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Resources |
| Altavista |
Heavyweight search engine that'll find
whatever you're looking for. |
Entcarta Online
 |
This on-line version of Microsoft’s
well-known electronic encyclopaedia is an excellent, searchable resource. |
| Dictionary.Com
|
Find English words and their foreign
equivalents. Let's see it translate "doohickey" |
| Doityourself
|
Do it yourself - anything - with help from
some on-line friends. |
| IE5 Companion
|
A complete guide to Microsoft's new browser,
from those nice people at .net magazine. |
| Encyclopedia.Com |
The Chambers Electronic Encyclopedia is at
your disposal. Browse it, search it, EAT IT! |
| Google |
A new super-duper search engine that wants
to be the best. |
| Infoplease |
Need a fact? Now you've got one. Millions,
actually. |
| Scoot |
A find-a-French-polisher rival to the
Electronic Yellow Pages, with fun links too. |
|
Culture |
| Alexendra Digital |
Fiction recommendation engine that guesses what
you'd enjoy reading based on what you already like. |
| Alt.Culture |
If a Martian came to Earth and wanted to learn
about culture, this is where he would browse. |
| Amazon |
The pioneering US bookshop opens a UK store. |
| Electronic Newsstand |
Get your culture fix from magazine Web sites. Take
your pick from this enormous directory. |
| Event Horizon |
Sci-fi, fantasy and horror literary e-zine that's
nothing to do with the film of the same name. |
| Salon |
The best on-line magazine combines big-name
writers and classy design. Long may it reign. |
| Nerve |
Get a heady skinful of romantic and passionate
cultcha on this slick site. |
| TV Cream |
Massive database of ancient TV programmes. No
great depth but a huge number of programmes covered. |
| Web Culture
|
Looks at cultures and the effect of the
communication age. Informative features mix with commercial ventures. |
| Zoetrope Stories
|
Take your brow even higher with Coopla's literary
e-zine and muse over the muse. |
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Technology |
| Builder.Com |
Complete resource for building your own Web site.
Nearly as good as .net's Web Centre |
| Inside DHTML
|
An extensive site with plenty of articles on-line,
and links to other sites. Also has info on other resources, like books. |
| Modem Help |
Help. For your modem. Whatever make or model.
Includes great advice for upgrading to V.90. |
| Mr. Driver |
Put an end to your hardware horror and keep your
system up to date with the latest drivers. |
| RealNetworks |
Learn all about RealAudio and find links to
streaming sound all across the Web. |
| Tom's Hardware
Guide |
He knows everything does our Tom - if it has to do
with hardware. |
| Tucows |
An excellent file site that reviews and rates
programs to avoid download disappointment. |
| Web Novice |
Get to grips with the Internet - the
plain-speaking guide reveals all. |
| Web Review |
Excellent utilities for producing a great Web
site, plus a nifty site analyser. |
| Web Utilities |
Software and tips to help you produce a great Web
site. |
| Winfiles.Com |
Hints, tricks and shareware for Windows 95 - not
an official Microsoft site |
|
Leisure and Sport |
| A2B Travell |
Eeeenormous holiday site that's destined to
put travel agents out of business for good. |
| ABCs of
Parenting |
Search engine for all your pregnancy and parenting
requirements. |
| Bargain
Holidays |
Does what it says on the site of the URL -
bargains galore. |
| Express Sport |
Reports on a wide range of sports and
enables amateur sporting folk to create home pages for their own clubs. |
| FT Quicken |
Get your personal finances sorted in your
spare time with the help of the excellent Financial Times. |
| FHM |
Tits 'n' bums and articles about cars and
aftershave. Blokes browse here. |
| Garden Guides
|
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. And so
could your garden be. |
| Golf.Com |
Beautifully presented golf site with news and
views from the US. |
| ITV Formula 1 |
The new season starts in March - get the inside
track from the official TV site. |
| Kodak |
Improve your picture taking skills by dipping into
Kodak's knowledge base. |
| Lonely Planet
Online |
The backpacker's essential guide to roughing it
around the world. |
| Musement |
Useful but ugly guide to what’s on at the
UK’s museums and galleries. |
| Recipe
Exchange |
If you can cook it, you’ll find it here.
Aardvark zucchini risotto ahoy! |
| Scrum
|
1999 is World Cup year for rugby and Scrum can get
you ready. Info on teams and match results with comments. |
| Soccernet
|
Nominated for a Webby, this footy site is a
resource for all those who worship 11 men. Team info, match results, news. |
| Talk City |
Talk in real-time with thousands of others, using
TalkCity’s nifty no-hassle Java chat system. Brillliaaaannnttt! |
| Travell
Guides |
Dull as ditchwater to look at, but featuring more
information than you can shake your passport at. |
| UK Mums |
Excellent resource for anyone starting a family or
with young kids. Dads are welcome, too |
| Unofficial Football
Network |
Created by fans for fans, with up-to-the-minute
match results and league tables, latest transfer talks and more.. |
| Visit Britain
|
The ultimate guide to Britain from the British
Tourist board. Covers everything from day trips to long holidays. |
|
Entertainment |
| Ain't It Cool
News |
Scoop-mongous film site, giving you insider movie
news. |
| Aloud |
Find out what's on and book tickets on-line for
events throughout the year. |
| BBC Online |
The BBC's public service site is packed with
goodies, even more so, we think, than Beeb. |
| Broadcast Network
|
RealAudio feeds aplenty, featuring books,
business, sport, music, movies, live chats, live music and more. |
| CD Universe |
Buy CDs from the US at bargain prices - order up
to £18 worth and pay no VAT. |
| Comedy Central
|
Kick ass at the home of South Park and download
lots of funny clips from the best show in town |
| Corbis |
Send virtual postcards, nick pics for your
wallpaper and buy prints of famous photographs. |
| Dotmusic |
Smack up-to-the-minute music news, reviews, gossip
and interviews |
| Funny |
On-line comedy directory with links to funnies all
over the Web. |
| Future Gamer
|
Get awesome game news delivered weekly via e-mail
or read it on the Web. |
| Idrink |
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to suit your
palette and the contents of your fridge. |
| Imagine Radio |
Just imagine if you had your own radio station and
you could decide what they played. Now you have! |
| Internet Movies Database
|
The premier movie information site on the Net. An
essential bookmark |
| Count Down
|
Interesting features and professional design...but
don't miss the Star-Wars-meets-South-Park video. Get it. Now. |
| Second Spin |
Order second-hand CDs from the USA at bargain
prices. Deal? |
| Toaster |
TV listings. Faster and less faff than the Radio
Times site on Beeb.com. |
| Ultimate Band List |
If they're not on the list, they don't exist.
Links to all your fave bands. |
| Useless
Knowledge |
Useless facts, useless quotes, useless everything
- and it's fascinating. |
| Yack |
Find out when and where on-line events and
celebrity chats are taking place. |
| Yuk Yuk |
Immerse yourself in comic genius at the unbeatable
YukYuk site. |
|
News & Current Affairs |
| ABC News
|
US news service with a mix of national and global
stories, plus entertainment news. Also links to on-line news events. |
| APB Online |
US police and crime news is always reading.
Includes archived FBI documents on Sinatra and others. |
| BBC News Online |
One of the best UK news site on the Web. And no
mistake. |
| CNN |
Ted Turner's troops bring you the news US-style on
a slick pic-packed site. |
| Electronic Newsstand |
Links to more than 2,000 on-line mags and e-zines.
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| Electronic Telegraph
|
The broadsheet for a blue-rinse view of the day's
happenings. |
| Megastar |
The Star does its dirty business on-line and in
fine style. Tits'n'bums ahoy! |
| Megastories |
Get the full background on the stories currently
making the headlines.. |
| Newsnow |
Don't waste time trawling normal news sites, get
the pick of the hot-linked headlines on one handy page. |
| The Onion |
The closest thing America has to The Day Today.
How you'll laugh. Ha ha ha. Like that. |
| The Paperboy |
Links to on-line editions of newspapers and
magazines from around the globe. Very handy. |
| Pathfinder |
Time. People. Fortune. Money. Entertainment
Weekly. Great US magazines the lot of 'em. |
| SCH News |
The protest politics agency of Britain delivers a
weekly dose of right-on rants. |
| The Smoking Gun
|
Digging the dirt behind the headlines - you read
it here first. Possibly. |
| Space News Online
|
Learn about space programmes around the world.
Daily dose of news and interviews from more than just NASA |
| Weekly World News |
Women with giant tongues, the truth about Roswell
and all the other news that matters. |
|
Science |
| BBC
Education |
Huge range of entertaining and informative pages
to back up the Beeb's education output. |
| Be well |
Medical guides to good health, covering topics
like healthy parenting, healthy sexuality, heathy man and healthy woman. |
| Chem Soc |
So you hated chemistry at school? If only ChemSoc
had been around then - especially the illustrated periodic table. |
| Discovery Channel
Online |
It's the Discovery Channel. Only it's on-line. And
you read it. And look at the pictures. |
| The Exploratorium
|
Excellent resource for kids (and grown-ups for
that matter) explaining how the world works. |
| Health Gate |
Medical advice in easy-to-download chunks,
including a SelfCare guide to healthier living. |
| How Stuff Works
|
It's written by Marshall Brain and everything!
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| NASA |
The space race may be over, but NASA's
extraterrestrial work goes on. And on. Who wasMr Hubble? |
| National
Geographic |
The GP's waiting room staple finds its way into
your Web browser. |
| New Scientist |
You come, you click, you read, your brain triples
in size. |
| Noble Channel |
What happened when Alfred invented dynamite, then
started to feel guilty. |
| PBS Online |
Read a wide range of well-written and
well-presented articles from this US TV station. |
| Project Amigo
|
Johan Reinhard has found his fourth Inca human
sacrifice on Peru’s Mt Ampato volcano. Get your science facts here. |
| Scitech Daily Review
|
A packed site updated daily with everything from
features on rockets to undiscovered mammals. |
| The Why Files
|
All your burning questions answered by those in
the know. |
