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This bookmark.htm file is now available from both NTU or at Virgin Media , the proper new site.

SEARCH ENGINES

AltaVista Search or Ask Jeeves, the European Accoona or Google, or HotBot, or Yahoo Search, or there are Metaweb searches like MetaCrawler, particularly Clusty with its categories sidebar to narrow down the search. These are all multiple search engines. Picsearch is a family friendly one. Wikipedia and Uncyclopedia are user written. Google also has tools for webmasters.

These are meant for the HE Community:

COPAC for On-Line Library Catalogs of lots of Universities, or INTUTE a Virtual Library of resources for education and research.

THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY

(Note some of these are secure links, and will need a username and password):
Back to The Nottingham Trent University Home Page , where I am with 'Information Systems', formerly made up of Local IT Support Services and C&IT , We can provide help i.e. with a lost password. There is the NTU Email , Purchasing, and Estates' Badger links and I also run Portable Appliance Testing training courses for the University Health and Safety Department. Server command remote control, NTU Anywhere or the full IS staff version can be used to access the network from outside.

MISCELLANEOUS

Church	Leisure
The Alpha Course and ReJesus are for those who want to find out about Christian beliefs. There is a Diocese Mailing list, at Southwell. I am part of St Helens Church, at Trowell. Try bible.com for online bible resources.	The B B C online. Our Family has a Broadband web site at Virgin Media. The Lord of the Rings home. Nottingham Forest Football Club, but its better from the BBC.
News / Communications	Sensible
GMail is quite good and Vodafone too. I also use NTLWorld email. Dissolving @pookmail.com or @Mailinator.com email accounts are neat. This Is Nottingham from the Evening Post. Unison has a trade union site. I use an Orange phone. Media UK is good to find web radio	Babel fish, Language Translator of text or web pages. Blackwell's bookshop. The British Library has good stuff. Chris goes to Bilborough College Barclays, NatWest or Morgan Stanley Bank EBay for electronic bartering, best with eBay Sniping but check the bidders out. The Post Office to send it. Currency Converter by the web arm of Olsen & Associates.
Silly	Travel
If you are Bored, then try the End of the Internet. Then there's Eclectec or the Framley Local Newspaper and Funny Games are funny. Old but good: the new Hampsterdance2. Weekly World News site. Weebis do funny movies too.	Google Maps all of Great Britain at Street-Level, routes, or by street name. Try Green Flag too. Ordnance Survey is handy, or more globally, N A S A have good pictures too and Windows Live Local global mapping. Search UK Petrol Prices for free on Petrol Prices.com. National Rail and Train Line (c/w prices) have good train route Planners. Travel News and cameras from around Nottingham.

COMPUTING

General	SpyWare or Virus?
BIOS or other Password cracker. Eraser will get rid of data right. Mags: PC World is a VNU Publication or PCPro , from Dennis Publishing. Spam, and how to get rid of it FAQ	AVG by Grisoft is what I use at home. Dr Solomon's - Computer Virus Information or can Computer Associates Inoculate-IT cope with this virus. Check Symantec to see if Virus warning is a hoax. Also see advice on Get Safe Online. Watch out for Ad Ware on your PC with Lavasoft or Spybot or Spy Sweeper
Hardware	Software
ATI for graphics cards etc. NVidia Graphics Hardware or from Hyperion VIA Arena. FlashBios for BIOS upgrades and problems. Printing: Epson Products or Hewlett-Packard or Lexmark International for printers, computers, etc. Modem Trouble shooter site. Try Sea tools for disk drive diagnostics software. I buy from Visage Computers now.	Adept Scientific for scientific, technical, mathematical and industrial applications. B S A the Business Software Alliance fights software piracy. Chest real educational discounts. DriverGuide.com for any driver but all need membership File Extensions explained. The Math Works is the home of MATLAB in America. Linux: Red Hat is good but Ubuntu seems better. Staff / Student software from Phoenix or LicenseToClick purchasing
Web	Microsoft
Lost a website? Look at http://www.archive.org/ for a copy. VisiBone RGB Colour Chart for web sites. Check sources at ARIN Who Is IP number Search or DNSstuff.com. Introducing HTML 4 is a for web page writers, as is Web Monkey - Java Script for web pages. I like to use the Firefox browser and FoxIt PDF viewer	Windows Event Viewer - what does that event Mean?? The Microsoft US Support centre. From there, search or browse for technical support information. Computer slow to start? Get rid of some Useless programs and other Task List programs and drivers! Other windows Registry Tweaks.

CONTROL ENGINEERING

The Engineering Council represents the engineering profession in the UK. The British Fluid Power Association represents the British fluid power industry. There is an Introduction to the effects of feedback on systems called Feedback and Control by C.D.H Williams of Exeter University. The Institute of Measurement and Control , of which I am a member. Find a calibrator at the United Kingdom Accreditation Service , the UKAS calibration laboratory website.

ELECTRONICS

Maplin Electronics, and CPC which is part of Farnell alternately Radio Spares.

PORTABLE APPLIANCE TESTING

Avo / Megger Technical Services and Seaward Electronic Limited both supply test equipment and software.

This page was created by Ken Elmer, that's elmer . ken @ gmail . com and last Altered: 26 March, 2008