Essential Links

I would just like to preface this thread by saying this is not the cool random link thread. I'm interested to find out what sites people visit regularly, stuff that is worth going back to check on more than once.

Post the sites you like to visit regularly and give us a brief description of what the site is about, or why you keep going back.



I'll get the ball rolling with a few that feature in my weekly/daily browsing

Adelaide Massive

Dogs On Acid - the biggest dnb forum in the world, loads of bollocks on there but lots of entertaining and sometimes useful and informative posts

LifeHacker - handy tips for making life easier/better

Pick Your Shoes - new sneaks every week

HyperDeathBabies - awesomely wrong web comic

Adelaide Weather - self explanatory

TMZ - best spot for celeb gossip 

The List Universe - interesting and random top ten lists

www.biertijd.com - Regularly updated eye candy. I have no idea what the articles say, but I am sure they are good.

HipHopSite.Com - my favourite place to check news and reviews for hip hop

OpenSource Food - tasty recipes

TV.com news about tv shows, no suprises there

EZTVEfnet - all the tv torrents i need in the one spot

aXXo - aXXo is king

ICanHasCheezburger lolcats

http://www.janes.com/

Latest intel.
Very reputable.

nice mate, for some reason all my bookmarks were lost recently...there is a few there that i needed to get again..

essential links pour moi...

http://www.postsecret.com (voyeur central, nah really its fasinating what people post in)
http://www.bom.gov.au (weather nerds unite!)
http://www.masamania.com (dunno if its still operating, should check!)
http://www.abc.net.au (love the news links)
http://blogs.abc.net.au/theshallowend/ (ABC blog about celebrity crap, its awesome!)

If you ever get bored of The Grid on DOA, here's a few other production forums.

KVR
Great site with a huge ammount of free VSTs and some nice forums. A lot of developers are on here, and it's a great place to find out about new software that's being released.

Gearslutz
LOADS of good info here, with everything from prosumer home studio stuff to super high end, million dollar budget studios.

Tape Op
Sweet magazine, again with some nice forums. Plenty of good, free articles on here too from some great engineers.

Wikipedia - You know everything if you know this site.

 

how awesome is the random article button!!!! u can find some crazy things to read about

http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/
As the name suggests.

http://www.ninja-bunny.com/index.php
Ninja Bunny web comic.

http://whedonesque.com/
Joss Whedon weblog.

http://xmike.com
Another forum I frequent.

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1019/
Cyanide & Happiness.

http://www.photobucket.com
For storing my images.

http://www.buffy-vs-angel.com/
Links, multimedia, transcripts, etc.

http://www.youtube.com

http://myspace.com/lexydiamond
Myspace.

http://toothpastefordinner.com
My most favourite web comic ever.

 http://albumbase.com/
 
 For all your music needs!

  Awesome thread!

http://www.burntfaceman.com

The one and only Burnt Gay Man Awaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Best cartoon on the web.

You're a burnt gay man 

May as well add a few here.

For the cricket lovers:
http://www.baggygreen.com

If you have a Rapidshare account & love it as much as me.
http://www.rslinks.org/

Online TV guide:
http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/tv/

And a great way to kill time:
http://www.webrats.com/

http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/index.htm

all you need to do your house over.... all sorts of tips, proper regulations, info and plenty of other stuff too...

For the geeks...

www.kotaku.com
www.ign.com
www.gamespot.com
www.gizmodo.com
www.whirlpool.net.au

for music news...

www.idolator.com
www.pitchfork.com

and for the star obsessed...

www.thesuperficial.com

Keyser: http://themixingbowl.org/

Cheers oli. Just downloaded Diplo EM in about 1 minute flat
Don't know if it'll be good or not, but there's plenty of other mad shit on there for me to peruse.

It's a great site. Just be aware of your ratio and try and share the mixes for as long as you can after downloading them yourself.

Bookmark website - Keep your bookmarks in one place and share them with others:
http://del.icio.us

Great streaming radio website that chooses music based on what you've already played:
http://www.last.fm

Keep Youtube videos and more
http://www.keepvid.com

Yeah cheers, I've been schooled in some of the do's and don'ts of torrents by Glock. Got a decent connection so it's no prob to keep shit on their after the dl

apologies god   

(where does it go tho?  and did you watch it??)

try here

wasnt much to watch. alt + f4 came in handy tho.

For those that don't have Foxtel or can't be arsed getting down to a pub to watch live sports such as EPL, cricket, etc. You can get live sports streams from here:

http://www.myp2p.eu/index.htm

I use TVAnts (set it up like torrents) and TVUPlayer...

And for info and rumours around the NBA:

http://www.hoopsvibe.com/

And for crazy new sneaker designs coming out:

http://www.sneakerfreaker.com

http://www.nataliedee.com/index.php
Natalie Dee web comic.

http://www.yourtv.com.au/
Online telly guide.

http://yourmovies.com.au/
Online movie guide; session times, etc.

http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/
Bus, train & tram timetables.

I think this is essential reading for the majority of ladies on the board...

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/how-to-take-a-compliment.html

Cutting edge info inside www.janes.com lately
 

www.illwillpress.com

fantastic web cartoon called neurotically yours

My New FIghting Technique is Better Than Yours
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plus some other hilarious webcomics...

and

yep, here's one...
stop the pulp mill, at least until its as good or better than the ones in Sweden..

www.getup.org.au/campaign/TellMrSmith

just go there and sign the online petition, no need for forwarding it to all your mates and that crap ( i hate those petitions !! )

from the GET UP team
... " If you would like to do more, you can also call the ANZ Bank's toll free number and tell them in person why they shouldn't fund the controversial pulp mill. The number is (toll free) 1800 805 154.
...."

here's another good one 
http://www.adelaidemassive.com/index.php?topic=928.0

Want to use Firefox at work, but your boss keeps seeing you use it?

Stealth it up and make Firefox look like IE!

http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/firefox_internet_explorer/

www.artofrhyme.com - Great site for hip-hop reviews and constantly updated streams for new tracks.

anyone got any other sites they check on the regular?

www.adelaidemassive.com
www.breakcore.com.au
[nsfw]www.pchan.org[/nsfw]

 http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?threadid=535950&highlight=documentaries

 List of awesome docos

lost me at doa.

albumhunt.com now. If ya can put up with the adds, definitely worth joining up

 Can you see the bitrate before you DL those albums?

 

ummmm good question, not sure. All the one's i get are generally pretty good though

www.espn.com
- For all of your sporting news and updates.

www.thefreedictionary.com
- Essential bookmark for everyone. I use it several times a day at least.

www.fishpond.com
- Australian online book retailer. Usually has good specials.

www.howstuffworks.com
- Part of the Discovery group. The url explains it all, really.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/
- Jeremy Clarkson's Times column. Hilarious.

www.rlslog.net
- Excellent torrent release news. Good as an RSS feed.

www.engadget.com
- Gadget site without too much nerdiness.

www.uncrate.com
- 'The Buyer's Site for Men'. Excellent site.

www.freshbump
- Funky design site.

themixingbowl.org
- Awesome torrent site for DJ sets, has pretty much EVERY genre you can think of.

For those who dont regularly visit DOA, I recommend you check out the following threads

the female boobies appreciation thread... [NSFW]
The Official Woman self-pic thread!!! (NSFW)
The WELL FORMED female booty appreciation thread! [NSFW]



Before you complain about the sigs, register, go to the options and select sigs off!

well well wellity well...

what other sites can you not live without...?

http://www.vcdq.com
- Great site to check on the quality of SCENE (no dodgy P2P releases) released DVD/Divx rips etc before wasting valuable download quota. Its heavily moderated so you don't get bombarded with bullshit kiddie posts

http://www.newzbin.com
- When combined with SabNZBd this is the ultimate Usenet tool, you have to pay for a subscription but the cost is minimal and it catalogs almost everything posted to Usenet, you can then browse or search for the latest whatever you want.

this is the reason ive never used it argh gave me the absolute shits, why the fk should someone have a huge pic as a sig.. is it like a virtual penis or something.. get a fkn life..

Yup I agree with you there rohan, looked like a busy forum, but everyones sigs are ridiculous..
 1 screen for a sig!

might sign up for it now..

The Lefsetz Letter

Absolutely brilliant analysis of the goings on of the (mainly US) Music Industry.

Here's a quote about Alicia Keys latest album charting @ #5

Very impressive number.  Helped by the Jay-Z track.

But for all the accolades, Alicia is a pedestrian writer.  That's what we oldsters can't understand.  How something so mediocre is sold to us as phenomenal.

Want to make your bones Alicia?  Call up Quincy and tell him that "We Are The World" sucks and supply your own Haiti relief number.  Hell, I dare any of the new acts to do this.  Deliver a hit song that's ALSO about Haiti relief.

 Incredibly Hot Alicia Keys > Random Bitter Music Journo

+1

The defence rests:

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Vs.

coulda picked a better pic of her lol

True.

  My exact reaction.

I enjoy Lefsetz at times, and she is certainly a pedestrian writer, but she is fucking hot so it's hard to care.

better

What, ghetto skank style?

I think she looked like that in Smokin' Aces right? She was damn fine in that movie...

totally worth registering... as your the admin, can we get these threads on here too?