10 Cool Websites You Need to Visit
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1. Not Proud (Notproud.com)
This site on online confessionals is both intriguing and humorous. A simple set up where each confession is categorized into one of eight sections (titled for each of the seven deadly sins and an eighth miscellaneous category), notproud.com allows you to get those secret shameful moments off your chest (all confessions are anonymous). If you are afraid to go to a priest then notproud.com is the place to free your conscience. Visit Site
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2. Book Crossing (Bookcrossing.com)
Book Crossing is the anonymous way to share your books with the world. If you have ever come across a book left at a bus station or on a bench at a mall then you have probably seen a Book Crosser's attempt to bring the world of literature to the masses. If you have a book you would like to share, why not join up and like thousands of others in all the cities around the world, you can make the public domain every citizens library. Visit Site
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3. Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project (cylinders.library.ucsb.edu)
If you are a geek for music then collecting new and used CDs or vinyl isn't enough. You may have some rare finds in your personal library but if you really want to know about music you might want to start at the beginning of recorded sound. Before the platter there was the cylinder. You may have some rare collectors items in your personal library, perhaps some old 45s from the '50s and '60s, but to really understand where music began (the recorded kind anyway) then this website is an invaluable resource. Cylinders from as far back as the turn of the 20th Century have been digitally recorded and ready for your download free of charge. They are at 6000 items and counting... Visit Site
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4. The Four Word Film Review (Fwfr.com)
Think you can review your favourite movie in four words or less? Well this website has literally thousands of such reviews both witty and dumb. You will laugh when you read many of the additions and perhaps you also have a gift for brief summations of films new and old and will contribute your sense of humour to the site. Visit Site
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5. Music Map (music-map.com)
Music Map is a great resource to find music you really enjoy. It helps find those artists/bands that you do not know which are similar to the ones you do know. Perhaps you are a big fan of Led Zeppelin; well Music Map will give you a list of artists/bands that people who enjoy Zeppelin also listen to. The list is set up like a map of a solar system where the artist/band you chose is the sun and the others are the planets. The further away the name the less similar the artist/band. Its great fun and opens a door to a world of music you may not have known about. Visit Site
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6. YouTube (Youtube.com)
YouTube give you the ability to share your home videos with everyone on the web. It is also a great place to see bootleg videos of your favourite bands that members have uploaded. You are able to enjoy all the fun free of charge, all you have to do is sign up. Visit Site
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7. Jump the Shark (Jumptheshark.com)
The name of the website is taken from the episode of Happy Days when the Fonz jumped a shark on water skis. It was where everyone knew Happy Days was going down hill and wouldn't last much longer as a TV show. This website chronicles your favourite TV shows (or not so favourite) and puts their opinion forward on when those shows have "jumped the shark." Visit Site
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8. Rate Your Music (Rateyourmusic.com)
Sign up at RYM and you can catalogue and review your music library. You can make lists and read other members opinions on popular and critically acclaimed music. It is a great place for you to keep a handle on all the music in your collection and get great advice on what purchases you should make in the future. Visit Site
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9. Fcukstar (Fcukstar.com)
If you happen to be a web page designer who likes using flash, the Fcukstar is a great place to get ideas and share your work with others of a like mind. They even give out awards each year for the best in website design etc. Visit Site
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10. AskMen (AskMen.com)
Everything for the active professional male is at AskMen.com. From health, exercise, money, sex, fashion, gaming; almost anything you think a male would be interested in is at this website. Visit Site
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ARTICLE BY:
Full Spectrum Staff
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