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amazon amazon is one of several places that i buy books and dvds, but it's also the main place i turn for book reviews (though for movie reviews i go to imdb). i also use the wishlist simply as a way of keeping track of things i hear about but don't want to buy right away. andrew sullivan center-right blogger, occasional writer for the new republic and many other publications. he often pisses off people to his left and sometimes pisses off everyone to his right, which is probably a good sign. citysearch a not-bad-but-not-great directory of stuff in seattle, most useful for looking up restaurants and movie times. it's good if you know part of the name, but pretty hard to use to find something totally new. google news the best place for at-a-glance news. when i want the headlines, i go to google. imdb the internet movie database is a great resource for information on just about every movie or tv show ever made and every actor, actress, and director, with reviews, plot summaries, and other info. i use it all the time. louise brooks the definitive site about perhaps the most beautiful woman ever. many2many group blog focusing on social software and related ideas. marginal revolution a sort of libertarian-ish economics-ish group (well, pair) blog. merriam-webster an online dictionary and thesaurus is always handy, and i like webster's the best of the ones i've tried. national review most of my news sources tend to be center-left. i check in on the national review from time to time to know what the other guys are thinking. plus, they have a streak of libertarianism in them that i often find compelling, at least on certain issues. netflix my favorite way to rent movies. you pay a monthly fee and can rent as many movies as you like, with the limitation that you can only have a certain number out at once. you keep a list of movies, and when you send one back (free mailers), they send you the next on your list. for me it doesn't end up saving money, but i love the convenience and i love adding movies to my queue whenever i think of them and knowing that they'll just show up. the new republic i like the new republic's mostly independent-minded center-left view. i check in regularly to get their deep analysis of issues as well as their quick gloss on politics. rummage a monthly artists' sale held at nation on 5th, the first sunday of every month. local artists set up tables offering their wares. slate slate is my favorite magazine, offline or on. slate's biggest strength is overview of the news, the opinions, and the spin. they keep an eye on what everyone else is doing and saying, and they try to cut through the crap to get to what's important. they also have a number of interesting, chatty columns. two favorites are "tuesday morning quarterback" and the occasional "everyday economics". snappy dragon snappy dragon was started by judy fu (formerly of panda, that became pandasia and eventually black pearl), one of seattle's favorite chinese chefs. snappy dragon has good, spicy food (mandarin/szechuan style). one of my regular dinner places. the stranger one of seattle's free weeklies, the stranger is a good place to go for local politics and culture news, an alternative to the more centrist daily papers. also a good source for what's going on in seattle, especially their movie listings. talking points memo center-left blogger and journalist josh marshall's blog. he's good about trying to unearth all the information on any particular topic, usually going after those on the right. the volokh conspiracy group blogs featuring a bunch of law and economics types, with a strong libertarian/center-right slant. good variety of topics and expert commentary on current issues. word spy follows new words entering our language, providing definitions and citations for recent arrivals, with a new word every weekday. |
