The list of blogs and categories

How to find blogs
A list of most popular blogs
Technorati
A blog search engine:
Bloglines

Blogs on blogs
Both of these blogs are about how to build better blogs
A list apart
Jeffery Zeldman

The roll up
Many blogs feature content from other blogs. This is called “rolling up.” A good post will get passed along from blog to blog, gathering readers along the way. Because the number of readers grows exponentially each time it is passed up the foodchain, an article that was first read by ten people can reach 100,000 in a matter of hours.
General rollup
BoingBoing
Political rollup
Instapundit
A blog that rolls up offline documents
The Smoking Gun

Celebrities and gawkers
This is one of the hottest blogs in New York right now: it tracks celebrity sightings
Gawker
Moby has a good blog
Moby
As does Barbara Streissand
Barbra Streisand

The electronic confessional
Here’s a personal blog that documents the rather hapless meanderings of one gay New Yorker. It gives a pretty good sense of the genre
Epenthesis
And another
Ultrasparky

Blogs of war
A blog by an Iraqi living in Baghdad that is occasionally excerpted by the Guardian
Dear Raed
A blog by the U.S. army for commanders in Iraq (registration required)
Company Command
And a blog by a right wing guy who includes a lot of links to other right wing blogs
Blogs of War

Blogs and politics
Howard Dean’s blog:
Blog for America
Conservative blogs are gaining momentum and were used to great effect in the “Swift Boat” debacle as well as against CBS. Here’s a popular one:
Townhall
Here’s an article about conservative blogs in the NYTs

Blogs and business
One of the first really popular blogs, documenting the crash of the internet economy
Fucked Company
An article from the Herald on blogs and business