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Ask HN: What small websites do you frequently use/visit?
49 points by curiousgal on May 31, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 34 comments



http://epguides.com - Whenever I need to look up episode names or air dates of a TV show, this little site has done the job for decades.

I type the address, followed by the name of a show (usually only lowercase alphabetical characters, and without 'the'), and I get exactly I want. E.g. epguides.com/xfiles

It looks almost exactly the same as it did back in 2000 at least (https://web.archive.org/web/20000815203907/http://www.epguid...), and has been kept up-to-date ever since.


http://www.sleepyti.me - a calculator to let you know when to set your alarm in the morning to maximize your chances of waking up feeling refreshed / not breaking a REM cycle


The Pebble smartwatch has a feature like this as well. It tracks your sleep pattern and when you're not in deep sleep and your alarm is coming up within half an hour it'll start vibrating.

For someone who's very hard to wake up it seems to work well.


I use this all the time, it's great.


Does McSweeney's count as "small"? http://www.mcsweeneys.net/tendency


McSweeney's is my favorite place on the internet!


https://pinboard.in - an awesome bookmarking service


Obligatory: follow @Pinboard on twitter for amazing tweets.


Oh, I remember this site. A shame that I didn't buy in earlier for the lifetime subscription.


https://LowEndTalk.com - Message board for cheap VPS fans

https://laracasts.com - Video tutorials for Laravel


http://online-go.com - go server

http://81dojo.com - shogi server

http://en.lichess.org - chess server

http://eidogo.com, http://josekipedia.com - go joseki/fuseki encyclopedias

http://chesscademy.com - chess training website

Youtube might not count as a small website, but I like these channels:

- https://www.youtube.com/user/onbaduktv - go videos

- https://www.youtube.com/user/hidetchi - shogi videos

- https://www.youtube.com/user/powerplaychess - chess videos


http://chesstempo.com/ - Wonderful chess tactics website



https://bestfoodnearme.com - food dishes by location


http://meatspac.es - weird chat thing


This is awesome!



Wow, you can actually see the exchange rate fluctuate (not by much) when big transactions hit the market. Cool stuff.


https://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php - "Noises, soundscapes and tonal drones ... Shaped to your hearing and environment"--great for improving focus, relaxing, etc.



looks like it got HN'ed


Yeah, someone else posted in another discussion here on HN as well. They weren't ready for the barrage, understandably so.


http://990finder.foundationcenter.org - Look up most nonprofits I encounter


https://www.cruisewatch.com - big data and machine learning to find cruise deals





http://blistergearreview.com/ <- Detailed reviews of outdoor gear.


http://www.pixpit.com mobile friendly and fast aggregation of reddit /r/funny


http://rain.today - Great to put in the background to help concentrate :-).


http://atob.xyz - realtime anonymous textboard, like 4chan but friendlier


That's a very cool website that I've never heard of, thanks.


Is HN counted?


HN is not small :p




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