eclair, etc. : Frequent haunts/reads
These are sites, blogs, etc. that I frequently go to (with some notes):
Techie stuff
- Sacha Chua's Random Notes - Emacs, OSS related
- Sketches of a Village Idiot Savant - sketches, code, reflections by Dominique Cimafranca
- Dong Calmada's Blogs
- The Geekette Speaketh! - gadgets, some software reviews
- Paul Graham - some reflections on technology and culture
- Linux Today - Linux news from all over
- OS News - well, OS news
Librarian/Research related
- Research Buzz - tips on researching
- Contentious - links, reflections on the use of information
- Librarians' Index to the Internet - seemingly useless links but a reference librarian would prove to have use for them
- Shifted Librarian - a librarian who details her work
Forums
- mandrakeusers.org - where Mandrake users feel @/home
- ricebowljournals - where Asian bloggers interact
- peyups.com - where bright minds meet ;)
People I know in real life
- LJ:zhynchan - fic writing, anime, some sketches
- LJ:mierinlanfear - life in the grad school
- LJ:magnetic_rose - anime, j-rock, cosplay, gaming
- LJ:the_hate_pages - rants and raves
- LJ:putingtikbalang - a thespian student's reflections
- LJ:jmibanez - reflections, randomness
- LJ:sachachua - reflections
- LJ:albatoudilandau - anime, rants and raves
- LJ:marjerierose - not frequently updated
- LJ:zukeeper - cryptic? poetic perhaps=)
- LJ:deathberry - anime, rants and raves
- LJ:stormjosa - life in the call center
- LJ: asianaddict - not frequently updated
- LJ: scriviner - some fic writing, gaming, anime, life
- Blogger: sam and esther - missionaries
- Blogger:brymac - anime reviews, snippets of everyday life
- Blogger:trebs96 - current status: bum's life documentary
- Blogger:tengchan - news about Tubay
- Blogger:ngiaopao - Ngiaopao's day to day stuff
- Blogger:nbaaddict - NBA, phones, grad school, etc.
- Blogger:kiven - gaming
- Blogger:dragonsdontlandhere - some reflections
- Blogger:pedxing_04 - philosophical thinking, love
- EasyJournal:motherbrat - parenthood, being married
- EasyJournal:corvusdei - reflections
- Melo:ravendark - reflections
Other interesting reads
- Robert Magnuson - creator of Shirley's Pets
- Malakh - another librarian who blogs about work and gaming
- LJ:ksolaris - a student's reflections; anime, gaming, cats
- Keren Tan - each entry has a nice quote or Scripture
- Kottke's Remaindered Links - links galore
- Blogger:m35b - reflections; culture, spirituality
- Blogger:babelmachine - gaming, photos of Joey Alarilla's domestic life
- Cool Tools - all sorts of tools are mentioned here
For kicks, you could try these:
- Elouai's candy bar doll maker - make dolls and avatars (female only)
- Geek Code - Have you got your geek code yet?
- Inner Geek Test - How geeky are you?
- del.icio.us - check out what people have been bookmarking
- furl - something like del.icio.us but it could archive the websites, not just the urls
- Blogger - Still have no blog? You can sign up here.
- LiveJournal - another blog host
- Bloglines - an online feed aggregator (even email subscriptions can be aggregated here). My complete list of feeds on Bloglines is here.
