Friendlies.
Ayumu Ishii.	My wife.
Ron O'Dor.	My dad counts fish with the Census of Marine Life.
Steve Tannock.	Former french lit major, now a successful CTO for hire.
Mark Dawson.	Makes fine furniture.

Funnies.
xkcd.	Remarkable. A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
Penny Arcade.	Video games and general straight shooters.
The Perry Bible Fellowship.	Puts silly faces and boobies into the loops and kinks of comedic paradox.
Order of the Stick.	Fantasy role playing oriented strip.

Formatives.
New York Times.	The Times.
Hacker News.	News for hackers.
Slashdot.	News for nerds, stuff that matters.
The Edge.	Interesting intellectual inquiry.