Archive of Very Valuable Information

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 7:34 pm | Tags: archive, crucial bookmarks, list, most important, valuable information

tarts! I Since I can remember, I have been bookmarking and then revisiting every habit-transforming web page I have ever found exceptionally worthy of carrying with me my entire life. I still come back to all of these frequently, as I remember useful advice and information that I have been hoarding like a packrat.

It is seriously SO NICE to be able to use the “find” function (ctrl+f) over a text document version of my bookmarks whenever I have a problem that isn’t obvious to me! If even one person finds this list half as valuable as I do, then it was without a doubt worth the time it took to share it with the world.

FAR TOO OFTEN I bring up something like a Ted.com

quote, Digg.com article, or mention something from a documentary I saw on freedocumentaries.net and someone has to halt the progress of the conversation to have those websites explained, and it just makes me sad. It makes literally sad that some people have simply not been exposed to many of the websites I mention, so I am doing something about it.

Not only that, I really hope this lets you all find some new websites to harvest wisdom and happiness from.

Please dont hesitate to leave comments and post your own valuable links, but even more importantly… PLEASE ENJOY THIS LIST! (and don’t forget to use the “Find” function).

Lets start with some of the obvious ones that make me literally mournful to know some people simply are unaware of.

www.ted.com (their slogan is “riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world”. I strongly advise you to try to watch every single video, just think how much more intelligent and meaningful all of your conversations would be if all humans watched watched this instead of garbage like MTV)

freedocumentaries.net (when I found this I immediately felt like the world was given to me, followed immediately after by shame for all the time I wasted doing shit that is sickeningly less valuable or entertaining)

Digg.com (this is where I get all my news, and where I have found a large chunk of the very most interesting and hilarious websites I have experienced)

Ninite.com (“Install multiple apps at once without toolbars or clicking Next” is what they call it, but I would call it “every important program you would ever NEED on your PC made as easy as possible.”)

ratemyprofessors.com (this is where I look before I ever sign up for a college class. Taking a professor that has near perfect ratings from hundreds of people vs taking the same class from someone that everyone hates is ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Please go on here and rate your professors too so that this site gets larger and larger)

Craigslist.org (seems obvious but people some people somehow actually don’t know about or don’t use craigslist.com. To anyone concerned about strangers, remember to think of every human as another you that you just didn’t happen to be. I’m literally about 50-0 with having unbelievable experience, like for example when I met some new awesome friends who drove me for free 18 hours to Michigan for Rothbury after all else seemed hopeless)

From here, this list switches more from the epic websites that I frequent, to a random list of the very most valuable websites I have personally encountered. You will understand the general theme pretty quickly. Please remember to use the search(or find, aka ctrl+f) function, this will be more and more important as this list grows. Also, If you like an article, check out that articles main page. Everyone should be able to find at least one new website that they check regularly. In no particular order, you should at least quickly check out these links.

Why Worry? It’s completely unproductive

How to Make the Time for Your Personal Goals

10 Essencial Cheat Sheets to download

LearningSpace – LearningSpace – OpenLearn – The Open University (free learning materials)

FORA.tv (random example to demonstrate the kind of stuff here)

31 Simple Ways To Prevent Cancer

25 Ways to Help a Fellow Human Being Today

11 Solid Ways To Improve Your Time Management Skills

Most Common Errors in the English Language

10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

How To Maximize Your Memory

50 Tools To Speed Up Your PC