Good Web Sites
July 30th, 2006
Here are some web sites I regularly visit, but don’t link to on my sidebar, at least not at present. They’re good regular visits:
Cosmic Buddha: Japan blogger with a good sense of humor.
Crooks and Liars: why the heck don’t I have them up on my sidebar yet?
Engadget: a good general tech blog.
FG: a good blog on Japan’s happenings (don’t make me print their full title).
Pharyngula: a good science blog; often takes on the creationists.
SeanPAune: some good stuff here.
The Straight Dope: fun facts for the day.
TUAW: The Unofficial Apple Website, good Apple tech blog.
Most of these will probably get on to the LinkBoard, once I find the time to clean up the blog some. Should be soon–I just taught my last class of the semester, and with just one final exam to give, some grading to do, and the graduation ceremony, there’s not much left before my one-month summer vacation. Ah, the college professor’s life!
Damn it Luis…now I feel obligated to post something serious and thought provoking! Thanks a lot!
You’re welcome!
Hi, I have been reading your blog for about three years (since before I left Japan). I admire your critical comments and that’s what has kept me coming back.
However, I must admit I cannot understand why you posted links to FG and Cosmic Buddha. Those are very poor “Japan-related blogs”, in my opinion. Granted, different strokes for different folks, but…ugh. Also, I am surprised to see that no one has added quality ones of their own.
So I have started to build my own page of (quality) sharable Japan-related blogs. At this point, it is *not* meant to be comprehensive (in which case I would include every Japanese-related blog I could find with the expectation that, good or bad, it might contain links to other resources which somebody might find helpful). Someday, perhaps, but not now. Perhaps you or one of your readers can suggest others.
Here is the link in case you are interested:
http://www.bloglines.com/public/eux2006
best,
-Chris
PS-I should have added the link to my own blog in case you were interested:
http://www.gravesnet.com
cheers.
I think FG and CB are pretty good because they do what blogs often do best: scout out interesting stuff and present it to the reader with fun and often wry commentary. From there’s it’s just a matter of what you prefer.
Good luck on your list.