-- more news --
cnn
economist
globeandmail
huffpo


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

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


-- misc --
earth : a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
recent earthquakes
firesmoke.ca
newsmap
newseum
newsknife
recalls and safety alerts (Canada)

-- more blogs --
brainpickings
cityofsound
defective yeti
everywhereist
interconnected
overheard in ny


-- more sifters --
presurfer

-- japan --
jean snow
my.bicycle
pure land
a geek in japan
tokyo times
danny choo
néojaponisme


-- irregulars --
anne herbert
ftrain
the g33k
glassdog
inflight correction
jwz
rebecca's pocket

-- art blogs --
animation backgrounds
but does it float
cartoon brew
deviant art
dinosaurs and robots
giantrobot
hi-fructose
icanread
manystuff
michael sporn
noisydecentgraphics
nfgraphics
omg posters
onemoretime
oobject
postsecret
pruned
bellissimo arte
spacecollective
the cartoonist
the woodring monitor
vvork
we heart it
we make money not art
wooster

-- infographics & maps --
cartographersguild
flowingdata
infosthetics
strangemaps
the map room


-- multimedia --
greylodge
wfmu


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

always curious
apparently nothing
best of life
blablabla
bluejake
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
shorpy
smudo.org
telstar
tsutpen
youngna

-- om nom nom --
seriouseats
eater
-- food blogs --
joy the baker
pioneer woman cooks
firstwefeast
101 cookbooks
the kitchn
smitten kitchen
the food pornographer
the wednesday chef

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


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

(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 --
automatism
bookshelf
canadesign
creativeboom
the cool hunter
core77
designobserver
designspotter
design milk
design you trust
desire to inspire
emmas designblogg
inhabitat
it's nice that
mocoloco
mr-cup
notcot
the selby
treehugger
trendir
what is it?

-- architecture --
archidose
bldgblog
curbed
archinect


-- packaging --
lovely package
the dieline


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