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July 27, 2005
Links of the Day
From time to time I get asked what web sites I check on a regular basis for news. I posted on this back in December 2003, and it was interesting to see what has and hasn't changed
I'm still checking SlashDot on a daily basis. IMHO, it's still the best place for geek news. But I also check out Bruce Simpson's Daily Aardvaark site for a more Australiasian skew on things. BTW, Bruce in an interesting guy - anyone who builds and tests his own jet engines is a serious geek!
The Sydney Morning Herald is still my source of normal-world news. The daily Column-8 column provides a light-hearted way to start the day.
APOD is worth checking every couple of days, because a few times every week they slip in something new between the repeats. Same with IMDB and Dark Horizons - as a long time movie geek these help me stay up to date with the latest gossip. And I'm still reading Penny-Arcade every few days as well to keep up with the latest news in the gamer world. This helps me to stay in tune with my two sons who are both semi-serious gamers :)
James Randi's weekly commentaries provide me with dose of rationality in an increasingly irrational world. I've yet to find anything him say anything that I seriously disagree with. Which is very different from The Alpha Patriot with whom I can find sometimes find common ground, but who ocassionaly disappears into some alternate reality. Still, it provides a useful comparison to the usual bland fare offered by most new sites
After writing this, seems my tastes have not changed all that much over the past few years. Not sure if that is good or bad...
Posted by CraigS at July 27, 2005 01:58 AM