• The iPod
  • The very much official site of the albino music player.
  
  
• iLounge
  • This is the very first iPod fan site, and it features very useful reviews of products as well as a forum to discuss all things iPod.
  
  
• iPod Motion Remote
  • This is really interesting. It's the documentation of a student's quest to make a remote for his iPod, only not in the way you're thinking. Take a gander.
  
  
• iPod Flea
  • A hilarious iPod spoof- the iPod Flea. I want a Flea Collar!
  
  
• Homemade iPod Speakers
  • These are pretty sweet for homemade. They're made out of glass and aluminum, and would look pretty spiffy in a living room.
  
  
• USB/Firewire Pin Layouts
  • This was extremely useful to me during my iPod Dock v. 2.0 build. It has explanations of what each pin is for for every USB and Firewire type plug, along with easy to read diagrams.
  
  

Hacks and Mods

• Make: Magazine
  • The official site of Make:, a very interesting diy/mod magazine.
  
  
• hack-a-day
  • There are some pretty interesting hacks here, and it's updated...well, every day, as the name implies.
  
  
• Winston's Lego Computer
  • This guy is awesome. He likes legos and modding. What comes of putting the two together? Click on that link up there.
  
  
• Make a Jacob's Ladder
  • Here you can learn how to make a...nevermind, it's in the title. You know, those things Dr. Frankenstien had.
  
  
• Camerahacking.com
  • A forum based on those new disposable digital cameras and how to successfully hack them to be able to get the photos on your computer. It will delete the photos too, so the disposable digital camera is not quite as disposable.
  
  
• Hard Drive Clock
  • This is a really cool hack, but it requires some programming skills. I don't have any personally, but I hope to learn, even if it's just to build this awesome clock.
  
  
• Acura NSX to Ferrari F50
  • This amazing bunch of folks converted an Acura NSX into a realistic-looking Ferrari F50. The change is only cosmetic of course, but that takes away nothing from this mod - you really must check this one out.
  
  
• Homebrew Electronics
  • Here's a bunch of homemade electronic circuits with pictures and how-to's for all of them.
  
  
• Home Automation
  • The story of one man's pursuit of complete home automation. This guy's house does everything from turining on lights to playing music for him. He's either very smart or very lazy. Hope he never moves...
  
  
• The Censtron Wave Vessel
  • Here's a really easy mod you can do to an old TV. It turns it into an audio visualizer similar to that on Windows Media Player. I'm going to make one of these.
  
  
• Gaming Console Conversions
  • Some very impressive console conversions-Star Wars style. That XFalcon needs some sort of medal or somethng.
  
  

Lego

• Lego.com
  • The official site.
  
  
• Mindstorms
  • The official site of the Lego Mindstorms robotic system.
  
  
• lDraw
  • The site where almost all of the computer-based Lego drawing software is located, including MLCad, Ldraw, L3P, and POV-Ray.
  
  
• POV-Ray
  • The official site for the 3D raytracer, POV-Ray
  
  
• The Making of a Brick
  • A pixel art animation of the complete Lego brick-making process.
  
  
• Stair-climbing Robot
  • A site with an awesome mobile robot called the SHRIMP that can even climb stairs!
  
  
• LUGNet
  • The Lego Users Group Network, which serves as a meeting place for Lego competitors & fans.
  
  
• Lego Films
  • Here's a collection of possibly every film made from Lego men and pieces.
  
  

Origami

• Money Origami
  • Fold 14 different origami models from dollar bills! And you thought money was just for spending...
  
  
• Wholemovement
  • Tons of amazing geometric models folded from ordinary paper plates.
  
  
• Origami.com
  • A huge model database with .pdf instructions.
  
  
• Star Wars Origami
  • A site with really realistic Star Wars origami models, most of the with instructions. May the fold be with you.
  
  
• Diagrams Links
  • This person's links page is huge. There are tons of origami sites linked to from here.
  
  
• Geometric Origami
  • A site with a gallery and some diagrams of modular geometric origami.
  
  

Lord of the Rings

• Lordoftherings.net
  • The official website of the motion picture.
  
  
• LOTR Wallpaper
  • A great LOTR concept art wallpaper site.
  
  
• The Barrow-Downs
  • This has an extensive LOTR encyclopedia, a tengwar scriptor, and games.
  
  
• Elvish Translations
  • A very cool site that translates many of the runes and writings in the LOTR movies, as well as lyrics from the soundtrack.
  
  

Website Stuff

• HTML Goodies
  • The site where I got most of my info on making an HTML website.
  
  
• W3Schools
  • Learn everything and then some about making a website.
  
  
• Color Converter
  • A color converter used to convert RGB colors to hex code colors, and the other way around.
  
  
• Animations
  • A hoarde of .gif animations, although some have to be paid for.
  
  
• Clip Art
  • Contains many icons, arrows, bars, and buttons for websites.
  
  

Fun Stuff

• Ebaum's World
  • A hilarious site featuring funny videos, pictures, and animations, as well as some pretty fun games.
  
  
• Funny Junk
  • Another funny site featuring mostly pictures.
  
  
• Addicting Games
  • This site has more games than a toy store. Oh, and they're all free.
  
  
• FlashFlash Revolution
  • The internet Flash version of the dance game, DDR.
  
  
• Jokes.com
  • Tons of funny jokes, not so many tons of corny ones.
  
  
• Fainting Goats
  • The main site, www.compfused.com is funny, but this video is hilarious! I want some of these.
  
  
• Celebrity Jeopardy
  • Watch SNL Celebrity Jeopardy!
  
  

I'm Bored...

• Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena
  • Things that mess with your mind, and then explanations as to why. It's really interesting.
  
  
• Bored.com
  • The ultimate boredom site.
  
  
• I Am Bored
  • Yet another boredom site.
  
  
• Sodaplay.com
  • A somewhat strange site where viewers can make animated...things with artificial muscles. The sodazoo is especially cool.
  
  
• Homestar Runner
  • A Flash website featuring animations with character Homestar Runner. It's very hard to explain. Just go there. Seriously.
  
  

Miscellaneous

• What's That Stuff?
  • Ever wondered what's in your EZ Cheese? Fireworks? Golf balls? Wonder no more.
  
  
• Laser Active Tracking
  • This could be the future of human-computer interface. If this system is as accurate as it should be in order to be awesome, it would be....awesome.
  
  
• The Venus Project
  • An insight into what the future may bring. It's a very in-depth site with ideas for the future in every category.
  
  
• Optimus Keyboard
  • A prototype for a keyboard where many keys are LCD screens that can be customized to fit your needs. They aren't in production, but when they are, put my name on one! Oh, and it's all in Russian.
  
  
• How Stuff Works
  • Find out how anything works and, yes, anything.
  
  
• Starry Night - Gigapixel Photomosaic
  • This 1.5 Gigapixel image is actually compiled of a bunch of little pictures, but they aren't visible at all when it is zoomed out.
  
  
• Google Earth
  • This is quite possibly the coolest satellite image "database" ever.
  
  
• Online TV
  • Here you can get free episodes of tons of TV shows played on your computer. The site says there's no spyware in tons of different places, which might be all the more reason to believe there is some. Who knows?
  
  
• This to That
  • The ultimate glue advice site. Simply specify the two materials to be glued, and it provides the best glue for the job.
  
  
• Marble Shooting Airgun
  • This guy's compressed-air marble gun is infinitely better than mine. I was actually really surprised that he came up with something as odd as a compressed-air marblegun as well.
  
  
• Industorius Clock
  • This is a very unique way to keep the time.
  
  
• Tetra_Vaal
  • A really awesome video of what might one day be used in urban warfare. Check it out, its awesome.
  
  
• Guess-the-Google
  • This is a pretty fun game, mostly because its different from any other game I've seen. You have to look at a bunch of pictures and guess the Google keyword that would come up with all of them. My high score is 240.
  
  
• The Sith Sense
  • Really awesome "mind-reading" thing. It's Star Wars themed, and is incredibly accurate. Lord Vader has read your mind.
  
  
• MIDI Files
  • A huge database of MIDI files, anywhere from popular rock songs to the latest opera. Is that a ringtone I hear?
  
  
• Homemade Science Toys
  • This site is awesome. It has a lot of projects to build, such as a vacuum chamber, film can cannon, and laser radio, all with very detailed instructions. The author of this site also wrote a book featuring many of the projects on his site, as well as others.
  
  
• Solar Death Ray
  • Build a Solar Death Ray!
  
  
• Turk's Head Knot
  • This is a cool knot to make if you ever have nothing to do.
  
  
• Game Boy Advance Emulator
  • Here's where you can download a Gameboy Advance emulator to play Gameboy games on your computer.
  
  
• GBA Emulator Games
  • This has tons of GBA roms to download without registration...even if it is in German. (Note: scroll down to the bottom and click on Enter.)
  
  
• More GBA Emulator Games
  • Another site with many roms, but it requires registration.