“The internet's what's got us where we are”: Just a few more Blogs and Webpages…

So in my last blog entry I talked about RSS and Readers and mentioned I follow a number of blogs and websites this way. Well the actual number is close to 50! Yes, 50... Staggering, I know. But you must realize that not every one of them has new information on a daily basis. Some blogs I look at are 1-2 times a week. Some of the websites post multiple times daily but really those are short bits of internet goodness, not long documents. Some post rather sporadically, 1-2 times a month. If I read and digest every tidbit on any given day, it takes an hour in the morning and maybe an additional 30 minutes throughout the day to keep up. If time is short, I can manage a pretty good read in about a half hour. That is really less time than I used to take to get and read a morning newspaper, back in the day.

So, in conclusion of this part of the series I thought I would just make a quick note about some of the other blogs/websites I like to look at:

8 Minutes on High – my podcast partner Maqz writes a blog. In it you find commentary on the news, political tidbits, movie revies, video reviews, some family and friend information and some excellent photographs of birds and Upstate New York Houses especially.

Seth Curry Saves Duke – CollegeBoy got me into this one, the author is a big Yankee/Giant and Duke University fan who writes about the trials and travails of his favorite teams

Baseball Nerd - This is actually Keith Olbermann's blog about all things baseball, written for the MLB website. He is nostalgic and insightful and offers interesting takes on baseball history as well as baseball tody. Occasionally he will also get a great tidbit of info from one of his sources that he puts there. His readers knew Kevin Youklis was done for the season hours before the news hit the airwaves.

FanBoy – this is a website I have mentioned before. It is sort of a geek nirvana, a place for Japanese anime, science fiction information and the cultural trends on their cutting edge. Not for everyone, I skip the anime stuff but love the Star Wars and Star Trek and LEGO mentions.

Equals Three – This is a twice weekly review of internet video with commentary by Ray William Johnson, a YouTube sensation. The language can be a bit rough, but his satire is dead on all the time. Three video clips and a comic question of the day and he is done, all in a 4 minute package. Consider it an introduction to the world of internet meme. What is interesting is that I follow him on Twitter, Facebook and Google reader so I ever miss when a new video review is available.

Freakonomics – Based on the wildly popular book, the authors write a daily blog for the NY Times opinion page. There are 2-3 entries a day with links to articles, guest bloggers and regular contributes and occasionally a contest to win a copy of their book or other Freakonomics swag. It is a good way to become and stay informed about economic and cultural happenings, that is almost always entertaining.

Book of Odds – a website first brought to my attention by the Freakonomics guys who wrote about the dangers of having a gun in the house versus having a swimming pool. The Book of Odds details lots of comparisons like that, making you think. Sometimes the website follows themes as when it had five days straight of Titanic related material such as breakdowns by nationality of survivors versus those who perished.

So, thats all folks, a somewhat meandering list of blogs and websites I follow. I hope you enjoy checking some of them out. Up next is a listing of audio books on my "TLT" To Listen To list!