Free Mandarin resources

So, I've been repeating my Mandarin phrases over and over, getting them to stick, but I figured there must be a load of free resources out there to help me learn Chinese right? So I had a little dig around the interwebs and found some gems which I thought I'd share! The first two are particularly good and I'll be using the first one alongside my lessons!

www.chinese-course.com
Free flashcards, daily or weekly emails. You can choose which words to select to practice, or the website can automatically show flash cards in a cycle, depending on your preferences. Good to accompany homework practice if you're already taking lessons as you can tailor your flash cards to your last lesson's content.

www.chineselearner.com
Offers pinyin with sound clips, basics of writing with flash video lessons, speaking lessons with MP3, Chinese articles to improve reading and song lyrics. Particularly good for phrases and sound clips.

Chinesepod.com
You have to pay to use this website, but they do have a free RSS feed to daily lessons for beginners which you can subscribe to here.

www.freechineselessons.com
Starting with the very basics, this site is open to anyone with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Each lesson contains instruction on proper pronunciation, character recognition, and writing Chinese.

www.chinese-outpost.com
Free online lessons on pronounciation, grammer, characters and more.

www.hellomandarin.net
Free online resources, podcasts and dictionaries to aid self study.

Chinese-tools.com
Learn Mandarin Chinese quickly and easily!
40 online lessons with audio, including reading, speaking, writing, modern vocabulary, grammar, calligraphy, examples and exercices. All texts and dialogs in mp3 format for download. This method is adequate for those who are learning to speak Chinese and want to gain fluency in everyday speaking and grammar use.