Fontsite
Description: Very useful information about fonts and style
Added on: 08-Oct-2005 Hits: 1185
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Whatis - IT learning center and encyclopedia
Description: Keep up with the latest technologies and the quickly evolving terminologies that grow up around them at this superb reference site. (At least according to PC Magazine)
Added on: 15-Oct-2005 Hits: 1063
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World Wide Words
Description: Michael Quinion writes about International English from a British viewpoint. Check out the Weird words section....
Added on: 17-Dec-2005 Hits: 1012
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Cryptome Eyeball Series
Description: I found this site because they had a series of maps and pictures of bridges on the Mississippi river in their Eyeball series. I suppose, to someone interested in aerial bombardment, it represents a collection of military targets. Cryptome is a controversial website, hosted in the United States by its owner John Young, that functions as a repository for information that is prohibited or suppressed by various governments. According to his website, John Young is a former architect from New York City.
It also contains obscure documents relating to freedom of speech, cryptography, surveillance, and so on. Although many of the files available are of little importance, Cryptome has caused a stir in the past with items such as:
The MI6 files - a list of MI6 agents published on May 13, 1999.
The Eyeball series - a series of detailed maps for sensitive government facilities and sites of significant public interest.
Pictures of dead U.S. soldiers from the 2003 invasion of Iraq that the Pentagon refused to release.
Added on: 07-Feb-2006 Hits: 1506
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International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM)
Description: Home of the SI units, or as we learned in school, the Metric System. In 1960, the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures adopted the name Système International d'Unités (International System of Units) for the recommended practical system of units of measurement. It is officially known by its French name Le Bureau international des poids et mesures.
Added on: 15-Feb-2006 Hits: 1050
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BritishBattles.com
Description: On this site you will find accounts of a number of battles in which British soldiers have been involved. BritishBattles.com is continuously increasing the site, adding further battles and other features. There are many descriptions of the battles, along with paintings and maps. Uniforms of the period are shown on the map.
Added on: 03-Mar-2006 Hits: 1779
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Fishbase - The Scientific Database about Fish
Description: FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish. As of April 2006, it included descriptions of over 29,300 species, over 216,800 common names in hundreds of languages, over 41,300 pictures, and references to over 37,900 works in the scientific literature.
As awareness of FishBase has grown among fish specialists, it has attracted several hundred contributors and collaborators. In order to preserve its value as a scientific database, FishBase is not allowed to include original data; all of its content must be based on previously-published material.
Added on: 26-May-2006 Hits: 1186
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Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas
Description: Featured maps include Historical Maps of the United States as well as other older maps. Many newer maps are available too.
Added on: 30-Jun-2006 Hits: 1028
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2020ok - Directory of free eBooks
Description: Lots of links to freely available eBooks on all subjects, with many available programming books. (100,000+ books claimed) Also see the related forums at 121space.com
Added on: 09-Jan-2007 Hits: 1319
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Animated knots by Grog
Description: A how to for tying knots in rope with step by step animated instructions.
Added on: 25-Apr-2007 Hits: 1520
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