exploreyourpotential
If I had to defend the time I spend reading independent blogs this site would feature in the defence, and a look at exploreyourpotential reinforced that defensive utility, the ongoing case for non algorithmic reading is one I make to myself periodically and sites like this one provide the actual evidence that supports the case clearly.
mercymodel
Reading this gave me a quiet moment of intellectual pleasure that I had not been expecting, and a stop at mercymodel extended that pleasure across more pages, the unexpected reward of stumbling into careful writing is one of the small ongoing pleasures of reading the open web and this site is delivering it reliably.