The Internet Archive: Seriously one of the most useful websites out there. Has both the Wayback Machine and a huge, totally free library of media, including literally millions of books available to download or borrow. Wikipedia: Seems pretty obvious, but gives you the world's knowledge at your fingertips, all for free.
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TV Tropes: Waste an afternoon and ruin your life. The Anarchist Library: Collection of anarchist works and thought, all available for free and simple download. spooky-ghostwriter's Stand Stats Maker: Make your own stand stats! Moon Locator: Find the moon relative to your position and its phase. QZAP: The Queer Zine Archive Project, a collection of queer zines from the 70s to present day. FicHub: A useful web application for downloading fic from ff.net in multiple formats. Currently the only functioning online-only downloader I could find. It also supports Space Battles and forums built on the same base and AdultFanfiction.org Wide-band WebSDR: Listen to radio transmissions online. I recommend starting with 4625 kHz. Sesame Street Fighter: Exactly what it sounds like. The Books of Bokonon: The entirety of the Books of Bokonon from Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle- one of my favorite books of all time. Pretend You're Xyzzy: Free online Cards Against Humanity clone The Charley Project: Database of missing persons cases from the early 1900s to today. RationalWiki: Online wiki on pseudoscience and right wing extremism. Library Genesis: Huge online database of books, papers, magazines, and other texts. If this URL doesn't work, try one of their alternates. Note: Library Genesis' main site is currently down (as of Sept. 2025). Check this post from the subreddit for updates and trusted mirrors. → Library Genesisx→∞: Library Genesis' database of comics, now at its own separate address. Anna's Archive: Biggest online database of books, papers, magazines, and other texts- mirrors everything from Library Genesis, the Internet Archive, SciHub, and more. Heart Locket Maker: Express your true love Video Toolbox: Useful and fast online video editing site that's especially good for quick cuts and conversions. Historical Currency Converter: Convert American or British currency to modern values. Friendship-Bracelets.net: Patterns for over 35,000 different friendship bracelets. OIE: Useful online image editor for adding cheesy glitter and frames to your pics. Minitokyo: An excellent source of high-quality anime/manga images and wallpapers. Friendship Ended Generator: Make your own "Friendship ended with" pic! The Cutting Room Floor: Online wiki of all the weird finds and beta editions in video games. Things I Learn From My Patients: Funny forum of wild ER and EMT stories. Pac-Man Google Doodle: Fun fact, within a week of this doodle people wasted almost 5 million hours playing this at work. The Super Simple Userbox Maker: Make simple userboxes. Available both for wikis that use Wikipedia-style markups and in HTML- it's what I used on my about me page. MobileRead's Kindle Developer Corner: A forum of various jailbreaks and applications for kindle e-readers, for general utility, fun, and accessibility. reddit: Interesting forum-like site made up of millions of different sub-communities.
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The 108 Defilements of Buddhism: The 108 sins of Buddhism, if you ever wonder why that number seems to show up in anime a lot. Rare Historical Photos: Cool old pictures with the stories behind them. Piskel: Awesome site for making pixels and sprites. Name Nerds' Least Favorite Names: People roasting names for a variety of valid and stupid reasons. Queer Music Heritage: Page collecting the extensive history of queer folx in music (and entertainment in general). Harptabs.com: A massive collection of songs transcribed and converted to harmonica tabs. I've even done a few (under the same username)! Koalas to the Max: Koalas! CoolMathGames: You remember this from school. Novel Updates: Fan translations of light novels and web serials You Shall Not Pass: Can you generate a password that meets the requirements? Are the Brits At It Again?: spoilers, yes. Zalgo text generator: Ṟ̷̙̊̓e̴̢̻͋m̷͖̦̍͂͆ẽ̶̜̙͠m̷̛͓̊̕b̵̹̎͑̕͜e̸̠͐̂̈́r̵͕̽ ̸̦͈͉̽͘Z̷̬͖̋̄̀͜á̶̺̓̕l̵̼̰̰͗̀͊g̸̮͙͆̀̐o̴͇̒?̶̳̰̳́
