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This page contains links to great websites and to places where you can download great stuff! To the best of my knowledge, these links work...however, if you find one that does not seem to be correct any more, please e-mail me at liquid_rockface@yahoo.co.uk. I have divided the links into categories to make things easier.
If you have found or created a cool website, please e-mail me and tell me about it! I might add it to this page!
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Because the links' page is so long, I'm not going to use my "new" images. Otherwise you'll just have to scan through the list and see for yourself what is new. I'm also going to mark exceptionally good websites with a little "gold" image. Webmasters please note that the Gold award is awarded purely on my own subjective judgement. Neither paying me nor being really nice to me will help you to get this award.
Cool magazine linksPC World - A great website with a huge database for you to search for articles.
Chimneygod - An online newsletter with masses of articles and links.
PC Format - A great computing magazine with loads of advice.
PC Guide - A vast website. A little difficult to navigate, partly because it uses frames.
SACM - A useful website for computer consumers trying to find the right software or hardware.
Personal Computer World - A very useful website with downloads, reviews and more.
Cool
download sitesC-Net/Download.com
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A great website with an nice layout. Loads of stuff to download!
User reviews and ratings on most downloads.
No Nags - Downloads without adverts, time restrictions etc. Free stuff!
Freecreed - Useful freeware for you to download.
Tucows - A brilliant download site with "mirrors" for downloading from the nearest server to you. Very fast downloads here!
Pass The Shareware - Loads of shareware to download! The website is blazing fast, well-designed and easy to use.
Downlinx - More freeware and shareware to download! Good site.
File Transit - Freeware and shareware can be found at this website.
Freeware Arena - Lots and lots of freeware for you to download. And who doesn't like freeware?
Axcel216's Downloads - Nice archive of popularly downloaded files. See the rest of his website from the link just below.
Sisoftware - The home page for the famous Sisoft Sandra benchmarking test. Plenty of links and programs to download. Test how fast your computer is and what is going on inside it!
PC Pitstop - Check how your computer compares to others, and where you can make improvements.
Axcel
216 - This website is crammed full of tweaks for your computer. Careful though,
because many of them require editing the registry and could be potentially
dangerous.
Tweak Home PC - More useful tweaks for your computer.
Dr Boot -
A superb online forum
to discuss all your computer problems, queries, etc.
PC911 - A great website stacked with more tips, tricks, freeware downloads, price comparisons and more.
Ask the Computer Lady - A cool website with more computer tips, links and software and a newsletter.
All Site Cafe - This great website has links to many of the Web's best websites and downloads.
Tom's Hardware Guide - This website is so diverse I didn't quite know where to put it! Absolutely brilliant site with hardware comparisons, overclocking advice and much more. Thousands of articles!
Kids Turn Central - An informative website designed to educate the younger generation.
Mrs Wizard - A great resource for
finding out information about computers, the latest computing news and useful
tips and tricks! 
EYO Tech Forum - A great forum for discussing computer problems.
Windows Errors Explained - Ever wondered what your error means? Find out here.
Easter Eggs - No, not the type you eat! These are secret areas or bloopers in common computer programs like Microsoft Office. Also reveals secret areas in DVDs!
Windows Help - Miscellaneous Windows help in this website.
Upgrade Source - Want to know if you need to upgrade your computer, or how you should go about it? This is a very good website to help you. It tends to only focus on certain brands of products, however.
Digital
Camera Reviews -
Looking for a digital camera? This website has thoroughly
reviewed just about every single camera that is on the market. Extremely good
website!!
Computing.net Forum - Another great online forum for all your computer questions.
EasyDOS Command Index - A list of all the DOS commands and what they do. Very useful for people who like to delve into the guts of their computers!
More DOS Commands - Another list of DOS commands. Slightly different from the website above.
Bootdisk - Surely you haven't lost your Windows boot disk!? Oh well, if you have you can download a new one here. And don't lose it again! You'll need this disk if you re-install Windows. Get one now before it's too late!
C-Net Electronic Reviews - This website reviews thousands of electronics products for your computer and office. Faxes, modems, digital cameras, printers, monitors etc. Read reviews from readers to get their opinions of the product. Highly recommended for somebody looking to buy something, but needing some feedback. I must warn, however, that for every product there are people saying that it is rubbish and must be avoided at all costs. Don't take this too seriously as long as the majority of people are happy.
MalekTips - Another website with loads of useful computing tips. This one includes tips for all versions of Windows. Approaches tips and tricks from a rather different angle from this website.
Stealthfox - A very well designed website with lots of interesting experiments, computing tips and add-ons for Yahoo! Messenger. Don't miss how to blow up your TV or create a 70 000 volt Taser to stun your friends!!
Popular Mechanics - The website for the famous magazine. Really good, but very slow-loading!
Yahoo! Games - Play online games for free! A large range of games.
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) - A search engine for all things scientific and military. You can even find a full 200-odd page manual on how to fly the space shuttle!
Space Shuttle Manual - The above-mentioned space shuttle manual! Might take a little bit of reading! Covers take-off, orbit, re-entry etc.
Useless Knowledge - A brilliant website with loads of useless knowledge to keep you happy, plus quizzes, surveys and more. You can also make your own quiz, survey or other stuff.
ThinkQuest - Thousands of articles and tutorials in various areas in this website. Some computer program tutorials too. Very good quality writing and examples. I used this website once when learning Pov-Ray, a ray-tracing program for graphics.
AllExperts - If you need expert help, then this is the website to go to.
Experts Exchange - A huge forum with thousands of topics, and experts in every field ready to answer all your questions.
DIYnet - A great website that shows you the step-by-step how to go about your DIY business.
Optical Illusions - Twist your brain inside out with these weird and whacky optical illusions!
Website Archive - Maybe there's a favourite website of yours that's closed down, or maybe you're just feeling nostalgic, this website has stored thousands of websites from all different years, for you to visit. If you want to know what Yahoo looked like in 1995, this is the place to go!
Space Shuttle Sim - If you have ever fancied being an astronaut, here is the website to live out your dream (sort of). This simulation - which you download from the website - is not a game, rather an attempt at a 100% realistic space shuttle (and other spacecraft) simulator. Launching, docking, orbit, landing etc is all covered with precise detail. Unfortunately there is no sound in the simulator, but then again it takes place in space (which is a vacuum and therefore has no sound) so we can forgive them. Be warned that if you do not have a high-speed Internet connection, downloading the shuttle sim could take as long as it would have taken you to become a real, trained astronaut! (Over 50MB of downloads including patches etc.)
Which OS are you? - This entirely trivial website will "determine" after a short questionnaire which OS you should be "using". This website should be taken completely as a joke, and not seriously!
Online Tests - IQ, EQ, personality and more tests can be found at this website. They will give you your score, but don't expect a comprehensive report back unless you spend around $15.
Online Java Games - A fair number of rather entertaining, and very quick to load online Java games. Totally silly and totally addictive, this website will keep you entertained for hours.
Hints
'n Tips - From
removing blood stains on carpets to photography, this website has hints and tips
for them all! Simply a super website!
Route53 - This website has links to almost everything imaginable. Including computers.
Windows Update - Download all the latest patches and updates (especially security) automatically from Microsoft.
BugTraq - Keep ahead with the latest news on security exploits and patches to fix them.
Con/Con
Patch -
This
extremely useful patch fixes the Windows 95/98/ME problem with certain path
names that can crash your computer and even damage your hard drive. This can be
exploited by websites to crash your computer when you click a link or by friends
trying to be funny when they actually may be damaging your computer! I highly
recommend that you download this patch now!
JavaScript Examples - Hundreds of Javascript examples for you to use!
Planet Source Code - Find thousands of free programs with source code, in many different program languages here: Visual Basic, Java, C++ and many others included.
VB Square - If you program Visual Basic, this website will get you well on your way to becoming a pro....well, almost.
Free VB Code - Many programs with free Visual Basic code for you to download.
Programmer's Heaven - The name says it all.
Acronym Finder - Did you know that ABCD stands for Above and Beyond the Call of Duty? Thought not! Hundreds of thousands of abbreviations (not only acronyms as the name states) can be looked up in this abbreviation "dictionary".
Satellite Finder - Use NASAs superb satellite-finding tools to predict when satellites are going to be flying over your area, or when they did fly over. Absolutely superb website, and I've already spotted about 6 satellites including the International Space Station! Java Virtual Machine required for some tools.
Mapquest - Lost? need directions? This website will show you how to get to your destination. It takes some time though. The satellite service was discontinued unfortunately.
Langenberg Translation - Translate to and from hundreds of languages!
Image Search - Easily find thousands of images on this image search engine.
Freddy's Utilities - A huge archive of Yahoo! Chat advice, utilities to download (e.g. password generator), computer tutorials, tips, tricks and troubleshooting. A truly great website!
Fifi.org - You can do an online "ping", "traceroute" or use various other networking tools from this website. This is fairly handy.
File Extensions - Ever wondered what program a file extension (e.g. .doc) belongs to? Find out here with this very good list of just about every single file extension in the world!
Spyware Checker - Want to know if that program you downloaded is spyware? Find out at this very good spyware search engine.
Currency Converter - Convert from any currency to any currency for any amount. This website has live exchange rates, therefore it is always accurate.
Identikit Builder - Ever wanted to build an identikit of yourself and stick it up at the local shopping mall along with the "Wanted" posters? No? Well, at this website you can create an identikit of either yourself, a friend, or, naturally, an enemy! I must add that there is a "bug", where sometimes the contents with the different face parts refuse to refresh themselves. I'm still trying to work out how to get past this.
BotSpot - A website I had long forgotten about! A "bot" is short for "robot", and they are little automated programs that can do things for you e.g. surf the web, speak to you. I remember downloading a speech bot called Leo (I think). You had to teach him how to talk, like a baby. Was entertaining for a while, but he really was quite dumb! (or maybe I wasn't patient enough)
What's in your Name? - This website analyzes names and writes up a detailed report on them. Every single name I've ever typed in has been found, and their database of names is huge. Often the reports they come up with are freakily accurate, hitting the nail on the head with regards to interests, professions etc. Please note that I do not claim to "believe" or otherwise what is written on the website, but from a purely intellectual point of view it is interesting. Use Google and you'll find that for each "detailed write-up" there are at least 5 other names with the same copy-'n-pasted write-up!
Convert
Everything Online -
This website contains scores of tools for converting and calculating. Whether
you want to convert metres to feet, Fahrenheit to Celsius or find out whether
you are legally drunk, this is the place to do it!
GRC - At GRC you can scan your computer for vulnerabilities and open ports. There are also literature and things to download here.
PC Flank - Check your browser security, open ports, and more at this excellent website. It also includes an exploits test (be aware that it may crash your computer) and a trojan scan.
Browser Check - If you are concerned, as you should be, with your computer's security, then check here to see if your web browser if safe from the latest exploits. One of the tests returned false results on my computer, I dare say, but this is a reliable website overall.
SpamHole
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This website offers a (free) temporary e-mail
address. It's hard to explain
briefly how it works, but visit their website to find out. I highly
recommend this for people who hate getting spammed when they sign up for an
online service/website. I've tried and tested it, and it's truly fabulous!
Port Lookup - Want to know what port number HTTP uses? Or maybe what the name for port 23 is? This superb port searching facility lets you look up ports in various ways. I'd been looking for a website like this for quite a while, and I must say it's a real blessing!
Password Strength Meter - Do you think that your passwords are secure? Find out at this website, which will also suggest ways that you should strengthen your password.
