Links

These are sites that I find useful, and maybe you can too. I’ll try to not sound too much like an advertisement.

Outdoors

NWHikers - A well populated forum covering hiking in the NW, plus skills, cooking and a bunch more
Washington Trails Association – Find a trail on this useful site. Massive trail database plus trail guides and a very useful search tool
REI - Get all your outdoor gear here, also check out the learning section. Great tips and advice for the outdoorsman
Backpacking Light forums – Intense forums on how to shave those precious ounces and grams from your pack
Trail Journals - Nothing beats reading someones journal from a 2,000+ mile hike

Technology

Engadget - Good site for all levels of tech users. Useful reviews, plenty of content
Tom’s Hardware – Similar to Engadget, but much more in-depth reviews and comparisons
Monoprice - Incredibly cheap cables, adapters and more. Cheap shipping, highly regarded
iFixit - Ever want to see the inside of your new tech toy? Plus you learn how to fix it too.
Speed Test – Test your current upstream/downstream internet speed

Baseball – Non Mariners

Major League Baseball - The official site. Players, Stats, Scores, Tickets. Live streaming ($), free game tracker
MLB Trade Rumors – These guys scour news sites, twitter feeds and the wire for the latest player news
Fangraphs – For the more advanced statistician. Game charts, sabermetrics, well written articles on players and teams.
Baseball Reference – Find any player, game or stat from 1880 to now. Advanced stats as well
Sports Blog Nation MLB – Collaboration of good baseball writers, breaking news and stats
Stadium Page – A great site dedicated to all things about baseball stadiums. Past and present
Ballpark Reviews – A man travels around the country to visit old and new stadiums alike with emphasis on minor leagues
Flip Flop Fly Ball - Fun infographs about baseball

Baseball – Mariners

Seattle Mariners – The official site of the team
Lookout Landing - Some of the best written content for any team in baseball. Plus live game threads and social topics
USS Mariner – Probably the oldest baseball blog known. Great but limited content
Mariner Minors – Intense study of the Mariners minor league system