Links
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Computing | |
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Debian | Debian is a Linux distribution. |
Linux Doc. Project | Includes HOWTOs and more advanced guides on running Linux. |
The Jargon File | Hacker (in the best sense of the word) jargon. Investigate the glossary. |
Connected | An Internet encyclopaedia, covering all aspects of the technology behind the Internet. |
HTML | HTML 4.01 Specificiations. |
CSS2 | Specifications for Cascading Style Sheets, level 2. |
Reference | |
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Wikipedia | An Internet-based encyclopaedia. |
Internet Movie Database | A database of films, actors, and directors, with user comments. |
Urban Dictionary | The dictionary for colloquial words and phrases. |
Google Scholar | A database of journal articles, books and online scholastic works. |
Catholic Encyclopedia | A (naturally biased) encyclopedia of Catholicism, and Christianity in general. |
Travel | |
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The Trainline | Online tickets and rail information in the UK. |
National Rail Enquiries | Rail timetables. |
Multimap | Comprehensive maps of Britain. Includes a service which converts postcodes to grid references. |
PostcodeAnywhere | Finds a UK postcode from an address. |
Expedia | Airline tickets, etc. |
Travelocity | More airline tickets. |
Local Information | |
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Up My Street | Everything you need to know about your local area, including neighbourhood profiles, local schools, crime, gas & electricity, ... |
Our Property | Average UK house prices based on postcode. |
PostcodeAnywhere | Finds a UK postcode from an address. |
Oxford | |
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Gazette | The Oxford University Newsletter. |
Oxfordshire.gov.uk | The Oxfordshire County Council webpage. Lots of useful local information. |
Dailyinformation | A local broadsheet containing classified ads. |
Oxford Restaurant Guide | Lists restaurants by location and cuisine. Don't take their 'reviews' too seriously though. |
Humour | |
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Khaaan | For Star Trek geeks. |
Miscellaneous | |
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Gihan's blog | My personal blog. |
Gihan's (slightly more dynamic) Oxford web page | My personal home page on users.ox.ac.uk. Currently just a collection of some simple Perl scripts. |
Sainsbury's Recipe Search | An intelligent search from over 6,500 recipes. |
Harrow | The home page of the Council of the London Borough of Harrow. Contains details of what's on in Harrow, job vacancies, etc. |
Telephone Preference Service | If you live in the UK and don't want to receive unsolicited marketing calls, register your phone with the TPS. |
Obsolete links | |
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Geoff's Home Page | When I was a maths undergraduate at Imperial College, London, Geoffrey Hewick was a computer science undergraduate, and was in halls with me in my first year. Geoff hails from Dundee, but has no discernable accent; he's into computers, both modern and ancient, TV logos and pioneering electrical music rock band, Kraftwerk. |
Harrow Nightlife | What's hot and what's not in the fast-changing Harrow scene. Thanks to Geoff Hewick for this link. |