I am including all 43 websites in one entry for ease of use. I have attempted to included sites that are not already well-known (google, facebook, Wikipedia, etc.). They are in no specific order.
1) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. There is a lifetime’s worth of study on this site.
2) http://personal-kyoto.org/ Personal Kyoto provides New Yorkers the means to measure, track and share their progress towards meaningful electric use reduction.
3) http://www.liveperson.com/ LivePerson helps the Internet deliver on its promise of making our day-to-day lives easier and better by supplying real-time access to the world’s experts and their knowledge.
4) http://www.earthsky.org/skywatching/ A daily description of something going on up in your sky. A great way to learn some astronomy.
5) http://rhetoric.byu.edu/ A very comprehensive guide to the Art of Rhetoric.
6) http://www.businessballs.com/ Businessballs is a free ethical learning and development resource for people and organizations, run by Alan Chapman, in Leicester, England.
7) http://www.looperman.com/loops.php Free drum (and other) loops for recording songs.
8) http://www.webshots.com/ Of all the free pic hosting sites, webshots seems to be the best.
9) http://www.gutenberg.org 28,000 free online books.
10) http://green.yahoo.com/ An environmentally focused portal.
11) http://freevideolectures.com/ Probably the largest free online video lecture database.
12) http://www.singerscreations.com/Weather-Watcher-Live.asp A fantastic weather program. Everything you could possible want to know about the weather.
13) http://www.seeqpod.com/ Listen to great free music without downloading the songs or a program.
14) http://basecamphq.com/ Project management software.
15) http://www.changethis.com/ Some great articles on technology, culture, and life.
16) http://www.hinduwebsite.com/ Excellent resource to learn about Hinduism and Buddhism.
17) https://www.createspace.com/ Online publishing tools for authors, musicians, and filmmakers.
18) http://www.abcgallery.com/ Largest online art gallery.
19) http://cuteoverload.com/ Pics of cute animals. A good way to lower blood pressure.
20) http://www.realkana.com/ Learn the katakana and hiragana (Japanese alphabets).
21) http://www.moviemaidens.com/index.asp See the most famous actors from the 20s to the 50s.
22) http://www.bobross.com/ Home site for my favorite painting teacher!
23) http://www.w3schools.com/html/DEFAULT.asp Best site for learning HTML.
24) http://www.stevepavlina.com/ Personal development website.
25) http://lifehacker.com/ I use this site to become more productive.
26) http://www.opensourcebuddhism.org/all.htm Hours of free videos about Buddhism and more.
27) http://www.8notes.com/ Good site to learn about music.
28) http://www.ehow.com/ Large database of “how to” videos.
29) http://www.ancestry.com/ The largest ancestry website.
30) http://artofmanliness.com/ Thorough site on some aspects of manhood.
31) http://www.word2word.com/coursead.html Learn the basics of others languages
32) http://www.quotationspage.com/ One of several excellent quotations pages on all topics.
33) http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/ No better training for poets than exploring various types.
34) http://www.martialartsplanet.com Largest martial arts website.
35) http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog Good website for learning Japanese.
36) http://www.ultimate-guitar.com Learn to play the guitar, including your favorite songs.
37) http://www.kiva.org Lend money to small entrepreneurs world-wide.
38) http://www.online-stopwatch.com If you need to time yourself.
39) http://www.takimag.com Political blog from a paleoconservative.
40) http://www.e-sangha.com/ Very large resource for Buddhists and interested people.
41) http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm Tap any key to a song’s beat to find its Beats Per Minute.
42) http://www.meetup.com/ Meet people in your area at meetups about a variety of topics.
43) http://www.43things.com Get the word out! Probably the best site on the internet.
