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LiveJournal blogging site. My lj is here
Google search engine. Better to use Blackle, better yet to use GoodSearch
Gmail and Hushmail email
Yahoo directory
Babelfish translations
Dictionary.com spellcheck
Project Gutenberg public domain library
Xe currency conversions
eBay auctions
PayPal payment system
Amazon bookstore
Wayback time machine for the internet
Britannica and Wikipedia encyclopedias
About information
eHow step by step guides
Observer, the BBC news
Blip FM
Diggers & Dreamers communards, baby
Femina feminist search engine
We'Moon beautiful and useful diaries
Fine Art of Being Come Out To very amusing and useful advice
Amnesty International human rights organization
Greenpeace ecology organization
Red Cross charity
Oxfam charity
Hunger Site click to help for free
Etsy handmade items
Get Crafty stitch and bitch
Rossetti & Ophelia's Mirror pre-Raphaelites
Michael Whelan
GlockGal
BodModEzine
Pomegranate
Dreamhost my webhost. They're good, not too expensive, green, democratic, & funny
FutureQuest my first webhost. They were expensive but superreliable. Very friendly staff
Vox Populli slash-friendly and cheap webhost. Friendliest webmistress in the world
SlashCity slash-friendly and cheap webhost
W3C to validate xhtml
WDG also validates xhtml but has an option to do the entire site
W3 to validate css
Full Moon Graphics Kitty's supercute free web graphics
My palette a gif with hex codes for looking up colours quickly
Tutorialtastic Jem's site of learning
Jemjabella Jem's script and blog site
Bare Bones html primer
Lissa Explains It All basic html site. Lots of ads though
SmartFTP freeware ftp client
Lavasoft freeware spy scanning
AVG freeware antivirus software
MajorGeeks
Tech Support Forum
W3 Schools xhtml and css tutorials. I particularly like their on-line code-tester
Elements of Phyle hilarious and brilliant grammar guide
Holy Mother Grammatica funny fanfiction writing guide
Minotaur tips for slash writers from One Who Knows
How to write sex scenes by Resonant is even better than the version by Steve Almond
Arduinna's Rants & Rambles essays on fanfictiony stuff
Fannish Butterfly's Fanfic Peeves
Cry's article on Point of View
Shrift's fabulous Polyamorous Recs
Smallville Slash archive
ExWood Due South archive
Fanfiction Symposium
Badfic articles, i.e. how not to write fanfiction
Interesting... very interesting
Andrew Vachss is one of my favourite authors
I just love MaryMc!
Tash has photographs and information on countercultural stuff
Barefoot Doctor has a taoist perspective
Carol's blog
Mugen's wanderings
Paula's Choice skincare information
Ms Magazine
The Fanlistings Network web design
Post Punk Kitchen vegan and vegetarian cooks
Idle Foundation motto: Just don't do it :)
Big Fat Blog fat liberation
Thorntree travel
The Evil Overlord List
Dilbert
Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down! is this a website title or a mission statement?
Wonders of Makeup
Fark.com
XKCD
Entertainment.ie gig and cinema listings
Bank of Ireland heavy breadhead conspiracy
CIE transport transport timetables
Eircom phone listings
Vodafone phone site
Supernatural is my current obsession fandom
SN_Slash lj comm
Wincest lj comm
SPN Newsletter lj comm
Sinful Desire archive
Sam/Dean Archive
Art of Travel a practical, funny, wise read with a relaxed, down-to-earth attitude. Inspirational
Plane Stupid why it's better to overland
The Man in Seat 61 train guru
Lonely Planet the online home of the respected guidebook publishers
Rough Guides
Cecilia's Amazing Tips are wise words from a seasoned traveller
Peter Leth for a quirky and thought-provoking take on backpacking in Asia
Foreign Office Travel Advisories check where they're freaking out about this week
Backpack Europe and Rick Steves are both great for newbies
Round The World Journeys and Boots'n'All for RTW trips
Hostels.com pretty much every hostel on the planet reviewed and rated. Excellent
Bales Tours a great super deluxe travel service
Voyages Jules Verne cushy travel
Tilley hats and travel gear
Universal Packing List for go-anywhere travel
Carry-on Traveler similar but for travelling ultralight
My own packing list
Fwoggie's Travel Links go to the search airlines page, enter a starting point and a destination, and the database will plot how to get from A to B via no-frills airlines. Genius
If you find a broken link, please let me know.