There was a time where I con­sumed the major­ity of my dig­i­tal media directly from blogs. A book­mark folder that scrolled off screen as I duti­fully loaded each one up in the browser to see what they had said for the day. Then the age of RSS arrived and read­ing blogs ended up being a dis­con­nected process with their con­tent pulled from their blog into my RSS reader. As I’ve read blogs, while I still read a lot via RSS feed, but more and more I use RSS as a way to know about new con­tent and then if a post inter­ests me then I open it up in a new window.

So here are three blogs that I read reg­u­larly. In fact, the last one of this list inspired me to uti­lize Twit­ter to notify me of blog updates so as to force me to enjoy her blog in its native form rather than through the RSS feed.

Ikea Hack­ers

Ikea is a pop­u­lar source of cheap fur­ni­ture and this blog col­lects exam­ples of peo­ple tak­ing an Ikea prod­uct and, well, hack­ing it. Some­times it’s as sim­ple as tak­ing a pic­ture frame and turn­ing it into a speaker cover, or rais­ing a bed frame higher by using another of the same frame. It’s inter­est­ing to see the inge­nious ideas and what can be done with these unique flat packed furniture.

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Nerd Fit­ness

Steve is an exam­ple of a fit­ness and a nerd. He’s also a blog­ger who has turned a hobby into a full time pro­fes­sion. He’s trav­eled the world on a mis­sion of awe­some, shared the amaz­ing suc­cesses of oth­ers, and helped thou­sands of nerds work towards get­ting healthy. A quest you might know I’m in the midst of. And how can you not love a guy who idol­izes Doug Funnie?

Visit Steve’s blog

Itty Bitty Impact

Who would think a blog about life in rural Wis­con­sin could be inter­est­ing? But Tonia makes it so. It helps that she is an amaz­ing pho­tog­ra­pher, and that she and her hus­band Mike are home­stead­ers work­ing to live a life that min­i­mizes their impact on the world. Such as by rais­ing their own chick­ens for eggs and for slaugh­ter. Own­ing pigs. Can­ning tomatoes.

Visit Tonia’s blog

These three blogs are just a seg­ment of what I read, I’ll be shar­ing more blogs in the com­ing months, and I’ll be look­ing for oth­ers. If you know of an awe­some blog then please drop me an email or com­ment below!