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If you’re looking to understand the Internet culture or keep up with the latest fads, Know Your Meme might be just what you’re looking for. Know Your Meme features a database of submitted memes (rhymes with ‘themes’), a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the Internet. This resource allows you to have these cultural phenomenon explained and their background stories told. This way you can understand the jokes and use them appropriately in your Internet conversations.

I won a Flip Video a little while back and finally had a chance to really test it out on a recent scenic trip through Colorado. I have the Flip Video Ultra, which I’ll be reviewing, and a new Flip Ultra HD version of the pocket camcorder is on the market. Flip Video started off as a creation of Pure Digital Technologies, a company which has since been bought by Cisco Systems. Despite the fact that I don’t have the latest version, the Flip Video is still an impressive device and amazingly simple to use. Hopefully this indicates a good trend for the newer Flip Video Ultra HD and Flip Video Minos.

In my opinion, one of the most annoying aspects of YouTube, the Internet’s leading streaming video provider, is the user added annotations. Whether they’re stupid comments, spam-filled speech bubbles, or desperate requests to subscribe, I have yet to see a worth-while use of the annotation feature on YouTube. In fact, after a particular video, it led me to search how to turn it off by default. I was turning them off for every video anyways as soon as they popped up. Annotations, if you’re not familiar with them, are the little speech bubbles or rectangles with text inside them that pop up over top of the video you’re trying to watch.

Clicker is the next step in the evolution of streaming video. It solves the problem of keeping track of where certain shows are available and when new episodes are released. Between big portal sites like YouTube and Hulu, Clicker also checks network sites (like Fox, CBS, and NBC) to compile where streaming videos will be available for you to watch.

When you think of Monopoly in real-life, you might think of Comcast or AT&T but I’m talking about the other Monopoly, the one with this guy:

Monopoly City Streets allows you to do the traditional Monopoly wheeling and dealing but on the biggest game board yet: the real world. Using data from Google Maps and the OpenStreetMap project, you can purchase entire streets and build properties on it in this massively multiplayer browser-based game. Now is the perfect time to join! Monopoly City Streets originally launched September 9th, 2009 but due to overwhelming load issues and a number of bugs that cropped up due to its popularity the developers took the game down, fixed some bugs, and have just relaunched it. All user data was wiped out with the relaunch, so everybody has to re-sign up meaning you’re not far behind anybody at this point.

TED, or Technology, Entertainment, Design, is a private nonprofit foundation that produces invitation-only speeches and streams them to the world free. No registration is required, but you can sign up for an account with TED if you want to join the community. TED Talks feature leaders in innovation and upcoming stars presenting jaw-dropping talks with a very high production value.

What They Play is a site with the intent to make parents a little less clueless about the video games their kids are playing or are begging to play. Utilizing but going well beyond the ESRB ratings that you may already be familiar with, What They Play is a great resource for parents that explains without demeaning them. “Them” meaning I am not a parent; on the contrary, I was an 8th grade student at the time of the Columbine High School shooting which had one side effect of a moral panic against video games. Where some parents sought to blame video games and sue video game producers, others began taking responsibility and showing interest in the games their children were playing. It is this latter group that What They Play can assist.

What They Play is a product of a larger Internet company called What They Like, Inc. The company “offers unbiased information and guides to parents about the various forms of popular entertainment that engage their children.” What They Play is their first product and seeks to provide a family guide to video games from the perspective of a parent.

If you’re looking to kill some time or you’re bored out of your mind, check out these sites. They’re guaranteed to keep you entertained and informed about the latest and greatest things going on across the web.

The Awesomer – There’s no need to worry about a truth-in-advertising lawsuit here, this site is awesome. Updated several times throughout the day, The Awesomer publishes cool finds from a variety of topics. This is an excellent catalog of awesome things ranging from videos and trailers to gadgets and gear; video games, websites, news articles, clothing, and more, just about everything awesome will get its 15 minutes of fame through The Awesomer. That means you can be kept up to date on all things awesome by checking it out daily.