Free Art:
STOP TAZMO: The reaction to narutofan.com being exploitative. Check out
the series GANTZ!
http://www.stoptazmo.com
THE EVIL EMPIRE: message board with almost every Manga
available to download.
http://s11.invisionfree.com/The_Evil_Empire/
MANGA HELPERS: One of the quickest and most reliable websites for those who keep tabs on Manga as they're released overseas.
http://www.mangahelpers.com
Philosophical:
The future: Singularity and Robots.
http://roboticnation.blogspot.com
Moore's Law, and other technological extrapolations.
http://marshallbrain.com/
Explaining why the 2000-era generation is the way we are.
One of Time magazine's best articles.
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050124/
Nanotechnology and computer related news.
http://www.physorg.com/
Worthy Publishers:
Netcomics (Manhwa)
http://www.netcomics.com/
ICEkunion (Manhwa)
http://www.icekunion.com/
Go!Comi (Manga)
http://www.gocomi.com/
Conventions that are worth supporting:
[This is an incomplete list: only listed are ones that I have personally gone to and approved.]
Sac-anime
http://sacanime.com/
Anime Los Angeles
http://www.animelosangeles.org/ala/
Anizona
http://www.anizona.org/
Mikomicon
http://www.mikomicon.com/
Animagic
http://www.ani-magic.net/
Ani-jam
http://www.ani-jam.com/
Pacific Media Expo:
http://pacificmediaexpo.info/
[Anime Expo and Comic-con will be fine without your support. Given the choice between attending a larger and eslablished convention or attending a smaller and more personal convnetion--your money would be put to better use at the smaller cons.]