Politas' Pointers

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A place to keep a few handy links.

News and other current events

Slashdot News for Nerds
Excite General news and web searches, web email accounts
Open Source (Nick Petreley's column at InfoWorld, used to be called "Down to the Wire")
LinuxWorld Linux-related web wagazine
New Scientist - On-line version

The Funnies

User Friendly
Waiting For Bob (Been on a break since June 2001)
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Linux

Linux Online - The Linux website
Linux Professional Institute open standard Linux certification
SAIR Linux & GNU Certification
EverythingLinux to buy linux-related items in Australia
WINE (WINE Is Not an Emulator) - Development HQ
TreLOS - Makers of Win4Lin
Brian's Bit Bucket - Some Linux hints & tips
 
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Web Tools

Netcraft Web Site Finder - Find a site, see what OS a site is using..
Web Interface to Whois - Useful to check who you're sending e-maill to.
ROT13 Encoder - a handy way to decode ROT13 if you're stuck on a basic web terminal
Learn2.com - Wondering how to do something? Give them a try, you never know.

Free Stuff


AngelFire Communications - Free Web Pages
Geocities - Another free Web Page supplier, the one I'm using now.

Search Engines

Google is the best search engine.
Excite General news and web searches, web email accounts
Web Wombat - Australian search engine
Matilda Search Engine - Another Australian search engine

HTML help

It's pretty obvious I haven't used much of this info to create this page.

The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
The Compendium of HTML Elements
WebReference
WebTeacher Tutorial
Writing HTML
HTML Goodies
EchoEcho - HTML, Javascript, etc
CNET.com - Web Building
WebTechs Validation Service - Does your web site pass the test?
What does your HTML look like without graphics?

The UVic Writer's Guide - General notes on English usage

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SES

NSW SES Home Page
Gunning SES is the SES unit I belong to.
An Evaluation of Humour in Emergency Work - The Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
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Gaming Resources

Historical Maps - University of Texas Collection
Sailor Squasher's Games Page
CleverMedia Shockwave Arcade Games written in Shockwave. Play from your browser
Virtual Pooh-sticks - A very relaxing way to spend a day.

GURPS

Steve Jackson Games
GURPS Web Ring List
GURPS Hornblower mailing list
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Callahan's Bar

These links are all relating to the alt.callahans newsgroup and the #callahans and #lunisea IRC channels on Undernet. Note that there is some duplication in the lists of patron's pages.
  • Callahan's Place
  •  alt.callahans Patrons: Anitra L. Freeman, Bill Gawne, Blessing (The Wilkinsons), Catnip Baggins, Claudia Marie, DM (DangerMouse), Doc Welby (Richard Jenson(Teacher)), EleanorCJ, FireSong, Jim M, Patchmaker, Polymath, Shadowcat, Talos, Tom Lee (Lamplighter), Tom Smith
  •  #callahans patrons :BGawne, Chris-O, Claudia, Dave, DM, Donovan, GriffJon, ManinBlk, miztique, Reptile, SEAMaiden, Shadowcat, Shannon, Six, TeeCee, Unbe, Vila
  •  alt.callahans - The newsgroup itself, if you have your newsreader set up for it
  •  #callahans - if you have mIRClink set up, try this link and please let me know if it doesn't work.
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    SPAM

    SPAM. Not the canned luncheon meat, the pesky messages on the Internet. There are two types of SPAM that are a real problem for the net as a whole. Excessive Multi-Posting (EMP) is what is normally defined as SPAM. This is where a message is posted multiple times to a variety of newsgroups. Excessive Cross-Posting (ECP) is known as Velveeta. ECP is where a single message is posted to a lot of newsgroups by adding all the groups to the newsgroup: line of the headers. It's annoying, but not as much of a problem for the net. Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (UCE) is the latest bugbear. This is where unscrupulous and short-sighted businessmen collect a list of every single e-mail address they can find and send them all an e-mail advertising some product or service. It's like paper-based junk mail, but the difference is that YOU pay the bulk of the costs involved.
    Fight Spam on the Internet! - Some good information on what to do and wwhat not to do about SPAM.
    alt.spam FAQ - or "Figuring out fake E-Mail & Posts"
    Net Abuse FAQ - The most frequently asked question is always "Who do I complain to about this?"
    Snark - Commercial E-Mail Service (Great idea for US citizens annoyed by UCE)
    MMF Hall of Humiliation - If you haven't heard of the Make Money Fast scam, you obviously haven't been on the net long.
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    Art

    I wouldn't call the Internet the best of places to find art, what with all the slow downloads, but there is some interesting stuff out there.
    H.R. Giger - His Web site. Wow.
    Gen13 - Some nice artwork from the comic series. Never read it myself, but the pictures are cool.
    do da DADA - DADA. A serious art form or just a joke? Perhaps both.
    Butch's Links - Lots of interesting links here, but especially check his Gifs directory for a lot of gif and jpg images
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    Humour

    In absolutely no particular order.
    User Friendly - Online comic strip
    Waiting For Bob - Online comic strip
    Manfred & Gordon's Virtual Patisserie - Deliciously funny
    500 Point Purity Test - It's a classic.
    Centre for the Easily Amused - A guide to wasting time
    do da DADA - DADA. A serious art form or just a joke? Perhaps both.
    Joke-A-Day - A free e-mail list which will send you a joke every workday
    The Hodge-Podge Transformer - Strange conspiracy stuff. fnord.
    Bad Kitty! - What would you get your cat to write 100 times on the blackboard?
    The Dilbert Zone - What do you mean you haven't heard of Dilbert? He's probably one of your workmates.
    Cows Caught in the Web
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    Everything Else

    Focal an Lae - The word of the day in Irish
    crypto.com - Matt Blaze's cryptography resource on the web
    INFORMATION SYMPHONY - Cheap computer components in Canberra. I bought a motherboard and one of my Diamond video cards from them. Good pro-active after-sales support.
    The Jargon File, v3 - The not-quite-official Hackers Lexicon
    The Jargon File, v4 - A more recent version
    Kingdomality - What is your Medieval Vocational Personallity?
    Kiersey Temperament Web Site - Personality Typing using the Myers/Briggs personality types.
     
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