBackSwap – Trade textbooks
- Nik.bot.nu – Image board scraper
- Slickdeals – Deal aggregator
- Rhymer – Rhyme dictionary
Forums
- BodyBuilding – Fitness
- Suprbay – Torrent discussion/resources
- 420chan – Drug discussion
- JoeRogan.net – Thought-provoking Livestream/Podcast & Discussion
News & Galleries
- Liveleak – Uncensored video
- Boston.com – The Big Picture – Amazing photo galleries
- Al Jazeera English Live – Reputable news source, 24/7 stream
- newsmap – Visual News Aggregator
- showRSS – Automatically torrent your favorite show soon as it’s available
- Google Torrent Search – Only display torrents with google search
- EZTV – Download TV Online
- NASA Picture of the Day – Astronomy
- Hubble Picture Gallery – Astronomy
- OurSignal – Alternative homepage with newsfeed
Other
- LMGTFY – Teach people to google their problems
- Openbook – Search public facebook statuses
- The Lottery of Life – Birth Lottery
- Don’t Even Reply – Emails from an asshole
- XtraNormal – If you can type, you can make a movie
- WhatTheFuckShouldIMakeForDinner – Fucking hungry?
- TheFuckingWeather – It’s gon’ rain
- The Oatmeal – Comics/Articles
- Omegle – Talk to strangers with candy
- MyFaves – Alternate customized homepage
- MyLifeIsBro – Life is pretty chill today, bro
- FMyLife – Your everyday stories
- EpicDrunk – Drunk stories
- Livememe – Make and share your meme
- NotAlwaysRight – Customer Service stories
- Sodaplay – A gold mine for anyone engineering-minded.
- CompassionPit – Vent anonymously
- TBLOP – Porn Aggregator [NSFW]
- CrackhouseOrMansion – Guessing game
- FreeRice – Donate rice by learning language
- CableMap – View communications infrastructure around the world
- DifferenceBetween – “What’s the difference between raster and vector?”
- MyFaceWhen – Reaction images
- Neave Television project – Television without context
- UncontactedTribes – Interesting videos on uncontacted tribes
- The Geocities-izer – Make pages look like they are from the 90’s
- GoogleGravity – Set this as your friends homepage