I have found the following web sites personally useful in blogging and hope you find them helpful. This posting is a work in progress.
http://blogsearch.google.com/
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.technorati.com/
Weblog Technologies
SFGate Culture Blog
Blogging for Dollars – BusinessWeek Online
http://www.freemoneyfinance.com/
SiteMeter
http://www.blogarama.com/
http://www.livejournal.com/
http://www.audioblogger.com/
SquareSpace
WebMonkey HTML
Basics
Handbook for Bloggers