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Loads of my friends - both in Farnham, Milton Keynes and further afield - are "on the web", so here are some links to a few of them whose pages you might find interesting, as well as some other more general interest sites to have a look at.

Please note that I can take no responsibility for the content of any of these linked sites. If however you find anything here offensive or inappropriate, please let me know as soon as possible, and I'll see what I can do.

 
Friends on the web 
 
Christian stuff 

 

 
Recommended retailers 
  • Amazon - the definitive on-line retailer, not always the cheapest but still one of the best
  • CD-WOW, HMV and Play.com - excellent prices and free delivery on DVDs, CDs and much more
  • Hawkin's Bazaar - "things you thought had gone for ever, things you never even knew existed"
  • Lavender Hill Company - for the finest and most imaginative floral arrangements
  • World War II Books - a friendly if obviously somewhat specialist book-seller
 
Internet related 
  • 1&1 Internet - high performance website and email hosting to suit every size of pocket [referral link]
  • BroadbandMax Speed test - the best broadband speed tester I have found; use it to check whether your ISP is delivering on its promises
  • Diary 4 - I'm biased, but this is undoubtedly the finest group organizer website in the world!
  • Goznet Systems - I may (again) be biased, but they do produce exceedingly good websites
  • Mozilla Firefox - one of the best and most secure web browsers, a fine replacement for Internet Explorer in particular
  • Mozilla Thunderbird - use this for your email instead of Outlook Express, and say goodbye to most viruses
  • OpenDNS - a free alternative to shaky ISP domain-name resolution, with rogue site filtering
  • PlusNet - one of the best service providers around for the average broadband user [referral link]
  • Secunia Software Inspector - free scan to help ensure everything on your Windows PC is up to date with security patches, making internet use safer
  • ThinkBroadband - all the latest news and reviews on broadband services and hardware [formerly www.adslguide.org.uk]
 
Astronomy 
  • Heavens Above - the best site on the web for predicting satellite visibility, including Iridium flares
  • Solar wind - current conditions - check whether your computer's likely to fry in an hour's time
  • Space Weather - news on what the sun is up to, i.e. sunspots, flares, coronal mass ejections etc, as well as more general astronomical news
 
Programming stuff 
 
Search and reference tools 
  • BT PhoneNet UK - a better Directory Enquiries, on the web, for a fraction of the usual cost
  • Catalogue Shopping Review - the inside scoop on stuff from Argos, Tesco Direct etc
  • Google - the only general-purpose search engine really worth bothering with these days
  • Google Earth - view anywhere on Earth from satellite, part of the Google empire worth a specific mention
  • Google Maps - currently the best mapping and route-finding service on the web
  • Merriam Webster - a good on-line dictionary despite its American-English slant
  • Urban Legends Reference Pages - bust those myths good and properly!
  • Wikipedia - conceptually flawed but in practice quite brilliant on-line encyclopedia, found in tests to be just as accurate as Britannica
 
News and news aggregation 
  • Ananova - not always the most reliable news, but quick off the mark and available even at times of crisis
  • BBC News - "Here is the news", 'nuff said really; the definitive news web site
  • Jeff Rense Program - a lot of chaff and downright twaddle to weed through, but publishes the news stories that the mainstream western outlets dare not touch
  • The Register - all the technology-related news you can eat, without the tedious humour attempts of its rival

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