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As more and more of us "sign-up" for
the Internet, new web sites are created probably daily, and though many of them
have little or no practical use for our members who possibly only use the
Internet for sending and receiving emails, some can be very useful. Below with a
brief description of their uses are some that may prove useful. Some are
quirky, some are just for fun and some may be just what you have been looking
for. I have only selected those websites that are free, although some have only
a 30-day free trial, after which you may be required to purchase it. If you have any favourites, I would pleased
to show them on this page. Just e-mail the link to me at info@brentwoodu3a.org.uk.
with a brief description of its use. Click on the URL addresses to access the
sites. BL
| Name |
URL
address (link) |
Brief
description of its use |
| Old
Bailey
(BL) |
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/forms/formMain.jsp |
Here
is a site that provides access to nearly 200,000 verbatim reports of
cases that have been tried at the Old Bailey between 1674-1913. It is
fully indexed and you may select trials by date, seriousness of the
crime, location of the crime and by name of offender. It is also
possible to read facsimiles of the actual documents though this is quite
difficult unless you are conversant with the old style English. |
| Bus
routes
(BL) |
http://www.quickmap.com/movie1liv.htm |
For
members who travel on buses in London this can be a very handy web
site. It shows the bus routes that fan out from Liverpool Street and
other mainline stations. Animated numbers representing the routes
the buses take, travel outwards along the roads on a map of the area,
making it very easy to see which number bus you want to get to any given
part of central London. This is well worth adding to your list of
favourite sites. |
| Art
and Letters Daily (RM) |
http://www.aldaily.com/ |
Make
yourself a cup of tea, and make sure that you are sitting comfortably
before opening this link. I think just about every topic under the sun
has a reference, and it is updated on a daily basis. I found the link to
Global Warming (http://climatedebatedaily.com)
particularly interesting. |
| Post-it Software
Notes
(BL)
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http://www.3m.com/us/office/postit/digital/digital_notes.html |
This
little package comes free (go for the 30-day free trial), and can place the electronic equivalent of
those little yellow reminder notes on your screen. They can be added to or erased,
and can be any size. |
| Phone
Numbers
(RM)
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http://www.saynoto0870.com/ |
This
enables you to get non-premium rate numbers for many of the dreaded 08
prefix ones. |
| Clusty
(RM)
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http://clusty.com/
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Here
is a search engine that is an alternative to
Google and Ask. One neat feature of Clusty is that it refines the search
criteria into categories making it easier to locate the page you are looking for. |
| Snopes
(BL)
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www.snopes.com/ |
Most of us have
probably received an email from a well-intentioned friend that
contains a warning about opening another email titled in a particular
way that will take control of our computer and wreak havoc in our box of
tricks. Usually we are urged to send the warning on to all those in our
address books, but in fact the only damage done is to clog up the
"airwaves" by doing so. Snopes deliberates on the validity of
such claims, and is also a huge source of amusing urban myths, most of
which are indeed just that - myths. |
Submitted by: BL=Brian Leith, RM=Rosemary
Morris
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