Order of the Stick http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html Stick figures running through a hilariously funny Dungeons and Dragons campaign. You won't get a lot of the jokes if you don't play D&D, but this is still very worth reading. Usually updates a few times a week. Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire http://www.dominic-deegan.com/ A very enjoyable story-based comic set in an original and creative fantasy world. Very well-developed and lovable cast. Updates daily. XKCD http://xkcd.com/ Intelligent humor dealing with computer science, math, and other various realms of geekdom. The author is obvsiouly very brilliant. Updates irregularly. Questionable Content http://questionablecontent.net/ Funny and really addictive. The cast is great and the story, while simpler than a lot of comics, is one of my favorites. Updates Monday through Friday. The Perry Bible Fellowship http://www.pbfcomics.com/ Rude, uncouth, and very off-color humor, but probably one of the funniest and cleverist web comics ever written. Usually updates once a week. Cyanide and Happiness http://www.explosm.net/comics/ Off-color, but very witty humor. Updates daily. Comedity http://www.comedity.com/index.php This is me in web comic form. Half of the cast are the parts of the main character's mind, and it almost perfectly reflects the way my mind works. Usually updates once a week. Sluggy Freelance http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=001203 A very old and very classic web comic that has been updating daily for years. Very story-oriented with a great cast. Penny Arcade http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic The classic gamer's comic. Very avant-garde for it's time, and still funny today. Updates every few days. Each comics is stand-alone. Ctrl+Alt+Del http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php A gamer's comic that has really come into its own in the past few years. More story-oriented than Penny Arcade and with better character development. Updates every few days. PVP - Player vs. Player http://www.pvponline.com/ Another classic gamer's comic. Has a stable cast, but most comics are stand-alone. Updates daily. Dilbert http://www.dilbert.com/ Very witty business humor; updates daily. Zits http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/zits.asp A comic about teenage life that really hits home. It's uncanny how similar this comic is to my life. Daily. Gunnerkrig Court http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/ The adventures of girl going to a very unusual high school. By very unusual, I mean full of monsters and all sorts of other strange fantasy creatures. Very creative mythology. Updates a few times a week. Scary Go Round http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php A web comic about British youths. How very droll! Updates several times a week. Non Sequitur http://news.yahoo.com/comics/nonsequitur Highlighting the absurdities of life... usually political. Daily. Close to Home http://news.yahoo.com/comics/closetohome Sort of Far Side-esque. Daily. Mother Goose and Grimm http://www.grimmy.com/comics.php Random but witty humor. You've probably seen this one in your local news paper or Hallmark shop. Daily. Pearls Before Swine http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/ Hard to describe... just read it. Daily. Toothpaste for Dinner http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/index.php The angry rants and squiggly lines of a disturbed mind. Daily. Married to the Sea http://www.marriedtothesea.com/ Old pictures, new captions. Daily. Sinfest http://www.sinfest.net/ A little more philosophical than most other web comics, but very insightful and well-drawn. Daily. Three Panel Soul http://www.threepanelsoul.com/ Hard to say exactly what the theme is, but it hits home. Usually geek humor. Irregular. A Softer World http://www.asofterworld.com/ Photographs with humorous captions... always a "WOAH" moment when you first read it. Updates weekly. Exploding Dog http://www.explodingdog.com/ Abstract drawings based on user-submitted sentences or phrases. Updates randomly. Homestar Runner http://www.homestarrunner.com "It's dot com!" Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy? HSR is one of the best collection of flash cartoons on the internet. Strongbad email #58: The Birth of Trogdor http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html Trogdor: The Game http://www.homestarrunner.com/trogdor.html Peasant's Quest Preview http://www.homestarrunner.com/pqtrailer.html Peasant's Quest: The Game http://www.homestarrunner.com/disk4of12.html Peasant's Quest: The Movie Trailer http://www.homestarrunner.com/filmstyle.html Cheat Commandos: Episode 1 http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatcommando.html Cheat Commandos: Shopping for Danger http://www.homestarrunner.com/commandos3.html Cheat Commandos...O's Breakfast Cereal http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatcereal.html Kid's Book http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail84.html Olde English Comedy Sketch Group http://www.oldeenglish.org/ A great group of guys who make and publish their own comedy sketch videos. Very original and entertaining! 1. Rap Video http://www.oldeenglish.org/rapvideo.html 2. Gym Class http://www.oldeenglish.org/gymclass.html 3. Computer Problems http://www.oldeenglish.org/computerproblems.html 4. Video Will http://www.oldeenglish.org/videowill.html 5. Dave's Day http://www.oldeenglish.org/davesday.html 6. Video Will: The Sequel http://www.oldeenglish.org/videowillpt2.html 7. Mutant Super Heroes http://www.oldeenglish.org/mutants.html 8. Bathroom http://www.oldeenglish.org/bathroom.html 9. Apple Switch: Norman Chandler http://www.oldeenglish.org/adam.html 10. Apple Switch: Jacque Carlyle http://www.oldeenglish.org/joel.html Cartoons from Albino Black Sheep http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/ Icon Story http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/icons.php The End of the World http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end.php Japaneese Ping-Pong http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pingpong.php The Numa-Numa Dance http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php Windows Noises http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/noises.php Windows RG (Really Good Edition) http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/winrg.php College Saga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPutYwiiE0o Ever wonder what college would be like as an RPG? Episode 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy4sxiAn-9E&mode=related&search= Episode 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYpG938CNZ8&mode=related&search= Episode 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwC08cDeSzg&mode=related&search= The Bitey of Brackenwood http://www.biteycastle.com/biteyWindow.html A truly amazing masterpiece of flash animation. The Ultimate Showdown http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/showdown#start A funny song with an equally funny flash video that references every single super hero or super villain ever... and then some. But please note this is totally fictional... Godzilla could never take Optimus Prime. 8-Bit Theater Flash Cartoon http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=72945 8-Bit Theater in flash cartoon format with voice actors! Very well done. The Real Lyrics to Fall Out Boy's "We're Going Down" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1651997757427874922&q=fall+out We're goin' down tuuu in a luleelurah! The IPod Useless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVd91U0r1-w Just when you thought it couldn't get any simpler than the Ipod Shuffle... The Ultimate Preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0RAe9qqXg A preview for every movie ever, all at once. Firefox Web Browser http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ A free web browser that is rapidly displacing Microsoft Internet Explorer (but not rapidly enough!). Web programmers like myself get very frustrated with Internet Explorer because it is the only browser that blatantly disregards many of the important standards set by the W3C. Firefox is standards-conpliant, and is also a lot more customizable. All-In-One Sidebar https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1027 Manage bookmarks, history, downloads, and lots of other stuff from a convient side panel rather than the program menus. Google Browser Sync http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/ Coordinate bookmarks and other setting between multiple computers. That means that if you have Firefox installed on two different computers, and you add a bookmark on one computer, it will also appear on your bookmark list on your other computer. TabMix Plus https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122 Even more control over tab options. Foxit PDF Reader http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php Tired of PDF files taking forever to load? Use Foxit and (I am not exaggerating here) they will load almost instantaneously. Super small, super fast program to replace the super large, super slow Adobe Reader. Open Office http://www.openoffice.org/ A free office suite. Open Office has programs equivalent to other (very expensive) office suites (such as Microsoft Office) which include a word processor, spreadsheet program, slide-show program, database program, drawing program, math program, and a few others. Trillian Instant Messenger http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/ My favorite of the all-in-one instant messengers. It covers AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, IRC, and maybe some others too. Very easy to use and organize, and very easy to skin. FileZilla http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/ A very intuitive and simple FTP client. Wireshark http://www.wireshark.org/ By far the best packet sniffer and protocol analyzer out there. AVG Antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php A free anti-virus program with very thourough, regular updates. I'm told that this software is just as good if not better than some commercial anti-virus programs. Very easy to install and use. Spybot Search and Destory http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html A free and very effective spyware removal and prevention tool. Comodo Firewall whttp://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ A free firewall to protect you from hackers and other intrusive threats to your computer. Comodo gives you more control over what it's doing, which is why I like it better than Zone Alarm. CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ A great program for cleaning unnescessary files from your computer. This will get rid of Windows temp files, temporary internet files, and other files you don't need that are just taking up space on your hard drive. Super easy to use. I recomend this program even to the most advanced users. Irfanview http://www.irfanview.com/ Fast, simple, and very functional image conversion software. Also does some basic editing and effects. Great for resizing pictures with minimal distortion. Microsoft GIF Animator http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/13212 Simple program for editing and creating animated .gif files. How to Make Animated GIF's (by me) http://l4ewakamolking.proboards39.com/index.cgi?board=L4Epublicforum&action=display&thread=1108175826 Paint.Net http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html Paint is my favorite graphics program ever. This is my second favorite. It is a glorified version of paint that adds layers, smart object selection, and some other fun features. The GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ Basically open source Photoshop, but with a slightly more quirky interface. Audacity Audio Editor http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ A fantastic free sound mixing, editing, and recoding program that reads and writes lots of formats. Finale Notepad http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ Free music composition and notation software from the professionals. BurnAtOnce CD and CD Image Burner http://www.burnatonce.com/ A small, fast, and simple way to burn .iso images to CD and blank re-writable CD's. Windows ISO Ripper Extension http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm Add a 'create image from CD' option to your CD drive's right-click menu. Proboards Forums http://www.proboards.com Free online forums. They take care of all the hosting and software stuff, leaving you to manage only the important stuff, like how things look and what options are enabled. An online forum is a great way to coordinate communicaiton between a group of people over the internet. Proboards is highly customizable, and the support people are great. I've been running a Proboards forum for several years now, and I have never had a single complaint. G-Mail http://gmail.com Google's free email service. G-Mail is the best free (or non-free for that matter) mail service offered online. Check your mail from anywhere. Easy to organize, and comes with a great spam filter and other useful tools. It can even check your other email addresses for you, and send mail from them, so that you can maintain multiple addresses without having to check multiple sites! Geocities Personal Websites http://geocities.yahoo.com/ Make your own website for free! Free hosting and free tools to let you drag and drop everything into place. I've used Geocities several times, and it really is a great service. Image Shack http://www.imageshack.us/ Easy, free image hosting that doesn't require you to register an account. Want to post a picture on a forum, email, or website, but don't have some place to put it? Image Shack is for you! Meebo http://www18.meebo.com/index-en.html Web-based instant messenger client covering AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk, and MSN. No download required. Great for using instant messenger from a computer you don't own. DNS Stuff http://www.dnsstuff.com/ A great website providing all sorts of free DNS services in one convenient place. GRSites http://www.grsites.com/ A huge repository of free resources for website building and other exploits. GRSites has everything from textures to clipart to fonts. It also has several tools to combine its different resources into buttons and banners and the like, which can save you a ton of time. Easy to navigate and very few ads compared to other sites like this. A-Z Free Clipart http://www.clipart-graphics.net/main.html Lots of ads and somewhat hard to navigate, but this is one of the few sites that actually offers a decent selection of free clipart. ProDraw Web Buttons http://www.prodraw.net/button/index.htm Tons of free web buttons. Font Face http://www.fontface.com/main.html A huge repository of excellent free (and some non-free) fonts. Graphical Fonts http://cgi.algonet.se/htbin/cgiwrap?user=guld1&script=fonts.pl Graphical (not just one color) fonts, mostly ripped from video games. Icon Factory http://iconfactory.com/home Great source for free icons. Gnome-Look http://www.gnome-look.org/ Another good source for free icons. Sounddogs http://www.sounddogs.com/catsearch.asp?Type=1 Large library of free sound effects. WestHost Web Hosting http://westhost.com/ This is the hosting service I use. It is very affordable and comes with a great set of website tools. The support team is great. But best of all (and this is why I use them), each account gives you a 'Virtual Private Server.' That means you can log in remotely to your server and use it just like a Unix shell account. You can run programs (Java and other) on your server. This feature is huge, and almost no other hosting companies will allow you to do this. The ones that will cost up to 100x more than WestHost, whose plans start as low as about $4 a month. I have been absolutely thrilled with this company in every regard and recommend it to anyone. FreePGS http://system.freepgs.com/ Not exactly 100% free, but it might as well be. This is web hosting for a one time fee. That's right... it's not $3 a month or $3 a year... it's $3 one time, and then you have web hosting forever. That's exponentially cheaper than any other company I have ever seen, and it comes with a lot of great features including unlimited MySQL databases and plenty of daily bandwidth and disk space.