The Top 100 Web Sites of 2010 - Classics: Fun
AllRecipes.com
The key to this site, if you didn't gather it from the name, is recipes, of course. There are lots and lots of recipes for every kind of food under the sun, provided by cooks all over the planet.
Boing Boing
Boing Boing may no longer bill itself as "a directory of wonderful things," but it can't fool us. Mark, Xeni, Cory, David, and their frequent guests amaze us on an hourly basis with their pop cultural findings.
CocktailDB
Go to this site and you'll be able to find just about any drink, standard or obscure, with a quick search of the Internet Cocktail Database. Look it up by drink or by ingredient.
Epicurious
This cooking site has just about everything you need to become a kitchen wiz—well, everything except for the talent. Epicurious offers an extensive collection of recipes culled from editors, readers, and fellow Conde Nast cooking sites—Bon Appétit and Gourmet. There are also a ton of articles, guides, menus, and an active community to help you along your culinary journey.
Funny or Die
Will Ferrell and his frequent collaborator Adam McKay know from funny. In 2007, they launched this comedy video Web site, with help from a video starring Ferrell and McKay's two-year-old daughter Pearl as his dictatorial landlord. Since then, Funny or Die has gone on to become one of the most frequented humor sites on the Web, thanks to a strong current of high-profile content and a rating system that lets users declare videos funny or dead.
Hulu
Is Hulu the future of TV? Considering how many TV networks back this site with the latest broadcast TV, available only hours after a show airs, perhaps it is. The addition of the $10-a-month Hulu Plus plan also provides you with access to older episodes, classic shows, and some movies, as well.
Check out PCMag.com's Hulu review.
Instructables
Co-founded by Squid Labs Saul Griffith, Instructables is one of the Web's best resources for do-it-yourself projects. From PCs to jewelry to solar panels, this site has instructions for practically anything you can dream up—say goodbye to your spare time.
The Onion
How thoroughly has "America's Finest News Source" permeated the pop cultural zeitgeist? "No, it's not from The Onion" has become a pre-cursor to any funny or otherwise bizarre news story mentioned on a blog or uttered on the nightly news. This fake newspaper has defined cutting-edge comedy for more than two decades.
Pandora
A lot of personalized Internet radio stations have sprung up in Pandora's wake, but sometimes the original—and the simplest—is the best. Pandora lets users create free custom stations based on their favorite bands or songs with help of the Music Genome Project. And thanks to mobile apps for the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and webOS, you can take that customization with you.
Check out PCMag.com's Pandora review.
Ustream
We use Ustream to stream our podcast, PCMag Radio. It's a simple—and free—way to broadcast live video content on the Web. The Ustream site is also a great place to discover live and archived streams by everyone from basement podcasters to high-profile partners, including Forbes, PBS, TMZ, and, of course, PCMag.
YouTube
If you don't receive a minimum of eight links a day from YouTube, you're probably doing something wrong. This Google-owned video site is the go-to resource for everything from archived C-SPAN footage to silly cat videos (emphasis on the latter, naturally). And with initiatives like Rentals and Leanback, YouTube is doing everything it can to invade your living room. But do yourself a favor and avoid the comments at all costs.
