Scott Mitchell by way of Tosh Meston's blog asks what sites we can't live without...well, 'live' is a bit strong! But sites which I would be irritated if my access to them were denied / limited are (in no particular order)
- Google - my online memory - I take a disturbing amount of pride in my searching prowess!
- Weblogs.asp.net - I just love the main ASP.NET blogs site, lots of informed people
- Gizomdo / Engadget - gadgets, gadgets, gadgets, new, shiny...must be mine!
- BBC News - comparatively unbiased news, seems to provide the most balanced coverage of every event.
- Halifax - I am strangely obsessed with what my money gets up to when it's not being spent by me...
- Bloglines - this is kind of a cop-out, it really amounts to about 50 other sites whos' feeds I need.
- Ebuyer - my own personal geek-porn, how a shopping site should work! (Oh, apart from they've now removed their 'rotating' front-page items - BIG mistake, I don't know how many impulse buys I've made from that page!)
- The Register - biased, poorly informed, addictive - basically the tabloid newspaper of the techie world.
- BBC Weather - umm...it rains a lot in Scotland...gotta see if I need my raincoat!
- DotnetJunkies Blogs - I really like this, much smaller community than the ASP.NET ones, but more esoteric and rapidly becoming more interesting.
- Slashdot - gotta see what rabid idiocy happens there every day...
That's my every day sites...I guess not that many, currently looking for a site which has home remedies for nasosinal pain (I have a sore snoot).
UPDATE: Can't believe I forgot CodeProject!