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friends
- Ben bailey — buns of steel!
- Clear — the home of electrosynth extraordinaire, Andrew Dun.
- Don't Click Here Fool — Josh Edge. Speechless.
- Graham Milton — RAWR!.
- Hamish Innes-Brown — optically chiasmed.
- Hon Hiew — rest in peace.
- Karen Cheng — the lifestyle, the work, the epic.
- Kirrily Hammond — the good/evil one in The Ki
- Kirrily Schell — the evil/good one in The Ki.
- Libby Noble — the funkiest photographer and radio gal I know.
- Luscious Lips — the drama, the angst, the melody of Laura.
- Melissa Cater — the woman of words.
- Natalija Brunovs — aesthetics junkie and flâneur
- Patrick Pittman — grammarian contrariness and banjo twang from a disused alley.
- Peter Efford — life drawing and father extraordinaire.
- Tin—Ear — Dan, dan the crazy man in Japan.
- tooaskew — Kristie writes here!
design / inspiration / portals
- yayhooray! — the news is always current and interesting, the forums are supercool
- k10k — for the news, and wulffmorganthaler!
- newstoday — always on the pulse
- design is kinky — for the news
- typophile — type type type!
- net diver — new media culture exposed
- digital web — great articles and tutes
- wired — future farmers
- the designers network — crazy forums, but lots of great links
- istockphoto — cheap stock photos!
- stereotypography — taking design news to a whole new level...but i like to visit the sites myself normally thou.
- threadless — nude no more.
illustration / art / awesomeness
- Julie West — beautiful illustrations.
- de:void magazine — where artists emerge - a collective based in Melbourne
- deekons — welcome to deekons
geek / standards / code / resources
- a list apart — a fantastic resource for the standards wise web designer.
- w3 schools — learn everything
- blue vertigo — hundreds of links to stock photos, fonts, etc.
- evolt — similar to ala, smaller articles thou and a bit more frequent.
- reinvigorate — the best stats engine ever
- glish css — a plethora of helpful css resources and layouts.
- the noodle incident — shitloads of stuff like css tutorials, layouts, etc.
- css zen garden — the beautiful future of the web
- zeldman — the man with the mission.
- css vault — lovely sites, all built to standard
- were—here — flash forums
- slashdot — whenever i get that geeky urge...
- overclockers.com.au — whenever i need new computer bits, it's the place to go for info
blogs / writing
- cotworld — its motto is "Write. Well." — and the people on it certainly do.
- textism — elegant simplicity
- what do i know — beautiful type
- Ms Fits — required reading
- Giant Chimney — crazy ranty pants.
- Waferbaby — bandwidth, breakfast.
funny
- wulffmorgenthaler — there is no equal!
- strongbad — the best animated cartoon ever!
social change
- uthando project — make a doll for a child in need
- the hunger project — empowering grassroots entrepreneurship and education
- futureaus.net — australian library of information and links for creating positive change in our society and environment
- amnesty australia — global defenders of human rights
- greening australia — land care for australia
- greenpeace — global action
- oxfam — fighting poverty and social injustice

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- friends
  - Ben bailey — buns of steel!
  - Clear — the home of electrosynth extraordinaire, Andrew Dun.
  - Don't Click Here Fool — Josh Edge. Speechless.
  - Graham Milton — RAWR!.
  - Hamish Innes-Brown — optically chiasmed.
  - Hon Hiew — rest in peace.
  - Karen Cheng — the lifestyle, the work, the epic.
  - Kirrily Hammond — the good/evil one in The Ki
  - Kirrily Schell — the evil/good one in The Ki.
  - Libby Noble — the funkiest photographer and radio gal I know.
  - Luscious Lips — the drama, the angst, the melody of Laura.
  - Melissa Cater — the woman of words.
  - Natalija Brunovs — aesthetics junkie and flâneur
  - Patrick Pittman — grammarian contrariness and banjo twang from a disused alley.
  - Peter Efford — life drawing and father extraordinaire.
  - Tin—Ear — Dan, dan the crazy man in Japan.
  - tooaskew — Kristie writes here!
- design / inspiration / portals
  - yayhooray! — the news is always current and interesting, the forums are supercool
  - k10k — for the news, and wulffmorganthaler!
  - newstoday — always on the pulse
  - design is kinky — for the news
  - typophile — type type type!
  - net diver — new media culture exposed
  - digital web — great articles and tutes
  - wired — future farmers
  - the designers network — crazy forums, but lots of great links
  - istockphoto — cheap stock photos!
  - stereotypography — taking design news to a whole new level...but i like to visit the sites myself normally thou.
  - threadless — nude no more.
- illustration / art / awesomeness
  - Julie West — beautiful illustrations.
  - de:void magazine — where artists emerge - a collective based in Melbourne
  - deekons — welcome to deekons
- geek / standards / code / resources
  - a list apart — a fantastic resource for the standards wise web designer.
  - w3 schools — learn everything
  - blue vertigo — hundreds of links to stock photos, fonts, etc.
  - evolt — similar to ala, smaller articles thou and a bit more frequent.
  - reinvigorate — the best stats engine ever
  - glish css — a plethora of helpful css resources and layouts.
  - the noodle incident — shitloads of stuff like css tutorials, layouts, etc.
  - css zen garden — the beautiful future of the web
  - zeldman — the man with the mission.
  - css vault — lovely sites, all built to standard
  - were—here — flash forums
  - slashdot — whenever i get that geeky urge...
  - overclockers.com.au — whenever i need new computer bits, it's the place to go for info
- blogs / writing
  - cotworld — its motto is "Write. Well." — and the people on it certainly do.
  - textism — elegant simplicity
  - what do i know — beautiful type
  - Ms Fits — required reading
  - Giant Chimney — crazy ranty pants.
  - Waferbaby — bandwidth, breakfast.
- funny
  - wulffmorgenthaler — there is no equal!
  - strongbad — the best animated cartoon ever!
- social change
  - uthando project — make a doll for a child in need
  - the hunger project — empowering grassroots entrepreneurship and education
  - futureaus.net — australian library of information and links for creating positive change in our society and environment
  - amnesty australia — global defenders of human rights
  - greening australia — land care for australia
  - greenpeace — global action
  - oxfam — fighting poverty and social injustice

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