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Knowledge

Academic Resources

Bartleby.com A Robin-Recommended Site
(great resource for classic literature on the Web)
Knol
(searchable and editable database of information on many different topics...like Wikipedia, but a little more sophisticated, perhaps?)
Philosopher.org.uk
(fully searchable database of all types of different philosophers)
RareBookRoom.org
(cool scans of very rare books, browsable by the Internet)

Interesting Knowledge

DayOfBirth
(in-depth info about what happened on your birthday)
Geek.com
(exactly what you think--technology and gadgetry news galore!)
Hungry-Girl.com
(when you're at a loss for what to safely eat...)
NetLingo
(the web dictionary for the new words being invented every day)
Old-Wizard.com
(news and articles about gaming, comics, movies, music, and lots of other fun topics)
TheGloss.com
(advice on fashion, dating, career, and more!)
Unnecessary Knowledge
(randomized bits of random knowledge!)
UrbanSocialite.com
(fashion, from runway to repurposed and back!)

Interactive

BreathingEarth.net
(an interactive picture of what's going on all over the world, according to the most accurate statistics)
Knoword A Robin-Recommended Site
(a vocabulary-expanding game...you're given the definition and you have to come up with the word.)
StyleGame
(figure out what your personal home decor style is with this flash game.)
WhatHappenedInMyBirthYear
(a cool Flash presentation of what happened in your birth year!)

Games & Media

Games

Air Typer
(type the words you see on the balloons before you fall out of the sky!)
Bells
(help the bunny jump from bell to falling bell in this pretty winter-themed game)
Eyeball
(a set of mathematical challenges--eyeball the absolute centers of circles, etc.)
Games for the Brain A Robin-Recommended Site
(collection of simple but smart mini-games)
GreatGatsbyGame.com
(take the mechanics of Super Mario Bros. 3 and the plotline of the famous 20th-century novel, and you get this game! Hit baddies with a thrown hat and jump elegantly.)
Jedi Trainer
(swing your virtual lightsaber around with your mouse and channel your inner Luke Skywalker)
Mochimedia.com Games
(awesome collection of games, with options for downloading, too!)
Onslaught A Robin-Recommended Site
(one of the best tower defense games I've ever played!)
PacXon
(Pacman with a twist!)
Phit
(Tetris + parallel parking = this game.)
Solipskier
(a more graphically-intense version of LineRider)
Shuffle A Robin-Recommended Site
(a bit like marbles or pool...get rid of all the yellow marbles before the yellow player gets rid of all of yours!)
Street Fighter II
(play Street Fighter II on your computer for free!)

Timewasters

Feed the Head A Robin-Recommended Site
(a fun Flash game--no winners and no losers, but lots of time-wasting fun!)
FlyGuy
(relaxing game of flying up and up...but fly side-to-side and explore EVERYTHING.)
Four Singing Horses
(Click each of the horses to make them sing a certain part or stop singing. Arrange your own version of their four-part harmony!)
Neave.com A Robin-Recommended Site
(a site full of unique and cool Flash animations and games...I could easily spend hours on this site.)
Pattern Maker A Robin-Recommended Site
(might look like a kids' game, but it's a great club-jam maker!)
ProcrastinationIsFun.com
(like the name says... :P )
Sketch of Voronai
(explore this moving painting with your mouse and see how your cursor changes it!)
Sound Matrix A Robin-Recommended Site
(pretty visual/auditory pattern maker...sparkly!)
StarDust A Robin-Recommended Site
(beautiful, multicolored streams of light flowing across your screen...and you can move them around!)

Other Media

BarCodeArt.com
(barcode yourself, and get it put on a T-shirt, website, etc!)
Bomomo.com A Robin-Recommended Site
(more online creativity potential with a selection of 20 artistic tools at your disposal!)
FlashFace
(make any kind of face you like with this cool game!)
TheirCircularLife
(become an observer through these cool pictures, taken throughout the day at the same spots.)

Funnies

Garfield Minus Garfield A Robin-Recommended Site
(edit out the fat cat and what do you get? This comic!)
Hyperbole and a Half A Robin-Recommended Site
(hilarious stories...illustrated with wonderful "simplistic" drawings.)
IAutoCorrect.blogspot.com A Robin-Recommended Site
(all the fails created by the iPhone's autocorrect feature...or were they?)
How to Write a College Paper
(...well...sort of. LOL)
Lamebook
(the sad, the silly, the stupid, and the just-plain-weirdness of Facebook)
ManInTheDark.com
(strange little Flash timewaster where your cursor and left mouse button are all you need! Click around and you'll see what I mean.)
Paraprosdokians
(a selection of sentences that you think are going to end one way, but then make a hilarious turn in the opposite direction.)
The Cats' House
(a real house, built with cats and people in mind. This is AWESOME.)
Typographunnies
(jokes and puns all based on fonts, typefaces, text formatting, and printing)

Internet Tools

Online Tools for Real Life Fun Tools
Schoolwork Helpers

Soshiku.com A Robin-Recommended Site
(keep an online list of your courses and their required assignments, and get reminder emails/text messages sent automatically!)
Webnotes.net
(keep track of all your online research--virtually highlight web pages, bookmark them to go back to later, all with this tool.)

Workplace Helpers

Gliffy.com
(make professional flowcharts and other explanatory graphics with this online tool!)
Vyew.com & Twiddla.com
(online meeting software for little to no money--quite valuable in the virtual working world!)

Social Networking and Sharing

Clipboard.com
(invitation-only beta for a virtual sharing site)
Ning A Robin-Recommended Site
(make your own social network, for a company, a group of friends--whatever you want!)
LibraryThing.com
(make an online list of the books you have read and find other people who enjoy the same or similar books)
ShortText & WePaste
(no-sign-up, no-hassle way to put text on the Internet for others to see.)

Entertainment

Grooveshark
(stream music for free)
Hulu.com A Robin-Recommended Site
(see movies and TV shows for free)
Musicovery.com A Robin-Recommended Site
(choose your style and "vibe" of music, and this site will help you discover new music to love)
Pandora
(create your own "radio station" by telling the Pandora tool what songs you like and don't like...discover old favorites and fresh new tunes!)

Just Plain Nifty Tools

Alibris.com A Robin-Recommended Site
(find rare and out-of-print books, hard-to-find music and movies, and even textbooks!)
MakeUseOf A Robin-Recommended Site
(how-tos, tools, and advice about lots of everyday questions)
Online Unit Converter
(because sometimes, you need to know how many cups are in a liter, or how many grams are in a gallon.)
PortableApps.com
(take free versions of all sorts of apps with you!)
WhatShouldIReadNext A Robin-Recommended Site
(hungry to read something new? Plug in your favorite author's name or favorite book and see other titles/authors that are similar!)
Universal Packing List A Robin-Recommended Site
(always have trouble knowing what to pack? This generator will definitely help!)

ArtPad
(Microsoft Paint, eat ArtPad's dust.)
FlipTitle
(online tool that will flip any text you type upside down!)
Fontifier
(make your own handwriting into a font you can use on your computer)
Stixy.com
(virtual sticky notes on a virtual board--great for to-do lists, photo albums, inspiration boards--you name it!)
Wordle A Robin-Recommended Site
(make pictures out of long blocks of text)

Webdesign Tools

Multiple Tools/Generators
Bravenet.com
CreatingOnline.com's Webmasters' Tools
DynamicDrive.com A Robin-Recommended Site

Image and Favicon Tools
BGMaker A Robin-Recommended Site (make little tile-able background images)
Background Patterns (ready-made background tiles)
Favicon Generator A Robin-Recommended Site (make a favicon of your own)
IconFinder.com (find the perfect favicon for your website)
Kuler A Robin-Recommended Site (get inspiration for color schemes)
Pixlr.com A Robin-Recommended Site (online Photoshop-esque image editing tool)
PicReflect.com (make pictures have reflections)

Font Tools
Fontifier.com (make your own handwriting into a font)
Typeface.js (use the fonts you want to in your web pages without using images)
TypeTester (test what your fonts will look like in your layout)
WhatTheFont (find out what font was used in an image)

Website/Layout Testing Tools
BrowserShots.org A Robin-Recommended Site (test your site in tons of different browsers all at once)
Lipsum A Robin-Recommended Site (instant lorem ipsum/dummy text generator)
Mockingbird.com (mock up site designs using this wireframe generator)
Pingdom.com Tools (test the load time of your website)

CSS-Based Tools
Box-Shadows (make your divided layers have shadows underneath them)
CSSRound (make perfect round corners for your CSS div boxes)
Ultimate CSS3 Gradient Generator (give your sites a cool gradient background)

Miscellaneous Nifty Tools
AreMySitesUp (be able to know right away if your sites go down)
Google Analytics (free analysis tools for your website)
Net2FTP.com A Robin-Recommended Site (free web-based FTP client)
Notepad++ A Robin-Recommended Site (BEST. WEB DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE. EVER.)
Wix (create a Flash website for free in a WYSIWYG editor)

Domain Registries

Active-Domain.com
DomainRegistry.com
Domain Registry of America
GoDaddy.com A Robin-Recommended Site (this is what WMW.org is registered with)
NameCheap.com
Register.com
Web.com

Web Hosting

Angelfire
EHostOne.com
FreeWebSpace.net
HostUltra
SurpassHosting.com A Robin-Recommended Site (this is what WMW.org is hosted with)
t35.Com
Tripod A Robin-Recommended Site (used this for a free site before WMW.org)