Bookmarks for a cynical biped
Last updated November 9, 2023
Me
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- Alan P. Scott—Home
- the cynical biped his own self
- Gmail
- Added 11/30/2005. Updated 12/6/2005.
- Infinity Internet—Webmail
- ...And beyond. Added for convenience 4/4/2006. Updated 4/15/2009, 7/16/2020.
- MyPCC—Portland Community College
- Classy. Added 12/8/2006. Updated 7/16/2020.
Inside
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- Evergreen ClassLink
- One-stop shop. Added 4/5/2017.
- Evergreen Public Schools
- New! And Improved! Updated 6/29/2007.
- Educational Service District 112
- ESD112 contains the Evergreen School District. Updated 8/30/2002, 7/16/2020.
- Evergreen bandwidth stats from Washington State K-20 Telecommunications Network
- Pretty graphs monitor the District's link to Washington's K-20 network. Added 2/4/1999; updated 4/9/2004, 8/15 and 12/13/2005, 9/20/2018, 1/7/2022.
- Northwest Regional Data Center Technical Operations
- Tips and tricks for accessing WSIPC services. Added 1/21/2010. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Outlook (Office 365) Web Access
- Look out! Added 4/20/2009. Updated 2/2/2015, 4/5/2017.
- WSIPC
- The Washington School Information Processing Cooperative. Added 4/12/2004. Updated 12/28/2007, 7/16/2020.
Frequent Flyers
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- Ars Technica
- Dispatches from the Ministry of Innovation. Added 12/26/2012. Updated 4/5/2017.
- bOINGbOING
- "A Directory of Wonderful Things." Eclectic. Added 3/20/2001.
- The Comics Curmudgeon
- Yep. Focused and funny. Added 4/5/2006 via Greg Knauss, guest-starring on Kottke. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Flutterby
- Eclectic, San Francisco. Added 3/20/2001. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Futility Closet
- Not futile at all. A lively compendium of miscellany with a deep archive of prior posts to explore. Added 3/15/2022. Back from a year's hiatus as of 8/29/2023.
- Gizmodo
- "We come from the future" with news for the present. Added (as io9) 1/2/2008 via multiple sources. Updated 12/29/2011, 4/5/2017, 8/26/2021.
- Kottke
- Eclectic; design. NYC. Added 3/20/2001. On sabbatical 5/9/2022-12/1/2022.
- Metafilter
- The massive community weblog. Added 3/12/2001.
- Neatorama
- Neat and high-density collaborative blog, added via the late BBspot 6/2/2011.
- UNDERNEWS
- The Progressive Review—News You Won't Find Elsewhere, by Sam Smith. Added 5/18/1999; updated 1/23, 12/31/2001, 6/11/2010.
- Waxy.org: Links Miniblog
- Wide-ranging. Added 4/4/2008. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Whatever—John Scalzi
- SF author, media critic and smart, sarcastic guy. Added 2/24/2011.
Watch List
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- Alas, a blog.
- Articulate, intelligent and liberal—but I repeat myself. Plus, cartoons! Portland, OR. Added 8/30/2002. Updated 1/12, 3/17/2005, 4/5/2017.
- Arts & Letters Daily
- Dense, multifaceted, wide-ranging and current. Added 12/28/2000. Updated 6/11/2001, 10/7, 28/2002, 4/5/2017.
- Crooked Timber
- "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made." Politics and general awareness. Added 2/5/2009.
- Dangerous Minds
- An astonishing deep trove of alternative culture, featuring fellow WVan Richard Metzger as frequent contributor. Added 2/8/2022.
- Dark Roasted Blend
- A Thrilling Wonder publication. Added 1/1/2008. Updated 2/29/2008.
- David Byrne Journal
- Yes, THE David Byrne. Long, thoughtful posts from this brilliant artist. Added 3/23/2007.
- The Early Days of a Better Nation
- UK SF author Ken MacLeod. A real leftist. Added 4/14/2003 per More Like This.
- Follow Me Here
- Psychiatry, medicine, science, politics. Originally added 3/20/2001; pulled 5/24/2006. Found at its own domain when checked 4/6/2017.
- JOHO the Blog
- David Weinberger, coauthor of The Cluetrain Manifesto. Computing. Added 10/17/2002.
- Neal Pollack
- Previously known as Alternadad and "The Maelstrom"—somewhat muted but still a pure and shining beacon of hostility in a world gone mad. Added 9/20/2002. Updated 12/26/2012, 4/5/2017.
- Photo Critique
- Qiang Li's online photography forum. Added 4/25/2002.
- Scientific American
- Official site—good-looking and content-rich for more than 20 years. Updated 12/23/1996, 4/5/2017.
- Washington Monthly
- California, politics. By way of Kevin Drum, formerly of CalPundit and Political Animal. Added 4/1/2004. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Wil Wheaton dot NET 2.0
- Wil Wheaton, ever more impressive as an actor and a person. Added 4/5/2011; updated 12/26/2012.
- Wired News
- Current and electrifying (heh). Added 6/13/2007. Updated 4/5/2017.
Look
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- Area Code Lookup
- Area code (NPA) and prefix (NXX) lookups via Gerald D. Added 4/5/2017. Updated 7/16/2020.
- "Ask Woody"
- This one keeps changing names... was Windows Secrets ("Everything Microsoft forgot to mention"), Brian's Buzz and WinFind—the Windows Tips Search Engine. Added per FollowMeHere 2/20/2003. Updated 4/5/2005, 4/5/2017, 7/16-17/2020.
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- E. Cobham Brewer's work from 1894, "a browser's joy." Originally added 7/9/1997. Lost track of 1/2001. Found again 4/5/2017.
- DuckDuckGo
- DuckDuckGo promises not to track you, or sell at you. Ever. Makes a nice change, doesn't it? Added 4/5/2017.
- Google
- The search engine, and more. Added 1/28/1999 via early adopter CJ Silverio.
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- Movies, TV and celebrities. Added 10/26/1995, updated 6/12/1996, 5/5/2010, 7/16/2020.
- MACLookup - MAC Address Lookup
- Look up MAC (Media Access Control) addresses by number or vendor. Added 2/9/2023, after a previous entry fell ten years out of date.
- MapQuest
- Interactive atlas and trip planning. Added 3/8/1996. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Merriam-Webster Online
- Online dictionary and thesaurus—single-word lookup. Added 2/20/1997, updated 12/29/2003, 4/5/2017.
- The National Map (USGS)
- It's official. Added 3/20/2002 as The National Atlas of the United States of America (which was retired in September 2014) via GirlHacker. Updated 4/5/2017.
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Official site includes online trademark search. Added 5/26/1999. Updated 4/5/2017.
- WHOIS lookup from ICANN
- Added 1/18/2020 to replace the moribund InterNIC and NetSol versions.
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Added 2/17/2006. Updated 4/5/2017.
- XE.com—The World's Favorite Currency and Foreign Exchange Site
- Exchange rate calculator and much more. Added 1/2/2008.
- Yahoo!
- The ur-engine. Added 3/30/1995. Updated 4/5/2017.
Biz
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- Browser News
- Dispatches from the front. Added 8/14/2001.
- DNS Stuff
- Tools for DNS, reverse DNS, MX record and blackhole lookups. Added per Gail P. 11/20/2002; updated 4/18/2008, 7/16/2020.
- Common Errors in English
- Useful usage hints, added 7/14/2003 via FmH. Updated 7/16/2020.
- Font Squirrel
- Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses. Added 4/28/2009 via Haddock. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Gibson Research Corporation
- Maker of SpinRite, ShieldsUp! and other fine products for Windows... tightly written in assembler! Added 4/4/2000. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Hewlett-Packard
- Printers, scanners, sometimes even computers. Added 3/1/2000.
- Outlook Web App
- "Everything OWA"—Added 2/10/2010. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Power Pine: Getting the Most Out of Unix-, Mac- & PC-Pine by Nancy McGough
- I still want to look into this someday. Added 4/13/2006. Last modified 12/10/2007.
- The Register UK
- "Biting the hand that feeds IT." Added 7/28/2000 per Robot Wisdom. Updated 7/16/2020.
- SANS—Internet Storm Center—Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System
- Added 1/3/2006. Updated 7/16/2020.
- Scanner Basics 101
- Wayne Fulton's scanner and digital photography tips. Specific and comprehensive help. Added 8/6/1998. Updated 7/16/2020.
- Startups—Contents
- Windows startup programs that might appear—and how to manage them. Via Flutterby 4/2/2003; updated 12/30/2003.
- TinyApps.Org : Home
- Could be the start of a beautiful relationship... Added 2/14/2002. Updated 4/5/2017.
Local Interest
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- Belmont Station
- Right down my street. Beer from around the world and imported British food. Added 11/6/2006. Updated 12/29/2011, 7/16/2020.
- City of Roses
- Serial fantasy set in Portland, by Kip Manley. Via More Like This, 3/16/2007.
- C-TRAN
- Clark County Public TRANsit page. Bus schedules &c. Added 11/24/1998. Updated 7/16/2020.
- Emil Fries School of Piano Tuning and Technology
- A man on the bus told me about this landmark school for the blind. Added 12/4/2002.
- Kaiser Permanente
- HMO site added 4/5/1999. Updated 2/24/2000, 12/30/2003, 4/5/2017.
- Movie Madness
- The best video store on the planet, as far as I'm concerned. Added 2/24/2006. Thoroughly revamped and at a new URL when updated 7/16/2020.
- Multnomah County Library
- Portland OR's library system. Added 4/22/1997; updated 1/26/2001, 4/5/2017.
- Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington
- Searchable clearinghouse for WA laws and codes. Added 8/9/2000.
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
- Added 6/18/1996. Updated 7/16/2020.
- PDX History
- Backstory. Added 5/15/2009 via Metafilter.
- PDX—Portland International Airport
- Arrivals, departures and other flight information at PDX. Updated 11/18/2002, 12/30/2003, 4/5/2005, 4/5/2017, 7/16/2020.
- PortlandMaps
- City of Portland data by address or map. Added 1/2/2003 via Jenn. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Powell's Books—The World's Largest Independent Bookstore
- New, Used, and Out of Print. Added belatedly 2/23/1999. Updated 4/5/2017, 7/16/2020.
- Tri-Met: Public Transit in Portland, Oregon
- Bus and light rail service. Added 3/30/1999. Updated 4/5/2017.
Nooz and Whether
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- The News-Review Online
- Oregon news from Douglas County. Added 4/4/1996, updated 7/9/2002, 12/29/2011, 4/5/2017, 7/16/2020.
- The New York Times
- Added 8/18/1998. Updated 4/5/2017.
- The Portland Mercury
- Local indie. Added 5/24/2001. Updated 4/5/2017, 7/16/2020.
- The Weather Channel
- Weather for Portland, OR. Added 12/30/1996. Updated 10/30/2003, 4/5/2017.
- The Weather Underground
- Weather for Portland, OR. Wonder why they picked the name? Added 6/8/2001. Updated 4/5/2017, 7/16/2020.
- Willamette Week
- Indie local. Added 5/24/2001. Updated 7/16/2020.
Fun
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- Cosma Shalizi
- Hyper-Weirdness by World Wide Web. Proudly text-based. Added 7/3/1995; updated 2/28/2000, 5/6/2010, 4/5/2017.
- DaFONT
- Fun and funky free and shareware fonts. Added 7/31/2003 via bOING bOING. Updated 7/16/2020.
- DP: The Distributed Proofreading project
- Another project for that copious free time I keep hearing about. Added 4/1/2008 (no joke). Updated 4/5/2017.
- An Entirely Other Day
- Greg Knauss' very funny—though very occasional—personal journal. Added 1/18/1996; updated 6/8/2000, 4/5/2005, 7/16/2020.
- H.R. Giger
- The official website for the late artist (d. 5/2014). Added 2/14/1997. Updated 7/16/2020.
- Hugh's Ominous Valve Works
- Part of the pre-millennial web. Starts with video test patterns and gets weirder from there. Lost track of it back in 2000, then found alive and well on 4/5/2017.
- Imagination Engines
- Dr. Stephen Thaler builds neural nets, then kills them—and makes other nets watch. From this he draws some very interesting conclusions. Added 4/2/1997.
- Justin's web love
- Since 1994, an ongoing inquiry into the human condition. And computer games. Be a grown-up. Added 5/1/1995.
- Kevin Kelly—Cool Tools
- Things that work, in whatever category. Via Randy M. 1/20/2005. Updated 7/16/2020.
- Kibo : Kibo's official main menu
- Added 4/2/1999. I wanted to say added 4/1/1999, because that would fit this site better than you know, but that would be a lie and I never lie in a bookmark description. I'm also ten feet tall. Honest.
- The Museum of Jurassic Technology
- Deadpan exhibitions of ridiculous claims and offbeat science. The physical Museum in Culver City, CA, just off Venice Boulevard, is well worth a visit. Added 1/30/1996. Updated 7/16/2020.
- The Onion - America's Finest News Source
- Chronicle of our times. Added 7/11/1997. Updated 7/16/2020.
- Rotodesign - Patrick Broderick
- Sly humor and fine free fonts in the same package! Added 2/8/2001, updated 2/20/2002.
- Skeptic Friends Network
- Thomases rejoice... added 3/10/2006.
- Snopes - The definitive resource
- All the latest rumors, urban legends, myths and misinformation gathered together in one nifty list—plus, Snopes is just plain fun to say. Snopes Snopes Snopes... Added 4/19/2002. Updated 4/5/2017, 7/17/2020.
- The Straight Dope
- "Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 (It's taking longer than we thought.)" Added 3/2/1998 per Jeff G. Updated 7/17/2020.
- Strange Horizons
- Weekly speculative fiction magazine—added 2/8/2001.
- TechTales::Tech Room
- True Tales of Tech. Support... all the old urban legends, but real ones too. Added 12/10/1997.
- Uchronia: The Alternate History List
- Added 6/2/2003—at least in THIS universe...
- The Word Spy
- The Word Lover’s Guide to New Words. It's verbalicious! Via Kottke 4/23/2004. Updated 7/17/2020.
Toyz
Things that DO things
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- ACME License Maker
- Neat, if weird, little webtoy. Added 2/28/2000 per CJ Silverio.
- ASCII Art Generator—Make your picture into text
- Flexible and fast. Added via Kottke 3/22/2007.
- ATOM.SMASHER.ORG
- Their pictures, your text. Added 12/19/2006.
- Flickr Photo Sharing—Search
- For added fun, use this with a random word generator. Added 4/7/2006. Updated 7/12/2006, 7/17/2020.
- FreeRice
- Charitably speaking. Multiple-choice synonym game. Added 7/8/2008. Updated 7/17/2020.
- Heavens-Above (Satellite Visibility)
- Watch the skies! Updated 12/30/1999, 7/17/2020.
- Instant Rimshot
- Ba-DUM-pum. Via Metafilter, June 2008.
- Newspaper snippet generator
- Neato... added 5/9/2006 via Metafilter. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Online Alarm Clock
- Free online alarm clock displaying your computer's time. Added via Cool Tools 4/27/2009. Updated 7/17/2020.
- Random Word Generator (Plus)
- Several different flavors of randomly-generated text. Added 11/28/2007. Not found 2/13/2009. Found again at a new URL 4/6/2017.
- Sad Trombone
- Wah-wah-wah-waahhh. Via Metafilter in June 2008. Updated 7/17/2020.
- Visual Thesaurus
- A neat concept—proximity in meaning displays as proximity in space. Added 3/11/1999. Updated 1/16/2003, 7/17/2020.
Kinder
Sites specifically for children and/or education
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- P E A C E F I R E
- Teens run this anti-censorship site, itself often blocked by censorware. Watchdog group to watch. Added 3/18/1998.
- TeleRead
- Keeping a sharp eye on education and the 'Net. Updated 8/8/1997, 12/29/2011, 4/5/2017.
Tunage
Things that SAY and PLAY things
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- 3WK
- Internet-only alternative radio, 24/7. Added 2/28/2000.
- KEXP 90.3FM Seattle
- 90.3 FM. Seattle, Washington's Experience Music Project and the University of Washington are partners for this slick, wide-ranging stream. Much better than I'd have expected. Added May 15, 2003; updated 9/20/2018, 7/17/2020.
- KNRK 94.7FM, Portland OR
- Portland's alternative rock station. Added 7/9/1997; updated 7/7/2004, 4/5/2005, 12/31/2007, 7/17/2020.
- Pandora Radio
- Personalized Internet radio based on the Music Genome Project. Added 9/9/2009 via Jolly and Cathy D. Updated 12/29/2011.
- Radio Paradise
- Eclectic and commercial-free, this carefully-curated streaming station has all sorts of nice features. Added belatedly 1/23/2022.
- SomaFM
- Commercial-Free, Independent Internet Radio—eclectic, mostly electronic, several streaming types. Added 2/27/2008. Updated 7/17/2020.
- Southern Shelter
- Sloan Simpson maintains this extensive collection of shows recorded in and around Athens GA. Look for Bloodkin and the Dashboard Saviors. Added 6/13/2007. Updated 7/17/2020.
Folks
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- A Sanitarian Abroad
- Sean Carver, posting from WV and elsewhere. Added 7/9/2008. Last post 11/26/2008. Link updated 7/17/2020.
- Hill Trash
- Sarah Einstein, posting from Morgantown WV. Added 4/18/2008. Last post 9/22/2013—but check the sidebar. Link updated 7/17/2020.
- Strawbelly Jerry Films LLC
- Former cow orker Jeff Grinta, on to bigger and better things—added 8/15/2006 per Rob and the Columbian. Updated 12/26/2012, 7/17/2020.
- Loch Lomond
- Portland chamber folk ensemble. Viola player Amanda also taught violin to certain children of my acquaintance. Added 11/15/2007. Updated 4/5/2017.
- Official Website of "Burning Annie"
- High-school classmate Van Flesher's feature film. Added 12/30/2002.
- Pua Lahilahi
- Laura (hey, Hap!), posting from Hawai'i. Added 4/18/2008. Last updated 5/6/2009.
- Talisman
- Talented traditional Celtic music. Added 7/6/2001.
- underdog hopelessness
- Added 10/29/2001 per JG, updated 4/9/2003, 12/21/2005, 7/17/2020.
Talk.bizarre
Oldbies and newbies and cavenewts, oh my!
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- Ceejbot
- Former t.b regular now focused on physical fitness. Added 7/7/2004 as http://www.ceejbot.com/blog/space/start; updated 7/7/2009, 5/5/2010, 7/17/2020.
- nj's face
- Talk.bizarre emeritus Narciso Jaramillo, or alter ego Rictus Hep. Added 4/9/1997; updated 1/25/2001.
- talk.bizarre's Friends
- Graduate spool. Added 4/9/2004 via Rone. Updated 7/17/2020.
- The talk.bizarre 'Web Directory
- Selected t.b posters—a club that, as of March 2003, had enfolded me in its loving molten biomatic arms! Added 3/8/1999, updated 3/11/2003. Last update 6/23/2003.
- The 100 Words Stories Podcast
- Laurence Simon—check out 100-word stories read aloud. Added 1/12/2007 as "This Blog Is Full Of Crap"; updated 12/26/2012, 7/17/2020.
HTML
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- Art and the Zen of Web Sites
- Opinionated and quirky Web advice. Added 12/14/1999.
- Dave Raggett's Introduction to CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets for beginners. Added 2/19/2002.
- Hypertext Markup Language—2.0—HTML Public Text
- Document Type Definition for HyperText Markup Language, level 2. Added 12/23/1998. Updated 7/17/2020.
- The W3C Markup Validation Service
- W3C's easy-to-use HTML validation service, based on an SGML parser. Added 7/9/2008.
Unchanging or Rarely Changing Links
These DON'T DO MUCH AT ALL anymore, but somehow they're still around...
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- Bruno
- Chris Baldwin's brilliant comic, which was largely PDX-based. Via Alas, a blog: "Like the real thing, but cross-hatched." Added 2/6/2003. Discontinued 2/14/2007. Rerunning strips as of 2010. Baldwin does do other stuff...
- Caledos LAB
- Windows-based wallpaper changer, back in the day. Free ("cardware") and very well-behaved. I sent 'im a postcard and got a mention! Added 10/17/1997; updated 1/25/2001.
- Chip Rowe—Humor, Humour, Satire, Pranks, Reviews by Chip Rowe
- From Boing Boing 6/1/2000.
- Creating Passionate Users
- That's pep! Added 4/6/2005 via Haddock. Officially abandoned by creator 4/2/2007 due to online harassment. Keeping around in case she ever changes her mind. Updated to HTTPS link 7/17/2020.
- defective yeti
- Funny. Added via Robot Wisdom 1/21/2003. Updated 12/29/2011. Last update in 2016.
- Flavorwire
- High-density pop-culture tracking system. Added 3/1/2011. This one just... stopped being updated, sometime in early 2020.
- GirlHacker
- "Random." Silicon Valley. Added 3/20/2001. Last change 8/10/2014.
- Haddock
- Eclectic. Australia. Added 3/20/2001. Updates stopped in 2015. Updated to HTTPS link 7/17/2020.
- I want a Freeware Utility to... (eConsultant)
- Hundreds of links to utilities. Added 4/17/2006; last update in 2006 as well.
- "I Just Want To Be Friends."
- From one insignificant other to another, a sardonic look at people who, you know, just don't like you *in that way*. Added 2/16/1996. Last updated 9/3/2004.
- Looka!
- Food and drink, New Orleans. Los Angeles. Added 3/20/2001. Updated 12/29/2009. Last change 5/2/2020.
- Making Light
- Editors Teresa and Patrick Nielsen Hayden's way-cool blog. Added 1/16/2002, updated 5/1,7/2002, 3/20/2006. Most recent update on November 1, 2022.
- Modern Humorist
- Nice retro design, plus, it's funny! Added 5/23/2000; updated 7/7/2000. Last updated sometime in 2011.
- The Null Device
- Music, computing, politics. Australia. Added 3/20/2001, updated 2/4/2004.
- the notes
- Author and keen observer Miles Klee. Was "hate the future" for awhile. Added 12/29/2011. Updated 12/26/2012. Last update August 20, 2018.
- The Pixel Lab
- Java and VRML stuff—neat. From memepool 11/29/2000. Last change in 2004. URL updated 7/17/2020.
- Plep in New York
- World-spanning detail. Added 1/23/2002 per Bifurcated Rivets. Updated from http://www.nutcote.demon.co.uk/nutlog.html 12/28/2007. Infrequent; last update 2/3/2011.
- RC3
- Computing, politics. Added 3/20/2001. Updated 4/5/2017. Last update 1/8/2017.
- rebecca's pocket
- Eclectic. Web design, politics. Added 3/21/2001. Last updated 2/28/2014.
- THE SLOT: A Spot for Copy Editors
- Just my style—curmudgeonly—though we differed on the hyphenation of "email." By the late Bill Walsh (d. 3/15/2017). Added 12/28/1998. Not updated since shortly after Walsh's passing in 2017.
- Thoughts from the Center of the Universe.
- Clever. Hometown friend Randall Moeller's friendly blog. Added 3/11/2004 via the author. Last updated 4/1/2004.
- Tigers & Strawberries
- Barbara Fisher's tasty blog. Added 10/10/2005; updated 11/28/2005, 2/21/2010, 11/25/2010. "Down for maintenance" as of 8/30/2012... a full decade ago.