Some of the sites I borrow inspiration from
http://www.darknet.org.uk/ - Darknet is a group of like-minded individuals founded around 1999 sharing knowledge in password cracking, cracking, cryptography, programming (C++, VB, Delphi, C, Pascal, Assembly, Python, PERL, Bash and so on), network security, Linux, Windows, UNIX and more. It started off on EFNet IRC network back in the days when being a script kiddy was moderately cool, packet wars were in and lame DOS attacks like WinNUKE and the ath0++ modem drop were cool.
http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/ - Web professionals are required to master quite a few technologies and skills in order to create the modern web applications clients ask for today. Being at the forefront in the web field can be very hard and is an ongoing acheivement. tripwire magazine is a weblog that provides useful information, tools, tips and tutorials for both web designers and web developers to make their life easier. Subjects covered are ranging from Fonts, Photoshop, CSS, jQuery, web design, graphics, typography, advertising, SEO and much more as long as we beleive it’s useful for our readers. You will find everything from detailed tutorials on how to create web designs from scratch to large collections of tools that will speed up your work and inspire you to approach challenged in new ways.
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/ - Hongkiat.com is a design weblog dedicated to designers and bloggers. We constantly publish useful tricks, tools, tutorials and inspirational artworks.
http://www.insidefacebook.com/ - Inside Facebook is an independent service of Inside Network, the first company dedicated to providing news and market research to the Facebook platform and social gaming ecosystem. Based in Palo Alto, California, Inside Facebook focuses on Facebook and the Facebook Platform for developers and marketers. Inside Facebook was started by Justin Smith in April 2006.
http://www.designer-daily.com/ - Designer Daily is a blog for designers and web designers by Mirko Humbert, a Swiss graphic designer who shares his thoughts on design, resources and tips for designers, beautiful stuff & more. Don’t worry if you are not a designer, you are also welcome to browse around and enjoy yourself.
http://www.the-source.com/ - The Source is a news and opinion site covering the Free, Libre, and Open Source aspects of the Software (FLOSS) world!