50 Best Websites 2009

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1918031,00.html

Some sites are popular (Twitter, Facebook), some are plain good (Google, Amazon, Wikipedia), some are fresh (Etsy, Kiva), some are resurrected from death (Delicious).

1. Flickr -- mainstream
2. California Coastline -- aerial photographic survey of coastline.
3. Delicious -- 2nd life of del.icio.us
4. Metafilter -- community weblog
5. popurls -- pop urls
6. Twitter -- mainstream
7. Skype -- mainstream
8. Boing Boing -- blog
9. Academic Earth -- online course
10. OpenTable -- book your table
11. Google -- ...
12. YouTube -- mainstream
13. Wolfram|Alpha -- computational knowledge engine, this is deep
14. Hulu -- video sharing
15. Vimeo -- video sharing with m in the middle
16. Fora TV -- video clips by intellectuals
17. Craiglook -- search craiglist, craiglist, please buy me.
18. Shop Goodwill -- goodwill shopping
19. Amazon -- mainstream
20. Kayak -- Expedia? Priceline?
21. Netflix -- mainstream
22. Etsy -- eBay? no, but something like that.
23. PropertyShark -- property shark, smells property like blood
24. Redfin -- online real estate brokerage
25. Wikipedia -- mainstream
26. Internet Archive -- name says it
27. Kiva -- global micro credit
28. ConsumerSearch -- review products, any type
29. Metacritic -- critics for media, any type.
30. Pollster -- poll
31. Facebook -- mainstream
32. Pandora and Last.fm -- FM
33. Musicovery -- web radio, should it be called Radiocovery?
34. Spotify -- p2p music streaming
35. Supercook -- super cook
36. Yelp -- US version of dianping.com
37. Visuwords -- ha, graphical words linkage
38. CouchSurfing -- hospitality exchange network
39. BabyNameWizard.com's NameVoyager - you get the idea from this long naming
40. Mint -- manage your finance
41. TripIt -- trip it
42. Aardvark -- social networking
43. drop.io -- private sharing, drop your stuff for io
44. Issuu -- your own publishing
45. Photosynth -- turn photos into 3D, yah, but still shown on a 2D screen
46. OMGPOP -- RPG, oh my god pop?
47. WorldWideTelescope - universe, virtual, telescope
48. Fonolo - dig out the corp 800 number
49. Get High Now - a book promo site? how it makes to the list?
50. Know Your Meme - video blog of meme

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Crocs sandals

Suddenly one special looking sandals get popular. The brand is Crocs. It even opens a brand store at Marina Square. The design idea is from Dutch wooden shoes, I guess. A pair of Crocs sandals is sold at around SGD 50. The price is justified for what it is made of - Croslite. Based on Crocs website, "Croslite™, a proprietary Closed Cell Resin (PCCR) which is NOT plastic NOR rubber. Croslite™ is closed-cell in nature and anti-microbial, which virtually eliminates odor. it is an extraordinary impact absorbing resin material developed for maximum cushioning. its closed cell properties resist odor, inhibits bacterial and fungal growth and are non toxic. this versatile material can be worn next to skin and be cleaned with just soap and water." However, it really looks like made of plastic or rubber, and the design is unique. Replica comes. they are sold at SGD 20, SGD 10, SGD 5 depending on quality.

Singapore Girl Sex Clip Posted Online

A couple days ago, a sex video clip about a female Chinese graduate student Wang Ting Ting (王婷婷) was posted on the internet. Just as it is about to cool down, another sex video clip pops. It is a sex clip of a Singapore Nanyang Polytechnic student . The video clip was stored on her cell phone. Someone stole it and posted the video clip on the Internet. This is a breaking news. It is even reported on major Singapore and Malaysia newspapers. Now we have so many cool gadgets. It is a breeze to shoot photos/videos, and share them on the internet. Everyone, even dog, is on the internet waiting for breaking news. Be careful when you do something secret or stupid. It may appear all over the world, live!

No smoking sign

Watch out this sign before you light the cigarette up. SGD 1000 fine! However, I wonder if someone had really paid so much for violation.

Prostitutes in Singapore

Singapore is very realistic about this issue. Prostitution is legal. The famous red light zone is Geylang area. I heard Hong Kong officials are considering to legalize this business in HK also. Singaporeans are not allow to work as prostitute. Maybe also SPR. The prostitutes are mainly foreign workers from poor countries in SEA area, such as Indonesia, Thailand, India, Malaysia, not from China. They come under special 2-year working pass, and must pass the health exam, yes, to prevent STD such as HIV, AIDS and so on. The brothels are mixed with normal resident houses. The brothel's house number is red lighted. The price is ranged from SGD 50 to SGD 200. Illegal sex workers are also around, and in some massage clinics. A very recent fatal case and newly effective government policy make a special social group - Chinese accompanying mom for studying kids a hot media buzz again.

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