Where, Where Where to go on the World Wide Web?

All depends what you want of course. I used to recommend Yahoo as a good place to start if you know what you want but don't have a specific URL -- I was talking to someone about this recently, but you forget how shit search engines were before google came along.

The Economist is highly recommended for Politics & Current Affairs. With most news sources what you get is plain old information, but the real skill lies in interpreting it. This journal gives the story behind the headlines, and isn't scared of taking a long-term approach. The E stands for classical liberal values -- fiscally conservative, socially progressive. It supports the free market, parliamentary democracy, free trade and an abiding commitment to the rule of law. It is pro-Europe, pro-Business, pro-Human Rights -- it called for greater economic migration whilst most politicians were bemoaning their very existence. To gauge the relative values of world currencies, it uses its own "Big Mac" index, listing the prices of the McDonalds burger across the globe. It also advocates the legalisation of soft drugs, and provides excellent coverage not just of Britain, but World events. This is the magazine of choice for world leaders such as Henry Kissinger, Bill Gates and er.. Richard Branson. Highly Recommended.

If a less serious slant at news is your thing, there is only one Private Eye, still the magazine with the highest joke quotient per page. To be fair, the website gives you little that isn't in the magazine, but it's still a fun place to stop.

Help! I don't understand politics and satire -- can I still join in on the worldwide spider thingy?

But of course! Most surfing is entirely frivolous. My brother Chris first introduced me to Dave Barry, who's a very funny columnist for the Miami Herald. Every month or so I go there to read what he's written recently. If you like movies, then Empire magazine is a good bet for the lowdown on the latest films. If you're after unconfirmed rumours, Dark Horizons usually beats other media sources to the printing press, and its track record is pretty accurate. I've progressively gone off ain't it cool news, as the content is too subjective. Anyone who's been to a test screening can write away, which is democratic, but IMHO lacks quality control.
The Internet Movie Database is a great stop when it's a case of "Just the facts, Mam". Whenever you need to know who won The Best Supporting Actor award in 1972, the IMdb comes into it's own. I still use Microsoft's Cinemania 97 as a reference tool, it was such a wonderful product I don't know why they stopped releasing it -- Roger Ebert alone made it an essential purchase.

I've recommended The DVD Debate on my film page, but needless to say if you've got a player you should definitely take a look.
I've talked about Buffy the Vampire Slayer elsewhere, but the BBC's excellent site is well worth checking out.

Geek links

If you work in IT, or just like gadgets take a visit to thinkgeek. They stock some very cool stuff for anoraks -- I love my code monkey orange top! I suppose special mention must be given to slashdot too; my home page, which I check out at least once a day.

My friend Saleem wanted me to add a link to his web site -- www.escapetocyprus.com