2. SmashingMagazine.com I found this site through digg.com.  Many of their articles make good impressions on digg.com. The site is focused on website development and graphic design mostly.  They have great contests that generate free stuff, like icon design constests that they then release for free.  Who dosen’t like free icon sets? or free textures? how about free GOOD quality wordpress themes? Not only do they have all these things for free, they also have some good articles on things ranging from CSS to icon design.  They also update their site on a daily+ basis (typically).

3.  CodingHorror.com Jeff’s blog is not good because Jeff is the best programmer in the world.  His blog is good because he writes thought provoking content and has an amazing amount of knowledgeable readers who post comments.  The comments section on each post is a gold mine.

4.  CodeProject.com If you are a programmer and you don’t know this site, stop what you are doing, and go there now.  If you want to learn something in the programming world that you don’t know how to do, you can find out how here.  If you know everything there is to know, then please write an amazing article and include all the project files, code, samples, etc.  One of the best ways I have found to learn something is to teach it to someone else, you can really improve your coding skills by participating in a community like this one.

5. Break.com This is a fun way to kill 10-15 minutes.  They feature user submitted video’s and photos, think America’s Funniest Video’s without Bob Sagget.  They also pay cash for video’s that they use, so if you have something funny.. you might give it a try.

6. Cracked.com Funny articles. Sometimes thought provoking, but mostly just entertaining.