News and Webcomics

• xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language which is directed primarily at nerds.


• Questionable Content: An interesting webcomic centered around daily struggles, robots, and other things.


• MegaTokyo: A webcomic with an interesting art style about the adventures of two otaku when they get stranded in Japan.


• Order of the Stick: A webcomic that follows the adventures of a group of PCs through a pen and paper role play game.


• Khaos Komix: This is an interesting comic about LGBT teens in the UK.


• Erfworld: A good webcomic about an MMORPG.


• Slashdot: The best nerdy news source on the web.


• Engadget: Another great news source specializing in technology.


• Gizmodo: Another one of the technology news sites on my feed.


• Lifehacker: Practical and technological news.


• Kotaku: A gaming news website.

Programming and Computers

• Happy Hacker: A good website with lots of interesting information on programming and hacking.


• Beyond Cyberpunk!: A very informative website with some interesting information and historical accounts.


• 2600: A hacker group that publishes 2600 Magazine, runs the HOPE conferences, and all sorts of other things.


• SDF: I have my shell account here.


• pastebin: A collaborative code debugging tool.


• Project Euler: A website with lots of great programming problems.


• Launchpad: A great website for organizing open source software projects.


• IEEE: The best source for journals on computing-related topics.


• ACM: Another good place to get computing journals.


• The Electronic Frontiers Foundation: An organization that helps to defend freedom on the internet.

Gaming

• RolePlay onLine: A website for online roleplaying campaigns.


• RPG Web Profiler: A website for managing character sheets.


• Dungeons and Dragons Wiki: The best information source for DnD.


• MTG Fanatic: Get price estimates on Magic cards and buy them.


• Magic Workstation: Software for playing Magic and testing decks without paying for virtual cards.


• DnD Insider: A tool for aiding in the creation of DnD campaigns with a handy database.


• Gatherer: A Magic card database.

Other Useful Stuff

• NoodleBib: A great tool for making bibliographies.


• William Whitaker's Words: An online Latin dictionary.


• Perseus Project: An online Latin and Greek dictionary with old texts.


• Adobe: Useful software for all sorts of virtual creations. Discounts for students.


• Microsoft DreamSpark: Free Microsoft software for students.


• Irssi: The best IRC client ever.


• LaTeX: Great formatting and typesetting software.


• Pidgin: A universal IM client.


• Anime Planet: A good anime review website.

Blogs

• Alin's Blog: The blog of Alin, one of my friends.


• By My Side: A blog of an autistic service/guide dog user.


• Multichiropter: The blog of a very interesting autistic, blind, genderqueer, and asexual nerd/geek/dork.


• Augmented Times: A blog detailing augmented reality.

Conferences and Conventions

• Anime Boston: The local anime convention.


• Autreat: A conference by autistic people for autistic people.

My Offline Involvement

• MIT Media Lab: The place where lots of awesome research takes place.


• Affective Computing Group: The group that I intern with at the MIT Media Lab.


• Aikido Tekkojuku of Boston: My Aikido dojo.


• Therapy Dogs International: A therapy dog organization.


• Your Move Games: Another awesome gaming store in my area.


• The Society for Creative Anachronism: The website for the SCA.


• Barony of Carolingia: The Boston chapter of the SCA.

Other Links

• Think Geek: A store with awesome stuff for geeks.


• J!NX: A site with t-shirts for geeks, nerds, and gamers.


• Steve Jackson Games: The creator of GURPS, Munchkins, and Illuminati.


• Wizards of the Coast: The creator of DnD and Magic: The Gathering.


• Vuzix: A producer of virtual and augmented reality equipment for the consumer market.


• O'Reilly: The publisher of most of the best programming books.


• Alienware: A company that makes high-end gaming computers. My desktop is from here.


• J-List: A company that sells awesome anime and manga merchandise and other items imported from Japan.


• Geek Test: An awesome test that rates your geekiness factor.