Written Tutorials

Here are links to various written tutorials which I hope will be of interest for those who prefer that format. Thank you for the contributions. If you have some interesting links which would fit here, perhaps add a comment.

Modelling / Rendering

A beginner friendly guide to making some objects for a still life scene and rendering in cycles

http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/blender/create-and-render-a-still-life-scene-in-blender-using-cycles/

Modelling / UV Mapping

Modelling and unwrapping a Low poly T-Rex
http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/blender/modeling-uvmapping-and-texturing-a-low-poly-t-rex-in-blender-part-1/

Particles

Quite a nice dissolve effect

http://blenderdiplom.com/index.php/en/tutorials/item/78-tutorial-dissolve-your-logo-in-blender-262

A collection of video and PDF tutorials.

http://gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html

Some tutorials on using mechanics in Blender. Although some for older versions of Blender (2.49) the concepts should be portable to newer versions.

http://www.rab3d.com/tut_blender.php