LINKS

I don't tend to stick to a single neighborhood on the web. I visit useful sites, stupid sites, smartypants sites, funny sites, amusing sites, hind sites… you get the point. Most sites are visited by me only once, though. If I find myself revisiting a particular site, it kinda means it rocks.

 

reddit If you live under a rock, in a cave, or on Mars, you might not know about reddit. (Then again, if you live on Mars, maybe you do.) Zillions of brilliant links are submitted to reddit and are then voted up or down depending on popularity. The site provides content categories into which links are sorted, including those containing original, user-generated content. It's a great resource for finding out about news from multiple sources, obtaining advice, or even venting frustrations.
Dropbox is the coolest thing ever. Store your files externally for free, sync the files with your own computer, and access it from anywhere. Need to get a file to someone but it's too big for email? Send them the dropbox link to it. Need to do that when you're not even at a computer? Do it from your iPhone. If you sign up with a .edu address, you get double the storage, too! dropbox
popurls If there's a single page I visit daily, it's this one. Popurls is a link aggregator, presenting the top links from about a zillion sites including Digg, Reddit, Delic.io.us, Yahoo Buzz, Google News, NY Times, Slashdot, Huffington Post, Lifehacker and more. It's fully customizable with a login.

I can't quite capture the coolness that's PostSecret, so instead of my lame explanation, I'll take the dry synopsis from wikipedia:

"PostSecret is an ongoing community mail art project, created by Frank Warren, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Select secrets are then posted on the PostSecret website, or used for PostSecret's books or museum exhibits."

If you haven't been there, check it out. The shared secrets are often chilling.

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hey, it's maahcy!