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Ben’s Favorite Sites:

 

I. Daily Cool Stuff:

 

Message Boards to Check Out:

MyFamily.com

http://myfamily.com/

Silvanon’s Message Board

http://silvanon.proboards12.com

 

Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/forums/ubbthreads.php

 

Gerbil Boards:

AGS Gerbils

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AGSgerbils/

The Mongolian Gerbils Forum

http://www.petermaas.nl/gerbils/english.htm

Gerbil Shows UK

http://gerbilsuk.proboards15.com/

Gerbil Lovers

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gerbillovers/

 

News:

Top Yahoo News

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=716

 

Check out the latest news.

Google News

http://news.google.com/

Top News from Google

BYU Newsnet

http://newsnet.byu.edu/

News from and about BYU

LDS Newsroom

http://www.lds.org/newsroom/

 

Official Newsroom of the LDS Church.

LDS Today

http://www.ldstoday.com/

LDS News in the secular media.

Slashdot

http://slashdot.org/

Science/Computer news.

 

Misc Daily Stuff:

The Good, Clean Funnies List Archive

http://www.gcfl.net/archive/index.php

 

Nearly endless amounts of good, clean funny jokes.  I dare you to read them all!

Yahoo Comics

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=1077&/?u

 

Just keep clicking refresh to get your RDA of comics.

100 Hour Board

http://theboard.byu.edu/

Questions answered at the 100 Hour Board

Half Bakery

http://www.halfbakery.com/

This site is fun.  People share their ideas (any ideas) to a discriminating audience.

Daily Updating Political Cartoons

http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/

More political cartoons than you can shake a stick at.

 

II. Stuff to check out every few days:

 

LDS Church News

http://www.desnews.com/cn/art/1,1600,,00.html

Church news articles

Sev Cartoons

http://cartoons.sev.com.au/

Check out the recently added cartoons

Snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.asp

Check out newly circulated Urban Legends here.

Break the Chain.org

http://breakthechain.org/whatsnew.html

What are some of the new, not so true e-mail forwards?  Look here first.

Totally Absurd Inventions

http://totallyabsurd.com/absurd.htm

Newly archived absurd inventions.

The Tonight Show Headlines

http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/headlines/

Funny headlines featured on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Eric’s Blogs

http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog.php

Feel free to check out Eric’s Blog.

Cool Site of the Day

http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/cgi-bin/stillcool.pl

 

What are the coolest sites on the internet?  Find out here.

Answer Bag

http://www.answerbag.com/

Kind of like the 100 Hour Board

Fact Check

http://www.factcheck.org/

A non-partisan group checks the truthfulness of every statement major politicians make.

 

 

III. Stuff to check out on a weekly basis:

 

Home Star Runner

http://www.homestarrunner.com/main4.html

New flash cartoons every Monday.

Snide Remarks

http://www.ericdsnider.com/

New columns every Monday.

News of the Weird

http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html

 

Missed it in the newspaper?  Read it here!

Comics I don’t understand

http://www.comicsidontunderstand.com/

It’s about time someone made a site like this.

Dave Barry

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/

Did you miss Dave Barry’s column this week?  Shame on you!  Read it here.

World Watch – A Weekly Column by OSC

http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/

Apparently, Orson Scott Card has a weekly column.  It’s not scrupulously accurate.  Just fun.

 

IV. Archives to Browse:

 

A Gerbil’s Life

http://ask2much.free.fr/en/strip/

Gerbil comic strips

Crazy Thoughts

http://www.crazythoughts.com/

Lots and lots of fun crazy thoughts

The Cumorah Project

http://www.cumorah.com/

Interesting stats about the LDS church and people

Riddle Nut

http://www.riddlenut.com/show.php

786 Riddle

Amusing Facts

http://www.amusingfacts.com/

Over 5,000 verified amusing facts.

Urban Legends

http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/

More Urban Legends

Eric Conveys an Emotion

http://www.emotioneric.com/

 

It’s a different Eric.  He has new stuff occasionally.

Terra Server USA

http://www.terraserver-usa.com/address.aspx

Wow, look at aerial photos of just about anything.

Chemical & Engineering News

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff.html

What are the products that we use every day made of?

Dumb.com

http://www.dumb.com/

Sources of dumb Humor

Missionary Folklore.com

http://www.missionaryfolklore.com/

See what's new at missionary folklore (they also have Mormon humor)

LDS Testimony Board

http://www.ldstestimonies.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi

LDS Testimony Board.  Real people.  Real experiences.

MetaSpy

http://www.metaspy.com/info.metac.spy/metaspy/filtered.htm

Want to see what's being searched?  Look here.

Stupid Videos.com

http://www.stupidvideos.com/

I’m not sure how clean this site is.  I’ll have to check it out.

The Internet Sacred Text Archive

http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

Perfect for the Sociology of Religion, over 1,000 sacred texts from many world religions.

Animal Pictures Archive

http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/

This site is a lot like Find A Grave except that it has pictures of animals.

Uncle Orson’s Writing Class

http://www.hatrack.com/writingclass/index.shtml

Orson Scott Card teaches us how to write.

Worth 1000

http://www.worth1000.com/

Tons of fun, doctored photos.

Truth Miners

http://www.truthminers.com/truth/allhoaxes.htm

Like Snopes, except no what’s new section.

Hoaxbusters

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxIndex.html

Also like Snopes w/out a what’s new section, except it also has hoax information.

LDS Conversion.com

http://www.ldsconversion.com/

Conversion stories of famous people, priests, nuns, etc.

Missionary Folklore

http://www.missionaryfolklore.com/

Fun and informative site about Missionary Folklore

LDS Teach.com

http://www.ldsteach.com/

Home and Visiting Teaching Resources.  Well, you get what you pay for on the internet.

Getamused.com

http://www.getamused.com/

Largest joke site on the web AND it’s clean.

Word Origins.org

http://www.wordorigins.org/

Find out where famous words and phrases came from.

LDS Film.com

http://www.ldsfilm.com/

Find out about current and upcoming LDS films.

 

V. Tools for Everyday Living:

 

Gerbil Tools:

The American Gerbil Society

http://www.agsgerbils.org/

Comprehensive Gerbil Site

Gerbil Photo Directory

http://gerbils.silvanon.com/photos/

Hopefully we’ll get every color

The Gerbil Color Pallette

http://home.wtal.de/ehr/gerbils/colors.htm

Here you can find descriptions of every kind of gerbil

 

Tools for Graving:

Terra Server USA

http://www.terraserver-usa.com/address.aspx

Wow, look at aerial photos of just about anything.

Findagrave.com

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cs

Browse by county or state/city.

Driving Directions

http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?bCTsettings=1

Get driving directions and maps at Map Quest.

City Maps

http://www.mapquest.com/

Get city maps  from Mapquest

 

Checkin’ Out a Movie:

The Internet Movie Database

http://www.imdb.com/

See who’s in a movie or get a summary

Rotten Tomatoes

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Reviews for every movie.

Ruined Endings

http://www.ruinedendings.com/

If you desperately need to know the plot or ending of a movie, check here.

Family Style – Film Guide

http://www.familystyle.com/

This site screens movies.  Not too detailed, but a huge archive.

Kids in Mind- Movie Reviews

http://www.kids-in-mind.com/

VERY detailed.  They even tell you if married people kiss or dance a waltz together (in case you object ;-)

CCB Archived Movie Reviews

http://www.usccb.org/movies/movieall.htm

Apparently, the Counsel of Catholic Bishops reviews movies.

Screen It!

http://www.screenit.com/

This site screens movies but up to a certain data it’s a pay site.

Movie Mistakes

http://www.movie-mistakes.com/

He he, mistakes in movies are fun to spot.

 

Misc. Tools:

Rate My Professors.com

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=135

See how other students are rating your professors.

Famous Mormons.net

http://www.morgannews.us/fam.html

Who’s Mormon and whose not?  Find out here!

Thingstodo.com

http://www.thingstodo.com/

Things to do near you.

Your Sky

http://www.fourmilab.to/yoursky/

Get a star chart of the night sky for any night of the year

Church Music

http://www.lds.org/churchmusic

Learn just about every hymn here.

LDS Church Temples

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/  

Extensive information on every LDS Temple in the world

Official Church Temples Site

http://www.lds.org/temples/

Didn’t get enough info at the other site?  Check here.

Yahoo! TV

http://tv.yahoo.com/

See what’s on, right now.

Do It Yourself Network

http://www.diynetwork.com/

Excellent site for home improvement and home repair.

Epinions.com

http://www.epinions.com/

Before you buy anything, read reviews of it here.

Internet Acronyms Dictionary

http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/?lookup=A-Z

Did somebody just use an internet acronym?  Find out what it means here.

Famousdays.com

http://www.famousdays.com/

Find out what famous events happened on your birthday.

dMarie Time Capsule

http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/

Find out what happened on the exact day you were born.

LDS Church Music

http://www.lds.org/cm/

MP3’s of nearly every LDS hymn with all 4 parts.

Home & Family – FHE Lessons

http://www.lds.org/hf/display/0,16783,4225-1,00.html

On-line FHE lessons and activity ideas

LDS Greeting Cards

http://www.mormon.org/egreetings/

Send LDS-themed Greeting cards without ads.

Real Post Reports

http://www.talesmag.com/rprweb/home.shtml

Info on what to look for if you visit other countries

Utah Conservation Data Center

http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/ucdc/

Photos and descriptions of all wildlife in Utah

LDS Teach

http://www.ldsteach.com/

Home and Visiting Teaching Resources

Planet Feedback

http://www.planetfeedback.com/consumer/

Streamlines writing letters to companies

Ask MetaFilter

http://ask.metafilter.com/

Ask any question here

 

Someone making annoying noises next to you?  Find Music Here:

Kzion- LDS Internet Radio

http://www.kzion.com/

BYU Radio- words or instrumental

http://www.byuradio.org/

BYU TV- Live stream

http://www.byutv.org/

 

 

Enya Midis

http://www.lostsoul.net/howards/midi/enya-midi/

 

 

Musicals

http://www.angelfire.com/ok/magicofmusicals/midi.html

 

 

Final Fantasy Midis

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Keep/9001/

More FF Midis

http://www.students.sonoma.edu/users/w/walz/ffmidi.htm