ONLINE SHOP
You can now buy essential oils, massage oils, base oils and creams, and skin creams online by credit card (sorry, no debit cards).
ADULT EDUCATION COURSE
April 24, 2008, 10 a.m. - 12 noon for 10 weeks, Sheffield Independent Film, 5 Brown St, S1. (Central Sheffield - to the right of the Workstation and Site Gallery). Ongoing group open to newcomers.
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MAJOR CHANGES TO LINKS PAGES 6.4.06 - see LINKS INDEX. If you have bookmarked pages, the URL may have changed.
Boycott Microsoft Article particularly about Windows and Office XP terms and conditions.
How To Recognise Valid And Invalid Petitions Don't forward e-mail petitions where you add your name to a long list. Valid petitions ask you to visit a website and "sign" once online.
Safe Hex Safe computing tips - keep viruses out (especially if you use Outlook Express!)
South Yorkshire Community Information Free websites and training for community groups and small businesses.
Spambot Beware How to avoid programs extracting e-mail addresses from web pages.
Stop Spam Harvesting Good tips to avoid unsolicited e-mail.
Synergynet ISP (Internet Service Provider) with alternative ethos - green, alternative health, slight New Age infection. Pay-as-you-go internet connection.
Why software shouldn't be covered by patents article by Tord Jansson, who was threatened into removing his hobby project, a free MP3 encoder called BladeEnc, from the Internet due to patent claims.
UNPAID ADVERTISEMENT - MICROSOFT BEER 77K wav sound file.
I use or have used all specific programmes listed here myself (running Windows 98SE); all is free unless otherwise stated.
Audacity Open-source audio editor for wav, mp3, Ogg Vorbis. Record, edit, speed up or slow down, add effects.
Calypso E-mail program - alternative to Outlook Express, less vulnerable to viruses, fast-loading. Version 3.3 free, new shareware version due later.
CDex CD ripper - converts CD tracks into wav or mp3 sound files, also converts wav to mp3 and vice-versa. Version 1.51 won't work for me on Windows ME or 98SE, but 1.50 is fine.
Font Magic Freeware fonts archive.
Moon Software A few freeware programs inc. FontLoader and Font Xplorer Lite.
O4FE Opera File Explorer - explore and edit Opera history, visited links and cache.
Opera free, fast Internet Browser, alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer. Fast, can open many windows quickly within main window. Includes e-mail and newsreader.
Outpost Personal firewall.
Pixie tells you RGB, etc., values of any colour on your screen - use these to reproduce the colour in other programmes.
Pricelessware Good freeware site.
Son Of Spy Excellent freeware site, huge number of programmes. A few broken links.
Tweak Home PC Free tips and utilities downloads.
TypOasis Freeware fonts.
Web Time Web Timer/Logger - simple and not too big.
Winkey Easily create keyboard shortcuts using the Windows key, to open programmes, folders, and Web pages instantly. Up to 200 different key combinations.
Xenu's Link Sleuth Link checker.
WebLog Expert Lite Entry-level Windows program; analyse your website statistics from downloaded log files.
WEBSITE & WEBMASTER RESOURCES (see also SOFTWARE).
Top 10 Website Marketing Mistakes To Avoid Some good basic tips - don't spam, get linked to, update regularly.
Bravenet Free webmaster tools, e.g. counters, if you register. Lots of pop-ups.
Browser Caching In Opera Includes general explanation of caching and why it speeds up web surfing.
E-mail encoder Encode e-mail addresses online into ASCII numeric equivalents - paste into your website HTML to foil address-harvesting software.
NamesCo - my broadband supplier. Also web hosting, domain names, etc. NEW 15.11.06
Thefreecountry.com Free programmers' and webmaster Resources.
Thesitewizard.com Guide to website design and promotion.
Web Economy Bullshit Generator If you would like some serious e-commerce gobbledegook to put in your website, then try this.
Web Hosting Reviews Very good basic guide to what is involved in choosing a web hosting company, and what to look out for. US site, so no specific UK company recommendations.
Web Page Design For Designers Many useful articles and links. Try "Full Topic Index" for starters.
Clearlight Hand Crafted Candles Brian & Lynne Steere's company, established 1976, based in Norfolk, UK. Mail order available.
Implementations the UK supplier of PKS copper garden tools, inspired by the work of Viktor Schauberger. Site has an introduction to his ideas and an explanation of the suggested advantages of using copper tools.
Jencel Beads and jewellery, also with a shop in Hunters Bar, Sheffield. NEW 10.11.06
News From Nowhere Liverpool's Radical & Community Bookshop. Not-for-profit worker's co-operative committed to social change. And you can order 1.5 million books online! NEW 14.05.07
Tanjero Hand-made soaps, Sheffield based, also mail order. No animal oils used.
Greek Island Postcards Tourist survival guides to the Greek Islands.
Matt Barrett's Greece Travel Guide Excellent resource.
XE.com's Universal Currency Converter Quick online conversion.
Mandinga Arts Charles Beauchamp and Julieta Rubio. Carnival arts - design, realisation, performance; workshops - costumes, masks, floats, textiles. International, London-based.
Catherine Corcoran Former Skelmersdale, UK Circle Dance teacher, now living in Whitianga, New Zealand.
Dave Wicken London-based photographer - pics on site.
David Gardiner London-based writer. Includes stories, humour, and a sound sample of Kareve Yom (Giving and Receiving) by Laurieston Hall's Clachanpluck (Circle Dance Band).
Julian Mount (aka: Julian the Juggler) Circus Unlimited! based in Hemel Hempstead. Julian also runs Big Top Business Training.
Lez Watson Personal site.
The Wonderful World of the Midgecat. Midge The Cat. There are some photos of me somewhere on the site, with a less than flattering commentary.
DigiKardz Good selection of free electronic greetings cards.
Page last updated 15.11.06
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