Papas Majitas

http://mashable.com/

Mad Scientist...

http://labs.google.com/

Ahh the world wide...webernet

http://www.google.com/trends

Favorite Sites

A few of my favorite (work-ish) related sites...

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/

The best thing about his blog (besides the actual posts) is all the stuff on the side that shows just how connected you can be.
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http://www.webbyawards.com/
Yup, it's an awards site, but it's brought me such gems as the "Dumpster", "The world's first neverending website", "5 Blogs before Lunch", and "Post Secrets".

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Picture sharing sites...and editing sites

http://www.flickr.com/
- Search the Creative Commons section and borrow from artists who are willing to let you share their work...it's really cool to see what a normal "Connections" search will unearth.

More effective than the standard clip art?? You tell me...

http://www.picnik.com/

Edit your photos in tons of different ways...and take a lesson from them in how they are recognizing the fact that there are other social media sites out there with picture functionality and take advantage of them...

The Social Media Rap

Rap, rap, rap, rap, wrap it up!