Fun stuff on the web

Fun things

• Boing Boing - directory of wonderful things
• Common Craft - short explanatory videos
• Crosswords for fun
• Dilbert
• Free Web-based Tools
• Google Earth
• Human Clock  
• Zefrank

Blogs

Blogs are web logs that are updated regularly. Many bloggers update their blog daily. A blog may contain information on a specific topic or be a personal daily diary, a forum for the expression of political views or social commentary, or for any other kind of personal or collaborative expression. 

• Adelaide Index - Adelaide blog directory
• Blogarama - blog directory

You can set up your own blog using free software that's available on the web 

• blogger.com
• Bloglines
• Typepad  
• WordPress 

Wikis

A wiki is a website that is created by a group. Visitors or group members can edit the content of a site, create new content and change the organisation of existing content on the web from their own computer.

Wikipedia is one of best known examples of a wiki.

Find out more about wikis by watching a short video, Wikis in plain English. 

You can set up your own blog using free software that's available on the web

• PBwiki
• Wetpaint
• Wikia
• Wikidot
• Wikispaces

Photos

• Flickr
• Photobucket
• Picasa
• Picturetrail
• SnapFish

Videos 

• BlipTV
• TeacherTube - educational videos
• Vimeo
• YouTube

Social networking

• Bebo
• Delicious - bookmark your favourites online
• Digg
• Facebook
• foursquare
• Library Thing - connect with people who read the same things
• MySpace
• Ning
• Plurk
• Trunk.ly
• Twitter

Free email services

• Gmail 
• Hotmail
• Yahoo!