-- more news --
cbc
cnn
economist
globeandmail
guardian
nytimes


-- 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

-- more blogs --
anne herbert
cityofsound
clusterflock
defective yeti
eyeteeth
how to learn swedish
i like
interconnected
not dead yet
raccoon
rossignol
technoccult
ze frank


-- more sifters --
fimoculous
grow a brain
metafilter
neatorama
presurfer
things magazine

-- japan --
jean snow
click opera
kirainet
my.bicycle
pingmag
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
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
doors
durham township
jessechannorris
joe's nyc
kozyndan

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

-- food blogs --
101 cookbooks
the bitten word
chocolate & zucchini
cooking for engineers
epicurean delights
the food section
gluten-free girl
joy the baker
the kitchn
lucullian delights
mattbites
nordljus
orangette
pioneer woman cooks
seriouseats
slashfood
smitten kitchen
tastingmenu
tea & cookies
the wednesday chef
waiter rant

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


-- recipe collections --
epicurious
bbc - food
food network
all recipes
gluten-free girl recipes
recipelink
recipesource
simply recipes

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

-- info --
gamefaqs
mobygames
klov
gametab  &  mmogchart


-- trailers & files --
gametrailers
gamevideos
fileplanet
worthplaying

-- web-browser games --
ping - 3dpong  &  curveball
puzzle - zookeeper  &  blocks
strategy - desktop tower defense
misc - snowcraft  &  bubbles  &  bowman  &  minigolf
typing - keybr  &  fingerjig  &  sense-lang
danger - quake live
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

-- fashion --
no good for me
closet therapy
go fug yourself
miss at la playa
hypebeast
style bubble
purseuing
threadless
the manolo
english cut
(hintmag & style.com
firstview & fashiontv)

-- street fashion --
lookbook.nu
face hunter
garance doré
copenhagenstreetstyle
hel looks
lookatme
styleclicker
tokyobopper
the midwasteland
torontostreetfashion
tokyo street

-- more design --
apartment therapy
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
it's nice that
josh spear
land-living
notcot
re-nest
the selby
treehugger
trendir
what is it?

-- architecture --
archide
archidose
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