Some­thing I thought that might be inter­est­ing is what is on my Opera Speed Dial, which is a fea­ture that when you open a new tab it shows auto­mat­i­cally updat­ing pre­views of 9 sites you select.But how did I choose my cur­rent nine? My cur­rent rea­son­ing is to choose sites that change their con­tent fre­quently, like news sites or major blogs. Fre­quently vis­ited forums or some­thing text based might not be use­ful with a pre­view, and could be quicker to just type in the address bar.

1. Seattlepi.com: My favorite of the two major Seat­tle papers.

2. Seattletimes.com: The other Seat­tle paper, I have it because it gives a dif­fer­ent view on some issues and is a more con­ser­v­a­tive viewpoint.

3. CNN.com: The best for break­ing news sto­ries, and that’s about it.

4. nyt.com: The New York Times. Enough said.

5. drudgereport.com: Clear­ing­house of news for all of the major US media out­lets. The best in the busi­ness for break­ing polit­i­cal news.

6. huffingtonpost.com: More lib­eral ver­sion of drudge.

7. slog.thestranger.com: The Stranger’s blog that focuses on Seat­tle, Art, Music, Pol­i­tics, and every­thing inter­est­ing in the world.

8. kitsapsun.com: Local news­pa­per web­site. Just here so I can keep track of what’s going on at home.

9. slashdot.org: Best site for nerd news. :)