Brain Candy:

• iFilm - because you like to watch
  
• Ebaum's world - lots of funny brain candy
• Heavy.com - more of the above
• Worth 1000 - Photoshop cowboys

Projects:

• WikiPedia - the free community-published encyclopeida
  
• MeaningMap - an online deliberation software by Ray Pingree
• Misson of Reason - a project by Erik Moore
• Conscious Art - another project by Erik Moore
  

News/Opinions:

• Google News
  
• Mother Jones
  
• CommonDreams
• NewsRu.com (for the Russians out there)