the Internet

This section is about the Internet as a place where people (users) connect and interact with each other. For technical information about the internet, see Computing.

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Articles

• blogs
• webcomics
• video sharing

Brainstorming

Places where new ideas are collected and discussed

• AllYourIdeas wiki: post original practical ideas
• SinceSlicedBread.com: "What's your common sense idea?"

Chat Rooms

• SluggySquad

Communities

see #Chat Rooms, #Collaborative Projects

Collaborative Projects

• Cambrian House: for-profit idea sharing
• PeLeMa: simpler interface; no "groups" (US only?)

Fonts

• lettertype.startpagina.nl (instructions are in Dutch)

History

• Internet Archive

Hosting

Data Services

not sure if these services are available to customers globally, just in the US, or in certain countries only

• Amazon S3 Web Services
• rsync.net: "Secure, Online, Geo-Redundant Data Storage for Offsite Backup, Remote Access, and Personal Use."

Humor

• ...about computers:
  • BodgeCo
  • Bud Uglly Design: parody of bad web page design
  • The Daily WTF: "Curious Perversions in Information Technology"
• ...about the humanities:
  • The Postmodernism Generator

Images

• Image Sharing
  • deviantART: original artwork
  • flickr: photos
• Cute Animal Pictures
  • Cute Overload: "we scour the Web for only the finest in Cute Imagery"
  • Kittenwar: ratemykitten meets the card game War
  • Rate My Kitten: kittens, kittens, and more kittens
  • stuffonmycat.com: cats, with stuff on them
  • The Daily Kitten: "a new kitten every day... at 3:07 pm"

Maps

Maps of the internet

• The Opte Project: graphical maps of all Class C networks on the Internet

Music

• free, legal downloads
  • Magnatune: "The open music record label"
  • Mr. Furious Records: free downloads of complete songs
  • artists with free downloads:
    • The Cheap Imitation: all tracks Creative Commons licensed
• legal and portable but not free:
  • emusic:
    • site is slightly annoying because there is apparently no link to see what music they have until you sign up, although there is a free trial period; however, this URL seems to work even if you aren't signed up
    • 2006-05-22 Making money selling music without DRM: the rise of eMusic

Radio

Radio stations listenable over the net (without special software or a subscription)

• Egg Radio
• Radio Hidebound: "151 proof college radio aged 20 years" (but they do play stuff younger than 20)

Rights

• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Open Rights Group

Search Engines

• The main ones
  • Google
  • Yahoo!
• new/experimental
  • Factbites
  • Qwika: wiki search