I spent a few hours searching the internet for blogs that really caught my eye.  I got a bunch of sites in five categories I am interested in: Chemical Engineering, photography, music, bass guitar, and computers.  from the pile of web pages I read a few of the posts, checked out the author, and narrowed it down to one from each category.  Check out my top 5 blogs.

1. Chemical Engineering World

  http://chem-eng.blogspot.com/

As mentioned in my introduction I am a fifth year chemical engineer.  I chose this blog because it tracks the life of a chemical engineer.  His posts are not strictly vacuum pumps and butterfly valves though, sometimes he posts stuff about neat, new green technology.  (seen at the bottom of the screen clipping) It is a shame though, that he doesn't reread his posts to check for simple grammatical errors.

2. Dave Fry's Picture of the Day

 http://picture-of-the-day.com/

Photography is rapidly becoming one of my favorite hobbies.  I found this blog neat because it not only has pretty cool pictures but they are from an amateur.  Dave, the author, just takes pictures and posts one on his blog each day.  They also talks about it a bit and includes the settings he used to get the desired effect.  The Blog is very well done, I honestly cannot think of anything to suggest for this blog.  See for your self!

3. Foo Fighters News

  http://www.foofighters.com/us/news

Foo Fighters is my favorite band.  This is the news tab on their website but is maintained like a blog and is by definition a blog.  This is where I get upcoming concert information and other neat tidbits about the band.  I like the format of the blog, however, it seems too commercialized.  I understand though, this band is constantly recording new material and playing concerts.

4. Jason Heath's double bass

http://doublebassblog.org/

I am not a classically trained bassist, in fact I am not a trained bassist at all.  However, over the years I have gotten pretty good just playing my electric Fender jazz bass.  This blog is written by a double bass, the big orchestra bass, player and though his instrument is radically different from mine, it is still neat to read his stories.  I bit of advice for Jason, place the sponsors/advertisements on the left side and the navigational widgets on the right, as they get lost in the cloud of ads.

5. Tom's Hardware

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/review/

I will be the first one to admit I am a computer geek, I love messing around with computers.  I built two and have a touch screen laptop.  When it is time to upgrade to the latest and greatest technology I go to this blog to see if it's worth the green.  Though unorthodox, this is a blog by definition.  They have multiple experienced reviewers writing multiple blogs making it easy to find the blog you need on the site.  Not all the time, but sometimes, the links provided lead to a dead end.  The site is just so massive, I suggest hiring some more people to maintain the site.