Good forums for other topics

I'm not sure if this is permissible as a topic, but I'd be interested to know other people's favorite forums outside of LTH, especially any Chicago-focused ones. I have a few to suggest in case they're of interest to others:

Travel related information: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/

Audiio/visual equipment and setup: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/

Gadgets (more of a blog than forum): http://www.engadget.com/

Bargain shopping (tech focused): http://forums.slickdeals.net/ and http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/

BetterBidding.com - priceline/hotwire bidding strategy forum.

Note that fatwallet is actually a rockford-based company, and if you shop a lot online, the Fatcash program can be quite a money saver. 1% from travelocity, 2% from hotwire and 3% from priceline can add up.

my other haunts ...

TiVO, TV, etc..

www.tivocommunity.com
www.chicagoavforum.com
www.televisionwithoutpity.com

Music

Dinosaur Jr., J. Mascis -- http://www.freakscene.net/smf/
Lou Barlow -- http://giotto.netpdf.com/loob/viewforum.php?f=1

Photography

www.dpreview.com

a grab bag/assorted goodies/no refunds/no returns:


http://www.dustedmagazine.com/

http://www.horrorview.com/index.htm

http://www.brainwashed.com/

http://www.psychotronic.com/

http://www.subcin.com/

http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~dan/Crosswalks/

http://harlanellison.com/works.htm

http://www.geocities.com/kaulapi/writes/soc421anomie

http://www.hermeticum.info/home2.html

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/5991/

http://www.amokbooks.com/

http://www.cutelittleblokes.com/blokes.htm

http://www.headheritage.co.uk/

http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/S_P.html

http://www.dietotenhosen.de/en/startseite.php

http://realthai.blogspot.com/

http://www.kneeling.co.uk/pages/jsill/

this place was my first foray into message boards. It's gotten rather "chatty" over time but good for lots of things for the home and garden.

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/