This American Life is available free, sponsored by Chicago Public Radio.
Fly with Me is a podcast and blog by pilot Joe D'Eon.
Smithsonian also has a lot of cool podcasts on music, folk life, etc.
UC-Berkeley and Stanford have videos of many of their courses online, and Yale just joined in, too.
MIT's Open Courseware allows access to many materials from many of their courses.
Princeton has a lot of their public lectures available in video format.
Free Science Online has a pile of links for lectures on science.
Google News is a news-aggregator that collects the top stories from the nation's newspapers and websites.
The New York Times offers all of its current content free.
Nature offers great science content online.
Salon.com is news for liberal, internet hipsters (you can read it free if you watch an ad).
Pandora allows you to listen to music online, based on other music you like.
AllMusic.com will give you more information than you could ever want on groups and music.
IMDB, or The Internet Movie Database gives you info on movies.
Google Calendar is all Annette uses now to keep track of her schedule. You can even share calendars with others!
Weather.com allows you to link to specific zip codes, like yours.
Zazzle allows you to design cards, stamps, and t-shirts for parties and gifts.
Evite allows you to send email invitations to gatherings.
Cornell Law offers the US Code and other resources online.
Oyez is the best place to get information about Supreme Court decisions.
Epicurious has lots of fancy, fun recipes.
AllRecipes also has a ton of stuff, some of which Annette has cooked.
Vegan Lunch Box was recommended by a friend who knows about such things.
Etsy has cool handmade stuff for sale.
Go Fug Yourself is way funnier and catty about celebrities than AOL gossip could ever be.