In ascending order of usefulness, though this depends on what you want or need.... I present to you these websites:
Say no to 1890.com
You know how you pay your mobile phone service provider money every month, for inclusive minutes to landlines? These 1890 and other lo-call numbers aren't included. The companies who provide them think they're saving you money by paying for them (subsidising the cost of a long-distance fixed line call for example), but they aren't included in your minutes bundle, so when you ring the customer service line, or the government department, you get charged! This website helps you by giving you standard fixed line (01, 076 or whatever) numbers for the companies you might need to call regularly.
You mightn't refer to it every day, but it's probably worth finding the numbers once every so often for the companies you call from your mobile, to save yourself some monies!
Now, I found out about Wolfram Alpha today. This thing, a "computational knowledge engine" is 2 steps ahead of wikipedia. You can ask it anything, and it will almost certainly have an answer. It's only new, so I'm sure it has a way to go, but it has incredible depth of information for your query. Try "what is the meaning of life, the universe and everything?" and see what you get. Ask "should I go to Monaghan" though, and it won't be very helpful.
Here's what it has to say about beer!
Mathematical queries throw up almost-impossibly detailed answers, and querying your birthdate will even tell you how many hours of daylight there were on that day, as well as the phase of the moon. Explore it - enjoy it, I know I will!
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