Technorati Top 100 - A better list

The Technorati Popular Top 100 List is full of little riddles and intriguing cross connections. Since the list is generated from their database, and since their database is filled by bloggers who have been applying all kinds of idiosyncrasies, it's a list full of inconsequenses. So let's first aim for a 'normalized' short title description of all blogs on the list. The most important thing I've tried, is to at least use the titles that the authors/owners of these blogs seem to prefer. In some later postings I'll come back to some of the riddles and cross connections.
For the ranking, I've used last Sunday's authority figures. Correct me if I'm wrong somewhere.

01. Engadget - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 30404. Author: Peter Rojas, Ryan Block. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean.

02. Boingboing - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 25515. Author: Mark Frauenfelder a.o. Publisher: Happy Mutants LLC. Language: English.

03. Gizmodo - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 22775. Author: Brian Lam a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Flemish, Russian, Italian.

04. TechCrunch - Software, Web
Authority: 21367. Author: Michael Arrington a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English, French, Japanese.

05. The Huffington Post - News
Authority: 18129. Author: Arianna Huffington. Publisher: --. Language: English.

06. Lifehacker - Productivity, Software, Technology
Authority: 17105. Author: Gina Trapani a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 363.

07. Ars Technica - Technology
Authority: 16424. Author: --. Publisher: Ars Technica, LLC. Language: English.

08. Daily Kos - Politics
Authority: 12587. Author: Markos Moulitsas a.o. Publisher: Kos Media, LLC. Language: English.

09. Post Secret - Personal, Confessions
Authority: 12291. Author: Frank Warren. Publisher: --. Language: English.

10. TMZ - Gossip
Authority: 11276. Author: --. Publisher: TMZ dot com. Language: English.

11. Michelle Malkin - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 10761. Author: Michelle Malkin. Publisher: --. Language: English.

12. Seth Godin's Blog - Business, Marketing, Productivity
Authority: 10395. Author: Seth Godin. Publisher: --. Language: English.

13. Mashable - Social Networks, Technology, Web
Authority: 9732. Author: Pete Cashmore. Publisher: --. Language: English, French.

14. Google Blog - Corporate, Software, Technology, Web
Authority: 9676. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.

15. Beppe Grillo's Blog - Politics, Satire
Authority: 9439. Author: Beppe Grillo. Publisher: --. Language: Italian, English.

16. Think Progress - Liberal, Politics
Authority: 9328. Author: Faiz Shakir a.o. Publisher: Center for American Progress Action Fund. Language: English.

17. How to Change the World - Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Technology, Venture Capital
Authority: 8801. Author: Guy Kawasaki. Publisher: --. Language: English.

18. Kotaku - Games
Authority: 8523. Author: Brian Crecente a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English.

19. Crooks and Liars - Liberal, Politics
Authority: 8513. Author: John Amato a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.

20. Perez Hilton - Gossip
Authority: 8509. Author: Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. Publisher: Hoodlum Productions. Language: English.

21. Creating Passionate Users - Brain, Science, Usability
Authority: 8460. Author: Kathy Sierra, Dan Russell. Publisher: --. Language: English.

22. Treehugger - Sustainability
Authority: 8323. Author: Graham Hill a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.

23. Problogger - Blogging, Business, Web
Authority: 8184. Author: Darren Rowse. Publisher: B5Media. Language: English.

24. The Consumerist - Cosumerism
Authority: 8020. Author: Ben Popken a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 233.

25. Persian Blog - No Blog?
Authority: 7975. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Persian. Probably not a blog, but the fan page of a blog service.

26. Icanhascheezburger - Animals
Authority: 7713. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.

27. Gigazine - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 7305. Author: Yamazaki Megumi a.o. Publisher: --. Language: Japanese.

28. Read/WriteWeb - Technology, Web
Authority: 7270. Author: Richard MacManus a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.

29. Gawker - Gossip
Authority: 7222. Author: Choire Sicha a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 291.

30. Hot Air - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 7175. Author: Michelle Malkin. Publisher: --. Language: English.

31. Explosm - Cartoons, Fun
Authority: 6844. Author: --. Publisher: National Lampoon Humor Network. Language: English.

32. O'Reilly Radar - Corporate, Technology
Authority: 6806. Author: Tim O'Reilly. Publisher: O'Reilly Media. Language: English.

33. Instapundit - Technology
Authority: 6690. Author: Glenn Reynolds. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 202.

34. Scobleizer - Technology
Authority: 6594. Author: Robert Scoble. Publisher: --. Language: English.

35. GigaOM - Technology
Authority: 6593. Author: Om Malik. Publisher: GigaOmniMedia Inc. Language: English.

36. Power Line - Public Policy
Authority: 6283. Author: John Hinderaker a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.

37. Joystiq - Games
Authority: 6222. Author: Alexander Siwinski. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English.

38. A List Apart - Corporate, design, Usability, Web
Authority: 6158. Author: Jeffrey Zeldman a.o. Publisher: Happy Cog. Language: English.

39. Dooce - Personal
Authority: 5847. Author: Heather Armstrong. Publisher: --. Language: English.

40. Topix - News, No Blog?
Authority: 5837. Author: Rich Skrenta a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English. Not a blog, but a news forum.

41. Little Green Footballs - Anti Jihad, News, Politics
Authority: 5821. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 81.

42. Something Awful - Cinema, Games, Web
Authority: 5800. Author: Rich Kyanka a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.

43. Arlequin - Cinema
Authority: 5672. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Japanese.

44. Neatorama - Fun
Authority: 5651. Author: Alex Santoso a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.

45. Unnerkrunt - Fun
Authority: 5525. Author: Patrick Behrend a.o. Publisher: --. Language: German.

46. The Superficial – Gossip
Authority: 5497. Author: --. Publisher: Anticlown Media. Language: English.

47. Xujinglei – Personal
Authority: 5416. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Chinese.

48. Smashing Magazine - Technology, Web
Authority: 5360. Author: Sven Lennartz, Vitaly Friedman. Publisher: --. Language: English.

49. Fishki - Lads Mag
Authority: 5353. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Russian.

50. TUAW - Apple, Technology
Authority: 5339. Author: --. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English.

51. Kottke - Culture, Design, Technology, Usability
Authority: 5278. Author: Jason Kottke. Publisher: --. Language: English.

52. TPM - Culture, Liberal, Politics
Authority: 5264. Author: Josh Marshall a.o.. Publisher: TPM Media LLC. Language: English.

53. Valleywag - Gossip, Technology
Authority: 5233. Author: Nick Douglas a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English.

54. Mozillazine - Corporate, Mozilla, Software
Authority: 5187. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English, German, French, Korean, Spanish, Hungarian.

55. Lifehack - Productivity, Software
Authority: 5175. Author: Leon Ho a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.

56. WordPress Blog - Corporate, Software, Wordpress
Authority: 5174. Author: Matt Mullenweg. Publisher: --. Language: English.

57. Peety Passion - Fun, Media, Personal
Authority: 5159. Author: Peety. Publisher: --. Language: English.

58. Hugh Hewitt - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 5130. Author: Hugh Hewitt. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 38.

59. Make - DIY, Technology
Authority: 5040. Author: Phillip Torrone a.o. Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc . Language: English.

60. Wonkette - Gossip
Authority: 5017. Author: Alex Pareene a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English.

61. Jihad Watch - Anti Jihad, Politics
Authority: 4927. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.

62. Go Fug Yourself - Fashion, Gossip
Authority: 4904. Author: Heather, Jessica. Publisher: Well Played, Inc.. Language: English.
Daily visitors x 1,000: 110.

63. Metafilter - Forum, No Blog?
Authority: 4847. Author: Matt Haughey. Publisher: --. Language: English. More of a forum or bulletin board than a blog.

64. Google Blogoscoped - Google, Software, Web
Authority: 4784. Author: Philipp Lenssen. Publisher: --. Language: English.

65. Joel on Software - Business, Software
Authority: 4760. Author: Joel Spolsky. Publisher: --. Language: English, French, Japanese, German, Korean, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Arabic & c. 20 more.

66. Autoblog - Automotive, News
Authority: 4760. Author: --. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 442.

67. Search Engine Land - Marketing
Authority: 4747. Author: Danny Sullivan a.o.. Publisher: Third Door Media, Inc. Language: English.

68. Microsiervos - Gadgets, Technology, Web
Authority: 4727. Author: Nacho Palou a.o. Publisher: WSL Selección. Language: Spanish.

69. Binary Bonsai - Personal, Wordpress
Authority: 4643. Author: Michael Heilemann. Publisher: --. Language: English.

70. Shoe Money - Marketing
Authority: 4565. Author: Jeremy Schoemaker. Publisher: --. Language: English.

71. Micro Persuasion - Marketing, Media, PR, Technology
Authority: 4508. Author: Steve Rubel. Publisher: --. Language: English.

72. Pronet Advertising – Marketing
Authority: 4502. Author: Neil Patel. Publisher: ACS. Language: English.

73. Xiaxue - Personal
Authority: 4468. Author: Wendy Cheng. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 17.

74. Mog-Gazette - Music, No Blog?
Authority: 4374. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English. This is not a blog, but a music sharing community's news page.

75. NewsBusters - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 4358. Author: Brent Baker a.o. Publisher: Media Research Center. Language: English.

76. Mac Rumors - Apple, Technology
Authority: 4302. Author: Arnold Kim. Publisher: --. Language: English.

77. The Corner - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 4302. Author: Byron York a.o. Publisher: National Review. Language: English.

78. Nakagawa Sho - Music, Personal
Authority: 4286. Author: Nakagawa Sho. Publisher: Watanabe Entertainment. Language: Japanese.

79. Zefrank - Fun, Personal
Authority: 4248. Author: Ze Frank. Publisher: --. Language: English.

80. Matt Cutts - Electronics, Gadgets, Google, Marketing
Authority: 4237. Author: Matt Cutts. Publisher: --. Language: English.

81. Deadspin - News, Sports
Authority: 4210. Author: Will Leitch a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English.

82. 43 Folders - Productivity
Authority: 4163. Author: Merlin Mann. Publisher: --. Language: English.

83. Octpob - Personal
Authority: 4144. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Russian.

84. Techdirt - Community, Technology
Authority: 4025. Author: Mike Masnick a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.

85. Captain's Quarters - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 3988. Author: Ed Morrissey. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 31.

86. Cute Overload - Animals
Authority: 3947. Author: Meg Frost. Publisher: --. Language: English.

87. Dilbert Blog- Cartoons, Fun
Authority: 3905. Author: Scott Adams. Publisher: --. Language: English.

88. Gapingvoid - Cartoons, Marketing, Microsoft, Wine
Authority: 3891. Author: Hugh MacLeod. Publisher: --. Language: English.

89. Tech E Blog - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 3891. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.

90. DownloadSquad - Mobile, Technology, Web
Authority: 3872. Author: Chris Gilmer a.o. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English.

91. Yanxi – No Blog?
Authority: 3851. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Chinese. Hard to assess what this really is (about) - even with Google's beta translator.

92. Gothamist - News, New York
Authority: 3825. Author: Jen Chung a.o. Publisher: Gothamist LLC. Language: English.

93. Overheard in New York - Gossip, New York
Authority: 3783. Author: Morgan Friedman a.o.. Publisher: --. Language: English.

94. StereoGum - Music, New York
Authority: 3776. Author: Scott Lapatine a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.

95. Google Operating System - Google, OS, Software, Web
Authority: 3701. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.

96. Engadget Japanese - Electronics, Gadgets
Authority: 3670. Author: --. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: Japanese.

97. The Blotter - News
Authority: 3656. Author: Simon Surowicz a.o. Publisher: ABC News. Language: English.

98. The Daily Dish - Liberal, Politics
Authority: 3619. Author: Andrew Sullivan. Publisher: The Atlantic. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 95.

99. Signal vs. Noise - Culture, Design, Usability, Web
Authority: 3561. Author: Jason Fried a.o. Publisher: 37signals. Language: English.

100. CrunchGear - Electronics, Gadgets
Authority: 3535. Author: John Biggs a.o. Publisher: Techcrunch. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 23.