Some blogs are fun, some blogs are intellectual, and some provide a handy way to find links. (Okay, mine's an exception.) But here, in no particular order, are a few blogs I try to read regularly.

Cosmic Log: Since 2002, MSNBC science editor Alan Boyle has provided his take on a veritable smorgasbord of research news.

Cosmic Variance: Five physicists and astrophysicists co-write this weblog. Come for the fun, such as this instructive post outlining how to choose your archnemesis; stay for lively discussions of astronomy and cosmology.

The Planetary Society's blog: The Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla keeps her fingers on the pulse of planetary science.

Science Dude: Keep tabs on the wider realm of science and technology with Gary Robbins of the Orange County Register.

BOFH: Simon Travaglia writes these funny, fictional adventures from the world of information technology for The Register. The abbreviation? I leave deciphering that, in the language of the math books, as an exercise for the reader.