Brain Food
TED : a wonderful source of fascinating, thought-provoking, mind-boggling and sometimes very funny presentations. A few I’ve particularly enjoyed lately include a talk by Ron Eglash on African Fractals in buildings and braids; JJ Abram’s Mystery Box; the Photosynth demo; David Gallo on Underwater Astonishments, and a presentation by the photographer Frans Lanting.
Website Related
W3Schools the most comprehensive source of information on HTML, XML, scripting and more
Simple Viewer the free application I used for the galleries on the site
Chris at mou.me.uk the designer who created this WP template and modified it for me. Great webdesigner.
CSS Play a brilliant source of information, demos and templates
CSS Library another source of terrific information about CSS
CSSJuice another good learning resource
CSS Zen Garden - wonderful examples of the power of CSS
MenuBuilder spiffy online app for creating vertical menus
BugMeNot.com can often save you the trouble of registering with a site just to read a singe article
Anarchy Media Player - a WP plugin and can also be used standalone player in non-WP sites
A123 Video Converter nifty little piece of software supports converting video formats between AVI, WMV, MPEG, MP4, ASF, VOB, 3GP, iPhone, MOV, FlV, etc.
Arts & Culture
Magnum in Motion a rich source of photographic essays, many of them profoundly moving
The Internet Movie Database more information than you knew you wanted to know!
Kermode Uncut my favourite film critic
The Guardian’s Film Section where Peter Bradshaw’s acid tongue reigns
Current Affairs
Cameras and Computers
DPreview for comprehensive camera reviews
WarehouseExpress great prices and great service (UK based)
B&H ditto for the USA
Not using Thunderbird? Then you need MailwasherThe Register - tech news, often with tongue in cheek
PhotoFriday online calibration aid
Hyperwords turn any text on the web interactive
Others
Snopes.com the best site on the net for checking out (and probably debunking) all those urban myths)
Quidco a cashback cooperative (only for UK residents, 18 and older) and definitely recommended!
Using English.com designed as a resource for TEFL but incredibly useful & interesting
