Computing

• C++ FAQ Lite got a question about C++? Find the answer here
• Colin Ross - Software Development Colin's blog about software development
• Free CSS templates can't make your own CSS file? Looking for ideas? Look no further. Includes links to other similar sites
• JavaScript Kit help for many aspects of web design, not just javascript, including .htaccess files
• Snopes put rumour-mongers in their place with expert help
• Tips my very own tips pages, including Linux/Unix and much LaTeX
• UTF-8 XHTML characters encodings for characters in UTF-8 as defined for HTML 4 and XHTML 1 (ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1)
• W3Schools a good reference for HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP and lots of other web page-creating stuff
• WayBack Machine has your favourite website gone the way of the dodo? See if you can find it here
• Windows - Alt Key Numeric Codes how to type letters with diacritics and other characters in Windows
• WordPress.com easy-to-use blogging software. Create your blog on their server or on your server
  • Template tags functions used in the code of a WordPress blog to display posts and more

LaTeX

Because there is never enough reference material about LaTeX.

• Arbitrary LaTeX reference one user's record of problems, workarounds and solutions
• Art of Problem Solving a LaTeX Wiki
• Getting to grips with LaTeX tutorial; seems quite clear and useful
• LaTeX Community forum providing help and advice
• LaTeX for Linguists advice and tips for linguists using LaTeX, from the University of Essex
• LaTeX tips my own tips and advice, tried and tested; not always the best solution, but they work. If you find out differently, Contact me
• Ling-Tex a mailing list for people who typeset linguistics material in LaTeX
• The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List this is so useful. If you want to know how to produce a symbol in LaTeX, if it's not in here, it tells you how you can create it yourself
• UK List of TeX Frequently Asked Questions on the Web got a question about LaTeX? Find the answer here

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Humour and fun

• Badger Badger Badger the classic animation from weebls
• Badgers Do Footy the badgers get out their footy strips

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Language and linguistics

• British Slang
• British/American Dictionary
• Dictionary.com
• Directory of Open Access Journals (Languages and Literatures)
• Glossary of Linguistic Terms
• IPA "keyboard" (typeit)
• IPA "keyboard" (linguiste)
• LaTeX for Linguists
• Ling-Tex a mailing list for people who typeset linguistics material in LaTeX
• The Linguist List the world's largest online linguistic resource
• Linguistics Association of Great Britain the LAGB's home page
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus online dictionary and thesaurus (mainly free)
• Useful Links for Linguists
• Verbix online verb conjugator. Has many languages
• Word Reference online French, Italian and Spanish dictionary and a language forum
• World Wide Words words of the world as discussed by Michael Quinion
• Your dictionary another online dictionary

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Language (family) specific

• Català ~ English dictionary Catalan / English dictionary
• Català > Română dictionary Catalan / Romanian dictionary
• Multilanguage dictionaries Castilian, Castilian ~ English / French / Catalan / German / Italian / Galician / Euskara (Basque) / Portuguese
  * Subscription charges apply after free trial *
• The Romance Languages information about the Romance languages
• Orbilus Latinus information about Latin and Romance languages
• Wikipedia: Galician verbs (normativa oficial):
  • Galician verbs, in Spanish
  • Galician verbs, in Galician

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Traffic and travel

• BBC Cambridgeshire Traffic News traffic news for Cambridgeshire
• British Airways home page of BA
• Google Maps (UK) online maps - now with streetview in selected areas
• MultiMap online maps
• Network Rail when's the train due?
• StreetMap online maps (UK-based)

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