Links
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Boredom killers
- silveraj - the online blog of a robosapien
- The Brick Testament - The Bible re-enacted ala Leggos
- Subservient Chicken
- Worth 1000 - A series of image manipulation contests. Very interesting, often amusing.
- Star Trek - for the Sci-fi finatic
- Cannot find the damn server
- If Architects had to work like Web Programmers
- Real Hamster
- Things you wish your computer had
- Thorax Cake - perfect for Halloween or just freaking people out
- a word to the wise - beware what you blog
- Wishful Thinking - George W. Bush obituary
- Play Mahjong Solitaire online
- Nation States - based on the book 'Jennifer Government' by Max Barry
- Ant City - a flash game for those who don't like to play flash games
- Daily Crossword Puzzles
- Bubbles - a highly addictive flash game
- Bauns - yet another very addictive flash game
- Mesmerising interactive flash bear thing
- Martha Stewart's Prison Diary
- Newgrounds - flash films, toons, games and competitions
- Albino Black Sheep - a bit of everything for everyone
Comics
- Online communities
Green homes
- Dream Green Home Plans - Information and designs for environmentally friendly homes
- Green Home Building - Lots of information on building a green home.
- Composting Toilet World
- Built Green
- Useful
- Converters
- The Time Zone Converter
- Binary - it's digitalicious - Binary, Hex and Octal converter
- World Wide Metric - Conversion Calculator
- Online Conversion
- Temperature Converter
- Calculators
- Currency Calculator
- Body Mass Index Calculator
- Translators
- Script/Leet Translator - translate your words to |337 5p34|{
- The Unifon Alphabet
- Dictionaries and translators
- Merriam-Webster OnLine
- Dictionary.com - online dictionary and thesaurus
- WordIQ- Definition of Isms
- Common Errors in English
- Wordsmith.Org - Internet Anagram Server
- Wizard's Gay Slang Dictionary
- Dictionary of English Slang
- Australian Slang Dictionary
- Multilingual Swearing Dictionary
- Tolkein Language Translator - convert your words to elvish
- Klingon Translator - translate your words to Klingon
- Latin - English Translator
- Encyclopedias and reference books
- Wikipedia - Online Encyclopedia
- God Checker - A guide to gods and religions.
- Snopes - Urban Legends Reference Pages
- The World Factbook - flags of the world
- Able2Know - Ask an Expert
- Maps
- Google Local - aka Google Maps. Satellite images and maps you can pan and zoom in and out of with a number of overlays. Basically a combined worldwide atlas and street directory.
- Google Earth - This is Google Local but in program format. You can bookmark places and it has a few other features. Comes in free and paid versions.
- Plate techtonics animation - an animation of continental drift
Coding
- W3 Schools
- W3C - World Wide Web Consortium: validators, helps tips. Everything for your coding needs
- Dynamic Drive - free pre-made DHTML, CSS and Javascript of all types with tutorials on how to utilise them
- Stylegala resources - layouts, coding tips and scripts
- Mandarin Design - fantastic site dedicated to providing hints, tips and tutorials on how to work with CSS and better design your site.
- VisiBone Webmaster's Color Lab - Click on the pallette on the left to see its HTML colour code.
- The Australian Bureau of Statistics
- HTML Color Names and Codes - at W3Schools
- HTML Entities - codes for symbols in HTML at W3Schools
- Cool HomePages.com - Dedicated the the best designs online. Good source of inspiration.
Programs
- Trillian - access your AIM, MSN, ICQ and Yahoo instant messengers with one simple free program
- Incredimail - a free and easy to use email client that supports hotmail, gmail and yahoo email accounts as well as the usual ISP accounts.
- Azureus - Java BitTorrent Client. A free download with simple installation.
- Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
- Ask Oxford.com
- Mozilla Firefox - without which my life would be empty
- Technical Resources
- VideoHelp.com - For all your codec, conversion, dvd, etc needs. It has pretty much everything.
- FILExt - The File Extension Source
- How to disable Windows Messenger Service
- WinTasks Process Library
Discover what exactly your computer is running in the background and eliminate trojans and virus'.
- Symantec Virus Library - search the library for instructions on removal
- DriverGuide.com
- Merijn.org - helpful anti-trojan, anti-spyware website
- Tom's Hardware - A great guide when you are looking to upgrade your computer
- List of Keyboard Shortcuts
- Bittorrent sites