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The websites below are some of those which are currently favourites in my Internet browser. Please note that they are all external websites, and therefore I have no control over their contents. I do not accept responsibility for any actions carried out by these websites which may affect the operation of your computer. Nor do I agree with any or all of the opinions expressed on these websites, or the contents of the programs or macros listed on these websites. |
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| 1. | AA Traffic News http://www.theaa.com/traffic-news/index.jsp Useful to see if there are any local traffic jams |
| 2. | AltaVista UK http://uk.altavista.com/ UK site for Altavista search engine (particularly good for image searches) |
| 3. | Babel Fish Translator http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/ Translate sentences between different languages |
| 4. | BBC Working Lunch http://bbc.co.uk/workinglunch Website for excellent daily BBC programme about finance, tax, business news etc. Particularly useful for latest stock market and currency levels |
| 5. | Currency Exchange Rates http://www.trustnet.com/currencies/currencymatrix.aspx Check all the major currencies against the pound or the dollar |
| 6. | Daily Telegraph letters http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/ Daily Telegraph letters for the past few weeks |
| 7. | Dogpile.co.uk http://www.dogpile.co.uk/ DUK search engine which often finds sites not listed on other search engines |
| 8. | Education Guardian http://education.guardian.co.uk/languageresources/ News articles from the Guardian newspaper in French, German, Italian and Spanish |
| 9. | Esperanto Dictionary http://dictionaries.travlang.com/EnglishEsperanto/ English-Esperanto-English on-line dictionary, includes compound words |
| 10. | Euronews http://www.euronews.net/ A source of world news in a variety of European languages |
| 11. | Europe1 http://www.europe1.fr/ Website for the French radio station "Europe1", including news, sport, articles etc. in French |
| 12. | Foreign Languages Dictionary http://www.wordreference.com/index.htm Translate words between different languages |
| 13. | FreeSite.com http://www.thefreesite.com/ Lots of free Web stuff |
| 14. | Free Translation http://www.freetranslation.com/ Translate sentences between different languages |
| 15. | GoinGreen Electric Car http://www.goingreen.co.uk Website about an electric car available to buy in London (40 mph maximum speed, 40 mile range) |
| 16. | Google UK http://www.google.co.uk/ UK site for Google search engine |
| 17. | Home and Away Soap Opera http://www.homeandaway.utvinternet.com/Team/index.htm Character profiles (old and new), story lines, gossip etc. for my favourite soap opera |
| 18. | HTML 4.01 Reference http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/ Reference pages on how to write HTML 4.01 script |
| 19. | Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/ Comprehensive search engine and database of actors, TV programmes, films. Not just in the USA. Includes lots of photographs |
| 20. | Javascript Manual http://www.comptechdoc.org/independent/web/cgi/javamanual/index.html Useful source of Javascript tips |
| 21. | LyngSat Satellite TV Channels http://www.sat-address.com/ Database of satellite TV channels available by country or continent (includes frenquencies, satellite transmitter locations, links to other TV websites etc.) |
| 22. | Michelin Journey Planner http://www.viamichelin.com/ Plan journeys anywhere in the world (very handy for travelling round Europe by car) |
| 23. | Microsoft Visual C++ Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/default.aspx Microsoft's Developer Network (for Visual C++ pick 'Development Tools and Languages', 'Visual Studio 2005', 'Visual Studio', 'Visual C++') |
| 24. | Morphases.com http://www.morphases.com/editor/ Hours of fun creating faces from a library of noses, eyes, hair, mouths, ears, chins etc. |
| 25. | MS Excel Tips http://www.exceltip.com/ Useful tips for using Microsoft Excel, including macros and VBA |
| 26. | Multimap.com http://www.multimap.com/ Map search engine |
| 27. | National Rail Enquiries http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ Plan your journey on the UK railways (good luck!) |
| 28. | Official Documents Archive http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/ On-line archive of many UK government documents (from 1994 onwards) |
| 29. | Screenwriter's Store http://www.thescreenwritersstore.net/index.php Useful soruce of information and software about writing screenplays |
| 30. | Streemap.co.uk http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ UK map search engine |
| 31. | Strida Folding Bicycle http://www.strida.com/en/ Website about an excellent folding bicycle |
| 32. | Sussex Motorist Forum http://www.sussexmotorist.org.uk/ Interesting discussion about motoring in Sussex |
| 33. | Télérama French TV Listings http://television.telerama.fr/tele/grille.php See what's on French TV channels for the coming 5 or 6 days |
| 34. | Transport Direct UK Journey Planner http://www.transportdirect.info/ Plan your journey within the UK (car, bus, train, aeroplane) |
| 35. | TV5 http://www.tv5.org/index.php Website for the French satellite TV channel |
| 36. | Web Developer's Encyclopedia http://www.wdvl.com/ Tips and listings for website development |
| 37. | Yahoo UK & Ireland http://uk.yahoo.com/ UK site for Yahoo search engine |
If you know of any other similar websites that you think I may be interested in, or have any comments to make about the above collection, please send me your comments (see the bottom of this page).
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