We should have a top ten list thread. This is the kind of thing new members can easily read and appreciate, or even participate in.
Lists of what? Who cares!
Psalm of Fire's Top 10 Favorite Websites!
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10: ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com
Just eeking in here on the bottom of the list, but worthy none-the-less, is that guy with the glasses. I mostly enjoy Nostalgia Critic, and the Old vs News. He's insightful, entertaining, and inspired me to make this thread (forgive me for not being the top 11). And I've watched so much of him I can read any text in his Nostalgia Critic voice. Even this as I'm writing it.
Now were's a pistol, I need to shoot something...
9: TED.com
TED conferences are places that the world's top scientific, sociological, environmental, educational minds and more get together to tell us awesome stuff. If ever you need to regain a bit of hope for the direction of things, go watch some videos under the "inspirational" or "ingenious" label.
I get to learn where the edge of the scientific frontier is being pushed (such as the first printed DNA successfully placed in a bacteria last year) or the trends of reducing reproduction rate as westernization/modernization sets root in a country. And as a result, how the worlds population looks like it will stabalize rather than over-populate if certain conditions are met (female education and low infant mortality rate being the biggest). Or how you can shoot female mosquitos (and just female mosquitos) out of the sky with lasers using a re-wired PS3s and some wing-beat-measuring algorithms.
Most videos are short. Many are awesome. Like Bill Gate's presentation on spent-uranium reactors he's trying to get running, using the radioactive waste of enriched uranium reactors as the fuel for the next generation of nuclear power plants. If this kind of stuff tickles your fancy, check it out.
8: ViridianDreams.net/forum
Hey guys! I met L10 here, the editor for the fan fiction I'm pouring a ton of work into. And he's poured a ton of work into providing feedback, too. When I traveled around the US with my brother (delivering horses for my parents' breeding farm) we decided to stop in and see him. My brother dropped me off, we ate some sweet Chicago Pizza, and hung out for three days before I flew to Texas for the holidays. (Yes, that means we're friends IRL :P).
I loved the insight, the imagination, and the cool fan fictions the community cranked out.
Then so many threads seemed to devolve into Kishi bashing and both L10 and I ran for the hills.
Then, things changed. It wasn't like stepping into a rancid pool of whine. To be fair, there were still good posts during that period -- but for me, it felt too much like mucking through elephant poo to find the dollar bills it ate. With things changed, I'm BAAAAACK. And it's good to be back. <3s to yee all!
7: NewGrounds.com/audio/
I don't look into the rest of the site much, but I do love the audio portal. Especially for Dubstep (Which I've confirmed almost no one here likes aside from me -- well, there's no accounting for taste ;}. )
Still, it covers a many genres, and it's cool to see the stuff people can make in their free time. So much of it sounds pro! If you're bored and feel like bobbing your head a bit (or rocking, or zen-ing, whatever), check it out. They have a really healthy metal sections.
6: TVTropes.org
We must not talk too much about this. It will suck us in and we will never get anywhere
Just eeking in here on the bottom of the list, but worthy none-the-less, is that guy with the glasses. I mostly enjoy Nostalgia Critic, and the Old vs News. He's insightful, entertaining, and inspired me to make this thread (forgive me for not being the top 11). And I've watched so much of him I can read any text in his Nostalgia Critic voice. Even this as I'm writing it.
Now were's a pistol, I need to shoot something...
9: TED.com
TED conferences are places that the world's top scientific, sociological, environmental, educational minds and more get together to tell us awesome stuff. If ever you need to regain a bit of hope for the direction of things, go watch some videos under the "inspirational" or "ingenious" label.
I get to learn where the edge of the scientific frontier is being pushed (such as the first printed DNA successfully placed in a bacteria last year) or the trends of reducing reproduction rate as westernization/modernization sets root in a country. And as a result, how the worlds population looks like it will stabalize rather than over-populate if certain conditions are met (female education and low infant mortality rate being the biggest). Or how you can shoot female mosquitos (and just female mosquitos) out of the sky with lasers using a re-wired PS3s and some wing-beat-measuring algorithms.
Most videos are short. Many are awesome. Like Bill Gate's presentation on spent-uranium reactors he's trying to get running, using the radioactive waste of enriched uranium reactors as the fuel for the next generation of nuclear power plants. If this kind of stuff tickles your fancy, check it out.
8: ViridianDreams.net/forum
Hey guys! I met L10 here, the editor for the fan fiction I'm pouring a ton of work into. And he's poured a ton of work into providing feedback, too. When I traveled around the US with my brother (delivering horses for my parents' breeding farm) we decided to stop in and see him. My brother dropped me off, we ate some sweet Chicago Pizza, and hung out for three days before I flew to Texas for the holidays. (Yes, that means we're friends IRL :P).
I loved the insight, the imagination, and the cool fan fictions the community cranked out.
Then so many threads seemed to devolve into Kishi bashing and both L10 and I ran for the hills.
Then, things changed. It wasn't like stepping into a rancid pool of whine. To be fair, there were still good posts during that period -- but for me, it felt too much like mucking through elephant poo to find the dollar bills it ate. With things changed, I'm BAAAAACK. And it's good to be back. <3s to yee all!
7: NewGrounds.com/audio/
I don't look into the rest of the site much, but I do love the audio portal. Especially for Dubstep (Which I've confirmed almost no one here likes aside from me -- well, there's no accounting for taste ;}. )
Still, it covers a many genres, and it's cool to see the stuff people can make in their free time. So much of it sounds pro! If you're bored and feel like bobbing your head a bit (or rocking, or zen-ing, whatever), check it out. They have a really healthy metal sections.
6: TVTropes.org
We must not talk too much about this. It will suck us in and we will never get anywhere
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5: TeamLiquid.net
As a pretty avid StarCraft II player, this place is invaluable. There are entire theses on various strategies and couter-strategies and rushes and turtle strats and exploits and mouse accuracy trainers and multitask training methods... And of course, the one-stop-shop for pro player streams. That's the real money, right there.
If you like SCII, go there.
4: KhanAcademy.com
Learned of them thanks to TED.com. Kahn Academy: Revolutionizing education since 2009 -- for free! But no, seriously, if you want to see what I hope is the future of education, go here:
http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_le ... ation.html
3: Youtube.com
Duh! From AMVs to music to people like FreddyW (everyone will appreciate this: Flower Warfare). The place is pretty sweet. And beyond huge. Of course, you should know this already.
2: Pandora.com
Wow is this site awesome. You know the saying "my life should have a soundtrack"? Pandora lets you get close to that. Free, legal music with a clever player. Just don't go to it to hear a specific song, that's what youtube is for.
Unlike a place like Grooveshark, Pandora does the song selection on its own based on the "Music Genome Project". And it really works. I love the idea behind the service, and I love the service.
1: docs.google.com
Where do I even begin?
-Every letter you type is saved. Never lose your work again.
-Because it's all on the web, you can access your work from any computer. Never shuffle files through email or over a network again.
-It supports upload of almost any format.
-Google Doc's home page makes file organization a breeze. Between the previewer, using a collection system instead of folders, and the powerful search, it's just better than on-your-computer file mangement.
-Simultaneousness editing. This is where Google docs really shines: two users or more can work on the same document together. The other guy's curser appears as a color, and each editor gets their own. Each keypress they perform is updated in real-time, and you can see their selections and everything.
-Revision History. From the creation of the document every version is saved, and there's a "compare versions" feature that makes seeing the changes you coeditor did, or you yourself did, very easy.
-Sharing options. You can share with anyone, share with people who get a specific link, allow the to view or view & edit, or allow specific google accounts to coedit.
All in all it's a wonderful platform, and the holder of all my story notes.
As a pretty avid StarCraft II player, this place is invaluable. There are entire theses on various strategies and couter-strategies and rushes and turtle strats and exploits and mouse accuracy trainers and multitask training methods... And of course, the one-stop-shop for pro player streams. That's the real money, right there.
If you like SCII, go there.
4: KhanAcademy.com
Learned of them thanks to TED.com. Kahn Academy: Revolutionizing education since 2009 -- for free! But no, seriously, if you want to see what I hope is the future of education, go here:
http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_le ... ation.html
3: Youtube.com
Duh! From AMVs to music to people like FreddyW (everyone will appreciate this: Flower Warfare). The place is pretty sweet. And beyond huge. Of course, you should know this already.
2: Pandora.com
Wow is this site awesome. You know the saying "my life should have a soundtrack"? Pandora lets you get close to that. Free, legal music with a clever player. Just don't go to it to hear a specific song, that's what youtube is for.
Unlike a place like Grooveshark, Pandora does the song selection on its own based on the "Music Genome Project". And it really works. I love the idea behind the service, and I love the service.
1: docs.google.com
Where do I even begin?
-Every letter you type is saved. Never lose your work again.
-Because it's all on the web, you can access your work from any computer. Never shuffle files through email or over a network again.
-It supports upload of almost any format.
-Google Doc's home page makes file organization a breeze. Between the previewer, using a collection system instead of folders, and the powerful search, it's just better than on-your-computer file mangement.
-Simultaneousness editing. This is where Google docs really shines: two users or more can work on the same document together. The other guy's curser appears as a color, and each editor gets their own. Each keypress they perform is updated in real-time, and you can see their selections and everything.
-Revision History. From the creation of the document every version is saved, and there's a "compare versions" feature that makes seeing the changes you coeditor did, or you yourself did, very easy.
-Sharing options. You can share with anyone, share with people who get a specific link, allow the to view or view & edit, or allow specific google accounts to coedit.
All in all it's a wonderful platform, and the holder of all my story notes.
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