Awesome Websites

Do you have trouble understanding the unique language of rappers? Get the book Understand Rap. Just like the website, the book is filled with rap verses and their humorous explanations.

Maybe some of the tidbits are unsubstantiated, but the simple factoids with complementary drawings that we found at Learn Something Every Day had us grinning from ear to ear. (Thanks Chris!)

While the music from a variety of artists plays on mashupbreakdown.com, the website gives a visual representation of which samples are currently playing and when they overlap. (Thanks Matt!)

(Kinda NSFW) “You own a Snuggie. You have sex. It was inevitable.” So goes the tag line for the hilarious website The Snuggie Sutra. The book includes positions not shown in the website.

Before you send us hateful comments, we’re well aware that a lot of parents are skilled at the art of sending text messages. But at this blog proves, a lot of them could also use some help.

A combination of Jeopardy! and a dictionary. The definition of a word along with its first letter is given; typing the correct answer extends the time. One of the more practical timewasters we’ve seen.

Need help helping your loved ones with their computer problems? Teach Parents Tech lets you email links for 12 instructional videos. We hope your relatives already know how to check email.

While it’s not the speediest way to get around, you have to hand it to these guys who spent 5 days clicking their way across America using Google Streetview for their Demo Slam entry.

It is what it says it is, a blog dedicated to posting pictures of Kim Jong-Il looking at random objects. We already got a good chuckle the moment we found out that this blog exists.

If you prefer your wallpapers to be simple and uncluttered, check out Simple Desktops. The site is filled with minimalist wallpapers, most of them featuring just a single color with one drawing.

This Flash-based interactive artwork lets you create mesmerizing audiovisual compositions which belong on a big screen at a rave. Watch the video demo or just start playing with AVCLASH now.

We have no idea what to expect from Glitch, an upcoming web-based MMO, but it takes place inside the minds of 11 giants, and has all the makings of the next massively-multiplayer web time-waster.

Providing the type of sophisticated image editing you’d expect to find in Adobe Photoshop, this online image editor is a great no-cost alternative you can use anywhere you have a web browser.

Dentsu London and Berg envision a future where everyday objects and surfaces exploit the Internet in their “spare time” to provide constant, relevant information and feedback. Cool stuff indeed.

(NSFW) This single-purpose website captures some of the more inappropriate auto-correct suggestions made by the iPhone and other gadgets. The Angry Birds one is priceless. Submit your faves here.

A no-nonsense aggregator of new media, When It Drops uses websites like Amazon and iTunes for info and buy links. You won’t find any hidden gems here, but we all have our guilty pleasures.

How’d you like to get a Bajillion Hits to your website? Techspert Alex Blagg has got the plan for you. He’s read the whole internet about five times, so he’s clearly the smartest man in the room.

As its name implies, Black & WTF is a showcase of unusual black and white photographs. Some of them are funny, some are creepy and unreal, but most of them just plain defy explanation.

We knew that Google Street View was a cool way to explore big cities and country backroads, but we had no idea they had POV shots of Antarctica. No cars. Just snow, rocks, and lots of penguins.

An interesting blog where people submit old pictures of themselves or their relatives along with their recent attempt to re-enact the scene in said pictures. Funny, fascinating and touching.

Beginning this 2010-2011 season, four Rocky Mountain resorts will provide skiers tickets and passes with RFID tags, allowing EpicMix to track their location and award achievements.

(NSFW) Yeah, we know you’re too civilized to swear on Twitter. But if you want to see how all those other people are doing it, head over to Cursebird, which tracks and scores profanity in real-time.

Album Reminder is a godsend for music junkies. Just add your favorite artists and it’ll send you an email whenever any of them comes out with a new album. You can also subscribe via RSS.