Stuff That's There

Believe it or not, there's more to this internet thing than just my site. Here, I've collected some of the better things to be found out there, for your amusement and edification.

Absolutely essential, matey

• The Official British Headquarters for International Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19th

Reference and otherwise useful

• Google - knows all, sees all, searches all.
• The Phobias Page
• A List Of Fallacious Arguments
• The Power of Words - more on fallacious arguments.
• Quackwatch - alternative medicine and suchlike mislabelled placebos.
• Latin Lexicon - translate Latin. They also do Greek.
• MapQuest - searchable maps. See also the UK site.
• Babelfish - online translations between a variety of languages.
• dictionary.com - just like one of those old fashioned cellulose based dictionaries, but much much lighter.
• XE.com's Universal Currency Converter - continually updated exchange rates.
• IMDb.com - The Internet Movie Database. A database. Of movies. And it's on the internet.
• Everyone should go here

Software

• distributed.net - Use your computer's spare CPU time to crack encryption, and other geek things.
• Seti@Home - Use your computer's spare CPU time to look for signals from extraterrestrial intelligence.
• Guidescope - Block banner ads and cookies in Windows.
• Zonealarm - easy to use firewall. Secure your PC.
• Tiny Personal Firewall - not so easy to use, but more powerful and flexible, firewall.

Humour

• Sluggy Freelance
• Dilbert
• User Friendly
• Need To Know
• TV Go Home
• ChildCare Action Project: Christian Analysis of American Culture (CAP) - look out for "a giant talking female private organ" (and no, they don't mean Brian Souter).
• Baphomet - you wouldn't believe me if I told you.
• Jebus - He died for your sins. Twice.

Roleplaying, other games, and related people and things

• Chaosium - producers of the excellent Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, and undoubtedly the finest roleplaying company ever to link to my site.
• Cherry Al's homepage
• Birdwoman's Eyrie - Helen Gorman's homepage.
• GUGS - we am de best. Except for Dundee, who am arguably better.
• The Palm Tree Garden - Other Gavin's homepage.
• Jamie Thom's Home Page - marvel at the attrocity of the pop-up window.
• Steven Hanlon's homepage
• Nomic.net - including the Nomic FAQ

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Gavin M. Doig
Do You Believe That?