1. electoral-vote.com is first read every morning for high-quality political commentary

2. old.reddit.com

3. news.ycombinator.com

4. earth.nullschool.net for weather

5. fivethirtyeight.com

6. nytimes.com

7. Youtube, Google maps and mail, Wikipedia as utility services

(this morning I was trying to open a bottle of liquid soap and the damned thing kept just spinning without popping up, so I googled “how to open a liquid soap dispenser” and first link was a Youtube video that explained you just have to screw the outer ring down tighter before twisting it open. Amazing)

Less than daily,

8. xkcd.com and oglaf.com about once a week

9. slatestarcodex.com, paulgraham.com, maybe lesswrong.com for spelunking through archives