Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Handy Website Links

Below is a list of handy websites I use fairly frequently:

Common:
Google
"The" search engine
iGoogle
Custom home page for the above. Very handy for maintaining/obtaining useful information
Digg
A collection of web articles of interest. Basically a summary of what is popular on the web
Daily Dilbert
Good humor relief for anyone who's stuck (or was) in the corporate world. There's a new strip for every day.
Homestar Runner
Entertaining cartoon - excellent for those days when you need a pick-me-up
It's fuhdwagads!!!
XE
for all your currency conversion needs

Software Development:
DZone
Current posts of interest for general software development - mostly for the Java world, but other languages / subjects are also included
DotNetKicks
Current posts of interest for .NET specific topics.
InfoQ
Articles addressing more general enterprise software development trends
Planet Source Code
Great resource for "how-to"'s for source code for multiple languages
The Code Project
another great resource for "how-to" source code (.NET specific)
Resources For Geeks
Links for tools that come in handy for PC Geek activity

Sport:
Cricket Info
All the current cricket info, including live scores
SA Rugby
Rugby news (specific to South Africa - go Bokke!)
PGA Golf
News and live scores for the PGA Tour
Golf Review
Community reviews of everything golf - I use it for equipment reviews
Golf.com
Another handy golf site for news / reviews

Writing:
East Of The Web
If you're in need of short doses of reading - some good short stories to be found here. (Unfortunately they decommissioned their short-story community site IMO it was the best one available on the web)

Gaming:
MetaCritic
Collective reviews for games on most systems. They collect reviews for other things like film / movies / books / tv / music as well.
bits bytes pixels & sprites
Cool blog with latest gaming news
Gamasutra
Site for the latest news in the gaming industry

Movies:
Movie Trailers
Download latest movie trailers
IMDB
Database of all movies / actors with ratings / info etc.

Other Handy Website Links:
Handy Website Links - South Africa
Handy links specific to South Africa

Got any to add? Post a suggestion.


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