Websites We Love

Websites We Love

Self-described as a “raging bitch who has no business answering any of these questions”, Dear CokeTalk (dearcoketalk.com) is written by an LA party girl with limited patience for people seeking her advice. Turn here for tips on what to do regarding relationships, semi-legal matters and mind-altering chemicals. And check out her brilliant rants on perceived idiocies like drug laws, Sex and the City and Ke$ha.

Hard to go wrong here—the exaggeratedly simple recipe generator What The F*ck Should I Make For Dinner (whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com) dishes up menu selections with a generous helping of sarcastic profanity. Click “I Don’t F*cking Eat Meat” for veggie options.

With no access to a radio, you can still stream WKSU online (wksu.org/listen.asx). Open a tab and soak in news from All Things Considered, good folk music from Jim Blum or Garrison Keillor on A Prairie Home Companion while you work.

Skip the “travel size” selections at Walgreen’s before your next trip and check out 3floz.com instead, which sells a wide range of products (lots of them high-quality and eco-friendly) that are all TSA-approved. 3floz.com also sells prepackaged kits of travel-size toiletries like shampoo, moisturizer and lip balm.

Learn the basics of virtually any recent software with Lynda (Lynda.com), an extensive tutorial site that covers dozens of vendors, from Adobe to Google, Sony, and Yahoo! It requires a paid subscription that starts at $25 a month but the tutorials are excellent and it’s a lot faster, and clearer, than PhotoShop for Dummies.

Local artists take center stage in the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (artistsarchives.org), which presents pages and sample artwork for fifty artists with connections to Northeast Ohio. This is a terrific introduction to regional work and a great sampling of area talent; plus the site includes information on membership, upcoming events and jobs and internships available with the gallery.

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