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SEARCH ENGINES

Search: Duck Duck GO has Real privacy or Ask Jeeves, the Google, or Yahoo Search, or there are Metaweb searches like MetaCrawler, is a multiple search engine. Picsearch is a family friendly one. Wikipedia and Uncyclopedia are user written. Google also has tools for webmasters.

For HE, COPAC is the On-Line Library Catalogs of lots of Universities.


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', so can do Ordering. Also formerly including Local IT Support Services . We can provide help i.e. with a lost password. There is the NTU Email , Purchasing, and Estates' Badger links. Then theres Raritan Server command remote control, NTU Anywhere and Wake up a computer can be used for staff to access the network from outside.


MISCELLANEOUS

Church Leisure

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. We have made up a card game, called in The Red. More Card Game rules. Chris was with 1360 Squadron ATC, but now emuas RAF. The British Library has good stuff. More globally, N A S A have good pictures. Nottingham Forest Football Club, is better from the BBC.

News / Communications Sensible

Theres facebook, or GMail and Vodafone too. I also use NTLWorld email. Dissolving @Mailinator.com email accounts are neat. Chris is at Loughbarrow Uni.
This Is Nottingham from the Evening Post. Unison has a trade union site.
I am a CofEPOW . I use an Orange phone. Media UK is good for web radio

Babel fish, Language Translator of text or web pages. Blackwell's bookshop. Abbott Diabetes Care or Wave Sense Jazz for diabetic customer's
NatWest or American Express or Tesco Banks. A Currency Converter is handy.
For electronic bartering, EBay is poor competition for Amazon . - use Sniping . Also, Post Office to send it. Find the Cheapest Music Supplier at Tune Checker.

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 A-Z street name. Try Green Flag or Ordnance Survey. Track excercise with MapOmeter. Search UK Petrol Prices for free on Petrol Prices.com.
National Rail and Train Line (c/w prices) have good train route Planners, or Travel News and cameras from around Nottingham. We like Warner Leisure Hotels.


COMPUTING

General SpyWare or Virus?

BIOS or other Password cracker. Eraser will get rid of data right.
Mag: PC Pro , from Dennis Publishing.
Spam, and how to get rid of it FAQ

AVG by Grisoft is what I use at home. Dr Solomon's McAfee 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 SpyWare Database

Hardware Software

AMD for ATI graphics cards etc, or NVidia Graphics Hardware or 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.

Adept Scientific for scientific, technical, mathematical and industrial applications.
B S A the Business Software Alliance fights software piracy.
DriverGuide.com for any driver but all need membership
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 Pugh 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 W3Schools.com and DNSstuff.com. HTML W3.org is a for web page writers, - as is Just Me? 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! File Extensions explained.


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.


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