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Internet Adventures Vol. 1

I like surfing the web. I'm sure that isn't very surprising given that I run a blog; looking around and reading other people's blogs is kind of the fun at the core of the whole thing, right? I haven't been using my feed aggregator to read much of anything because I've been tired of my subscriptions. I had set up my reader to pull in a lot of "tech blog" sort of stuff. As a haggard and burnt out tech worker myself, reading posts about tech is the last thing I want to be doing with my precious free time anymore. I cleared out all my subscriptions and started over.

The ideal scenario I'm imagining is being able to pull up my reader and just go on an adventure. I'd love to check out someone's DIY project where they renovate their garden shed, read about what someone thinks about a new video game, see someone's photos from a rad vacation, look at some cool art that someone made, or hear some music someone recorded!

I've started to really try to get out and find new things to read, and new blogs to visit. There are some wildly cool sites out there made by equally cool people. They just can be a little tricky to find. I'm spelunking through people's blogrolls, clicking links all over the place, and following my GUTS! I'm hoping to share a little bit of what I find over time with you here as a fun little series. You can join me as a fellow internet astronaut.

Below are three blogs I've added to my feed reader in the last couple days. Click the headers to visit them!

Aegir Hallmundur

Aegir's blog is really something. They are a designer and artist living in Wales. I love the design of their site. They use such beautiful typography - especially their post headings! I think that font might actually be custom made. It is so cool. They post some beautiful photography too. I'm excited to see more updates from them come through in the feed reader.

Seeing how wonderfully they've designed their site makes me want to redesign mine!

Roar of the Days

Roar of the Days is described as an "oddly strange personal blog", and I love it for that! They have a super well designed website, and share a lot of the excitement I have about running your own and making it personal. It is really cool to me that someone from Hong Kong shares a similar kind of nostalgia. Wild!

I read their review of the video game Eastward earlier today and it was fantastic. I played the game myself when it came out and it was fun to read someone else's (corect!) opinion of it. I'll be looking forward to more of their game reviews!

David Fisher, Carving Explorations

David Fisher's blog documents the process of hand carving beautiful and functional wooden bowls. It's really fascinating. I took a few woodworking classes in the recent past that ended with me building a nice end table out of birch. It was a ton of work! I'll write about it sometime. Anyway, David really captures what that kind of work is like. It is extremely cool reading about the woodworking process from the perspective of a talented professional.

They also graciously povide detailed plans on building your own bowl horse. I'd love to build one of those someday and try my hand at it. Reading this blog makes me want to get a proper workshop set up and get back to furniture making.