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Please visit The Hunger Site. Whenever you do so, money will be donated to charity. (This site is back on line now.)
Back to Peter English's home page. Surrey Communicable Disease Control Service
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This page contains links to web sites and pages. The information is divided into the following categories:
 | Triddlers game |
| Ganfyd medical wiki |
| Doctors.net.uk |
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| Launchpad - excellent starting point for many search/reference points. PCW writes
"LAUNCH A LIGHTER SEARCH: Are you suffering from search engine overload? Do your
searches find every Web site out there except the one you want? Try Launchpad.com, an alternative to typical Web searching. Essentially a Web digest, Launchpad.com divides Web sites into categories and offers only links to the most popular and useful sites out there. Find it at www.macroseek.com. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Look up UK phone numbers at www.bt.com. Or use the Royal Mail/Consignia's site to look up postcodes from addresses or adresses from postcodes. You can look up US Zip codes and standardized addresses at the United States Postal Service Web site. You enter as much information as you know and it fills in the rest (if it can). It works for company and household addresses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Since mid October 1999 the Encyclopedia Britannica has been available free at www.britannica.com, but it may be a bit slow. Theres also a fee-based version at www.eb.com. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| www.prb.org - Population Reference Bureau - info on population statistics for 221 countries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| www.howstuffworks.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| www.sciencenet.org.uk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Microsoft's Encarta (main site) or UK site is now also available on line. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Grid for Democracy - lots of info on MPs, local authorities... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All BS standards are available on line at http://bsonline.techindex.co.uk/BSONLINE/help.asp. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| www.prb.org - Population Reference Bureau - info on population statistics for 221 countries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foody site: www.handbag.com/food/recipes/ - search database of >2000 recipes by keyword... See also Delia Smith at Delia Online, where you can download recipes, and print out ingredients lists to take them shopping... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bellydancing site: http://www.visionarydance.com/ - and clothing for bellydancing at http://www.chapelhouselee.freeserve.co.uk/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook CIA fact book. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lots of local info (local pubs, risk of crime, subsidence or flooding, air quality...) for prospective homebuyers and others at www.fish4homes.co.uk, and www.freeagents.co.uk. Halifax also has a house price index. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| www.freeboardgames.com for free board games! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| You can find dates of donation sessions and much more at the National Blood Service (NBS) web site. They also have helpline: 0845 7711711. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Guinness Book of World Records is finally online at http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/home.asp If you ever wanted to see what some people will do to get their name in print, check out this site for people who collect airsick bags, Barbie dolls, earrings or credit cards. The latter record holder also, unsurprisingly, has the world's longest wallet. An interesting competition is running for people how have a distinctive or enthusiastic hobby, like one lady who has visited over 300 cathedrals around the world. Plus all the standards: biggest, smallest, longest, widest and so on. Check out the largest disco ball or the smallest whiskey bottle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neighbourhood Statistics from ONS. (The ONS site used to have mainly lists of the publications available, how to order them, and their prices - hardly any actual data. I think this may be changing, as it is NOT how it should be... click here for a rant I wrote about this some time ago.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UpMyStreet and Homecheck.co.uk also have a lot of local information on any UK postcode area. They have a different slant - UpMyStreet seems good on indeces of social matters; Homecheck.co.uk is strong on risks, covering flooding, subsidence, radon, coal mining, landslip, landfill, contaminated sites, air quality, and pollution. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Witness the Baroque On web site that just won a Prix Italia award for Best Broadcast web site. A production of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation it's an introduction to Baroque music via Handels Concerto Grosso Opus 6 No.5 in D Major. A clever use of Flash 4 Animation. Great for classical music lovers or music teachers looking for a new resource.: http://www.abc.net.au/music/baroque/. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Archer's fans might like to visit the Archers' Addicts site, which is run by the cast; www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/ - the official BBC site (rather slow to download), or Archers summaries - a siterun by fan Chris Harrison. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| BBC Worldservice, which is broadcasting via Real Audio (as is Radio 5 live). You can also get music tracks and telly stuff from www.spinner.com, the dance music resources page, underground custom CDs, Timecast (list of TV and radio stations offering streaming audio and/or video), Channel 4, old fashioned TV from Andrew Wiseman's tv pages, Discovery channel, and Ministry of Sound (yes, the nightclub). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Film sites include the internet movie database (or , FilmUnlimited, Cinescape, Dark Horizons, Hollywood Online, Mr Showbiz, Empire Online (UK film magazine), UK's Popcorn, Coming Attractions - a Canadian site, with information on films currently being made, British Actors and Actresses - with information to answer those "where are they now?" questions, www.godzilla.com, and www.starwars.com. Also www.theforce.net for gossip about the new star wars film; http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/; "Honest, down-to-earth reviews written by filmgoers, not pretentious critics" at www.aint-it-cool-news.com (didn't work when I tried it); and for B-movie enthusiasts, www.bmonster.com. The Guardian and Observer newspapers have recently launched Film Unlimited, "which offers an unparalleled service to film-lovers. Searchable national listings make this site a great way to plan a trip to the cinema; we can also help you decide which video to rent depending on your mood, and tell you what the critics have to say about the week's movie releases. There's news, gossip, reviews and an enormous database of facts to satisfy any movie buff. If you don't know who did the cinematography on North by Northwest, visit Film Unlimited today. It's undoubtedly Europe's biggest film site." Also Carlton's www.popcorn.co.uk, www.odeon.co.uk, www.cineworld.co.uk, www.thisislondon.co.uk, www.lastminute.com, www.theaa.co.uk/hotels (restaurant guide). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jobs can be found at www.jobsunlimited.co.uk (UK, ?from the Guardian), www.jobs.ac.uk (for academic posts in the UK), www.topjobs.co.uk (for international jobs). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Work Unlimited "is something completely new in on-line or off-line media. From networking to not working, this new site provides everything you need to stay sane at work. Submit your problems to Doctor Work; cheer up a board meeting by playing Lingo Bingo, or prepare for your nervous breakdown by taking our interactive stress test. Hard work never killed anyone, but the Work Unlimited team would recommend that you don't risk it." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money sites include Financial Times Quicken, Motley Fool ("to inform, educate, and amuse the individual investor", the Interactive Investor, Electronic Share Information, www.screentrade.co.uk (for insurance quotes), and Bill Gates Personal Wealth Clock, Currency convertor. The UK tax office ("inland revenue") have a lot of very useful stuff on their web site, including a list of all their offices in the UK. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Banks include:
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| Plumbers, builders, businesses of every sort via Freepages (also a fax service, also known as "SCOOT"). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amazon Books: "Earth's biggest bookshop" Try also the UK based The Internet Bookshop The Internet Bookshop. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Post Office - should eventually be able to do business with PO over the web, e.g. getting passport forms. It links to parcel force, Post Office Counters, and Royal Mail. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The CIA World Fact Book is an impressive collection of information on all (?) the countries in the world. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Images can be downloaded from many sites, including: Photodisc (Searchable arhive for royalty-free images - photographs and ?other pictures). Try also www.clipart.com and www.co3graphics.com for graphics, clip art, pictures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The (UK) patent office. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| There are internet conversions sites for converting between all sorts of units: see http://www.deltatraining.com/convert/convert.htm and http://www.onlineconversion.com/, for example. Or download "Convert" from http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/. If you need more specialist engineering conversion tools, as well as other more basic ones, try "uconeer": download it here, or find more information about it here (Katmarsoftware) or here (Lockergnome). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time could be considered a conversion, I suppose. http://www.whattimeisit.com/ is a site that will tell you what time it is in other time zones, or download "WorldTime" from http://www.mywebattack.com/gnomeapp.php?id=105266: it is 'a desktop world clock with unlimited configurable clocks, each with its own time zone, description, display format and more. The program supports 12/24 Hour, UTC, Internet Time, Universal Time, Metric Time and Sidereal Time with optional date display as well. Additional features include options to chime the hour, alarm reminders, a stopwatch, a time calculator and more. A very feature rich and highly customizable time tool.' | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| www.power-brokers.com is designed to compare tariffs between different suppliers of electric and gas power in the UK. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| http://www.sixthform.info/law/01_modules/lectures_mod_order.htm An excellent set of notes on the English law and legal system - actually for sixth-formers at Bournemouth and Poole college, but of use to anybody else needing not-so-basic information on the subject. |
| Oxford English Dictionary. |
| http://www.dictionary.com/ - US dictionary, language links (also other language dictionaries linked to here) |
| www.logophilia.com/wordspy/ |
| OneLook - allows wild cards and has a reverse dictionary. Links to other dictionaries. |
| WordNet - which 'indexes lexicological concepts"': www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/. |
| http://www.acronymfinder.com/. On their home page they say "Over 163,000 acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms and their definitions. The Acronym Finder is the web's largest database of its kind. Here you'll find definitions for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms about all subjects, including information technology, telecommunications, military, government, and much more." They have 14 definitions for "BTW". http://www.whatis.com/ Is a more Info technology based site. BTW was listed with about 140 other "Chat acronyms" |
| On-line medical dictionary (URL) http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/index.html |
| http://europa.eu.int/comm/translation/en/ftfog/ - EU "fight the fog" campaign re writing clear English. See also http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/freepub.html, and, specifically on how to write medical information in plain English at http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/medicalguide.html. |
| Look up rude words at the Profanisaurus. |
| WordReference.com - "French, German, Italian and Spanish Dictionary with Collins Dictionaries" |
| "LEO", an on-line English-German dictionary. |
| Hundreds of free eBooks are available from the University of Virginia Library. http://etext.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html. |
| www.bartleby.com - online library: you can read/view 000s of books on line, incl, e.g. Gray's Anatomy. I’ve had a look at this – a wonderful set of reference books, and a good search engine. |
| CCTA Government Information Service - links to much UK government information - although, since the privatisation of HMSO, some information that was previously available on the web is now only available, at a price, on paper click here for more information. Hansard is also available on the web. |
| Another source of government information is the Stationery Office. |
| The United Kingdom Parliament World Wide Web Service holds records of debates, speeches, and get a great deal of information about parliament, MPs, and so on. You can browse full text versions of selected House of Commons publications at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmpubns.htm. "With effect from the first Public General Act of 1996 all new Public General Acts of Parliament have been published in full text form on the Internet, initially via the Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Web pages and from 1 July 1999 via these Web Pages. All Public General Acts appear as originally passed by the UK Parliament. The aim is to publish these documents on the Internet simultaneously or at least within 24 hours of their publication in printed from. However, any document which is especially complex in terms of its size or its typography may take longer to prepare." |
| Not strictly parliament, government... but there are excellent lecture notes (for sixth formers!) on law and the legal system at http://www.sixthform.info/law/01_modules/lectures_mod_order.htm. |
| Arkady's band's website - the "Suicidal Ducklings". |
| Sebastian's band's website - "The Impressionables". |
| Peter Collings-Wells, Flint Cottage Photography, FCP Imaging. |
| Stuart Parker and family. |
| Julius Weinberg (or Weinberg). |
| Jeremy, my other brother, has a web site for his clinics; and my sister Locana is involved with "life at work". |
| And of course, you can find other old friends (and enemies) at Friends Reunited "a simple to use website that allows you to find out what your old school and college friends are doing now". |
| News sites (internet based) |
| Newspapers' web sites |
| Magazines' web sites (general and listings and Electronic (e-zines)) |
| Miscellaneous home pages |
| BBC News - one of the best news sites, in my experience (OK, so I don't use news sites all that much... I'm still impressed!) |
| Press Association |
| News Now - a collection of news feeds (UK site) |
| www.ananova.com |
| "Hundreds of thousands of articles are written on the web's major news sites every day. But there's no need to go to them all to keep abreast of the news you need. FT.com provides access to 1,500 sites and presents the freshest headlines first. Cut your own searching to just one box - our search facility at the top right hand corner of every FT.com page: http://www.ft.com" |
| www.mckinseyquarterly.com - news |
| www.newsblogger.com |
| http://moreover.com news aggregator (US) |
| CNET NEWS- news about the IT industry, especially |
| Drudge Report |
| The Onion - is brilliant |
| Alternative Press Centre |
| www.newsunlimited.co.uk - The Guardian and the Observer |
| CNN |
| ITN - includes video archives |
| www.newsmaps.com. "Drawing on thousands of news sources, Newsmaps organises current stories into mountainous maps you can explore." |
| And if you want journal abbreviations, go here. |
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| The Guardian. A free archive of Guardian and Observer stories is now available, going back to 1 September 1998. There's loads on this site, including information about free stuff. |
| The Times (UK newspaper) |
| Leicester Mercury Home Page - our former local newspaper's home page, which has links to local cinemas' pages and much else of local interest besides. |
| Electronic Telegraph |
| The Independent |
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| Top of page | Top of "Home pages / ezines and news sites" |
General magazines, listings magazines and Electronic magazines (e-zines)
| New Scientist "Planet Science" |
| Personal Computer World Magazine |
| Local papers - The Herald: www.EpsomHerald.co.uk (and, supposedly, www.BansteadHerald.co.uk - although I can't make this one work). Claim to have a lot of local info. Also the local Guardian pages via www.thisislocallondon.co.uk. |
| Private Eye (or http://www.cix.co.uk/~private-eye/). |
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| Top of page | Top of magazines section | Top of "Home pages / ezines and news sites" |
| Time Out |
| www.latenightlondon.co.uk |
| BBC website and Radio Times. (The BBC are now becoming an ISP: freebeeb.net.) |
| The Guardian TV listings |
| Press Association TV listings are also available. |
| http://www.mydigiguide.com. Miranda Wood of Gypsy Media tells me that "We are the only site to provide 14 days advanced TV and Radio listings – updated daily. In addition you are free to use our "Instant Search". This will pick out anything you wish to focus on for example actors; actresses; particular words; topics; selected programmes. This is dynamic and self maintaining once set up. http://www.mydigiguide.com/general/linking.shtml You are also free to link directly to any of the 150 channels/ radio stations we support. In particular the channels relevant to your region. If there is a channel/station we don't support let me know and we'll try our best to provide it for you." The site can send you a reminder by email or SMS 10 minutes before a programme you want to watch is due to start. |
| http://www.knowhere.co.uk/contents.html |
| www.latenightlondon.co.uk |
| www.doLondon.com |
| www.the-sticks.com - Surrey (and other places) listings magazine |
| www.rainbownetwork.com (actually mainly for gay people, but seems to have good "what's on" type coverage). |
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| Top of page | Top of magazines section | Top of "Home pages / ezines and news sites" |
| The Salon. |
| www.spiked-online.com |
| Iomegazine - information about the Zip drive and other backup kit. |
| Today on HotWired! |
| HMS Beagle |
| Web Novice. 'New to the Net? This beginner's guide will help you find what you want on the Web and understand the jargon. The site provides good basic advice on how to surf the Net faster, join newsgroups, download software, choose the right ISP and create your own homepage on the Web. There's also a discussion forum although there's not much in it, and a link to Amazon bookstore with recommended internet titles if you want to learn more. The site doesn't look much, but it is quick and easy to find the info you want. More topics would be welcome.' I was very impressed. |
| .Net. 'One of the most popular Internet magazines and with good cause. It's a well-written product which recognises that not everyone's a Nerd. There's advice for those about to step into Cyberspace as well as more detailed information for the experienced surfer. Best of all, it's not weighed down in technical gobbledegook. There are links all over the place, one for every day of the month, quick hits, on-line events, weird net, features and more.' |
| "The complete BBC Webguide." |
| www.apieceofus.org.uk |
| www.howstuffworks.com |
| www.sciencenet.org.uk |
| Foundation for Information Policy Research. "The Foundation for Information Policy Research is an independent body that studies the interaction between information technology and society. Our goal is to identify technical developments with significant social impact, commission research into public policy alternatives, and promote public understanding and dialogue between technologists and policy-makers in the UK and Europe." |
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| Top of page | Top of magazines section | Top of "Home pages / ezines and news sites" |
| Nottingham School of Public Health, where I did my Masters in Public Health degree (or email). |
| Demon Home Page (Demon's WebMail service) |
| Microsoft home page |
| East Surrey Health Authority |
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| The BBC's own home page. |
| http://www.channel5.co.uk/ |
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| Top of page | Top of "Home pages / ezines and news sites" |
See also Software Support Sites, Pocket PC sites, Telecomms sites, Email sites, data warehousing, web guides, and virus stuff (plus hoaxes and spam). (below)
| Adobe Acrobat - see Software Support Sites. | ||||||||||||||||
| Retrieving lost kit: www.yellowtag.com; www.recipero.com; www.stealthsignal.com (cheap, not free); www.lostpc.com (free); www.zeasoft.com ($40). | ||||||||||||||||
| http://modems.rosenet.net/ "The information you will find on this site is a combination of resources that I have collected in my last 5 years of professional technical experience with an Internet Service Provider. If you are looking for links to your modem's manufacturer so that you can browse their technical information, find drivers or get other support, click Modem Makers. If you can't find the answer to your questions from 'conventional' sources, check out my Personal Notes. Are you struggling with poor connections and need a good initialization string? Check out our Init Strings. Are you trying to find another useful modem related Internet site? Have a look at the Other Resources." | ||||||||||||||||
| Home networking etc. There is stuff on this on my Building page. | ||||||||||||||||
| If "mouse" feature on a laptop irksome, check out this website: http://www.nonlinear4.com/winkeys.htm. It's got loads of keyboard shortcuts which might come in handy. | ||||||||||||||||
| OFFICE SHORTCUT KEYS IN DEPTH. "Microsoft's Accessibility group has done a tremendous job in assembling shortcut key lists for all of the Office applications. While the intent was to provide information for easy access to the physically challenged, the result is a site that should be bookmarked on every PC that you use: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard/keyboardsearch.asp. Two other sites merit your attention: Dot Johnstone's company, Keylogix, makes a Word add-in called ActiveDocs that automates document assembly – you can even hook it into Word 2002's Smart Tags feature. Dot came up with a couple of keyboard shortcut lists that you can print and laminate, and keep on your desk. Go to http://www.keylogix.com/training/ and click the link to download the keyboard shortcut template. Good stuff. Dave Rado's writeup of the most useful Word shortcut keys, on the Word MVP site, http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/Shortcuts.htm, points you to the key combinations that most Word users can use all the time." | ||||||||||||||||
| Stratumsoft's EVAs (electronic virtual assistants) look v interesting - www.stratumsoft.com. | ||||||||||||||||
| Have you ever come across a file on your drive that you're sure must be important but you can't even figure out what program to use to open it? The start of figuring out what the heck the file is, of course, to figure out what the file extension is telling you. There are a couple of web sites that are invaluable in that regard. ExtSearch has a database of 1,605 extensions - the information provided is fairly minimal but is usually enough to identify the program needed to open the file. For much more extensive (and technical) information on extensions, The Programmer's File Format Collection usually has links to the actual file format specification for the mystery file. | ||||||||||||||||
| Discreet visitor counter: www.thecounter.com. | ||||||||||||||||
| www.fipr.org - Foundation for Information Policy Research. The Foundation for Information Policy Research is an independent body that studies the interaction between information technology and society. Our goal is to identify technical developments with significant social impact, commission research into public policy alternatives, and promote public understanding and dialogue between technologists and policy-makers in the UK and Europe. | ||||||||||||||||
| http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ | ||||||||||||||||
| www.paypal.com (send and request money online for free.) | ||||||||||||||||
| Various utilities at http://www.rjhsoftware.com/products.html. | ||||||||||||||||
| www.theopenchannel.com - private intranets for groups. | ||||||||||||||||
| www.personalreader.com | ||||||||||||||||
| http://www.webshots.com/ - for screen pictures, changing wallpaper, etc. | ||||||||||||||||
| For now, I note that hundreds of free eBooks are available from the University of Virginia Library. http://etext.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html. | ||||||||||||||||
| Psion web-site: as a keen Psion user, I must put this one at the top of the list! There is also the PMN On-Line web-site, which has Psion news, links, and a library of shareware. See also http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/ and http://www.psionking.com/. I have bought my psions (three Series 3s, currently a 3mx, and no desire to upgrade to a series 5) from Paradigm Technology. Healthcare related programmes for the psion and other palmtops can be got from www.PDAMD.com. | ||||||||||||||||
| Using the psion to control the television: www.geocities.com/jpollock_2000/infrared.htm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Lockergnome. | ||||||||||||||||
| http://www.acronymfinder.com/. On their home page they say "Over 163,000 acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms and their definitions. The Acronym Finder is the web's largest database of its kind. Here you'll find definitions for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms about all subjects, including information technology, telecommunications, military, government, and much more." They have 14 definitions for "BTW". http://www.whatis.com/ Is a more Info technology based site. BTW was listed with about 140 other "Chat acronyms" | ||||||||||||||||
| "Satellite TV: Older, second-hand units are also around, though you should be aware that the technology in the second-generation boxes has apparently improved considerably, and also that Amstrad units are notoriously unreliable. You might like to check out alt.satellite.tv.europe, though as with all Usenet groups you have to filter the useful stuff out from the arguments, the bias and the general rudery." | ||||||||||||||||
| "The Free Site" claims to be the "largest and most popular site devoted to the topic of freebies on the Net." A smaller site is www.freespace.freeserve.co.uk - has very useful stuff on how to use your ordinary mobile phone to send and receive email. | ||||||||||||||||
| Hundreds of free eBooks are available from the University of Virginia Library: http://etext.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html | ||||||||||||||||
| A "babelfish" translation service is available from Altavista. "Altavista's site for translating raw text: http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com. Paste raw text into the text box, select source and target languages, and click Translate. Or past a URL into the text box to translate a web page." | ||||||||||||||||
| "There are MANY conversion programmes on the WEB all for free download. One called convert, does, volumes, areas etc. Look for it on the Wood working sites, or Two Cows etc. TUCOWS ... is a source of software that we should all have book marked; just burrow down for your appropriate platform. ... Anyone who has got a Psion 3 or Siena you can find an equivalent excellent piece of (conversion) shareware by Tim Bentinck on http://www.geocities.com/~bentinck/convert.htm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Forums for discussing, and sharing information, on a range of computing issues. http://www.experts-exchange.com/index.html | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer questions can be answered at http://www.whatis.com/ff.htm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Guide to creating a home LAN (local area network): www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/pines/1903. | ||||||||||||||||
| http://www.pcdirect.co.uk/texis/netbuyer/netbuyer/ for buying computers | ||||||||||||||||
| British Telecom has several sites. This one is Highway , and is about their new faster connections using an ordinary phone line service. You can get information about the new changes to the phone codes at www.numberchange.bt.com. | ||||||||||||||||
| Software Paradise (or email to Software Paradise), which is now a shop window for the high street shops, and www.jungle.com, which is the internet sales site. | ||||||||||||||||
| www.expansys.co.uk. | ||||||||||||||||
| Opera (brower, shareware) www.operasoftware.com | ||||||||||||||||
| Redsoft Nitro (brower, freeware) www.redsoft.ch/ | ||||||||||||||||
| Neoplanet (brower, freeware, from Bigfoot) www.neoplanet.com/ | ||||||||||||||||
| Collaborative filtering programme www.alexa.com/ | ||||||||||||||||
| Browser plug-ins | ||||||||||||||||
| Hewlett Packard's web site: useful for updated printer drivers etc. | ||||||||||||||||
| Iname (for free email forwarder/address) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bigfoot (for free email forwarder/address, and people finder) | ||||||||||||||||
| www.cnet.com and www.snap.com also provide free email forwarder, home pages, and software to download. | ||||||||||||||||
| Microsoft UK support site | ||||||||||||||||
| For seeing how your own site looks on different browsers & screen sizes: www.websitegarage.com | ||||||||||||||||
| For free statistics about your website: www.extreme-dm.com or www.net.stat | ||||||||||||||||
| Morgan Computers discount, surplus, computer equipment. Email. | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Manuals web-site or email. (Tel 0121 706 6000, fax 0121 606 0477). | ||||||||||||||||
| PGP International (PGP = Pretty Good Privacy) - you can download PGP (for private use) from this site. | ||||||||||||||||
| Reflex ("military" level encryption software). | ||||||||||||||||
| Anonymous surfing. http://www-new.the-cloak.com/ "Here's something to remember when surfing the Web: if you can see them, they can see you. In other words, it's not difficult for sites to get some of your information. Your name, address, online purchase history - when you make any of it available over the Web, someone else may (or probably will) see it. If you'd like to keep your surfing a little more private, why not Cloak it? The Cloak stands between you and whatever site you visit, encrypting all communications. "Without the-Cloak, you are connected directly to the machines you visit. These machines know where you are coming from. They know your computer's name, and they can even find out your name if your machine supports finger or identd." How's that for scarin' the IP out of ya?" | ||||||||||||||||
| Encryption from CryptoHeaven. From the
cryptoheaven website: "CryptoHeaven offers online, Internet accessible secure, fully encrypted services: "Secure Email, free and premium service available
"CryptoHeaven is developed to accelerate wide spread use of highest-grade cryptography and distributed without restrictions upon its further dissemination. "CryptoHeaven is a user-friendly, no-compromise information-heaven crypto system, where no third parties, including server administrators and others, have access to plain text version of transmitted information. Information is stored in encrypted form on the server as generated by the client, and only the sender and the recipient possess the keys to gain access to the information. Having the entire log of all transmissions made and all of the data stored on the server does not give access to the plain text version of information." | ||||||||||||||||
| WordTips. This email list and web site provide useful tips to using Word for Windows (and covers various incarnations of the product, not just Word97). It includes a weekly email mailing list, and a daily one. Recent daily word tip questions & replies cn be viewed here. I quote: "TO RECEIVE WordTips regularly via e-mail at no charge (or view the archives), visit its home page (http://www.VitalNews.com/WordTips/) or send e-mail to WordTips-request@dcomp.com with this single-line message: subscribe <address>. Make sure you replace <address> with the e-mail address to which you want messages mailed. You do not need to use a subject for the message. For those who want immediate assistance in addition to the weekly issue of WordTips, try out the DailyWordTips mailing list. This list is for those needing help and those willing to provide it. You can join this free list by either visiting the WordTips Web site (at http://www.dcomp.com/WordTips) or by sending an e-mail message to DailyWordTips-request@dcomp.com with this single-line message: subscribe <address> [as above]. (VitalNews also has other lists, e.g. one on Excel.) | ||||||||||||||||
| I have found a website that has how-to-info for advanced components of word: www.tech-tav.com. It is not a newsletter but has info on issues where word tends to stumble (master documents, indexing, numbering etc.). | ||||||||||||||||
| Find & Replace Tips for use in Word are posted on Allen's web site. To download directly, go to http://www.dcomp.com/WordTips/FNR.doc. "I used 3 heading levels in organizing it. If you wish, you can make a 3 level numbered Table of Contents. If anyone finds any mistakes, please let me know." | ||||||||||||||||
| http://www.wordmacros.com/macro_faqs/MiscellaneousRoutines.html#Bookmark5 sounds interesting. | ||||||||||||||||
| Technical writing discussion group archives: http://listserv.okstate.edu/archives/techwr-l.html. | ||||||||||||||||
| Copy editing discussion group archives: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/copyediting-l.html. There is also the "Copy Editor" publication, which requires a subscription to receive actual newsletter (tax deductible!). You can find a sample at http://www.copyeditor.com. | ||||||||||||||||
| http://www.etiquette.net/ - "Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. This page provides links to both summary and detail information about Netiquette for your browsing pleasure. | ||||||||||||||||
| Derby City page (or email). | ||||||||||||||||
| EasyType claims to be "the world's first comprehensive and free typing tutor delivered online". It claims to have animated instructors, games,... | ||||||||||||||||
| http://www.icq.com/icqhomepage.html - includes a peoplefinder. Download it from http://icq.tucows.com/partners/icq99a/. | ||||||||||||||||
| Thin (ethernet) world. | ||||||||||||||||
| Free software is available from The free site, CNET's Shareware.Com, and from 'Matt's Script Archive' Matt's Script Archive. | ||||||||||||||||
| IT Gossip: http://www.itgossip.net/. Ahmad Risk says: I am very fond of gossip. The useful variety of gossip. Apparently, Crick and Watson credit their discovery of the structure of DNA to constant gossiping! This site may be of interest to many of you. The site is a Mecca for those who want to know all the latest buzz in the world of the Internet! | ||||||||||||||||
| Millenium /time sites: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html;
http://time.greenwich2000.com. Clocks and
time: www.ubr.com/clocksHorology; www.horology.com. PC time& clock tools: www.winfiles.com.apps/98/clock.html
; Tucows time synchronisers http://tucows.cadvision.com/sync95.html. | ||||||||||||||||
| Demon internet - an internet service provider (ISP) | ||||||||||||||||
| Global internet - an internet service provider (ISP) | ||||||||||||||||
| NetDirect On-Line - an internet service provider (ISP) | ||||||||||||||||
| www.lostpassword.com has password crackers for most apps. | ||||||||||||||||
| www.spamcop.net report those Spammers! SPAM, aka Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) is one of the irritations of being on email. It is junk mail, often get-rich-quick schemes, chain letters, pyramid selling, or adverts for dubious products or pornographic web-sites after your money. | ||||||||||||||||
| www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/ijb.html - stop your browser from downloading junk. |
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| If you want to set up an email mailing list, you could try Yahoo! groups (formerly eGroups), ecircles, or PostMaster Direct. Alternatively, you could set up a web-based discussion board or forum at www.boardhost.com. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| www.zeroknowledge.com - send email privately | ||||||||||||||||||||
| www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/ijb.html - eliminate junk from your email? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| www.paypal.com (send and request money online for free.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Free internet email addresses are available to anybody with access to a browser - and can be used from any browser anywhere - you don't need your own computer. To find somewhere where you can get a free mail account, you can do a search at http://www.emailaddresses.com/. I use bigfoot and iname, but you can get free email from: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| If you want to find a mailing list, try www.Liszt.com, www.neosoft.com/internet/paml and www.reference.com. www.deja.com; www.tile.net/lists/ - provides details of LISTSERV discussion groups, and how to join them. www.paml.net - publically accessible mailing lists. |
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| www.zeroknowledge.com - send email privately. |
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| Software (including OS upgrades) for Compaq iPAQ from http://www.ipaqsoft.net/ |
| Handyzip for pocket PC from http://www.pocketpccity.com/software/pocketpc/HandyZIP-2000-11-27-ce-pocketpc.html |
| "Wallet" for pocket PC from http://www.pocketpccity.com/software/pocketpc/eWallet-Professional-Edition-2001-3-16-ce-pocketpc.html |
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| Look up UK phone numbers at www.bt.com/phonenetuk/. |
| Visit www.zenadsl.com to see if you could get ADSL in your (UK) area. |
| NTL has taken over Cable and Wireless UK (which had taken over Mercury). Their information on the phone number changes happening on 22 April 2000 for landlines, and over the following year for mobiles, can be found here. |
| British Telecom. Their information on the phone number changes happening on 22 April 2000 for landlines, and over the following year for mobiles, can be found here. |
| YAC ("You're always connected") provide, free, a mobile phone number, which you can set up to divert to another mobile of ordinary phone number. Callers pay the rates they would pay for dialling any mobile number. (Presumably they make their profits on the difference between mobile and land-line rates.) Most interestingly, the number to which calls are redirected can be in one of many countries: my brother, for example, has a UK YAC No, which we can use to call him in the USA. |
| Interphone - cheap international phone calls. http://www.flexi.demon.co.uk/ (Will be http://www.phone2phone.co.uk/ soon.) - also www.planet-talk.co.uk |
| http://www.dial1602.co.uk/index-2.html - cheaper phone calls in the UK |
| http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/ - excellent advice re mobile phones . |
| Freespace has very useful stuff on how to use your ordinary mobile phone to send and receive email. |
| O2 (formerly cellnet cellnet Genie. Once you've registered at this site you can send SMS messages to cellnet telephones. |
| You can also send SMS messages via Vodafon'es UK "Vizzavi" site. |
| You used to be able to send SMS messages – without registering first – at www.smsboy.com, www.iobox.com (where you can also send email from your mobile using SMS - send message "m somebody@somewhere.com message" to 07946 354378), and www.uboot.com. This may have changed - many sites now charge for this. |
| About SMS: www.mobilesms.com |
| O2 (formerly cellnet cellnet Genie. Once you've registered at this site you can send SMS messages to cellnet telephones. |
| You can also send SMS messages via Vodafon'es UK "Vizzavi" site. http://www.vizzavi.co.uk/mobile/handheld/ppc_setup.jsp on how to set up the mobile to work with Vizzavi (from Vodafone). |
| Short messaging system (SMS) messages can be sent to GMS mobile phones using the internet, via http://www.mtn.co.za/sms/. UK Vodaphone is excluded, however: I called them about this on 5/2/99, and they told me that this was because they could not identify where the messages were coming from, and some people had received the equivalent of junk mail this way. Vodaphone also said, however, that they hoped to set up their own web site (presumably capable of doing this). Genie seems to work, however. |
| http://aa.nu/faxtext/ This is now a very simple gateway that allows incoming single SMS messages (up to 160 characters) to be forwarded to email or fax. |
| www.ericsson.com/r380 - "smartphone" - very good kit, if advert is to be believed |
| http://www.mediasite.ukf.net/ for ISP and telecomms info. |
| www.planet-talk.co.uk for cheap international phone calls 0800 036 2195 |
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| There's a huge database of tips at www.mvps.org that cover every imaginable topic, and from what I've seen the information is quite accurate, without any heavy pro- (or anti-!) Microsoft bias. The work churned out by the assembled MVPs (most valued professionals) is strictly first-rate - and they, too, are all volunteers. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The MSKB is Microsoft's monster database, its repository of all answers, trivial and sublime. There are two parts to MSKB. The public part, which you can search any time, has thousands of useful articles, some of which are actually legible. The private part is available to MS employees only - it contains sensitive information about problems and solutions, internal procedures and the like. The MSKB is also available directly on the Web, at http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp. Using the native MSKB lets you search for anything and everything. If you call Microsoft and get a tech support rep on the phone, guess what the rep uses to find answers to your questions? Eliminate the middleman (or woman). Go straight to the source. Hit the KB yourself. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Microsoft provides loads of information, of course. If you have the Microsoft knowledge base tip number, for example Q155/4/65, put the number (sans the slashes, Q155465) in the subject line and send to: mshelp@microsoft.com. The Microsoft knowledge base server will return the article to you (depending on how busy their server is it can take a few minutes to several hours). If you have several numbers, place them on the subject line seperated by a comma. You might be able to get an update to your Times New Roman font that includes Hungarian characters. The places to look are the Microsoft Typography and Windows Update web sites. http://www.microsoft.com/typography, http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm, http://www.microsoft.com/typography/multilang/default.htm. Microsoft has defined a character set standard which includes characters required by Western, Central, and Eastern European writing systems, as well as characters required by Greek and Turkish. This "Pan European" character set contains 652 characters and is called WGL4: Windows Glyph List 4. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Demon Internet Helpdesk Web Site can be found at: http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/. | ||||||||||||||||||
| FIND AND REPLACE tips. "What if you want to, say, replace all occurrences of one foreign character or dingbat symbol with another? Replace every occurrence of one style or font or other formatting with another? Ensure each Heading 1 paragraph is preceded by a page break, without using the notoriously unreliable manual page break? Delete the bracketed tags (<example>) from a document without affecting other text? Transpose dates from mm/dd/yy to yy/mm/dd? How do you control whether or not the contents of your Headers and Footers are included in your search and replace? For the answers to all these questions and much more, check out http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/FindingSpecialCharacters.htm and the articles linked from that site. And while you're there, do explore the FAQs and Tutorials sections of the MVP site - you'll find a goldmine of useful information." | ||||||||||||||||||
| There's a huge database of tips at www.mvps.org that cover every imaginable topic, and from what I've seen the information is quite accurate, without any heavy pro- (or anti-!) Microsoft bias. The work churned out by the assembled MVPs is strictly first-rate - and they, too, are all volunteers. | ||||||||||||||||||
| www.pcnineoneone.com | ||||||||||||||||||
| www.primeconsulting.com/annoyanceboard/. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Linda, Computer Tutor, www.personal-computer-tutor.com writes: anybody who wants to learn how to do a mailmerge, can check it out: http://www.personal-computer-tutor.com/mailmerge.htm. If you go to my individual office pages, there are some links to some good macro instructional pages and there is a page on powerpoint. Check it out: http://www.personal-computer-tutor.com/office.htm - just click on the picture which refers to the office program you want to learn more about. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The reader for Adobe's Acrobat "portable document files" - those files with the extension .pdf - is free, and the latest version can be downloaded from www.adobe.com. Many computer magazine cover discs also include it. There's 3rd party software that will convert PDF, with varying degrees of success, to various formats including Word and RTF. search at: www.iceni.com; www.planetpdf.com; and www.pdfzone.com. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The WOPR lounge. This is a discussion area where you can post questions and answers about Microsoft Office products (and third party add-ons). You can subscribe to a weekly "tips for getting the best out of Office" mailing list - and then send in your problems and queries by email - through the Woody's Office Watch ("WOW") site, or check out the back issues first via Woody's Home Page (called WOPR - "Woody's Office Portal"). It has an introduction to VBA specifically aimed at beginners at http://www.wopr.com/vbavalet/. ( Here's the link for the old WUON (Woody's Underground Office Newsletter). | ||||||||||||||||||
| http://www.dialright.com/ will sell you software for changing phone codes etc. in Outlook - really aimed at US market. Might possibly help with BT phoneday changes. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A similar discussion area for Windows 95 is "Inside Windows 95". (It takes ages to download the front page.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loads of information about Microsoft Word and related products is available via WORDinfo WebIndex. I identified "LEO"an on-line English-German dictionary this way, for example. | ||||||||||||||||||
| "For geek-free, commonsense advice on building a low-budget web site, read "Poor Richard's Web Site" today. Visit http://PoorRichard.com/visit/true.htm for chapters, contents, sample web-site utilities, reviews, free articles, and of course much, much more!" | ||||||||||||||||||
| An on-line course in VBA (visual basic for applications) programming (Excel and Word specific). | ||||||||||||||||||
| JoJo Zawawi's VBA Code Samples page | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vital News Web page web addresses:
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| In response to a query about numbering problems in Word, Phil Rabichow [mailto:phrab@earthlink.net] wrote (in April 1999): "I recently discovered a site where there are several downloads for numbering problems with Word, especially Word 97. Copy their information & download SEQNUM.DOT from that site. I believe this will work, although I haven't had time to check it out. The web site is ftp://knowhow.com/MSWord." | ||||||||||||||||||
| An excellent source of information about Microsoft Excel. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Outlook and Exchange Server are covered at the Microsoft site, and also at start at the Slipstick Systems Exchange Center "your top resource for information about Microsoft Exchange, Windows Messaging and Microsoft Outlook" and "the oldest and most comprehensive outlook/exchange/messaging site around". If you need help with Outlook's "you might want to look at exlife, Mokry Systems". | ||||||||||||||||||
| Field Differences Between Outlook and Word 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q211/4/24.asp; http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q197/7/16.asp | ||||||||||||||||||
| "When you use the Microsoft Outlook Address Book as a data source for a mail merge in Microsoft Word, the Outlook Contact records are converted into a file named ~~~_virtual_file_~~~.olk. Some Outlook fields are not available in this file and some field names are a bit different from what they are in Outlook. This article describes the Outlook fields available to Word Mail Merge and lists those that are not available. A few fields in the "All Contact Fields" group in Outlook have different names in Word Mail Merge. Most have the same name in both Outlook and Word, but some are not available in Word at all." | ||||||||||||||||||
| Download viewers for Office software at: officeupdate.microsoft.com/Articles/viewerscvt.htm | ||||||||||||||||||
| outlook x400 stuff: www.steveion.ic24.net/stuff/exchange.html | ||||||||||||||||||
| Having seen many posts regarding the use of Outlook Rules, I thought that some might be interested in an article from Naked PC. It's at http://www.thenakedpc.com/articles/v02/02/0202-05.html | ||||||||||||||||||
| for information on Word for Windows http://www.mvps.org/word | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Do you have Computer Questions? Then join the Comp-Quest list. For more info on how to join, send a blank e-mail to comp-quest-info@autoresponder.freeyellow.com or visit the web site at http://www.comports.com/compquest." | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Hey, do you need free technical support? Point your browser over to http://www.nowonder.com/ and check it out." | ||||||||||||||||||
| Excel forums. Dave David S Longman
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| There is an Access (database) list: Access-L. To subscribe, send a message to LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM with the following text in the BODY (not the subject) of the e-mail: SUBSCRIBE ACCESS-L (may be abbreviated to SUB ACCESS-L). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lost your password? Find it at http://www.LostPassword.com/?zdt5. Password recovery tools for Excel, Word, Outlook, Access, Lotus, Exchange, Schedule, Mail, and Money. Free demos available! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Internet Explorer tips. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Tune up your computer at http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/. | ||||||||
| I use the bibliographic database and reference manager "Endnote". The web site has a form for signing up for their users email list.Endnote FAQs can be found here. | ||||||||
| Journal abbreviations can be found at a few sites, including: http://library.caltech.edu/admin/abbreviations/; Journal Abbreviation Sources; a text list of all index medicus journal abbreviations from National library of medicine; index of medicus abbreviations from medscape. | ||||||||
| If you want to read up about and compare bibliographic packages, visit http://www.burioni.it/forum/ors-bfs3/ors-bfs.htm,
which compares:
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| Medical journals, for importing into Endnote, can be downloaded from the University Library Maastricht (Netherlands) home page: http://www2.unimaas.nl/~ub/indexe.htm (click on "Library Services" and "endnote" respectively. At the > bottom you will find the list. It's marvelous: if you import it as your journal term list, the full name or abbreviated name of the journal will appear in your bibliography depending on the (export) style you choose. Another source of this information is the "Company of Biologists" page for EndNote users, at: http://www.biologists.com/cob/help/endnote.html. A journal list is stored as part of an EndNote library. If you maintain multiple libraries, you must import the journal list separately to each (or not, depending on your needs). | ||||||||
| http://www.hotmetalpro.com/ - HTML editor/web building software (like MS Frontpage). | ||||||||
| CNET Help.com "is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of computer and technology questions and answers, culled from Usenet newsgroups
and submitted by users around the world. And the best part is, it's all free. Here's some
of what you can do:
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Many sites now exist where you can store files, for retrieval via a web browser anywhere (usually a password is required). They include:
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| Web Novice. 'New to the Net? This beginner's guide will help you find what you want on the Web and understand the jargon. The site provides good basic advice on how to surf the Net faster, join newsgroups, download software, choose the right ISP and create your own homepage on the Web. There's also a discussion forum although there's not much in it, and a link to Amazon bookstore with recommended internet titles if you want to learn more. The site doesn't look much, but it is quick and easy to find the info you want. More topics would be welcome.' I was very impressed. It includes excellent tutorials. I shall recommend this site to all the web novices I come across. |
| http://www.etiquette.net/ - "Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. This page provides links to both summary and detail information about Netiquette for your browsing pleasure. |
| .Net. 'One of the most popular Internet magazines and with good cause. It's a well-written product which recognises that not everyone's a Nerd. There's advice for those about to step into Cyberspace as well as more detailed information for the experienced surfer. Best of all, it's not weighed down in technical gobbledegook. There are links all over the place, one for every day of the month, quick hits, on-line events, weird net, features and more.' |
| "The complete BBC Webguide." |
| My tutorial on using the internet (for communicable disease control people) |
| Domain name registration: ...uk (~£5) www.nic.uk, www.nic.uk/members.html; .net, .com, or .org ($70) www.networksolutions.com. |
| Tutorial on html: Webmonkey HTML Basics |
| www.octopus.com and www.onepage.com help you create and publish web pages |
| HTML primer: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerAll.html |
| www.octopus.com and www.onepage.com help you create and publish web pages. |
| HTML primer: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerAll.html |
| More on writing web pages: www.itwriting.com/pcw/menu.html. |
| www.theopenchannel.com - private intranets for groups. |
| Many websites use "cookies" - www.cookiecentral.com. |
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Virus detection/repair/protection stuff, hoax information, and "SPAM".
| F-prot home page. F-prot is an
excellent virus checker programme which is (I think) free for personal users. You can pick
up a copy of the current version of F-PROT here: ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/virus/fp-304a.zip, ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/virus/fp-304a.zip, or http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/virus/fp-304a.zip mirror sites are listed here: http://www.complex.is/f-prot/mirrors.html Information on how to obtain the latest version is here: http://www.complex.is/f-prot/obtaining.html. |
| More virus information is available in this Word document from Network Associates. |
| There is additional information about the W32/ExplorerZip.worm virus on theMcAfee web site: http://www.mcafee.com/viruses/explorezip/default.asp |
| To make an incident report on a virus, locate the incident report on the National Infrastructure Protection Center's (arm of the FBI) website: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/assessments/2001.htm. The FBI is very interested in investigation and apprehending virus perpetrator's whether the virus is knowingly or unknowingly sent. If everyone that receives a viruses email would report it to the FBI's NIPC then the perpetrator can be identified and apprehended. The FBI has the equipment and capability for accumulating, sorting and matching these reports. |
Some view hoax e-mail "warnings" about terrorism as, a form of terrorism themselves. ALWAYS CHECK OUT "warnings" that you get from friends by e-mail BEFORE you pass them along
| Computer Virus Myths (named by Yahoo Internet Life magazine's January 2000 issue as a Top 100 Best Site for 2000. |
| Information on virus hoax emails is available from http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm. |
| Hoaxbusters. |
| List of "urban myths", hoax emails, etc. |
| "Snopes" Urban Legends Reference Pages |
| http://Vmyths.com: "THE place to learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, and hysteria." |
"SPAM", aka unsolicited commercial email (UCE) is the email equivalent of "junk mail". Robots trawl the internet for email addresses, and send mail to them inviting you to get rich quick (some scam or other), offering to lend money, or inviting them to subscribe to pay web sites - usually for porn0graphy. They often try to slip past your email "adult mail" detection systems by doing things like I just did - using a nought instead of an o, so that the word isn't recognised...
I have taken to reporting all the SPAM messages I receive to Spamcop (www.spamcop.com), which reports the Spammers to their ISP, making it harder for them to send further SPAM messages.
Bigfoot - the email forwarder I use - has now instituted a spam filter which seems to work very well (others may have done this also). You still receive the messages, but the subject line is prefixed with a message that makes it very easy to filter the messages into your junk mail folder - so you can easily deleted them, but you can also check that no messages have been inadvertently put there first if you want to.
Randy Cassingham has posted some useful information on SPAM here.
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| UK sightseeing etc. |
| Travel agents, guides, general bookings... |
| Road travel (including coaches). |
| Rail travel. |
| Airlines. |
| Channel crossings |
| Activity holidays |
| Travel health (on another page) |
| Maps, miscellaneous travel. |
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Millenium dome (or here) - and the BT "Talk" section.
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| A good place to start is www.expedia.co.uk. ebookers is another good place to try. |
| For bargains, try www.teletext.co.uk/holidays (it's much quicker on the web than using teletext!). |
| Thomas Cook. |
| Condé Nast Travel guides. |
| www.bargainholidays.com |
| www.cheapestflights.co.uk |
| www.cheaperholidays.com/. |
| www.bridgetheworld.com |
| and for DIY apartment etc. rentals, www.holiday-rentals.co.uk |
| Cork & Kerry Tourism. |
| Complete Skier & Snowboarder http://www.complete-skier.com: "The leading UK-based skiing and snowboarding guide. Snow reports, resort information, travel offers, instruction and fitness programs, diary, news, equipment reviews and health information." See also www.skipages.com; Big Powderhorn ski resort in Michigan's USA: http://ski.news-report.htmlplanet.com. |
| http://www.campingfrance.com/ - excellent site. Look also for "camping a la ferme", syndicat d'initiative. |
| http://www.intervac.com/ - for exchanging homes for holidays. |
| www.kizoom.com - rail travel info via SMS (??implemented yet, or just via WAP) |
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| Real-Time Traffic Information from the Highways Agency. |
| Trafficnet - information about current hold-ups etc. on UK motorways and main roads (from Vauxhall). Requires MacroMedia. Similar information is available from the RAC. |
| www.5minutesaway.com - thousands of alternative stops within 5min/3miles of major motorway junctions. |
| National Express Coach Service. You can check timetables and book seats from this web site. |
| Speed camera info |
| London bus companies http://www.ukbus.com/london/companies.html; http://www.arriva.co.uk/. From Arriva site: "ARRIVA is placing further emphasis on through ticketing, better connections between services and modes and improved information on timetables and fares. More is to be made of smartcard technology to improve convenience." We look forward to seeing this: commuting from Ewell West (in Surrey) to Kingston (in the London Transport area) requires a ticket from LT, and a separate one from Arriva. And the Arriva season ticket costs more than buying a daily ticket! |
| www.5minutesaway.com - thousands of alternative stops within 5min/3miles of major motorway junctions. |
| www.drive-alive.com driving holidays in Europe – lots of info on channel crossings, motels… |
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| Qjump and The Trainline are good for buying tickets, checking timetables, etc. There's now an international version of The Trainline, and Qjump also apparently does at least some European tickets. |
| Nationalrail and rail.co.uk give live information about delays, arrivals, departures etc. |
| London Transport. |
| London Transport: www.londontransport.co.uk and (since 24/10/2000) www.ticket-on-line.co.uk for LT season tickets etc. |
| www.thetube.com - London Underground website, launched Nov 2000. See also tubehell- which can send you SMS messages informing you of delays etc; and www.transportforlondon.gov.uk. |
| Travelling on the Tube or Docklands Light Railway (DLR)? To reduce delays, you can subscribe to Metro Alerts to receive SMS messages about delays etc.. |
| Belgian rail |
| Raileurope (0990 848 848 or 08705 848 848) for travel via Eurostar and onwards into France and continental Europe. |
| Deutsche Bahn AG - information about the German railway system, timetables, bookings. Its pages in English are used by many to check UK train times - some find the site easier to use than the UK-based sites. |
| Eurostar (or www.eurostar.com). |
| Virgin's online train and ?plane booking: www.thetrainline.com. |
| http://www.raileurope.co.uk/index_e.htm (0990 848 848 or 08705 848 848). |
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| A good place to start is www.expedia.co.uk. ebookers is another good place to try. | ||
| British Midland International This is the web site of BMI airline: you can book flights, and check timetables here. | ||
| British European – another discount airline. Destinations mainly in UK, Belgium, Netherlands, and Northern France (although does go as far South as Strasbourg, Lyons, Clermont Ferrand, and Toulouse). | ||
| Lufthansa Home (you can book flights and check timetables - and not just Lufthansa timetables - here. | ||
| British Airways. They now also have a budget flights subsidiary: Go-fly. | ||
| Buzz (a budget subsidiary of KLM). You can book your flight on the site or by calling direct: UK - 0870 240 7070; FRANCE - 01 55 17 4242; GERMANY - 069 5007 0133; AUSTRIA - 01 7956 7977; ITALY - 0269 68 2222. | ||
| Continental airline. | ||
| Lastminute : "Exclusive Travel, Entertainment and Present Deals 24 Hours a Day" | ||
| http://www.easyjet.com/ | ||
| http://www.debonair.co.uk/ - "temporarily shut down" when I tried it | ||
| http://www.ryanair.ie/ - good deals available flying to or from Eire. | ||
| http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/ - especially good for holidays and long haul flights, I gather. | ||
| Virgin Atlantic (for transatlantic/long haul flights) and Virgin Express for European flights. | ||
| www.another.com (??) | ||
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| Air Berlin has cheap flights within Europe, especially to and from Berlin. | ||
| You could also try www.bridgetheworld.com, www.cheapestflights.co.uk or www.skydeals.co.uk - but I don't know much about these sites. |
For information about flights to or from the UK, try:
| Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). |
| Also BAA - from which you can check on flight arrivals, and even arrange to be sent details of specific flights by SMS (but only, at least in November 2001, by Vodafone). |
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| Eurotunnel now does online bookings. |
| Ferries to and from the UK are listed here. See also www.ferrysale.com, http://www.directferries.co.uk/dover_calais_ferry.htm, and http://www.findspot.com/cheap_ferry_deals.htm for discount crossings. |
| P&O now offer booking etc. ("On-line bookings/fare calculator/availability check; Special pages for our customers who have been issued a PIN; On-line Voyager enrolment; When in France section, including an events calendar..." |
| See also http://www.seafrance.com/en/home/index.php, www.norfolkline.com, http://speedferries.com. |
| www.dfdsseaways.co.uk for ferries to Germany and Denmark. |
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| Adventure Sports. Featured in Guardian feature on surfing holidays. Based near Redruth in Cornwall, ofering weekend, fve- and seven-day residential multi-activity holidays (and plans to offer week-long surfing courses for beginners, intermmediates, and advanced surfers. |
| Surf South West. Featured in Guardian feature on surfing holidays. BSA-approved courses and holidays at its surf school at Croyde Bay, North Devon. Also group trips to Costa Rica and Lanzarote. |
| Pure Vacations. Featured in Guardian. "Surfing holidays from Ireland to South Pacific. A week at Bundoran, on Donegal's Atlantic coast, costs from £84pp". |
| Winter Waves. Featured in Guardian. "Based near Cadiz where the waves are good and the crowds smaller. A two-bedroom house costs from £300 for a week, and Winter Waves can arrange flights and car hire." |
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| The best mapping site I've come across is www.multimap.com. UK streetmaps are also available here. (US streetmaps are available from Four11.) Also the UK Travel Guide and Interactive Map of the UK and Ireland. Paris street maps. See also www.getmapping.com. |
| You may find this website useful. When you enter a postcode it gives you a position on a street map. For rural addresses, zoom out by clicking on the minus button and you get a position on the Ordnance Survey map. Very handy for locating schools, nurseries, section 47s Etc: http://uk2.multimap.com. |
| In Easter 1999 we had a great break in Ireland, near Cork, at Oysterhaven. They do family accommodation, arrange baby-sitting, and you can hire windsurfers, toppers, wet-suits... |
| http://www.magicaljourneys.com/index_islands.html - Lots of information about Greece and the Greek islands. |
| Solar eclipse with maps: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/TSE1999/T99PathDesc.html |
| www.leisurehunt.com |
| Look up UK postcodes at www.afd.co.uk/pcsearch.htm. |
| Cash Machine (ATM) Locator: http://www.visa.com/cgi-bin/vee/pd/atm/main.html. Ahmad Risk says: "This one from Visa is for the globe trotter who is forever running out of cash! This little application lets you locate your nearest Visa ATM wherever you are in the world! Who ever said that the Internet is not going to change our lives? My problem is that, of course, once I located the ATM, it won't be much use to me since I am always broke! Hey ho!" Might be used in conjunction with Currency convertor. |
| A2B Travel: http://www.a2btravel.com/. Ahmad Risk says: This is one of the better travel sites I came across recently. It uses the same databases the travel professionals use. It has vast airline schedule resources, hotels from all over the world and a huge collection of incredibly cheap bargain and last-minute holidays. Fast, comprehensive and customisable, the site handles queries in an efficient and intelligent manner. |
| Skiing |
| Government passport pages |
| http://streetmap.com/ lists many more map sites. |
| Weather information for the UK is available at various newspapers (see ezines above - e.g. at the Guardian), and the BBC. |
| We were in holiday in Switzerland in August 1999. We stayed in Acletta, near Disentis. There is a Disentis webcam if we want to see what it's like there right now, and somebody else has posted picture of Distentis on their web site. We were staying above the Hotel Sax, close to (and just below) Hotel Pez Ault - where we ate (well) on our last evening Disentis is in the canton of Graubünden. Places to stay in Disentis. |
| www.simply-travel.como.uk |
| Doyle's restaurant in Dingle... www.iol.ie/~cdoyles/index.html. |
| Patara Viewpoint hotel in Turkey www.pataraviewpoint.com. |
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| Glenn Hoddle web site |
| www.bbc.co.uk/sport |
| www.sportal.co.uk |
| www.football365.com |
| www.soccernet.com |
| www.scottishfootball.com |
| Football Unlimited |
| Leicester City Football Club (the boys are fans, even though we've now moved). |
| European soccer - an Italian site. |
| UK Football Pages |
| Cricket Unlimited |
| Cricket information |
| Scrum (Rugby) |
| Surfstation |
| RunLondon |
| Skiing |
These are some of the sites my children like.
| Various Harry Potter sites: www.geocities.com/harrypotterfans www.geocities.com/hwarts www.scholastic.com/harrypotter (I can't seem to get into the Scholastic (US) Harry Potter site - but www.scholastic.com works) and www.okukbooks.com/harry/body.htm |
| Arkady's home page |
| http://www.zeeks.com/applets/Roesser59/Sand/fun.asp |
| BBC Education On-line Home Page |
| KidScape |
| KidsCom Welcome to KidsCom |
| Leicester City FC |
| Mars' Moon Phobos |
| List of children's sites (many taken from Demon's Dispatches magazine) |
| Tamagotchi site |
| www.parents.org.uk has lots of activites to do with children |
| Kidsnet UK for a guide to days out with children in the UK. |
| www.visitbritain.com is similar. |
| www.booktrust.org.uk lists books for children |
| www.enchantedlearning.com lists lots of craft activities you can do with children |
| www.women.com and www.familyplay.com lists games for children |
| www.funschool.com is for younger children |
| www.baha.org.uk - activity holidays for children/families |
| www.famillies.co.uk for family holidays |
And more seriously...
| Revise on the internet at www.gcse.com. |
| www.ofsted.gov.uk |
| Parents guide to, and info from the UK government's (English) Department for Education and Employment. |
| www.microbe.org - microbiology for children with Sam Sleuth detecting the microbes... Includes some fun exercises to do. |
| www.educationotherwise.org; www.educate.co.uk. |
Useful homework sites include:
| www.homeworkhigh.com - from Channel 4. |
| www.homeworkelephant.co.uk |
| www.bbc.co.uk/education/schools/revision |
| www.schoolsnet.com |
| www.angliacampus.com: resources closely tied to national curriculums (??curricula). |
| www.askanexpert.com: put a question to a wide range of experts from astronauts to zookeepers |
| How things work (or possibly here). |
| www.livinglibrary.co.uk (aka http://livlib.eduweb.co.uk/) "The largest on-line collection of educational reference resources for teachers, students and parents. Whatever your task - find all the resources you need in an instant!" |
| www.brittanica.com |
| www.emulateme.com "Country information from around the world. A resource for business, tourists, students and teachers. The Internet's best source of country data!" |
| http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/ |
There is also a site for parents that seems quite good, including the "London Baby Directory".
I was looking on the web for sites of UK firms that could turn Powerpoint (or similar) presentations into 35mm slides. These were the first ones I found.
| www.rcwol.co.uk/35mm.htm |
| www.gbrack.demon.co.uk/ |
| www.canasta.co.uk/text/pres35mm.htm |
| www.zensys.co.uk/home/page/cascade/MS.html |
| www.business-presentations.co.uk |
| www.pexpress.co.uk/home.htm |
| Also, possibly, www.stockphotography.co.uk/digital.htm |
| Campaign for State Education ("CASE"). |
| Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has an excellent web site. It includes - among many other things - a thought-provoking discussion on why cannabis should be legalised. |
| London's South Bank - including http://www.oxotower.co.uk/ ("Welcome to Oxo Tower Wharf's website offering you the latest information on the freshest design and applied arts talent in the UK.", and the South Bank Centre.) |
| Teletext - This has some of the same information as goes on the ITV and Channel 4 (??and others) television teletext pages. You can, supposedly, trawl the holiday adverts rather more quickly and effectively than via the horribly slow teletext system. I've only tried it once and there was a link, supposedly to something I was interested in - but the link was wrong, and I could not locate the article I wanted. I was not at all happy about the site. Perhaps that was not typical... |
| Language line, or email info@languageline.co.uk. |
| Tim Albert's site (Tim Albert teaches writing for Medics.) |
| www.word-detective.com |
| What's funny. |
| http://www.explodingdog.com/ - request a picture drawn to your title. "{He draws your words} Simplicity is key, people! Sorry to shout, but a more truthful statement has never been uttered in respect to the Internet's beauty. Take "Exploding Dog," for example. You come up with a title, and this guy will draw a picture from it -- if it moves him (creatively). That's it. If that doesn't sound like a big deal, you need to check out his drawings. They may appear simplistic, but it takes a complex person to convey meaning through simple lines and shapes. I'm starting to sound like an art teacher, now. Hey, they're just cool, thoughtful drawings. Sit back and enjoy the view. Even submit a thought or two. What else are you gonna do? Okay, I'm through." |
| The Tate Gallery. Ahmad Risk says: This is one of my favourite art galleries. Right on the banks of the Thames. You can view the entire collection of some 25,000 works. Lots of free images to download. The home page opens with a nice revolving gallery of selected pictures in a slow animation. |
| http://www.artguide.org/ - "The comprehensive Internet guide to the art collections of Great Britain and Ireland." |
| Or, for something less highbrow, try Bad Art |
| Bridge scoring |
| Pogo – play games, including bridge, on line. http://www.pogo.com. (I'm peter_english at Pogo.) |
| The English Bridge Union has posted quite a lot of information, including information about minibridge, an excellent introduction to bridge for beginners of all ages, and the standard English bidding system. You can even play bridge online using English systems at www.ebuonline.co.uk/, but you have to pay to do so. (In contrast Pogo is free, but mostly North American bidding systems are more common.) |
| Another bridge site is the Acol Foundation; (Acol being the bidding system that the standard English bidding system is based on). Acol has many various flavours or variations. |
| www.acbl.org - American Contract Bridge League. Good for North American bidding systems, including Learn to Play Bridge – free software. |
| English folk dance and song society |
| Christmas sites. |
| www.findagrave.com |
| www.phos4.com/cmp/supermodels.html |
| UK comedy web sites: www.bwebb.tv, www.hahabonk.com, www.comedycircus.com. US ones: www.comedy.com; www.nationallampoon.com; www.hecklers.com; www.suck.com (satire); www.normalbobsmith.com. |
| Genealogy web sites include www.familysearch.org, www.cyndislist.com, www.genealogylinks.net, www.ancestry.com, www.familytreemaker.com. |
| Erotic literature |
| www.handbag.com/food/recipes/ - search database of >2000 recipes by keyword... |
| Want to send somebody an electronic postcard/greeting card? Try Just So Postcards, Shockrave flashcards, Blue Mountain Arts, Snap, or Nice Cards. Or send a recipe from www.radiotimes.beeb.com/delia/. |
| The Surrey Stick Theatre of Death |
| Name Your Baby |
| www.divorce.co.uk www.relate.org.uk |
| Centre for Environmental Technology at Imperial College, London. |
| European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. "A new sustainable development website facility has been launched by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (a nonprofit autonomous agency of the European Commission)... The Foundation website includes an extensive 'links' listing of 300 organisations who are pioneering sustainable development, including to conferences, networks, tools, and professional Training Courses. If you have information on Conferences, Networks, Tools or Training Courses related to Sustainable Development, we would very much appreciate it if you would consider submitting your website for review." |
| Royal Horticultural Society - now that we live close to Wisley we have become members... Makes us seem irredeemably middle class, I know. |
| Dutch association of Environmental Medicine and Environmental Health (in English). |
| Hungary's clean air action group. |
| Conservation Foundation (UK). |
| Consumers International. |
| European Environment Agency. |
| OGI International. Ukrainian Civil Initiative International Organisation "promoting participatory democracy for 'economic gains without enviromental losses'". |
| The Environment Agency (UK). |
| The USA's Environment Protection Agency (EPA) , which has, for example information on Radon, and much else besides. |
| European Union Water Quality site. (Also worth visiting the Euro currency [european monetary union] site at the same server.) |
| Environment Business Magazine. An article in the September 1997 magazine (which is quite an interesting read if you are interested in environmental health, pollution control...) listed several of the sites described below. Email the magazine at eb@cix.compulink.co.uk. |
| http://www.pollutiononline.com apparently has lots of links for pollution control professionals. |
| Zellweger Analytic's site. |
| Biffa waste services site. Includes monitoring data from its sites. |
| Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. |
| http://www.env-sol.com - "a company which sells training CD-ROMS on various health, safety and environmental elements." |
| http://www.marsdenviro.co.uk - produce Eco-Odyssey, "an interactive multi-media CD which allows a user to o a ful EMS audit." |
| CASA. Rudy Zimmer wrote: "In Alberta, we are dealing with sour gas and other oil & gas industry emissions as an air pollution issue and its effects on human health. Though outdated, the Clean Air Strategic Alliance homepage and the Project page highlights the "Human Health Project Team"'s efforts to establish a monitoring framework for Alberta using ambient air and personal exposure monitoring information and attempting to link it to various forms of human health data. CASA can be found on the internet at: http://www.casahome.org/. The idea of the Project is to establish a health surveillance function related to this Public Health issue in the long-run. The final draft framework should be ratified by the CASA board by June 1999 for implementation in some selected sites within the Province in the next 1-2 years." |
| Toxbase (toxicology data) |
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‘The Strategic National Guidance for the Decontamination of the Open Environment Exposed to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Substances or Material’ is now available on the Defra website: www.defra.gov.uk/environment/risk/cbrn/index.htm and at the UK Resilience website: http://www.ukresilience.info/cbrn/index.htm.
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Sometimes I add sites I'd like to explore here, before actually connecting to them....
| Local Government Chronicle. I'm not sure what else it carries, but apparently this web-site was the first to publish the May 1997 Queen's speech (in which the UK government sets out its legislative plans for the parliamentary session - the next term). EMAP seems to be a publisher, I think... |
| Medical sites (top of page). |
| Communicable disease surveillance sites |
| Medical and related journals |
| Medical information search sites |
| Medicine and information technology, including list-servers |
| Miscellaneous medical/public health medicine sites |
