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Here are a few interesting places that I've visited. Click on the logo or link to go there.
Let me know if any become out of date.
art bike electronics holidays internet model aircraft model aircraft shops music artists music festivals music news places protest reference robotics science shopping software tomb raider tv university webcams
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bloodrunners.com Andy Sparrow's artwork, including the Bloodrunners bike comic strip. |
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banksy.co.uk graffiti mostly by stencil |
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rogerdean.com
lots of 70s record covers |
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nationalgallery.org.uk trafalgar square london - free |
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tate.org.uk/modern tate modern museum art gallery |
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javaboutique.internet.com java applets that can animate web pages |
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warwickartscentre.co.uk warwick university arts centre |
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empireonline.co.uk uk release dates for films and more |
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darkhorizons.com early info, trailers and pictures from upcoming films |
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sfx.co.uk anything even vaguely sci fi |
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motorcyclenews.com bike stuff |
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mandp.co.uk bike stuff |
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ducati.com italian bikes |
| suzuki | suzuki-gb.co.uk japanese bikes |
| yamaha | yamaha-motor-europe.com/products/motorcycles japanese bikes |
| biker's paradise | bikersparadise.co.uk mostly leathers |
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bloodrunners.com Andy Sparrow's artwork, including the Bloodrunners bike comic strip. |
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maplin.co.uk online catalog |
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uk.farnell.com farnell supply bits fast |
| Ken's Project's | welwyn.demon.co.uk Ken Hewitt's electronic projects for model aircraft etc. |
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customelectronics.co.uk electronic bits for aircraft and more |
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magenta2000.co.uk electronics stuff including bat detectors |
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microchip.com PIC microcontrollers |
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picotech.com pc based scopes. |
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french life.co.uk |
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justsardinia.co.uk the other bit of italia |
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purecrete.com |
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poferries.com P&O Portsmouth ferry to Bilbao Spain |
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indiv-travellers.com euro hols |
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alitalia.com italian national airline |
| easyjet | easyjet.com easyjet |
| ryanair | ryanair.com ryanair |
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thomsonfly.com euro flights from coventry |
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oxfordbus.co.uk park and ride bus from oxford to london (and back) |
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oxfordtube.com the other park and ride bus from oxford to london (and back) |
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lse.ac.uk student accommodation in london available out of term time |
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google.co.uk. maybe the best search engine |
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google.co.uk. language tools |
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https://gmail.google.com email by internet |
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earth.google.com fly around the earth by high res satellite image - broadband required. |
babelfish |
babelfish.altavista.digital.com online translation - see also dictionary.com |
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thinkbroadband.com advice comparison and faqs on broadband |
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plus.net adsl broadband isp |
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bmfa.org british model flyers association. You need to be a member to get insured. |
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befa.org.uk british electric flight association |
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cadmac.org coventry and district model aero club. |
| aeronutz | aeronutz.flyer.co.uk indoor flight of the seriously miniature variety - Leicester |
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barcs.co.uk british association of radio control soarers |
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esoaring.net new competition class for electric launched thermal soarers |
| LMA | LMA large model association |
| Mike Sayer | mike.sayer.dsl.pipex.com Mike Sayer is a cadmac member. Keeps winning the electric events. Has an Eco8 too. |
| GTBA | gtba.co.uk Gas Turbine Builders association. Do it yourself jet engines - Yes really ! |
| Ken's Project's | welwyn.demon.co.uk Ken Hewitt's electronic projects for model aircraft etc. |
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customelectronics.co.uk electronic bits for aircraft and more |
| F3Score | members.iinet.net.au/~sgloor f3score software for running gliding competitions (from Australia) |
| uavs | avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/AUVS association for unmanned vehicle systems international robotics competitions |
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ezonemag.com almost everything you could want to know about electric flight - reviews, tips, faqs etc. |
| lmsa | lmsa.org.uk long mynd soaring association - old site here geocities.com/LongMyndSoaring |
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smsa.co.uk south midlands soaring association |
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n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms free flying model simulator |
| chronos | chronos.ltd.uk metal bashing tools and supplies of the model engineering variety. |
| csm | rcmodels.org/csm manufacturers of "heading lock" piezo gyros for model helicopters |
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flightpower.co.uk lithiums |
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fvk.de manufacturers of excellent hi tech gliders |
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galaxymodels.co.uk manufacturers of the aerojet. |
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gogliding.net gliders |
| GTBA | gtba.co.uk Gas Turbine Builders association. Do it yourself jet engines - Yes really ! |
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gws.com.tw manufacturers of the pico stick indoor/park fly aircraft |
| hyperflight.co.uk | hyperflight.co.uk Neil's online shop for altitude loggers, variometers etc. |
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jetimodel.cz brushless/sensorless electric motors and controllers |
| Ken's Project's | welwyn.demon.co.uk Ken Hewitt's electronic projects for model aircraft etc. |
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ikarus-modellbau.de manufacturers of the eco and piccolo model helicopters |
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modelhelicopters.co.uk local shop specialising in helicopters |
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mscomposit.com manufacturers of the hornet model helicopter and swift |
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overlander.co.uk electric stuff nicads, nimhs, lithiums, connectors etc. |
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phoenixmp.com traditional balsa and ply (and foam) construction aircraft (mostly gliders) and bits. I've a stiletto slope soarer and siesta.thermal soarer |
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robotbirds.co.uk various bits, but especially electric |
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samsmodels.com lighter stuff - indoor and freeflight |
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sussex-model-centre.co.uk well stocked |
| t9hobbysport.com | t9hobbysport.com big moulded gliders including the skorpion. |
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westlondonmodels.com well stocked |
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wrenturbines.co.uk commercial offshoot from the GTBA, offering DIY kits (and completed units) for 1 of the smallest jet engines available. Could still do with being a bit smaller though (and a bit cheaper). |
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budgie.uk.com guitar riff band from the 70s. Still doing
it - at least the bass player/singer. breadfan mountain who do you want napoleon bona parts 1 and 2 various 2005 |
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founder member of the pretenders -
woderful songs for guitar. message of love tattooed love boys creep middle of the road brass in pocket I'll stand by you louie louie adultress |
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giannanannini.com italian musician from Siena. 2 full videos
for dowload from the site, including the excellent disumano
from cuore. Another fan site here i maschi meravigliosa creatura  |
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hawkwind.com. yes they are still doing it.
Sounds a lot better with modern technology too. silver machine |
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heathernova.com
simple, thoughtful songs on guitar, often with a cello,
sometimes with electric guitar and everything -
excellent. maybe an angel maybe an angel island walk this world mother tongue winter blue truth and bone doubled up virus of the mind paper cup sugar |
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joanjett.com I luv rock and roll, and so does she. fan
site here I love rock and roll acdc dirty deeds bad reputation love hurts destroy (eyeliners) |
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julietteandthelicks.com rock after and during a film career hyde park fabchannel |
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monica-naranjo.com spanish woman can really sing. Sometimes a
bit europop, but occasionally brilliant. sobrevivire sobrevivire perra enamorada perra enamorada perra enamorada europa |
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imotorhead.com
1 of the more successful offshoots from hawkwind. They
are still doing it too. Sounds exactly the same. ace of spades |
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mylene.net. mylene farmer French woman can really
sing. Sometimes fragile, beautiful melody. No official
site, but this seems to be 1 of the better fan sites -
swiss. See dvd. rever rever pas le temps de vivre desenchantee innamoramento souviens toi dernier sourire xxl |
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nerina pallot
saw her live at the godiva festival 2005. Almost folk,
but sometimes pop. everybody's gone to war everybody's gone to war everybody's gone to war damascus mr king |
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otway.co.uk what can I say ? He's unique. Otway hit 50
in 2002 and had his 2nd hit record, 25
years after the 1st. You did buy it, didn't you ? headbutts really free house beware of the flowers |
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paola turci
italian mostly acoustic guitar. volo cosi mani giunte ti amero lo stesso |
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rezillos.com defies description. good scupltures destination venus destination venus getting me down |
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skewsiskin.net
heavy rock. Caught these supporting motorhead. new cd in
the shops now. Older stuff proving hard to find. boogeyman goddess |
| spaceritual.org | spaceritual.org another offshoot from hawkwind. Actually with more original members than the real thing. |
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nfte.org yes |
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winamp.com winamp itself (the mp3 player) |
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shoutcast.com streaming mp3 radio |
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youtube.com streaming videos, with lots of archive stuff |
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myspace.com music, videos and more |
| peoplesound | peoplesound.com new independent music with mp3 samplers |
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mp3.com loads of music in mp3 format |
| midi farm | midifarm.com Loads of pop/rock/classical music in midi format. |
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news.bbc.co.uk bbc |
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motorcyclenews.com bike stuff |
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newscientist.com science stuff |
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theregister.co.uk news.in the world of IT |
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genova aeroporto |
| batsford arboretum | batsarb.co.uk batsford arboretum |
| brinklow history group | local history around coventry |
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cat.org.uk Centre for Alternative Technology |
| comptonverney.org.uk | comptonverney.org.uk comnpton verney |
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nationaltrust.org.uk keeping heritage for everyone |
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ragleyhall.com ragley hall |
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bgkew.ork.uk Kew gardens |
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spaceguarduk.com centre keeping a look out for big impacts. |
| waddesdon manor | waddesdon.org.uk waddesdon manor |
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apostrophe protection society It's not difficult - get it right. |
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cnduk.org do we really need these fantastically expensive and polluting weapons ? |
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greenpeace.org.uk attempting to look after the planet |
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stop the war Do we really need to kill people to secure oil supply, distract attention from the economy, prove weapons of mass destruction actually work etc. ? |
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google.co.uk maybe the best search engine |
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wikipedia.org free encyclopedia |
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howstuffworks excellent explanations of technology/science etc. Plenty of pictures, which is a good sign. Backed up with example calculations. Unfortunately uses imperial measures. The best explanation I have seen of flight. Much better than the usual just so/fairy stories. |
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The encyclopedia britannica online, but requires membership for full access. |
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dictionary.com spelling, grammar, translation and more |
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onlinebooks famous/important books transcribed for download as plain text or html etc. |
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multimap.com find places, routes etc. |
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The National Lottery. Check your numbers the easy way |
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streetsensation.co.uk photo real view of london streets |
| UAVS | Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Robotics Competitions |
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newscientist.com Did you know the universe is heavier than it looks ? |
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howstuffworks excellent explanations of technology/science etc. Plenty of pictures which is a good sign. Backed up with example calculations. Unfortunately uses imperial measures. The best explanation I have seen of flight. Much better than the usual just so/fairy stories. |
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vega.org.uk/video/subseries/8 richard feynman lectures on quantum electrodynamics qed 1 2 3 4 |
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amazon.co.uk books, music, dvds and more |
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amazon.fr amazon in france - french stuff of course, but also more likely to have sound samples of CDs than the uk site. |
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amazon.de amazon in deutschland. More likely to stock heavy rock cds. |
| biker's paradise | bikersparadise.co.uk mostly leathers |
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blackwells books (oxford) |
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blueunplugged.com bluetooth and all things mobile and beyond |
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comet.co.uk electrical/electronic stuff |
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currys.co.uk electrical/electronic stuff |
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dv247.com digital village music stuff |
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easydevices.co.uk electronic stuff |
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ebuyer.com electronic stuff |
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emartbuy.co.uk memory |
| futurecycles.org | futurecycles.org bikes |
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hawkshead.com clothes from the Lake District |
| hobgoblin.com | hobgoblin.com musical instruments of the more obscure variety |
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jsaccessories.com bike clothing and accessories |
| londonrecumbents.co.uk | londonrecumbents.co.uk bikes |
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mandp.co.uk bike stuff |
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maplin.co.uk maplin online catalog |
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microdirect.co.uk pc stuff |
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novatech.co.uk electronic/pc stuff |
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oup.co.uk books Oxford University Press |
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pcworld.co.uk computer stuff |
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play.com music and dvds (region 1 and 2) cheaper than amazon |
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quietpc superior pc components for a quiet life. |
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soundcontrol.co.uk musical instruments |
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synology.com network attached pc storage |
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tesco.com whatever |
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touchstonetonewoods bits for musical instruments |
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thinkbroadband.com advice comparison and faqs on broadband |
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filezilla-project.org free ftp client (and server) |
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grisoft.com home of AVG free anti virus solution |
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pocketpcfreewares free software for pdas |
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safer-networking.org Home of spybot spyware and adware eliminator. |
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visic.com home of aceFTP |
| webmonkey.com | webmonkey.com help with web page development and software |
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zonealarm.com home of zonealarm free firewall |
| tombraider.com | The official site |
| tombraiders.net/stella | A better walkthrough |
| tombraiderchronicles.com | something for #7 legend |
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tvguide.co.uk |
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bbc.co.uk/iplayer watch again or catch up |
| bbc | BBC |
| itv | ITV |
| channel 4 | Channel 4 |
| channel 5 | Channel 5 |
| raiuno | RAIuno - Italia |
| france2-5 | france |
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ox.ac.uk oxford (where I went). |
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exeter.ox.ac.uk
exeter college (the college I went to). |
| engineering science | engineering department |
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museums.ox.ac.uk/museum_ash ashmolean museum |
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bodley.ox.ac.uk bodleian library |
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mhs.ox.ac.uk museum of the history of science |
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oum.ox.ac.uk museum of natural history |
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open.ac.uk open university. I need 1 more module for a
Diploma in Computing for Commerce and Industry. Then a
project for an MSc open.ac.uk/new/distance-learning.shtml Info on how distance learning works for prospective students. |
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conted.ox.ac.uk oxford continuing education |
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www2.warwick.ac.uk university of warwick. I've done language evening classes there. Carol studied psychology there |
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warwickartscentre.co.uk/home warwick university arts centre |
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www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/languagecentre/ the language centre at university of warwick |
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www.ai.mit.edu/projects/leglab/ have a look at the mpegs of walking robots at MIT leg lab |
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webcam.popso.it/stelvio.php passo stelvio - mountain pass in italia |
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www.leviaducdemillau.com/index.php4?lang=FR autoroute bridge over the tarn valley |
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earthcam.com earthcam - all sorts |
