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Not all are lists of ten, but here are my entirely biased votes for 2007's best:

Robotics blogs

Simra.net, duh. ;-)
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics http://smart-machines.blogspot.com/
The Streeb Greebling Diaries http://streebgreebling.blogspot.com/
Robot Perception and Learning http://nturobots.blogspot.com/ (just a reading group, but it's always interesting to see what research groups are reading...)
RoboSci Blog http://www.dudek.org/dudek.org/blog
The NXT Step http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/
Microsoft Robotics Studio Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/msroboticsstudio/default.aspx
Robots-Dreams http://www.robots-dreams.com/
Trossen Robotics http://blog.trossenrobotics.com/

Buddhist blogs

The Level 8th Buddhist http://buddhanerd.wordpress.com/
Integral Options Cafe http://integral-options.blogspot.com/
A Hoodie Monk http://gomyo.livejournal.com/
Blogmandu http://zenunbound.com/blogmandu.html
Buddhist Geeks http://www.fallingfruit.tv/buddhistgeeks
Forest Wisdom http://forestwisdom.thaipulse.com/ (not sure this link is still valid...)
Progressive Buddhism http://progressivebuddhism.blogspot.com/
Wildmind Buddhist Meditation http://www.wildmind.org/
Zencast Blog http://zencast.wordpress.com/
thinkBuddha http://www.thinkbuddha.org/
No Impact Man http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/ (not overtly Buddhist but definitely focused on mindfulness)

Atheist/Non-theist blogs

The friendly atheist: http://friendlyatheist.com/
Pharyngula http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/ (from my daily reading I'd expect to see more atheist blogs on this list, but now I realize it's just been Pharyngula clogging the airwaves...)
Darwiniana http://darwiniana.com/ (I've never really been able to figure this one out, and I'm not sure that atheist is the right pigeonhole, but it's good reading nonetheless.)

Sci/Tech

Strange Maps http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/
Bad Astronomy http://www.badastronomy.com/
Slashdot http://slashdot.org (still kickin', imho, after all these years... am I dating myself?)
BoingBoing http://boingboing.net
Freakonomics http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/
GeekDad http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/

Vancouver and/or Politics

The Tyee: http://thetyee.ca
Bowen Island Journal: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/miscellany/bijournal/blogger.html
Pete McCormack's Blog http://www.petemccormack.com/blog
North Vancouver Politics http://northvancouverpolitics.blogspot.com/
The View from Seymour http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/seymour/
theleftcoast.ca http://theleftcoast.ca/blog
Matthew Good http://www.matthewgood.org/

Posts on simra.net

(as voted by your clicks):
Dear Apple: Why does iTunes library management suck so bad? http://simra.net/blog/itunes_is_crap
Impending IBM layoffs... http://simra.net/blog/node/101 (rumor mongering)
RCMP: up is down, black is white, war is peace, etc, etc. http://simra.net/blog/node/333
Howto make a sailboat from a milk carton. http://simra.net/blog/boat_fun
Bizarre Sex Organs (nature rocks!) http://simra.net/blog/node/217
Mr Woo grows robots http://simra.net/blog/node/185
JPod to become a TV show http://simra.net/blog/node/157
Why I left the Church http://simra.net/blog/node/145
Deal reached on UBC Golf Course http://simra.net/blog/node/331
Blueberry picking, mindfulness and outrage. http://simra.net/blog/save_formosa_nursery

Other people's lists:

Top astronomy photos: http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/12/13/top-ten-astronomy-pictures...

Time's One List to Rule them All: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_169...

Person of the year: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear

Best underrated blogs: http://www.fimoculous.com/archive/post-3535.cfm

Best sex blogs: http://reversecowgirlblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/best-sex-blogs-2007.html

Best music: http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2007.shtml

Utne Independent Press Awards: http://qa.utne.com/2008-01-01/Media/Winners-of-the-2007-Utne-Independent...

Top 25 Censored Stories of '07: http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm

Happy reading, and best wishes to one and all in the new year. :-)