CARTBlogs
- Boing Boing
- A Directory of Wonderful Things
- Click Opera
- All Things Momus
- Cognitive Daily
- Fascinating peer-reviewed developments in cognition from the most respected scientists in the field, written in everyday language.
- Doot Doot Garden
- Craig Thompson's blog!
- Finkbuilt
- A tinkerer's journal and look at life's debris
- Kircher Society Blog
- The Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society
- Libetiquette
- A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette
- Plotzworld
- Plotz lives!
- Portland Public Artwork
- Measuring the supply and demand of Portland's art community.
- Sad Kids
- Photo Blog
- Stumptown Confidential
- documenting Portland architecture, history, and culture through photos, postcards, and words.
Comics
- Brainfag
- comics, illustrations, photos, and writing by Nate "Our Hero" Beaty (Nate designed and maintains Ye Olde Reading Frenzy online)
- Funchicken
- comics and art by Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson
Copyright/Fair Use
- Creative Commons
- Get Yer Flexible Copyright Here!
- Free Culture
- An international chapter-based student organization that promotes the public interest in intellectual property and information & communications technology policy.
- Lawrence Lessig
- Champion of the Creative Commons
Direct Action
- Infoshop.org
- Anarchists make better lovers!
- Interactivist Info Exchange
- A Joint Project of Autonomedia and Interactivist
Do-It-Yourself
- Craft Magazine
- We (heart) O'Reilly!
- DIY World
- Julie Sabatier hosts this show highlighting revolutionary do-it-yourself projects in and around Portland, Oregon.
- Foldschool
- Cardboard furniture how-to
- Instructables
- Step-by-step instructions
Film & Video
- Oregon Dept. of Kickass
- Films and Art of Vanessa Renwick
- Vladmaster
- handmade viewmaster reels, designed, photographed and assembled by Vladimir
Good Causes
- Callum Robbins Blog
- Callum Robbins is the son of J. Robbins (Jawbox/Channel) and Janet Morgan (Channel) -- a cool kid who happens to have a rare degenerative disorder. Keep up with his progress and feel free to pitch in while you're at it!
Home Sweet Home
- Granny's Empire of Art
- The Fantastic Home of Ms. Jaina A. Davis
- Simondale
- Low impact woodland home
Human Condition
- Found Magazine
- We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles - anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life. Anything goes...
- Postsecret
- kind of like the apology line, but with postcards, oh and not everyone is sorry
Interactive Art
- Box Doodle Project
- Online art project
- Illustration Friday
- ready, set, draw! A chance to experiment and explore and play with visual art.
Kid's Stuff
- Bzzzpeek
- presenting a collection of of 'onomatopoeia' from around the worldusing sound recordings from native speakersimitating the sounds of mainly animalsand vehicles
- Orsinal
- high cuteness by video game!
Literary
- Book Slut!
- A monthly web magazine and daily blog dedicated to those who love to read.
- Moorish Girl
- Super smart lit blog by Laila Lalami.
My Hero(es)
An incomplete list of the idols of your faithful proprietress.
- Elizabeth Hawes
- This links to an article Ms. Hawes penned for The Nation in 1944, entitled What Women Vote For. I highly recommend the biography, Radical by Design by Bettina Berch.
Normal Is A Myth
Disability rights, culture, news, opinion, and resources
- David Pitonyak
- Finding New Stories for People Who Experience Disabilities
- Disability Is Natural
- New ways of thinking about disability and to help create a society in which all people are valued and included
- Ragged Edge
- News from the frontlines of the disability rights movement.
- The 19th Floor
- A cool blog by a young attorney who happens to have spinal muscular atrophy.
Politics & Current Events
- Electronic Intifada
- publishes news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective. EI is the leading Palestinian portal for information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its depiction in the media.
- Project Hamad
- Adel Hamad was a teacher of elementary school orphans, a hospital worker, and someone who coordinated the delivery of food, medicine and blankets to refugees. He has been imprisoned for 5 years and classified as an enemy combatant, despite the lack of any allegations or evidence that he ever acted against the U.S. or its allies, or even had political sympathies for those who did.
Self-Publishing & Print Shops
- Independent Publishing Resource Center
- dedicated to encouraging the growth of a visual and literary publishing community by offering a space to gather and exchange information and ideas, as well as to produce work.
- Pinball Publishing
- Creative Printing for Creative People
- Stumptown Printers
- Letterpress and Offset Print Shop
Shopping & Swapping
- Acorn Studio
- Lucky charms for lucky ladies! Jewelry that's cute like you.
- All Consuming
- Catalog and review all the books you've read, are in the process of reading or will read one day, give and receive recommendations. Fun!
- Bossanova Baby
- Cool Handmade Stuff for Kids
- Buy Olympia
- Handmade and small batch goods made in Olympia and beyond!
- Mahar Drygoods
- Handcrafted Goodness for Kids!
- Needles And Pens
- Kindred Spirit Store
- Regional Assembly of Text
- Vancouver, BC based temple of text
- Swapatorium
- A journey through junkland
Snacks & Other Food
- Canned Coffee
- Reviews of, you guessed it! Canned coffee!
- Dr. Toast
- Dr. Toast's Amazing World of Toast
- Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down
- Biscuit Frenzy!
We (Heart) This Art!
- Boy Girl Party
- artist Susie Ghahremani's online empire
- Brittany Powell
- sculpture and installation
- Camilla Engman
- Swedish artist, crafter, illustrator and blogger
- Catia Chien
- Pretty pictures
- Grass Hut Corp.
- Visit the enchanting and maddening world of one Mr. Bwana Spoons.
- John Dilnot
- Little books and things that will make you drool
- Julianna Bright
- Artwork and illustration by the multi-talented Ms. Bright!
- Melody Owen
- prolific artist and zine writer
- No Candy
- What's Fawn Gehweiler been up to?
- Scrappers Town!
- Our dumpster diving, as-is-ing, beard growing, art making, mural painting, chalk drawing hero!
- Xtina Lamb
- The multi-talented Ms. Lamb rocks the Gocco like nobody's business!
Zines & Magazines
- Ayun Halliday
- East Village Inky and beyond!
- LAB
- Check out this new magazine published by our very own Top Cupcake, Joseph Robertson!
- Nicole Georges
- Animal Lover
- Stop Smiling
- The Magazine for High-Minded Lowlifes
- Zine World
- A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press
