Links Section
Navigation
Rather ironic that I must provide links to navigate around the links page but I thought it would make things clearer, especially for users with low resolution displays.
1. Friends' Websites
- The Colour Blue
- Website of William Frass, Oxford University. Contains very good lecture notes and other tidbits.
- Andrew Garner's Web Portal
- Website of Andrew Garner, Oxford University. Contains other links and info pertaining to his interests.
- Paul Hennin's Website
- Website of Paul Hennin, also at Oxford University.
- taj photography
- Tim Johns is a keen photographer and his website includes a gallery, along with links to featured work.
2. News/Current Affairs/Politics
- Biased BBC
- This is a blog which seeks to uncover institutional bias in the BBC. It is updated every day and includes a whole host of information and links.
- News Sniffer
- This website allows users to track changes to articles on news organisations' websites (including the BBC and the Guardian).
- The Guardian
- Website of the Guardian newspaper in the UK. Contains a wealth of articles on science and technology.
- DW-World
- Deutsche Welle is Germany's international broadcaster and is a very reliable news source. The website also has a good German course on it.
- 18 Doughty Street
- Politics for adults. They sometimes carry good interviews
3. Photography
- Digital Photography Review
- Website with very comprehensive reviews on most modern digital camera. Also contains a news feed.
- Wikipedia Featured Pictures
- Section of Wikipedia for photographs which have been deemed to be of a very high quality (look out for my photograph of Broadway tower!)
- Steve's Digicams
- Another digital camera review site
4. Computing
- Debian GNU/Linux
- Website of the Debian GNU/Linux project which is my favourite distribution.
- Gentoo Linux
- This distribution of the GNU/Linux system uses a 'portage' system to compile everything from source. Very good if you want to delve deeper into the workings of a GNU/Linux system.
- Linux from Scratch
- I didn't get very far with this myself, but give it a go if you are brave enough!
- Neowin
- This website covers technology news (not just about windows) and provides fora and rss feeds.
- Notepad ++
- Very good, free of charge text editor
- thinkpads.com
- Thinkpad community support forum containing informations pertaining to all models.
- Notebookreview
- Website containing detailed reviews of many different notebook computers
5. Miscellaneous
- WorcWX
- Worcester Weather Station. Real time weather from the city of Worcester.
- Spaceweather
- Get real time data from probes in space. Includes sunspot count.
- Richard Booth's Bookshop Ltd
- Europe's largest secondhand bookshop which is located in Hay-on-Wye. They have a large selection of science/engineering books.