Cheap Entertainment..What are YOUR favorite websites?

**NoWayNovember** · 04-27-2006, 01:16 PM

Re: Cheap Entertainment..What are YOUR favorite websites?

I also read Dooce.com! She's hilarious.

One blog I read regularly is veganlunchbox.blogspot.com. I'm not vegan, but her food always looks soooo good.

**brizzad** · 04-27-2006, 02:16 PM

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forums.digitalpoint.com
sitepoint.com
namepros.com
webhostingtalk.com
(i make/run websites if you cant tell)

reuters.com
somethingawful.com (not safe for work/kids)

**eisor** · 04-27-2006, 03:56 PM

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www.plaxo.com - It's pretty much an online addressbook. BUT, it whenever someone updates their information, your book automatically updates itself as well. And, it is FREE!!

**lrjohnson** · 04-27-2006, 05:16 PM

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Musty TV
Great blog on TV and popular culture

Poor and Making It
A live journal forum on frugality

I like to go to NPR.com and BBC.com to listen to good radio while surfing

And others that would interest no on on this site!!

**CJsoccerchic** · 04-28-2006, 03:00 AM

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I check out zillow.com and although the satellite view was cool - for the places Ilooked up, there was only ONE house that has a price tag over it. Isn't the object of the website to see what houses are worth all over the US? Just wondering..

**TBH** · 04-28-2006, 06:31 AM

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Zillow is only a couple of months out of beta. There is a lot of variation in how much info they have on your area. When they first launched, they listed my house as being worth $17,000! Now they list it as being worth $52,000. I bought it two years ago for $70,000, and comparable houses on the street are now selling for $129,000. So clearly they don't have very good data for my street yet.

You really just have to wait for it to develop more, but it can be fun to play with.

I also like to look on my city's property tax site, where I can look up any house in the city and find out who owns it, when they bought it, and how much they paid. It's a little hard to tell if they bougth it then or just refinanced it, though.