This page got created and has since languished tremendously. Today is 29 May 2007 and I thought I’d take a few minutes and bring it up to snuff.

This first group is kind of different from the rest as they’re not sites I check constantly but rather are a reference for applications that I recommend.

Applications
This section is a place where I advocate some of the applications that I consider important to my survival as a geek.

  • KeePass – secure password storage.
  • WordPress – the blogging software we use.
  • FireFox – web browser.
  • TrueCrypt – useful for file encryption, particularly for encrypting files on your thumb drive. You do have a thumb drive, right?
  • ClamAV – open source anti-virus. It works with minimal overhead and at no cost.
  • Notepad++ – it’s a replacement for the default Windows Notepad. If you look at text files a great deal, or even occasionally, this is a huge help.
  • Google Reader – web based application for reading XML feeds. This tools has completely transformed how I surf the web.
  • Gmail – I use Google’s web mail to pull all of my pop mail into one location. I can even read my email on my Blackberry. Seriously, why use client-based email any more?

Web Sites Worth Checking Out
From this point on are web sites that I follow in Greader.

    Career Sites

  • Freelance Switch – useful for a small business owner or someone who at least likes to think like a small business owner. I enjoy their perspective.
  • NFL Jobs – it’s probably no secret that I like the NFL. A dream job would likely be getting into the IT arena within the NFL.
    Daily Blogs – weblogs varying wildly in topic and authority that I like to keep up on

  • Autoblog – I enjoy cars but not to the point that I want to go to car shows. I do find it interesting what the new cars will look like and what direction the industry is going. Right or wrong, the auto industry is very important to the world economy.
  • Boing Boing – Probably the premier weblog on the net. Strongly left-leaning news perspective, sometimes almost a bit bleeding heart for me, but overall an entertaining site.
  • Chris Pirillo’s Weblog – Chris is a guy who shot to fame on TechTV. He’s a pretty down to earth guy; I’ve started following his weblog recently. I’m not sure if it will stay but if you’re newer to computers, he has a lot of ideas to help you get more comfortable with them.
  • Freakonomics Blog – from the guys of the popular book. I’ve never read the book but I like how they look at things.
  • My Boring Ass Life – occasionally interesting weblog of filmmaker Kevin Smith.
  • Project Red Stripe – Guys from The Economist trying to figure out The Next Big Thing.
  • Robot Walrus – Artwork blog
  • Scobleizer – Robert Scoble worked for Microsoft and is now and independent. He cuts through the PR releases and sees the value (and cost) in things long before they become obvious to others.
  • Will Wheaton – Yes, the guy from Star Trek: TNG. He has a very candid weblog about his life.
    Gaming

  • IJSMP – just in case some of the other clowns update the front page.
  • Joystiq – gaming news about stuff I find interesting. I used to like sHacknews but that site is one I have outgrown.
  • Kotaku – quirky gaming news sites.
  • Level Up – good interview and perspective from a somewhat respected magazine.
  • Penny Arcade – to me, it’s the funniest comic strip going — online or off.
    Junk News – Guilty pleasure or indulgence.

  • Luxist – I enjoy the Estate of the Day feature. It’s a web log about luxury and such.
  • Real Estalker – Obsessing over high end homes for sale. Maybe I’m a voyeur into the lifestyle of the rich and famous? Really, I don’t care what they do, but I like their homes.
  • The Superficial – I don’t want junk news in my real news sites, but I’ll be damned if this site isn’t hilarious to me. I blame Jeho for mentioning this site. I know he checks it as well.
    Shops

  • Woot! – one day, one deal. I’ve purchased a few things from here.
    Sports

  • ESPN NFL – better than their web site with all of it’s retarded embedded advertisements and automatically-playing-cannot-be-disalbed videos
  • Hashmarks – brand new web log about the NFL by a former Dallas Morning News reporter.
  • Packers – feed from the home page.
  • CNNSI NFL – their site is better than ESPN’s but I get all my news in once place …
    Technology

  • Engadget – I am the gadget master.
  • Lifehacker – An extremely useful website with all kinds of ideas and tricks to improve your efficiency.
  • Long Now – The Long Now Foundation’s web log. Occasionally insightful.
  • O’Reilly Radar – Insights from the publisher of excellent reference books on technology, software, programming, and culture.
  • Slashdot – Epicenter of geek culture. I think it’s value has eroded for me since I’ve started using feed readers — by the time it’s here it feels like old news to me although occasionally they have some original content that is excellent.
  • Techmeme – aggregator web site; lots of duplicates here to things I’ve seen in my other feeds but sometimes they see things that I miss on sites I don’t follow.
  • Technology Evangelist – I believe he replaced Don Imus on TV when Imus got fired.
  • Think Secret – inside scoop on Apple’s products, designs, and patents.

And then finally are all the folks that I categorize as VIPs who I list on my Blogroll.

So that’s what my current link list looks like. Am I missing something? Email me!