One of the hottest videos going around the Interwebs for the last few days is the Megawoosh Waterslide by Bruno Kammerl. If you haven’t watched this yet, what are you waiting for?!
internetpulse.net
So, way back in the day when I used to work on technical support desks, one of the common things for people to say was “the Internet broke”. Well for anyone who still believes that the Internet is a series of tubes the Internet may like a single entity that can shut itself off, but back here on planet reality that isn’t quite so true. However internetpulse.net shows you where the potential issue could be occurring if it is not in fact on your own network. In fact when it came to very random browsing issues from a PC that was in fact not having a connection issues I could quite often find the reason why the end user was having a problem with a simple traceroute and checking internetpulse.net.
failblog.org
There have been so many times lately where I have wondered why the hell something is done the way it is. I can’t tell you the number of times I have questioned what’s going on around me. The reality is that crazy crap is happening all around us and captured so well on failblog.org. Nobody highlights all the dumb mistakes that people make better then FAILblog, which lets the normal man laugh at others stupidity. Check it!
buy.com
Ok so I am struggling a bit to figure out how to write this and not make it sound like an advertisement. On this Friday edition today’s site is buy.com. I know right, you’re saying but Yo! this is an online shopping site! Yes, you’re correct, but it has also been one of the very best online shopping sites I have had the pleasure of using over the last 15 years. They are super reliable, they have a very good selection, and their prices are reasonable. Lets put it this way, if you have ever bought anything at a local electronics store, you need to change your habits and checkout buy.com. I have yet to find anything at a local store that rivals the prices I have been able to get online. So if there is something you are looking to buy, why not start out with buy.com first?
copykat.com
I must admit it… one of my guilty pleasures is dining out. However in this day and age it is not always an option to dine out, which is where today’s site is so handy. Copykat.com takes restaurant favorites and turns them into very comparable home recipes. The selection of recipes ranges too from Sonic fast food to Cracker Barrel to Olive Garden. Using copykat.com will save you money, often times provide better service then you’ll get at many of these restaurants, and provide you some great delicious tasting food.
smashingapps.com
Have you ever been stuck and needed inspiration? One of the resources I use to combat being stuck when I am doing web stuff is a totally awesome site called smashingapps.com. Smashing Apps does a great job of putting ideas together in convenient lists and this saves me both time and frustration. Their tag line is “free and useful resources for designers and developers” and it couldn’t be more right or appropriate!
watchtheguild.com
So I have a bit of a confession to make. I once was a major MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game) guy. I know big surprise right? Well I still love gaming and appreciate all sorts of odd situational game humor, I just don’t spend the endless hours playing anymore like I used to. Anyways enough about me, today’s site is watchtheguild.com which is an independent online sitcom that follows a group of online gamers and makes humor out of all of the stereotypes related to online gaming. Not only that but it stars Felicia Day, who is so totally nerd hot! So if you were ever wondering what its like to raid dungeons all day with a bunch of strangers (or if you just want to laugh about your gaming habit) check out The Guild.
alltop.com
After a few days out of town Yo! Totally is back with a Monday morning edition. Today we’re featuring a site that is super useful and I find myself using it often when asked where is a good place to start online when trying to find current information on a specific topic. The site is alltop.com and was started by Guy Kawasaki. Alltop positions itself as an “online magazine rack” of popular topics, and boy does it ever deliver. Some of the topics I have used Alltop for include “product management“, “Hip Hop“, “Cars” and “Marketing”
songmeanings.net
First off let me say that today’s site comes based on a recommendation from my friend Aaron, so thanks Aaron! Second if you have any recommendations for Yo! Totally please submit them using the Contact Us form. Now to today’s site, I was going to provide a hot new site that provided excellent lyric searching capabilities with limited ad intrusion, but then Aaron turned me on to songmeanings.net. Now let me start by saying that one of the most annoying things about most lyrics sites on the Internet is their attempts to fake you into either clicking an ad or clicking an affiliate referral link. With that defined the reason why I decided to go with songmeanings.net today is that it is not only an excellent lyric database but also has many user based submissions for what the songs actually mean and met my requirements of minimal ad intrusion.
theonion.com
There is not enough humor in this world. Luckily one source that seems to have been around damn near forever for me is theonion.com. theonion.com started as a free local “fake headlines” newspaper in Madison, WI and has since taken over the web with their outrageous humor. One of the reasons I love reading theonion.com is that literally nothing is off limits. They push the boundaries of humor to the extreme, but really you need to just check them out for yourself!
