Worthy causes:
Online comics: Diesel Sweeties | by R. Stevens Player Versus Player | by Scott R. Kurtz Pondus | by Frode Øverli Sinfest | by Tatsuya Ishida
Japan: Absolute Japan | my favorite Japan-themed photo gallery Japanese-English Dictionary | great if you don't have edict locally Jim Breen's Japanese Page | great resource for all sorts of free Japanese software Japan blogs: esthet | hmmn... | Hunkabutta | Nej | Shinkansen (dead) | Sushicam
Cinema: Deep Focus | deeps thoughts and film The Korean Film Page | the best in its category Midnight Eye | articles on and reviews of Japanese cinema Nausicaa.net | the ultimate Studio Ghibli reference
Music: Portishead | I love this band News From the Box | official Mick Harris site Cowboy Junkies | my favorite Canadian band Optiganally Yours | fun pop with a nostalgic flavor Panorama | excellent Norwegian writing on music Too Good for Bubba | shoutcast-jazz from the 20s, 30s and 40s!
Friends' pages: Rich Anderson | Stian Andreassen | Chung-Mau Cheng | Jarle Hrafn Grindhaug Hiroki Hayashi | Anne Hagberg | Anne Lene Hvalen | Christian Stigen Larsen Bill MacPhee | Lasse Marhaug | Charles McCarter | Espen Riskedal Caroline Roka | Jørgen Smith | Arne Solheim | Magnus Solvang Cloyce Spradling | Geir Sørensen | Jonas Sørensen | Arnya Tehira Kjetil Valstadsve | Keiko Yebisu More and less to come...