Miscellaneous
Links - General - Neils Resource Web| Summary of Content |
| I've used everyone of these links at one time or another and often more than once. So I've put them altogether in one place, for my benefit as well as visitors to the site. In
fact I'm the most frequent visitor to this page! I hope you find them as useful as I do,
Try the Google search on this web (at the foot of the page), it seems to work o.k. but needless to say you have to live with their sponsor adverts but you do get used to them after a while. Script for this is here |
| This Section's Update history |
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11/2007 Another badly neglected section of my site. Stacks to add and am working on it now. 12/2005 I've added a small star next to the entries I've used / re-used myself in the last four/six weeks 
12/2006 I'm now adding dates next to the entries to indicate when I added / updated them.12/2005 I've added a small star next to the entries I've used / re-used myself in the last four/six weeks
07/2005 Try this nifty script I've found at Felgall.com - Find on this page. This works better than most as it will find subsequent occurrences not just the first one. Also if you don't close the popup window the find function will continue to work on subsequently opened pages. It does cycle round rather than stopping at the foot of the page. 05/2005 There is now an option to choose whether to open any links chosen on a new page, rather than replacing this page. Which means when you close the link you're visiting this page will still be here. If that doesn't suit you just leave the tick box below unchecked. Script for this is here. 05/2005 Double clicking anywhere on the page (except on any hyperlinks) will return you to the top of the page. I've put this on all pages of this site. Script for this is here. |
| A double mouse click anywhere on the page (except when over hyperlinks) will take you back to the top of the page.
All Sites have been found by me
whilst browsing the web, they are not generating revenue (for me).
The Links displayed do not necessarily show the full URL, but should point to the correct Sites & should be fully operational. Please let me know about Broken Links, better alternatives or other similar / useful sites. |
| favourite links - January 2008 | ||
| Pandora.com |
Brilliant idea, choose your artist / music and the database will find and play you similar music. Regrettably ceased to stream to the U.K as of 2008. | 01/2008 |
| thefirstpost.co.uk |
A great, interesting and well written online newspaper. Well worth a visit. | 08/2007 |
| Donkeymagic.co.uk |
Quick, simple Google Map generator. Great for 'one off' markers. | 01/2007 |
| GMapez |
Easy Google Mapping for Web Developers. Sadly neglected during 2007 due to Chouser's other interests (work!). Forum is still very much active though. | 12/2007 |
| Google Maps |
This is getting better (for the UK) but still patchy elsewhere. Improving each year. | 12/2007 |
| Appliedlanguage.com |
An excellent customisable translator for your web pages. | 12/2005 |
| GRSites |
There's a great graduated background image wizard here. Still going strong. | 12/2007 |
| Xenulink | Comprehensive free Web Page Link Analysis tool. Still invaluable. | 11/2007 |
| Fiileinfo.net | A link to a comprehensive glossary of file extensions. A Smart site. | 07/2005 |
| W3schools.com | HTML elements. One of the many great pages on this Site | 02/2005 |
| Moneysavingexpert.com | Still Brilliant (2008). Seriously addictive. The forums are also a goldmine! |
12/2004 |
| Site / Page Link | Description of linked Site / Page |
| ● Breweries | |
| Ballardsbrewery.org.uk | A small brewery in Hampshire. A new seasonal (December to January) beer normally launches on the 1st Sunday in December. Pom's Delight (9.6%!) was the offering for 2005. Darkly Veiled (9.7vol!) was the offering for 2006, regrettably missed the walk that accompanied this one. |
| ● British Archaeology | |
| Archaeolink.com | Current & Past Sites in the UK |
| Archaeology.about.com | Current Sites in the UK, Comprehensive General Archaeology Information |
| Channel4.com | Time Team's pages. The program that got me interested in Archaeology. |
| ● Converters | |
| Clothing Converter | Clothing Size tables (located on this Site) |
| Xe.net | Universal Money converter, up to the minute online rates. |
| Digitaldutch.com | Unit converter |
| ● Dictionary / Thesaurus | |
| Merriam-webster.com | Word of the Day, Thesaurus, Dictionary and much more. |
| ● Football Pools | |
| Vernons.co.uk | Vernons Lottery and Pools page |
| Littlewoodsgameon.com | Littlewoods Lottery and Pools page |
| ● Horse Racing | |
| Racing Bets | Racing Bet types and explanations (located on this Site) |
| Racingpost.co.uk | The Racing Post site |
| Victorchandler.press.net | Past results finder |
| Goodbet.co.uk | Bet checker |
| Scit.wlv.ac.uk | Bet checker |
| ● Information search engines | |
| Google.com | If used properly its more than just a word search engine. |
| theanswerbank.co.uk | A comprehensive collection of answers to most any questions |
| Ask (Jeeves) (Teoma) | Popular search engine for questions in plain English. Now renamed Ask and has taken over Teoma. |
| Yahoo.com | A good 'second opinion' search. Between this and Google you've got the web covered (just about). |
| MS Live Search | Had to include this. |
| ● Lotteries | |
| National-lottery.co.uk | Lottery Results checker |
| National-lottery.co.uk | The (UK) National Lottery home page |
| Playmonday.com | New in 06/2006 Not as big prizes, but you can choose your charities. Only on-line. |
| ● Maps | |
| Amadeus.net | Download / Print maps of the World's Tubes, Subways and Metro lines. 03/2007 |
| Multimap.com | UK maps *** Good aerial maps as well. |
| Streetmap.co.uk | UK maps ** |
| Ordanancesurvey.co.uk | UK maps * |
| Mapquest.co.uk | Good point to point directions worldwide. |
| ● Map Tools | |
| Mapmaker.donkeymagic | A really easy to use Google Map Maker. 03/2007 |
| Google Maps | This is getting better (for the UK) 12/2005 |
| Gmapez | A really simple way of using the Google map interface, using it a lot in my Luz section.
11/2006 |
| Earth.google | A fun (and useful) extension on the above. (Requires a download, and still weak for UK) |
| ● Media | |
| Mediauk.com | 600+ Radio Stations listed |
| Mediauk.com | 380+ TV Stations listed |
| Mediauk.com | 1350+ Magazines listed |
| Mediauk.com | 1350+ Newspapers listed |
| ● Miscellaneous | |
| Thefreesite.com | Everything's free here, all sorts. |
| Rune Stones | You do want to know about them. (located on this Site) |
| Multiart.nu | A Rune page |
| Transport-for-London | London Maps of Buses, Tubes, The Thames etc. |
| Underground-history | Disused London Tube Stations and History (another pub question solved) |
| ● Movies | |
| Movie Database | Find the movie, cast, year etc. Settle pub arguments. |
| ● Music | |
| Pandora.com | Brilliant idea, choose your artist / music and the database will find and play you similar music. 08/2007 |
| ● News Sources | |
| thefirstpost.co.uk | A great, interesting and well written online newspaper. Well worth a visit. |
| Bbc.co.uk | BBC Home Page |
| News.bbc.co.uk | BBC News |
| Itv.com | ITV Home Page |
| Itv.com/news/ | ITV News |
| Sky.com | Sky news |
| ● Places - Local (UK) | |
| Upmystreet.com | Everything you need to know about the area of any given postcode. |
| Bells of London City | Where they all are. |
| The London Stone | Know what / where it is? (Another pub question sorted!) |
| Londoneye.com | The London Eye. |
| ● Rail / Bus | |
| London Underground | Tube - On-line enquiries, journey planner, timetables and tickets |
| National Rail | Trains - On-line enquiries, journey planner, timetables and tickets |
| Eurostar | On-line enquiries, journey planner, timetables and tickets |
| National Express | Bus - On-line enquiries, journey planner, timetables and tickets |
| ● Searching | |
| Google.com | Still the best |
| Google.com | The cheat sheet for those extra Google commands |
| Msn.com | Microsoft's offering |
| Yahoo.com | |
| Altavista.com | Oldie but goodie |
| Dogpile.co.uk | UK version of a multiple search engine application, it works well. |
| Copernic.com | Probably the best desktop search toolbar around (2005/6) |
| ● Shopping | |
| Aldi.com | Aldi (Cheap food basics) but its the 'boys toys' that are worth keeping an eye on (UK) |
| Lidl.co.uk | Lidl (Cheaper food basics) but its the 'boys toys' that are worth keeping an eye on (UK) |
| Tchibo.co.uk | Tchibo (UK) |
| Tesco.com | Tesco (UK) |
| Moneysavingexpert.com | A great source of tips, and great bargain links if you're quick. |
| 7dayshop.com | Camera bits, Memory, Batteries etc. Mail Order and cheap. |
| Maplin.co.uk | Some good offers to be had, but other prices are only average. Electrical 'toys'. |
| ● Song Lyrics | |
| Thesonglyrics.com | Words to most songs (for that pub moment) mainly 'oldies' |
| Songlyrics.com | Words to most songs (for that pub moment) mainly 'newbies' |
| ● Spare Parts | |
| Partmaster.co.uk | Partmaster, Useful parts service for most any product (UK). |
| Spares2go.co.uk | A comprehensive U.K. spares service. |
| ● Sport | |
| Soccerbase.com | An extremely comprehensive site using the Racing Post's database. 08/2007 |
| Football | My own page of my local pub supported teams. Yes it includes Wolves! 01/2005 |
| ● Telephone Services | |
| BT | British Telecom |
| Telewest.co.uk | TeleWest (+ NTL) |
| ● Time | |
| Timeanddate.com | Global time finder and Atomic Clock synchronising software. |
| Worldtimeserver.com | Global time finder. |
| Timezoneconverter.com | Time Zone converter |
| ● Travel | |
| London Journey Planner | Get to anywhere from anywhere in the London area*** |
| Baa.com | British Airways - Arrivals and Departures information |
| Expedia.co.uk | Good all-rounder |
| Onlinetravel.com | Flight price comparisons |
| Gemstonetravel.com | Reliable group bookings (6+) |
| Budgetholidays.com | Consistently good last minute cheapies |
| Travel Icons | Commonly used travel icons and descriptions |
| Mostly Luz | My Praia da Luz ( Algarve ) guide. |
| ● Tips & Tricks | |
| Xptuneup.com | |
| Onecomputerguy.com | |
| Dougknox.com | |
| Tipsdr.com | |
| Winsupersite.com | |
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Last Update: 04/08/2008 - Miscellaneous Site Links - General - Neils Resource Web
