It’s true that you can’t live without the world wide web anymore. But surviving the overdose of information it offers isn’t easy either. So you don’t get lost among billions and billions of pages, we’ve selected the 100 coolest addresses to fill your “favorites” list.
strange science
HowStuffWorks
Have you always wanted to know how things work, but besides , you never had anyone to ask? Because now you can discover the secrets of really important things, such as computers, cars, electronic equipment…
What’s Best – This veritable encyclopedia of (sort of) useful knowledge provides hours of interesting reading, ranging from how a zipper works to how to do an autopsy
Requires good English, https://www.howstuffworks.com
wikipedia
Wikipedia, “the free encyclopedia”, is available on the net in 80 different languages, with thousands of articles entered by contributors across the globe.
What’s best – Depending on the chosen language, the user can access from around 30,000 entries (in Portuguese) to 470,000 entries (in English, the largest)
wikipedia.org
Earth and Moon Viewer
Anyone who has always wanted to observe the Earth or the Moon from above, in space, but has not been lucky enough to be invited to take a ride on the space shuttle, can quench their curiosity by navigating this sophisticated space observer.
Best of the best – If you have the right data, you can observe any corner of the Earth by specifying the correct degrees of latitude and longitude for the desired location
https://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/
Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Center Gift Shop
Do you think that paper folding is something for children and Japanese people? Then explore the impressive paper models of robots, rockets, shuttles and space probes, based on authentic blueprints!
Best of all – Each model is accompanied by files with assembly instructions. Check out Star Wars, Star Trek and Galactica ships
Requires good English, https://www.lhvcc.com/egiftshop/
Television History: The First 75 Years
The most extensive collection on the evolution of the TV set. It addresses from the prehistory of audiovisual technology, between 1928 and 1932, to the most modern televisions. The site is all in English, but it has a huge archive of images.
What’s best – Nothing beats the charm of the “futuristic” TVs of the 1950s – see the photos of the French Teleavia and the Italian Phonola, from 1957, and the Brazilian Philco Predicta, from 1958
Requires good English, https://www.tvhistory.tv
Mechanical Marvels of the Nineteenth Century
This site has a fascinating record of the creation of the first robots, in the middle of the 19th century. It reveals in detail little-known stories, such as the Steam Man project (1865) and the Electric Man (1885).
What’s Best – If you’re not fully fluent in English, visit the site at least to see the impressive prints
Requires good English, https://www.bigredhair.com/robots/
Apollo Guidance Computer
The American John Pultorak, for sheer fun, decided to build a replica of the AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer), the computer that helped the Apollo 11 mission reach the Moon, in 1969. Pultorak spent 3 thousand dollars and it took 4 years to build the replica
What’s best – The entire project is available on this site, in PDF format, so that anyone can repeat the feat
Requires good English, starfish.osfn.org/AGCreplica/
Mike’s Electric Stuff
A dazzling collection of electrical gadgets, from old-fashioned light bulbs, neon lights and photoelectric cells to experiments with electrical sparks and lasers. Those who are curious to know the inside of electrical equipment need to see the photo gallery
Best of all – The “digital” watch design with glass tubes is awesome!
Stay tuned – Don’t venture to try any project without knowledge
Requires good English, https://www.electricstuff.co.uk
Dream Anatomy
A study of anatomy illustrations from the 16th century onwards, when the human body became the object of closer observation by artists, who left a legacy of detailed, surreal, beautiful and grotesque images
What’s best – The real reason for this site’s existence is the vast and precious image gallery, with many old engravings in very high resolution, ideal for illustrating school work and impressing friends!
Requires good English, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/dreamanatomy/
Old Computers
This museum of obsolete technology brings together information and images of old computers from a fanatic about the subject, a Californian who identifies himself as “SysOp”. We can only admire someone who has more than 80 useless computers and is still proud of it!
Best of the best – The nostalgic list ranges from 1971 to 1989, including gems like the Sinclair ZX81 and Commodore 64, both from the 1980s
Requires good English, oldcomputers.net
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
If it were necessary to choose only one movie site to consult, it would have to be IMDb, which boasts of being visited by 25 million moviegoers monthly
What’s Best – Everything you need to know about films new and old is almost certain to be found here, with links to official pages and photo galleries
Stay tuned – Despite being the most complete and reliable movie database on the net, IMDb is not bug free!
Requires good English, https://www.imdb.com
The Bad Movie Report
Do you like watching trash movies and think you’ve seen everything that’s worst? So, click on this address and see how the universe of bad cinema is much wider than you dream
What’s best – After digging through the texts and images of this crazy collection for a few minutes, it makes you want to go after movies like Octaman, Robot Monster, Sugar Hill…
https://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/
I love cinema
Among all the Brazilian websites about cinema, this one stands out for its proposal to feed the database with as many films as possible, in a democratic way. You also earn points for having a co-brother dedicated to our cinema, at https://www.adorocinemabrasileiro.com.br
What’s best – In the “interactivity” link, you can suggest names of films, directors and actors that are not yet registered. The site team runs after the information and with that the database becomes more and more complete
Sites in Portuguese,adodocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br
B movie
Contrary to what the name might suggest, the site does not address low-budget film production. Quite the contrary, it is a space aimed more at professionals in the field of film distribution in our territory.
What’s best – The site regularly monitors audience attendance at screening rooms and reports on the highest-grossing films in Brazil
Stay tuned – Too bad to have full access to the data, just paying
Sites in Portuguese, https://www.filmeb.com.br
MovieSpoilers
Are you one of those guys who can’t control their anxiety when a cool movie is still in production? Want to know everything about the cast, script, filming secrets, etc.? On this site, no Hollywood secrets are kept.
What’s Best – In addition to loads of behind-the-scenes gossip and rumours, the site offers some official movie-themed wallpapers
Stay tuned – As the name suggests, it’s a “buzzkiller” site, so be careful what you read in the articles!
Requires good English, moviespoilers.net
Hollywood Jesus
An intelligent and provocative site, which has been online since 1997. It offers in-depth views of great film and television successes, always with analysis of the work’s spiritual content. It doesn’t try to take itself too seriously, but it doesn’t fall for easy parody either.
What’s Best – The analogies between Superman, the Movie and ET, the Extra-Terrestrial with the story of Jesus Christ is a must-read. There’s also a special section just about The Lord of the Rings
Requires good English, https://www.hollywoodjesus.com
yasin
It’s a site with a weird combination of bizarre games, women in sensual poses, celebrity shots and, what matters most, a video gallery with openings of TV series from various eras (TV Intro’s)
What’s best – Unmissable opening of The Simpsons that the site chose as the best ever featured in the cartoon – a parody of the Flintstones
blaxploitation
“A soulful tribute” to the black American cinema that rocked screens in the 1970s and has, in a way, begun to make a comeback. Everything you need to know about the genre plus a handful of cool images
What’s Best – The poster gallery, with more than 100 items, offers a taste of the genre’s appeal, highlighting Cleopatra Jones and Blacula
Requires good English, ww.blaxploitation.com
Project 365
A film blog that is much more than just a blog. Conceived by critic Otávio Moulin, it proposes to publish a different review per day of a “dusty or little-known” film. The sections are entitled Bye Bye Brazil, Poltrona R, Cine Apelação, Rango de Boteco and so on
What’s best – Where else could you read intelligent reviews in Portuguese about action movies, kung fu, horror and the like, signed by genre fanatics?
Websites in Portuguese, Projeto365.ebloggy.com
Toonopedia
Don Markstein decided to collect information about cartoon and comic book characters, with the aim of building the largest online database on the subject. You can check the result at this address, which already has more than a thousand entries
What’s Best – There you’ll find virtually every cartoon and comic book character you’ve ever heard of
Stay tuned – If you only know the name of the character in Portuguese, you will have difficulty finding him
Requires good English, https://www.toonopedia.com
tv tome
Many people who usually watch television series don’t know where to look for more complete information about their favorite programs. Well, just click here and search at will, both old and current series. Just know the title in English
What’s Best – The site has over 2,000 series, many with full episode guides, including synopses and fact sheets for each show. If in doubt, also see https://www.epguides.com
Requires good English, https://www.tvtome.com
The Censored Cartoons Page
An interesting guide with descriptions of the censored scenes of several classic cartoons produced by MGM, Warner and Paramount. The banned jokes had racist, violent and politically incorrect content, inappropriate for today, so straight
What’s Best – On that same page there’s a link to classic cartoons (like Bugs Bunny) in RealVideo, which can be downloaded for free
Requires good English, looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/
The Numbers
Cinema seen by the numbers: budgets, box office receipts, percentage profit or loss, weeks in…