-- more news --
cbc
cnn
economist
globeandmail
guardian


-- indie --
the onion
the morning news
monocle
gawker
wonkette
obscure store
michael geist
harper's weekly review

-- alt --
worldchanging
alternet
common dreams
village voice
zmag
democracynow
indymedia


-- misc --
recent earthquakes
newsmap
newseum
newsknife
recalls and safety alerts (Canada)

-- more blogs --
anne herbert
cityofsound
clusterflock
defective yeti
dooce
eyeteeth
i like
interconnected
overheard in ny
raccoon
technoccult
ze frank


-- more sifters --
stellar
fimoculous
metafilter
neatorama
presurfer
things magazine

-- japan --
jean snow
kirainet
my.bicycle
pure land
tokyo times
japan probe
danny choo
néojaponisme


-- irregulars --
ftrain
oblivio
the g33k
glassdog
inflight correction
jwz
rebecca's pocket
textism
warren ellis

-- art blogs --
72dpi
animation backgrounds
art moco
asifa
but does it float
cartoon brew
deviant art
dinosaurs and robots
giantrobot
hi-fructose
manystuff
michael sporn
monoscope
nfgraphics
omg posters
onemoretime
oobject
paper forest
postsecret
pruned
rashomon
spacecollective
spy's spice
the cartoonist
the woodring monitor
vvork
we heart it
we make money not art

-- infographics --
flowingdata
ilovediagrams
infosthetics
infographics news
simple complexity
strangemaps
the map room
wallstats


-- multimedia --
greylodge
bedazzled
wfmu


-- toys --
strangeco
plastic and plush
toysrevil
mwctoys
vinyl pulse

always curious
apparently nothing
best of life
blablabla
bluejake
brownglasses
catchy colors
chromasia
dailydose
doors
durham township
jessechannorris
joe's nyc
kozyndan

low resolution
magnum blog
mute
the narrative
no traces
oliver
onfocus
peter hasselbom
photojunkie
rion
smudo.org
telstar
tsutpen
youngna

-- food blogs --
joy the baker
pioneer woman cooks
101 cookbooks
the bitten word
the food section
gluten-free girl
the kitchn
lucullian delights
mattbites
nordljus
orangette
smitten kitchen
tastingmenu
tea & cookies
the food pornographer
the wednesday chef
waiter rant

-- reference --
convert measurement units
cook's thesaurus


-- recipe collections --
epicurious
bbc - food
food network
all recipes
cooking for engineers
gluten-free girl recipes
recipelink
recipesource
simply recipes
yummly

-- game reading --
venuspatrol
rockpapershotgun
the escapist
kotaku
joystiq
jay is games
t.i.g.source
wonderland
guardiangames
1up
gamespy

-- info --
gamefaqs
mobygames
klov
gametab  &  mmogchart


-- trailers & files --
gametrailers
gamevideos
fileplanet
worthplaying

-- web-browser games --
life - L.A.2 by Kenta Cho    
ping - 3dpong  &  curveball
puzzle - zookeeper  &  blocks
strategy - desktop tower defense
misc - snowcraft  &  bubbles  &  bowman  &  minigolf
typing - keybr  &  fingerjig  &  sense-lang
danger - quake live  &  minecraft (wiki)  &  steam
collections - orisinal & addicting & ebaum & popcap
blanketfort - games archives

(Not updated since 2006. I use Ubuntu linux now)


-- recommended, free, windows software --
firefox & thunderbird - browser & email (extensions)
filezilla - ftp
editpad lite - notepad replacement
openoffice - document creation
winamp - audio/video player
audiograbber - cd ripping ⇒ mp3/ogg
wavepad  &  switch - audio editing
xnview - image browser
7-zip - de/compression utility

-- security --
avg - anti-virus
zonealarm - firewall
ad-aware  &  spybot-s&d - spyware removal

-- collections --
opensourcelist  &  opendisc - open-source
nonags  &  tinyapps - freeware

-- more design --
appliancist
boicozine
bookshelf
canadesign
coolhunting
the cool hunter
core77
designers go to heaven
designobserver
designsponge
designspotter
design milk
design you trust
desire to inspire
emmas designblogg
graphic-exchange
inhabitat
it's nice that
josh spear
land-living
notcot
re-nest
the selby
treehugger
trendir
what is it?

-- architecture --
archide
bldgblog
life without buildings
b.e.l.t.
archinect
architechnophilia


-- packaging --
lovely package
the dieline


-- transport --
jalopnik
autoblog
green
hoopty rides
serious wheels
cardesignnews
canadiandriver
fuel economy.gov