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                <p>Ok you got me these may not be <em>the best blogs ever</em>, however these are the blogs I’m obsessed with and read every post of.</p>

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<p>For all the websites, I have grouped them by category and added their <a href="http://www.alexa.com/">Alexa rank</a> <em>(as of 26th Nov 13)</em> along side the site.</p>

<h2 id="tech">Tech</h2>

<h3 id="general">General</h3>

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  <li><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com.au/">Lifehacker AUS</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 14,003</li>
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  <li><a href="https://www.lifehacker.com">Lifehacker USA</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 504</li>
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  <li><a href="http://blog.bufferapp.com/">The Buffer Blog</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 1,526</li>
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  <li><a href="http://blog.ifttt.com/">IFTTT Blog</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 5,464</li>
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  <li><a href="https://kinja.com/tag/how-i-work">Kinja: How I Work</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank, not relevant as this is a tag from <a href="https://www.kinja.com/">Kinja Blogs</a> by Gawker</li>
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<h3 id="web-development">Web development</h3>

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  <li><a href="http://tympanus.net/codrops/">Codrops</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 1,403 <em>Note: rank for the entire site <a href="http://tympanus.net/">tympanus.net</a></em></li>
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  <li><a href="https://css-tricks.com/">CSS Tricks</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 1,051</li>
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  <li><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/">Smashing Magazine</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 944</li>
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  <li><a href="http://davidwalsh.name/">David Walsh</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 4,526</li>
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  <li><a href="http://lea.verou.me/">Lea Verou</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 54,903</li>
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  <li><a href="http://webdesignerwall.com/">Web Designer Wall</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 7,992</li>
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<h3 id="web-inspiration">Web inspiration</h3>

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  <li><a href="http://onepagemania.com/">One Page Mania</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 108,629</li>
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  <li><a href="http://www.awwwards.com/">Awwwards</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 2,733</li>
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<h2 id="humour">Humour</h2>

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  <li><a href="http://www.cracked.com/">Cracked</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 653</li>
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  <li><a href="http://www.explosm.net/">Explosm</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 3,933</li>
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  <li><a href="http://theoatmeal.com/">The Oatmeal</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 2739</li>
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  <li><a href="http://xkcd.com/">xkcd</a>
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      <li>Alexa Rank: 1,924</li>
      <li><a href="http://what-if.xkcd.com/">What If xkcd</a></li>
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<p>Maybe your blog or site?</p>

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