ROGER TAGG'S PRIVATE WEBSITE - WEB BOOKMARKS

 

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About this website

I have a rather large collection of web bookmarks - many thousands in fact. A lot of these are specific to my profession as a computer consultant and lecturer, but I won't put most of these on this website. Some of the topics I plan to include here are:

Useful computing tools Life beyond the mailbox Working in Groups Philosophical and social
Architecture Travelling in general Air travel Railways
Buses and trams Accommodation Maps Places to visit
Languages Religion (Islam) Religion (other) Bullshit
Miscellaneous trivia My former work bookmarks (not yet)   Directories

 

The tables below will contain the links to the pages, and will be added to occasionally.

Useful computing tools

chmod - MAN Page Vector Magic - Bitmap To Vector Conversion Online Stanford U - Pico Mini manual
Voice E-Mail Pilot PDF Online PDF2Word Online
RegistrySmart - Internet Explorer Fixer How to Send Large Files without Email Ruby on Rails
A Little C Primer PHP Manual Williams - How to Create Your Own Icon
Indiana U - Intro to Unix commands A brief AJAX primer HTML Code Tutorial

Life beyond the e-mailbox

Boardman - Life Beyond the Mailbox Anderson - Teens E-mail is for old people Kimerling - Facebook is the New Outlook
Whittaker - Beyond email Baron - Who Sets Email Style Booher - Email Could You Live Without It
Broida - Alternatives to e-mail bankruptcy Charman-Anderson - Email becomes a dangerous distraction Retailer's e-mail ban in 2003
Giving Up E-mail for Social Software Douglas - Declaring e-mail bankruptcy Edwards - Alternative to email
Hodgkinson - Why I decided to pull the plug on email Hurdle - Egan e-mail addiction Mell - Wikis as alternatives to email
Suarez - Thinking Outside The Inbox Thought Sparks - 13 Good Alternatives to Email Wakefield - Turn off e-mail and do some work - BBC News
Zelenka - Before You Declare Email Bankruptcy    

Working in groups

Aeppel - On Factory Floors TechCrunch - Google Wave Miles - The 30-Second Encyclopedia of Learning and Performance
Hornik - End Of The Web As We Know It And I Feel Fine Hope for Workers Stuck in IT Time Warp Project Bamboo
Micromanagement - Wikipedia Accenture Virtual Corridor The State of Meetings Today
Bricolage - Wikipedia    

Philosophical and sociological

Austin (speech acts) - Wikipedia Chomsky - Wikipedia Claudio Ciborra - Wikipedia
Clark - Being_There - Review Alain de Botton's new take on work Derrida - Wikipedia
Epistemology - Wikipedia Habermas - Wikipedia Hornsby - What Heidegger Means by Being-in-the-World
Scott - Heidegger's Being and Time angelfire Frederick Herzberg Motivational Theory Hooker - Teleology
Lewis - Counterfactual Theories of Causation Merleau-Ponty - Wikipedia Peirce - Pragmatism - Internet Encyc of Philosophy
Postmodernism - Wikipedia PoMo Bullshit Generator Post-structuralism - Wikipedia
Prophecy - Your Dictionary Richard Rorty - Wikipedia Gilbert Ryle - Wikipedia
Searle - What is an Institution Smith - talk on Searle Stone - Curiosity as the Thief of Wonder
Strong programme - Wikipedia Teo Lohi - Alasdair MacIntyre's Disquieting Suggestion Type A and Type B personality theory - Wikipedia
Utilitarianism - Wikipedia Wittgenstein (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)  
     

Architecture

Timurid Architecture in Samarkand Palladio's Villa Rotonda Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza
Thorpe Hall, Peterborough Oundle architecture Islamic Architecture round the world

Travelling in general

The World Clock - Time Zones USA Customs and Border Protection - Travel USA FAQ About ESTA - CBP.gov
     

Air travel

Air Berlin Air France Blue1
British Airways Cathay Pacific Airways EasyJet
Flyglobespan Freedom Air Jetstar
Lauda Air Lufthansa Malaysia Airlines
Origin Pacific Qantas Ryanair
Singapore Airlines United Airlines Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Blue Lowest Airfare Yahoo! Airlines

Railways

British Railways in 1961 and 1969 UK Rail Current Timetables UK Rail Train Times & Fares
DB German Timetable Spain - Renfe - Timetables and Prices  
     

Buses and trams

Adelaide Metro SE Queensland Transport Greyhound Pioneer Australia
     

Accommodation

Summer Garden B&B in PEI Astoria City, Melbourne Carribean Motel, Coffs Harbour
Eumundi Country Cottage B&B, Sunshine Coast, Qld Kingsford Private Hotel Mintaro Old Manse, Clare Valley, SA
Perth Bel Eyre Comfort Inn Auckland Airport BandB Hotel Waldecker Hof Marburg
Taslik Hotel Istanbul Holtwhites Hotel, Enfield, North London  
     

Maps

General: Maporama OpenStreetMap
UK: UK Streetmap First - in Glasgow
  OS Maps Online Oundle in 1877
Europe:    
Asia: Asia Travel - Bandung Map  
Australia: Whereis Online Mawson Lakes Street Map
 and Pacific Coffs Harbour Street Map Adelaide Street Map
America:    

Places to visit

Angers, France Bali (Indonesia) Travel Guide Loire Valley
New York City   Bandung, Java, Indonesia
Bukhara, Uzbekistan Khiva, Bukhara, Khokand  

Languages

Azerbaijani language - Wikipedia Burushaski - Wikipedia Osco-Umbrian languages - Wikipedia
Yeniseian languages - Wikipedia Yuezhi - Wikipedia  
     

Religion (Islam)

Islamic Golden Age - Wikipedia Lewis Jones - Science Allah Carte 2002 Liberal movements within Islam - Wikipedia
Ijtihad - Wikipedia Vikor - Development of Ijtihad Spencer - Closure of Ijtihad - Jihad Watch
  Holy Koran - Quotations Holy Koran - Mini-essay

Religion (other)

Bishop Spong Unofficial Fan Web Site Philosophy of Religion .info - Atheist Quotes Adult Christianity - bible_believing_tricks
God of the gaps - Wikipedia    
     

Bullshit

Berkun - How to detect bullshit Berkun - Why smart people defend bad ideas Berne - Games People Play
Bullshit - Wikipedia Corporate Bullshit Generator Denys Thompson - Between the Lines
Frankfurt - On Bullshit Froomkin - On Calling Bullshit Francis Wheen's top 10 modern delusions
H.E.R.B. - Had Enough Religious Bullshit ! Hardcastle - Bullshit and Philosophy Penn & Teller Bullshit! - Wikipedia
Penny - Your Call is Important to Us book Stephen Law Bullshit Blog Universal Bullshit Detector Watch
Wheen - How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered the World    

Miscellaneous trivia

Beautiful Women Screen Saver Kipling's If Engrish.com!
The Consul and the Serpent by James Skinner Influence diagram - Wikipedia Mill Hill School
OConnell - Accountant to Successful SW Entrepreneur Parker - The Grand Strategy of Philip II Webshots
Drumming Well - Oundle Good God said God - JCSquire - Wikiquote World Flags

 

Directories

AFD Address Finder Australia White Pages Postcode Anywhere UK
SeeRun - Email Directories Telecom NZ Directory Search UK Phonebook
UK Royal Mail Postcode Finder World Wide Yellow Pages World's phonebooks - mainly Fax and Yellow
UK Sensitive Map - Universities - Version 5 ISWorld Net Faculty Directory Yahoo! Education_Higher Education_Colleges and Universities
Australia Colleges and Universities - Yahoo    

General links to other parts of our website

Sue's area index (currently empty) FROLIO home page
Sue and Roger's newsline Roger's Related Essays index
Roger's index Roger's Book Highlights index

 

This page last updated on 21st May 2010