A diverse list of useful websites to make life a little easier.
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Crossfit
A free fitness website that posts a new “Workout of the Day” every day. The workouts focus on total body fitness. The workouts are used by military personnel, athletes, and normal people. The site also contains an index of the exercises used in the workouts complete with videos and slideshows. They offer a newsletter for those willing to pay. It is an outstanding site for both fitness gurus and average Joes.
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Lonely Planet
This site offers, among other things, an outstanding resource for anyone researching travel destinations.
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Retail Me Not
A catalog of online coupons posted and reviewed by users. The coupons vary from sites like Polo to Amazon to Papajohns.
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Web MD
Provides a reference for anyone looking to diagnose his or her symptoms or research medical issues. It is a good place to visit before making that, oh so expensive, trip to the doctor.
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Epicurious
A source of cooking information ranging from recipes to techniques to restaurant reviews.
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E-How
A reference site for just about everything else. Want to k now how to wax snow skis? Make pizza dough? Install a bathtub? This is the place.
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Kayak
Combines search results from several different travel websites and presents them in a very user-friendly interactive format.
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Bartleby
One of the better academic research websites I’ve come across.
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Monster Jobs
Looking for a job? Need a resume?
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How Stuff Works
A very cool website that contains explanations of those mysteries in life that you just can’t figure out. A few examples are Murphy’s Law, Pickpockets, and Light Sabers (Yes, light sabers).
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Product Wiki
A wikipedia-type product review website. All reviews and articles are written and updated by the site’s users.
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What Should I Read Next
Can’t decide what to read next? Simply enter a book title and/or author that you like and the site will recommend a number of books for you.
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The Universal Packing List
This is a very unique website I found that creates a packing list for you based on information you provide regarding your trip and intentions/plans.
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Happy Median
Enter your location and a friend’s location and this site will tell you where you should meet (Halfway).
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Musicovery
Seriously, the coolest music-related site I’ve seen. You choose the mood, intensity, and genres of the music you would like to hear and the site will provide you with a virtual web of music to explore. The web evolves with each choice you make. You can click on any song in the web at anytime.
October 6th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Great list. Be careful of one thing though, many places will not take computer printed coupons.
October 7th, 2007 at 12:04 am
what about WikiBrowser? http://wiki.chainofthoughts.com/
October 7th, 2007 at 3:14 am
http://cl1p.net/ – Simple online clipboard. Can be really useful sometimes. Navigate to cl1p.net/[whatever you want] and paste in text, or a small file too. They can be password protected if you’d like, as well. No sign-up.
October 7th, 2007 at 6:10 am
You’ve forgotten Smashing Magazine – probably the most useful website for web-developers.
October 7th, 2007 at 7:26 am
Why is the bible listed as a non-fiction book at that bartleby site?
October 7th, 2007 at 7:27 am
http://tech-recipes.com
As a technical support guy I bounce people there all the time. It’s easy step-by-step tutorials that anybody can follow.
October 7th, 2007 at 8:08 am
http://web.mac.com/garrettsantos/iWeb/SantosPhotography/Welcome.html
Just thought I’d throw this into the list…A great photography website (I may be a little biased).
October 7th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
WebMD can be more hurtful than helpful; self-diagnosis usually does more to make a user stressed and paranoid than it does to actually help someone out on the way to wellness. If a user convinces himself that he has X Disease, than one trip to the doctor may not suffice if the doctor diagnoses the issue as something else.
October 7th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
i think in america GetHuman.com is the best right now!
October 7th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
HOW could you forget techbargains.com????
October 7th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
This XHTML/CSS service turned out to be very good : http://markup4u.com.
They provide the code quite fast and it looks exactly like the design.
October 7th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
I’d nominate this article as the number 1 most useful articles I’ve ever read online. Excellent job, Garret!
October 8th, 2007 at 11:27 am
I definitely need to visit site No.1 “crossfit” – all these hours in front of the computer are having an effect on my waistline!
Thanks for an interesting article.
October 8th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Can someone tell the people at Happy Median that there is life outside the USA.
There website is only of interest to native Yanks
October 8th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
A great site for those who doubt the proven, historical accuracy of the Bible: http://faithfacts.gospelcom.net/maps_m.html
October 8th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
nice post
last.fm is a great way to find new music that is similar to what you are in the mood for, and just makes a great radio station to listen to whenever.. just type in a group that you like and it plays songs like it from that group and other ones. good stuff, maynard!
thanks everyone, for the tips.
October 8th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Thanks for all the fun sites…
How about apartmenthomeliving.com for us apartment dwellers – It is a great place to find a place that fits your personality, find friends in your place and learn how to make apartment living fun.
October 8th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Interesting, hopefully useful!
October 9th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Thanks
October 9th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
How lightsabers work? that is funny, good article,
Koyin
October 9th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Crossfit is taking over as THE way to get fit.
October 15th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Seems to me the most useful site of all time is missing, maybe we all just take it for granted now.
craigslist.org
October 16th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Great list.
October 16th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Definitely a great list, and it seems to keep growing thanks to everyone else!
October 18th, 2007 at 2:09 am
Great list and ultra useful.
By-the-way, the answer to number 9’s question is because all non-fiction books are listed as ‘non-fiction’ at bartleby site, (as it would be idiotic to list a non-fiction book under the ‘fiction’ section). What’s the point of your question anyway? we’re discussing useful websites on this page.
October 18th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
good sites i like the coupon one
October 18th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I wonder…this made you to the top.
Great stuff.
October 19th, 2007 at 3:56 am
hey nice article
Lol how much views have you had cause your at the top of the hot content and have been for quite some time
October 19th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Fantastic article!! Many Thanks.
October 20th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
I like what you’ve done. Great concept.
I added you to my blogroll at http://productinfo.biz/blog
October 20th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Bud,
Thanks for the compliment. I’m glad you like the concept because I’m actually writing several of these articles as a series. I hope you enjoy and find them useful.
Garrett
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:28 am
Garrett – If I wanted to suggest a website to you – how can I do that?
October 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
I love this website
November 1st, 2007 at 12:36 am
Absolutely love your site. So useful. I have added it to my RSS feed list.
http://ladybugandco.com
November 17th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
You should put polycola.com in there becuase you can mix up search engins so that you can have a split screen of google, yahoo, ask, dogpile,and msn
January 4th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
you musta made so much freakin money from this
January 9th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Check this out too:
http://googlemoney.tk
January 29th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Wow….ty very much to every one… so many interesting sites!
February 14th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
http://allysource.com/ great place to find free sites movie freeware etc. should think about adding it to the list
February 20th, 2008 at 8:02 am
stumbleupon
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
You forgot to add webupon.com
. Seriously I downloaded some of the best add-ons and visited extremely helpful sites thanks to you guys, MUCH LOVE!
April 9th, 2008 at 9:57 am
a useful website for me is myspace.com
June 13th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Sidestep.com for great travel search engine. Searches 100s of websites for best pricing on flights & hotels including the usual suspects: Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, etc.
June 14th, 2008 at 6:21 am
markup4u.com
June 17th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
i like the music one.. though it screwed up my browser…
June 26th, 2008 at 3:46 am
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August 21st, 2008 at 12:15 am
Car insurance is very important to overcome any risk associated with car theft, an accident, third party damage, etc. At Car Insurance in UK, we have access to a wide variety of car insurance packages offered by top providers in the UK. Visit – http://www.car-insurance-in-uk.info
September 4th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I would add http://www.hotcouponworld.com to the list. It breaks down deal discussion by store for most national and regional chain stores.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Monster sucks
October 25th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I like SwiftFile and SwiftPic for sending files and pictures, respectively. Swiftfile is secure, good for word docs, PDFs, etc. for me it makes things very convenient.
October 25th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
oops forgot links
http://www.swiftfile.net
http://www.swiftpic.net
November 9th, 2008 at 10:59 am
nice list, inspired me to do my own list of my favorite 5 websites. check it out from my Triond page
February 8th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Great information!
February 13th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
craigslist.com – Found AIRTRAN discount coupons. Saved me $25 per flight.
February 26th, 2009 at 6:36 am
I found this website extremely useful; http://www.simpleconvert.com
You can convert from any existing unit to another. Including currency!
March 15th, 2009 at 12:28 am
I was looking for an easier way to hire a roofing company. I found http://www.post4quotes.com. You can post all kinds of things you want done.
May 21st, 2009 at 3:39 pm
You’ve listed some great sites and I found a few others that are interesting in the comments. Here’s another for anyone who would like to try training online with a live trainer:
http://www.laonlinefitness.com
June 28th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Great list. Some of it has been a little outdated.
Webapps that I love are Animoto, Squarespace, Pandora, and DropBox
There is a new useful web app directory at http://AppUseful.com
It is like yelp for web apps. The apps are ranked by your ratings.
June 28th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Great list. Some of it has been a little outdated.
Webapps that I love are Animoto, Squarespace, Pandora, and DropBox
There is a new useful web app directory at AppUseful
It is like yelp for web apps. The apps are ranked by your ratings.
July 17th, 2009 at 12:57 am
this is sivakumar very usefull website i want it jobs thanks…………..
August 1st, 2009 at 5:58 pm
The link to happy median doesn’t work…
August 9th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
all the websites are good.I want to add http://www.covenenteyes.com,this web site once you are registered protects you from porn,you cannot watch porn even if you want to.
http://www.vediopile.com,best family and christian vedio community
September 14th, 2009 at 11:54 am
What about http://www.nofussreviews.com very handy website for finding a quick game review…?
November 16th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Yay for Cross fit being # 1
December 1st, 2009 at 10:32 am
What about http://www.niceletter.com for writing letters online?
December 14th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Http://www.TeacherLane.com is very useful website and learning resources for student.
January 25th, 2010 at 7:15 am
Howabout http://www.liftsurfer.com? A great site for finding lifts from city to city.
February 17th, 2010 at 5:36 am
While discount coupons may offer savings, many individuals are aware of the threat of falling back into their frivolous spending habits of the past. In an attempt to break these habits many individuals have turned toward the internet to assist in their purchasing needs.
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:39 pm
how about: http://www.weather-and-climate.com/
useful website when you need to know what weather it is in the country where you are travelling to. All countries are covered..
May 14th, 2010 at 12:57 am
Really such a great list of websites..I think i have travelled to every city by reading all this…Thanks a lot for sharing this with me.
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May 18th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Great list. Isn’t it crazy how some websites can change your life?
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June 22nd, 2010 at 11:58 am
http://finalstitch.co.uk is great for anyone planning a wedding
June 29th, 2010 at 8:23 am
Nice blog. i’ve already shared this link with my friends,
Thanks.
August 31st, 2010 at 4:05 pm
good share