Go Comics

GoComics gives you daily updates of Universal Press Syndicate's newspaper comic strips past and present. Includes editorial cartoons.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency

McSweeney's is a literature and humor site for mature readers.

Retronaut

Retronaut is a collaborative storehouse of images, audio and video from the past. Looks a little like Pinterest but short on crafts and recipes! Perhaps could be used as an inspiration for writing or research project.

Blank on Blank

Journalists contribute recordings of their old interviews and Blank on Blank uses them to create new audio and video productions. 

Lapham's Quarterly

Lapham's Quarterly compiles historical writings on topics relevant for today.

Godchecker

Godchecker lets you search over 4000 entries on the mythological beings of many cultures. 

Smithsonian

Take a virtual tour of the nation's attic - the Smithsonian Museums.

Wonder How To

Learn how to do or make cool stuff at WonderHowTo.com.

ChronoZoom

Take a visual tours of the origins of the universe, the solar system, humanity with ChronoZoom

FileHippo

At FileHippo you can download freeware, shareware and trialware and no-cost software that's free of viruses and spyware.

Stack Exchange

"Stack Exchange is a fast-growing network of 103 question and answer sites on diverse topics from software programming to cooking to photography and gaming."

Language is a Virus

The Language is a Virus website may be the cure for your writer's block. It is full of interesting and mind opening language games and exercises.

PicMonkey

PicMonkey is a photo editor for those who "can't get their heads" around advanced editing tools. Make your photos look great the easier way.