Jeff's Lunchbreak

Blogroll may be an outdated term by this point, but I'm keeping mine just for the hell of it. Looking over mine, I noticed that a lot of the blogs/websites that I read have moved to new locations, some of them I've quit following regularly, some of the inactive blogs have gone completely defunct, and some of my current favorites aren't on there. So, it's time to fix that. Of course, I've updated the blogroll in the right-hand column of the blogs main page. Below is a summary, along with a description of each site. If you're not familiar with these sites, go check them out.

Active

• Bad Astronomy Blog - Phil Plait's site dedicated mostly to astronomy, but with a dash of general skepticism and science, including global warming and the anti-vax movement
• The Digital Cuttlefish - A skeptic & atheist who puts almost all of his/her posts (I think his) into verse
• Dinosaur Dracula - An entertaining blend of nostalgia, candy, toys, and Halloween
• IFL Science - I Fucking Love Science, with a focus on, obviously, science, kind of aggregating and offering commentary on science headlines
• Mark Witton's Blog (Paleoart) _ Mark Witton's blog with a heavy focus on paleoart and pterosaurs, but also general commentary on paleontology (he does have a PhD after all)
• The Panda's Thumb - A group blog dedicated to the science side of the evolution/creation culture war, especially on keeping sound science education
• Pharyngula - A blog on evolution, atheism, liberalism, & politics (not for the faint of heart or easily offended)
• Phenomena - Nat Geo Science Salon - National Geographic's blog collective, focusing mostly on biology and evolution
• Sandwich Monday - Reviews of different sandwiches every Monday (my favorite was 'The Hypocrite' - a bacon cheese veggie burger)
• Wait But Why - A little hard to explain, but entertaining essays on a variety of topics on a weekly basis, with crude to informative graphics
• What If? - The XKCD guy (Randall Munroe) gives entertaining but realistic answers to strange questions
• Why Evolution Is True - Jerry Coyne's excellent website on evolution and atheism

Inactive / Marginally Active:

• The Ant Hunter - Scott only seems to post an entry every year or so, but they're still worth the read
• New Minority - Eric's not been very active, either, but what he has is still good
• Confessions of an Anonymous Coward - An ex-mormon turned atheist - no longer active at all, but very interesting for the archives

Removed:

• TerrapinTables - Defunct entirely, but this used to be for my college buddies
• Greg Richter's Idea Dumpster - Greg seems to post occasionally, but I just basically quit going back to check
• Pooflingers Anonymous - Defunct entirely, but used to focus on atheism and evolution
• Sandwalk - A good blog on evolution and science, but I just quit going back to check on it regularly
• Respectful Insolence - A very good blog on applying skepticism to medicine - I still read it occasionally, but not regularly

Not Exactly Removed, but Replaced with a Blog Network:

• The Loom - Carl Zimmer's blog is now on Nat Geo's Phenomena (BTW, Zimmer is my favorite science writer)
• Dinosaur Tracking Blog - Dinosaur Tracking Blog went defunct, but another of Brian Switek's blogs, Laelaps, is now also a part of Nat Geo's Phenomena

And these are a little too frivolous to go into the blogroll, but here are the webcomics I keep up with:

Webcomics

• XKCD
• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
• Dinosaur Comics
• The Oatmeal
• Jesus and Mo
• Carbon Dating