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
- Libetiquette
- A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette
- Lost Oregon
- documenting Portland architecture, history, and culture through photos, postcards, and words.
- Plotzworld
- Plotz lives!
- Portland Public Artwork
- Measuring the supply and demand of Portland's art community.
- Sad Kids
- Photo Blog
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.
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
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
