Here are just a few of my favourite links to other web sites. This list
will grow in time, but here's a few to start it off. Such is the state
of flux of the web, that now and then one of these links is likely to be
lost so I'd appreciate an email.
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Books and mags
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Books and mags
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National Geographic magazine is online at http://www.nationalgeographic.com |
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New Scientist magazine is online at http://www.newscientist.com |
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T3 - Tomorrows Technology Today can be found at http://www.futurenet.com
and so can (amongst others) it's sister magazine about popular science,
technology and space - Frontiers. |
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Stuff magazine is a magazine full of stuff for men. Full of gadgets
and boy's toys and reviews of all things attractive to men. Check it out
at http://www.stuffmagazine.co.uk |
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As if their banners weren't plastered around people's web sites enough,
but I think they're worth mentioning.Amazon.com is a great place to order
books from, often at discounted price. (see my book
reviews page for my particular preferences) |
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Cars
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Cars
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The international MR2 drivers club www.mr2.com
has a listing of Toyota MR2 owners around the world, including
the UK, and has lots of info about this cool car. |
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http://www.netcar.co.uk/links.html
has links to lots of manufacturers in various countries around the world. |
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http://www.supercars.net
is a web site dedicated to giving masses of info about hundreds of sports
cars. Great for sports car fans. |
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The DVLA sale of marks site
in the UK is the place to buy previously unreleased car registration marks
in the UK, with a list of auctionable cherished numbers
here. |
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Computers
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Computers
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http://www.palmpower.com
is an e-zine covering all aspects of the PalmPilot handheld computer. |
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Finance
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Finance
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MoneyWorld is an excellent resource of financial information of ALL
kinds in the UK. |
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Film TV & Video
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Film, TV and Video, photography
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http://www.imdb.com is the
internet movie database and has a wealth of information and links
to thousands of movies |
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http://www.yell.co.uk/yell/ff/index.html
is a great place to find out what time a film is on at your local cinema
in the UK. |
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The BBC has a much improved site with masses of excellent information
about many TV and radio programmes. Check out http://www.bbc.co.uk |
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Kodak - lots of information about
photography, films and the new APS system |
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Olympus usa - info about
optical products including some excellent digital cameras |
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Music
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Music
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The CD database is a truly massive collection of CD information.
Titles, tracks artists, and often much more information about tens of thousands
of CD's is available from world wide servers. Find out more at http://www.cddb.com/. |
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Natural World
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Natural World
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http://mineral.galleries.com/default.htm
is a good source of information about minerals of all kinds (gemstones,
birthstones etc) with lots of pictures. |
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References
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References
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http://www.m-w.com is Websters online
dictionary and thesaurus - a complete language centre on the web. |
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Travel Info
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Travel Info
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Train time table information in the UK can be found at http://www.railtrack.co.uk/travel/
or if you'd rather take the coach then timetable information can be found
at http://www.nationalexpress.co.uk/natxbok1.htm
and you can even book your tickets too. |
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Check out current foreign exchange rates at http://www.dna.lth.se/cgi-bin/kurt/rates |
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http://www.mapquest.com/
is excellent for finding the location of somewhere, often, right down to
a street map of the address. For example, I live here. |
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Want to know exact grid references of anywhere in the UK? Try here
at http://www.campus.bt.com/CampusWorld/pub/OS/Gazetteer/
which allows you to search by name of even the smallest villages. Try Ireland,
Scotland, and Wales - they're all in England somewhere! |
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The AA is a huge
source of travel information in the UK and also has a guide to the major
capitals of the world |
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The RAC is
similar to the AA and has traffic and accommodation information in the
UK. The traffic info is update every 30 minutes and you can select the
area of the country you're inteerested in |
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Web & Graphics
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Web & Graphics
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Photomosaics is just the coolest computer art around at the moment.
Find out more at http://photomosaic.com/index.html
or for my review of the book on this site click here. |
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http://www.elated.com is a UK web
design company - I used one or two of their free buttons on this site.
Thanks guys! |
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Fractalus - galleries, competitions,
useful info, downloads and links - a plethora of information and also hosting
the infinite fractal loop -
the fractal webring. |
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web-stat is a web site statistics
analyzer - very easy to use - no frills, just useful info in eay to read
format |
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is a cool program for creating and animating text - some results are
to be found around this web site - including at the top of this page link
to http://www.ulead.com/cool3d/
for more info. |