There are a number of blogs which discuss interaction design, visual design, user research, and all things user experience. Here is a list of those blogs which I found most useful:
Luke Wroblewski - Functioning Form
Rashmi Sinha - rashmisinha.com
Dave Shae - mezzoblue.com
Jessie James Garrett - Hidden Agenda
Jared Spool - UIE Brain Sparks
I'll add more to this list later. For now, these are the primary one's I'm reading on a regular basis.
While I realize that carving up and assembling pieces of hotdog meat into shapes that resemble various animals might not have a whole lot to do with user experience engineering but I just had to share anyway. I ran across this site entirely in Japanese that showcases how to carve up hotdogs in many cute ways. Check it out when you have a moment.
http://www.nipponham.co.jp/winny/kazari/index.html
I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it too. Have fun!
Lisa Kristine is a San Francisco based photographer specializing in images of remote indigenous peoples. Here photographs are nothing if not stunning. I especially love the large print sizes she produces. Now if only I had a home large enough to display her amazing work.
My favorite photograph is one of a dark-skinned man from Mali covered in this blue cloth outfit with an amazing hat. He sits in the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph against an almost purely white background. Just beautiful.
You can check out her work online by visiting her personal web site at http://www.migrationphotography.com. Let me know what you think!