Extended Links
This is a list of links to sites which I have found interesting / amusing / helpful on my travels round the web. I hope that you enjoy exploring.
As these sites are maintained by independent people / organisations and I have no control over their content; You click these links at your own risk. The opinions and advice contained in the sites below do not necessarily concur with my own view.
15x15 (Have your 15 minutes of fame)
Artcyclopedia
Banksy (Thought-provoking street art)
Bubble Project (Anarchic speech bubbles)
Julian Beaver (Amazing 3D pavement drawings)
Books
Barter Books (One of the largest secondhand bookshops in Europe)
Book Crossing (Release your books into the wild and see where they end up!)
Booker Prize
Pulitzer Prize
Christian
Bible Gateway (Searchable online Bible in various translations)
Brick Testament (Bible stories in lego)
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Crosswalk (Useful Bible study tools)
Faith Journeys
Gareth Davies Jones (Singer-songwriter with protest edge)
Living Waters
True Freedom Trust (Support for Christians struggling with homosexuality, and their family and friends)
Computing (Web / e-mail)
Cnet (Downloads and software reviews)
PDF to Word converter
Sound Converter (Convert .ACT files to MP3)
Tweetake (Back up your Twitter account)
DIY / Household
Eating / Drinking
Free Stuff
Games
- Ambrosia Software
Blast Billiards
DJ Trainer - Downloads: Macgamefiles
- Ink Link (Pictionary)
- Marbles
NationStates (Build and run your own country)
Nudist trampolining - Online Games: Kewlbox
- Online Games: Miniclip
- Online Games: Mousebreaker
- Online Games: Shockwave
- Online Games: Yahoo
Peekaboom - Reflex Tester
Spank the Frank - Twenty Questions
General
- 52 projects (Random acts of everyday creativity)
- Friends Reunited
Future Me (Send an e-mail to your future self)
Hunch (Fun help with making decisions) - Idea a day
Infiltration (Urban exploration) - Mail Preference Service (Rid yourself of junk mail and save the trees)
- Online Graffiti
History / News / Politics
Past Times Project (Trace ancestors and discover the history of Britain)
Legends of Me (Star in your own adventures)
Pimp That Snack (Home of giant creme eggs, giant waggon wheels and more!)
Preparing for Emergencies (Spoof government website)
Babel Fish Translation (Translate text and web pages into loads of different languages)
Cambridge Dictionaries (Search for definitions here)
Fun With Words
Gallery of "Misused" Quotation Marks
Good Quotes
Oxford Dictionaries (Search for definitions here)
Philosophy
Photography
British Wildlife Photography Awards
Flickr (One of the most popular photo-sharing communities)
The GIMP (Excellent free image software)
Guardian Camera Club (Monthly assignments and competitions and an interesting blog)
Imageshack (Online hosting)
Openshutter (Competition)
P.Base (Online hosting)
Photobox (Photo printing)
Photobucket (Online hosting)
Photochallenge (Challenges and assignments)
Photo.Net (Photography community with forums, reviews and galleries)
Smashandpeas (Photography tips, tutorials and inspiration)
Snapfish (Photo printing)
Quizzes: Quiz.co.uk
Famous Birthdays (Find out who else shares your special day. I can party with Kim Wilde and Owen Wilson)
FixYa (Free technical support for consumer products)
National Geographic maps
Wikipedia (The free encyclopaedia)
XRefer (Digital reference library)
Your Not Me (Gramatically incorrect but fun search for other people with the same name)
Science
- Absurd Inventions
- Electronics (DIY circuit diagrams and kits)
- Illusions: Sandlot Science
- Inventions
- NASA Earth Observatory
Project Implicit (Test your implicit associations and find out about your attitudes to race, disability and many other things)
Searches / Directories
Shopping
- Amazon
Boys Stuff (Loads of cool gadgets and toys - definitely not just for boys) - eBay
- Gadget Shop
- Interflora
- Internet Shopping UK
I Want One Of Those (Gifts, gadgets, kitch and more) - Personalised Gifts
- Sweet Shop (Favourites from your childhood)
- UK Shops (Internet shopping directory)
- Which? (Independent consumer advice)
Sport / Outdoors
- English Pool Association
- English Table Tennis Association
House Gymnastics (Keep fit at home with these interesting exercises) - National Trust On-Line
- Squash
- Swim Fit
- Wimbledon
- World Snooker Association
- Easy Jet
- Multimap
- Museums
- National Express
- Ordnance Survey Maps
- Rough Guides Travel
- Train Line
- Traveline (UK public transport)
- UK Tourist Info
- UK Villages
- United Kingdom Passport Service
- Up My Street (Everything you want to know about your area)
- World Travel Guide
Youth Hostel Association
TV / Films / Comedy
- Apple Movie Trailers
- Back to the Future
- BBCi Homepage
Chortle (UK comedy guide) - DigiGuide: TV Guide
- Eddie Izzard
- Julie Walters
Kaleidoscope (Classic television) - Light Lunch
Sausage Net (Cult and classic TV)
Simpsons - Victoria Wood - As Seen On TV
