Giant Squid joins the View !
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/900_pound_giant_squid_joins_cast

More fun websites (less squid related!)
Ink Scape - a free vector program similar to illustrator (GIMP style)
http://www.inkscape.org/

Fun community of on-line artists
http://www.deviantart.com/

depthCORE - some amazing graphical artwork
www.depthCORE.com

Soccer and more soccer
http://www.uefa.com/

Badass of the week, a new fun way to learn history
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/list.html

See your night sky by entering your ZIP
http://www.wunderground.com/sky/index.asp

GIMP

Just discovered GIMP
- a free image compostion and photo touchup program.

It is very similar to photoshop, especially since I have an older version - photoshop 5.0 LE, which won't update :,(

Here's what I've made so far (but I'm still learning layers and filters and effects... )