| Latest links: |
| http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/sasia/calcutta1947/ : Pictures of Calcutta at during the end of World War 2 taken by a US military photographer. |
| Search: |
| www.alexa.com:nice search site based on Google with subject based search. |
| www.kartoo.com :nice metasearch site with flash |
| http://www.oobdoo.com/: another subject based search tool |
| Tech: |
| www.cplusplus.com : C++ heh |
| www.w3schools.com : Great site to learn html,xml,xslt,xquery,sql scripting and other stuff |
| www.flipcode.com/: Good programming resource |
| www.gamedev.net/ : Game dev site , but has great programming tutorials |
| http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-tutor.html : K&R C |
| Software: |
| www.google.com : obviously |
| www.tucows.com : software downloads |
| http://www.updatexp.com/sherlock-codec-detective.html : great s/w for codec problems.all-inone-codecs ( http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Pack_All_in_1.htm ) |
| solves quite a few too |
| http://64.78.49.204/: Bruce Eckel?s programming books (free) also at : http://jamesthornton.com/eckel/ |
| http://slashdot.org/ :computer related news |
| www.exeem.com :when it comes out :-) |
| http://www.theeldergeek.com/ similar to Slashdot has tutorials on common windows problems |
| http://www.snapfiles.com/ :formerly known as webattack |
| Winamp: |
| http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=79374: the best mp3 player becomes even better with ozone. I doubt there is a player that is better than winamp + izotope ozone , even the free version is great. ?Extra wide sound? is the my favorite preset. For a less demanding plugin , I would recommend Enhancer :http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=81361 |
| Wallpapers : |
| www.webshots.com (ok only 5 wallpapers a day , but there are few places on the web where you can get wallpapers better than this), www.hebus.com , www.deviantart.com ,www.gamewallpapers.com (pay site , but plenty of great free wallpapers) ,www.elimaginario.com . |
| http://www.john-howe.com/ : fantastic collection of tolkien art by the best tolkien artist ever. |
| http://www.coolbuddy.com/wall.htm : limited selection , but not bad. |
| http://www.panoramas.dk/: 360 degree panoramas, the quicktime plugin is reqd |
| Misc: |
| www.stupidvideos.com/Default.asp: stupid videos. The one about the preacher and an angel winning an ipod is great. |
| www.kontraband.com : British. Best viral video site on the net. The TV ads section is great. |
| http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/?Computer stupidities? |
| http://www.userfriendly.org/ : geek related comic strip (too geeky) |
| http://www.phrack.org/ :great hacking journal |
| Games: |
| www.gamebanshee.com : RPG news |
| www.gamefaqs.com: walkthroughs |
| http://vimm.net/ : Great site on the NES and SNES , these guys even have scanned copies of the ancient and holy instruction manuals. |
| The Supernatural , UFOs etc : |
| http://www.qsl.net/w5www/ufo.htm : fantastic set of articles on various supernatural stuff. |
| http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa101402a.htm : Best ghost photos ever taken , rather limited , but all the photos supposedly ?authentic? (before you ask , I don?t believe in ghosts , but looking at these sites is kinda fun). |
| http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/5318/ghost.htm amateur but ok. |
| http://www.ghostresearch.org/ghostpics/ : superb pics of ghosts here no popups , ads. |
| http://www.cryptozoology.com/ : for all the monsters you never new existed |
| http://www.unmuseum.org/unmain.htm : A museum , nice |
| http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/ :one of the very few good ezines on the paranormal |
| http://www.occultopedia.com/ Nicely made encyclopedia on the topic. |
| Mythology: |
| http://www.odinscastle.org/ : nice design |
| http://www.pantheon.org/ : another nice encyclopedia on mythology. |
| http://www.godchecker.com/ nice attitude , nice site. |
| PG tips tea bags? and similar collector cards |
| Trust me , this is good : |
| Way back in the 20th century , PG tips used to give away free collector?s cards with its tea bags. |
| I have never seen any company since that gives cards that are as interesting as these. They cover a multitude of topics and feature superb artwork. |
| Trust me , this is great. It sure brings back memories. |
| http://www.whom.co.uk/squelch/tea.htm : all the PG tips teabag cards ever made. |
| from the tea company themselves : |
| http://www.teacards.com/index.html : fantastic |
| Icewind dale 2 music : Infinitum |
| Diablo 2 OST mp3s here tristram.mp3 was my favorite |