Fun Stuff
Here are some fun things
Websites
- The Onion America's Finest News Source
- The Best Page in the Universe, by Maddox Not updated nearly enough, but hilarious.
- Badass of the Week True stories of legitimate badasses in a funny way. The author is a cool guy and one of the articles is based on a suggestion I sent.
Comics
- xkcd Smart Comics
- Penny Arcade Comics for gamers
- TF2 Comics Hilarious background on the mercs.
YouTube Channels
Cool People
- Baumgartner Restoration: Restores paintings
- Frank Tedesco: Plays piano
- Logos By Nick: Makes digital logos
- Vi Hart: Mathemagician
- Primitive Technology: The oldest of old school
- Master Wong: Martial arts master
Funny
- Weird Al: The legend
- Casually Explained: Stick figure perfection
- Maddox: He’s better than your kids
- Joe Goes: Travel with a side of cringe
- Gus Johnson: sketch comedy
- The Onion: America's finest news source
- Steven He: sketch comedy
- Taskmaster: British comedians doing funny stuff
- Rocketjump: Sketch comedy and more
Funny News
- Last Week Tonight
- The Problem with Jon Stewart
- Climate Town
- Some Some More News Clips
- Trae Crowder: Liberal Redneck
News and Information
- David Pakman: daily politics and news
- Insider
- PBS Idea Channel
- Project Farm: reviews tools and stuff
- Plain Bagel: on economics and investing
- Rational National: daily politics and news
- Secular Talk: daily politics and news
- Vox
- Wendover Productions
City Design, Transportation, and More
History
- Lindybeige: Commentator on various history things
- Time Team Classics: British archaeology show
- Townsends: commentary and living history demonstrations focused on colonial America
Entertainment
- Community: free episodes
- Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t: plants and attitude
- Raptor: funny gamer dude
- First We Feast: famous people getting their mouths wrecked
- Patrick is Navajo: two Navajo YouTubers react to cool and funny clips
Computer Games
Game Hubs
- Steam A free portal that hosts tons of different games:
- Epic Games Similar to Steam, and offers a rotating free game every week.
- Battle.net is the portal for Blizzard's games, including free-to-play and paid options.
Free Games
- Team Fortress 2 A free-to-play first person shooter. It doesn't take itself too seriously, and has an awesome art style. It's easy to hop into games and hop out, and people tend to be less toxic because it doesn't matter when you die. Check out the comics for the backstory.
- Settlers of Catan A free-to-play multiplayer or singleplayer version of the strategy board game.
Games for Purchase
- Hearts of Iron IV An insanely detailed World War 2 strategy simulator. Additional mods, like Black Ice, Road to 56, and Hearts of Oak make it even more complicated and realistic.
Browser Games
- Trogdor!!! game Somebody has to burninate the cottages. First off, you have to watch this
- Peasant's Quest This early DOS style adventure has you playing a peasant in the Trogdor universe.
Books
Where to get free E-books/PDFs
- Project Gutenberg Free scanned books in the public domain.
- Hoopla Free books and other media, you must enter your library card information to access
- Overdrive Free books and ebooks, you must enter your library card information to access
- Google Books Has both free and paid books and magazines.
Good Books & Series
Fiction
- 20k Leagues Under the Sea
- Jurassic Park
- Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (series)
- Discworld Books (series, by Terry Pratchett)
- Gotrek and Felix (series)
- Gulliver’s Travels
- The Hobbit
- The Last of the Mohicans
Music
Musicians
Comedy
- Flight of the Conchords
- Weird Al
Bluegrass
- Iron Horse
Rock
- Cake
- The Beatles