Let's start with something useful. Have you ever had a song stuck in your head, but try as you might you can not remember the name of it? Midomi is a search engine that allows you to search songs by singing, or simply humming the tune. The only downside is that you need to have a microphone or web cam to use it, and if you only know less than ten seconds of the song it will be harder to find a match. If you sing/hum more than ten seconds though it is very accurate.
The Useless Web is a huge time waster, but it's so much fun. You just click a button and it will take you to a useless -and often hilarious- website. There are at least a couple dozen websites that can come up, and they seem to add more every now and then. Just in case you're wondering, my favourite is Leek Spin.
Ava's Demon is a web comic about a girl named Ava who is haunted by a demon named Wrathia. I can't really say much more without giving things away, but trust me when I say this is definitely worth reading. It's only about 350 pages at the moment, most without any text, so it's a pretty quick read. It updates every Thursday, so it's easy to keep up with. Also, it has some of the most gorgeous art I've ever seen. Take a look:
Homestuck is the first, and best, web comic I've read. It's much longer than Ava's Demon at around 7000 pages (I think), and completely different in both plot, art, and story-telling style. I'm not even going to attempt to explain what it's about. Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia:
Homestuck begins when thirteen-year-old John Egbert receives a beta copy of an upcoming computer game, called "Sburb," in the mail. Installing and running the game on his computer triggers a meteor attack on his real-life house, which survives only by being transported to another planet, thus immersing him completely within the world of Sburb. As John's friends Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider, and Jade Harley join the game with him, they learn that they have unwittingly triggered the end of the world, and that it is their duty to play the game and thereby see the story through to its completion.
And that's only the beginning. There are trolls, and alternate timelines, and romance, and pretty much everyone dies at one point or another. It starts off a bit slow, but if you stick with it I can guarantee that you will love it. Like Ava's Demon, there are a fair amount of panels that are textless, although it takes a while to get to those. The story is told through images, chatlogs, text, animations, and even a few flash games. It's extremely fun and interesting, and definitely worth reading if you've got the time.
The first panel of Homestuck
As you can see, there is a lot of variation in the panels
Well. I hope you are able to enjoy these sites as much as I do. What are some of your favourite sites? Leave me a comment (and remember I have endless amounts of free time)!
Laterz
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