Awesome Sites Feature!

I want to try to do a blog feature of awesome website recommendations. I've got a bunch I want to do in the future, but if you guys have any suggestions please post 'em here!

All I can think of off the top of my head is it being more apparent when you're drawing live. Fun to watch. Heh, hip-hopping hippos, that's gold.

Maybe the "Liz Draws Live" button changes? I dunno...

http://loadingreadyrun.com/

Canadian sketch comedy group! They've raised a lot of money for kids in their "Desert Bus for Hope" Campaigns. All the money went to Child's Play Charity. They release a short every Monday and it causes so much joy with what they do.

Liz draws live.... maybe we can get a schedule on the forum?

If I ever make a set schedule for doing the live drawing, I'll post it on the top of that page, and announce I have done so in the blog That way, it's all in the same spot.

Just a warning, if you're easily amused/fascinated by science/or anything, for that matter, you'd better not visit this site until you have at least an hour to kill. I spent 5 on it when I discovered it.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/

a good way to get started is to check out the "Best of 2007/8" links on the left

Wait... how is that a suggestion for what Liz should do with her site?

uh. oh. hm.


dang I need to read the whole question.

seriously.

well........... it is an awesome site... *sheepish shrug*
although, it seems I'm not the only one who misunderstood.

First suggestion: consider revising the wording of this topic

I agree with the ustream thing... maybe you can find a code to embed an "on/off air" tracker in your site.

My only other suggestions are re: layout. The main page tends to sprawl downwards and it would be cool if you did something artistic with the background.

CalDayton wrote:well........... it is an awesome site... *sheepish shrug*
although, it seems I'm not the only one who misunderstood.

My comment was directed at the both of you.

First suggestion: consider revising the wording of this topic

Bah! Just because you lot are too lazy to consider reading the actual post.

My only other suggestions are re: layout. The main page tends to sprawl downwards and it would be cool if you did something artistic with the background.

NOOO! Well, I agree with the sprawling, but the background is a terrible idea. It causes the page to load slow and distracts from the actual comic.

Actually, the sprawling is a problem. That definitely causes slow pages. Maybe if the blog entries were on separate pages instead of all on one?

White backgrounds just remind me of websites from the 90s. Remember browsing the internet for the first time?

a single color background wouldn't hog bandwidth and would go a long way to livening up the layout.

examples:
http://www.lackadaisycats.com/
(sepia)
http://www.jaynaylor.com/
(pink)
http://www.crowfeathers.net/
(navy)

Alternately, you (Liz) could make the text more fun, like on lizardbeth.net

I'm not taking suggestions necessarily for what to do with Brokenplotdevice.com (although if you have them, don't hesitate to post them too!) What I'm looking for is OTHER websites you think are cool, that I can feature in the blog. I did one for cuteoverload.com yesterday, and I'd like to do more like that.

Bwaw I was wrong!

This is pretty awesome. This too. Can't forget this (free plug, I couldn't help it). And I'm pretty fond of this.

WALL-E review! WALL-E review! WALL-E review!

I'm obsessed.

Okay, since this really /is/ for us to list other websites, instead of suggesting features for this one... lemme skim through my bookmarks and RSS feeds and see what I've got.

* Want to read a manga that hasn't been officially translated into English yet? http://www.onemanga.com/

* Need an online TV Guide? http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/

* Like reading fiction?
- http://storiesonline.net/ has a number of excellent stories, and I can particularly recommend http://storiesonline.net/auth/Lazlo_Zalezac
- http://www.shifti.org/Main_Page
- http://www.pendorwright.com/journals/
- http://www.latenighthacking.com/archives/stories/GregHowell/
- http://www.belfry.com/stories/watts/
- http://www.scarydevil.com/~peter/khiray/
- http://www.furry.org.au/chakat/FT-index.html


* Want to keep track of what music you listen to, and get recommendations of music you'll likely like? http://www.last.fm/

* Like chess? http://www.net-chess.com/

* Like webcomics, and want to find more? http://www.belfry.com/

* Blog-type things worth reading:
- http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/
- scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/
- http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/
- http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
- http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
- http://failblog.org/
- http://www.overcomingbias.com/

* Online audio worth listening to:
- http://www.decoderringtheatre.com/
- http://www.escapepod.org/
- http://www.podiobooks.com/
- http://www.podcastle.org/
- http://welltoldtales.com/
- http://skeptoid.com/

* Want a web-host provider that offers good service and good prices? Use what Cory Doctorow and I both use: http://www.dreamhost.com/ .

* Want me to host your content, the way I'm hosting the old Wulf Archives at http://www.datapacrat.com/www.wulfarchives.com/ ? Just ask, I've got a few gigabytes of online storage to spare.

Wow! When you set out to do something you really do it. It looks a bit overdone, but after reading some of the things you posted (like the online TV guide) it is pretty comical. Very nice.