Net Surfin' ain't easy!

amandacongdon.com

Man, surfing the net for links CAN be hard work. My favourite site of 2006, my favorite news site, and my best site for links is popurls. They have tons of the best fresh, fresh links, but I've talked about them before. Fantastic! It just takes TIME to go through all the headlines, with linkbaiting titles.

Amanda Congdon is some kind of minor media celebrity, but she does her homework. Every day she posts her Today's 5 from popurls, and she generally gets it right. I say "generally", because out of roughly 386 headlines on popurls at any given time, opinions can vary, and she normally picks 2 or 3 of my favourites. Very nice.

Today's 5 picks:
- Obama Pastor rips NY Times a new one, gently (via reddit)
- NBC, Newscorp launch YouTube rival with AOL, MSN, MySpace, Yahoo
- Digital Art Made from Lava and Cactuses (via NowPublic)
- YT Video Awards Fashion Recap
- 10 Most Magnificant Trees in the World

Travel Guide for Hipsters

LET'S GO GIRL!

Forget about the tourist traps; if you want to know the locals' favourite places, this is the place to go. The hipster, feminist magazine Bust has this great user-generated travel site LET'S GO GIRL!

It won't tell you which city to visit, but if you're going to a new city (or maybe even your home), this site is an EXCELLENT way to find out the best restaurants, coolest boutiques, the trendiest neighbourhoods and the most exciting places to visit.

Don't trust me? Try checking out your hometown first! Here's Vancouver.

By the way, it's not just helpful for girls. On the internet, no one can tell if you're a dude!