| These are some of my Favourite Links ... | ||||||
| Miscellaneus sites | |
| Wikipedia | A contributory encyclopedia, where you can post your own entry, edit an entry, or comment on another person's entry. |
| Kabalarian | The Kabalarian Philosophy teaches constructive living based on principles of right thinking, right breathing, and right eating. The site also has an interesting-though-not-exactly-accurate section which profiles your personality based on your name. |
| Exploring the French Revolution | A collaboration of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, and the American Social History Project at the City University of New York which provides a number of interesting essay, images, text documents and songs pertaining to the French Revolution. |
| The Rosetta Project | A global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers, who are attempting to build an archive of 1000 languages, and thus developing a contemporary version of the Rosetta Stone. |
| Andante | A site devoted to classical music. It contains bibliographies, music-related news and concert reviews, Andante Radio, links to other music related sites, profiles, etc. |
| Ask Sherlock | A site that teaches you handwriting analysis. |
| Colorgenics | A site which attempts to map your personality using your colour preferences as a guide. |
| Wired Java Fanatic | Another site run by a coffee fan, providing information on the places coffee is grown, where to find the best cup, how to make the best cup, other things you could make with coffee, etc. |
| Coffee Geek | An online community for coffee drinkers, with regular interesting columns. |
| Coffee Kid | Started as a hobby site, this site offers reviews of products, and guides to making the "perfect cup". |
| Smell The Coffee | A coffee community website and a virtual coffee shop that provides coffee information, news and products. |
| memex.org | The purpose of this site, is to explore how technology and social change fuel each other. |
| Great Achievements | A site which provides timelines, and histories of the greatest accomplishments developed by man. |
| A Sightseer's Guide to Engineering | This site provides a listing of the engineering marvels in the United States. It includes a history of the site, interesting facts, etc. |
| Foresight Institute | The Institute's goal is to guide emerging technologies to improve the human condition. Foresight focuses its efforts upon nanotechnology, the coming ability to build materials and products with atomic precision, and upon systems that will enhance knowledge exchange and critical discussion, thus improving public and private policy decisions. |
| European Training Village | ETV is an interactive platform for vocational education and training. Experts can share and exchange knowledge and experience with associates within and outside the European Union. |
| eGovLinks | This site serves as a resource for information pertaining to Electronic and Digital Government |
| UNCTAD | Established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body, the United Nations Conference on Trade And Development is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment and development issues. It is also the United Nations focal point for the least developed countries. It is headquartered in Switzerland, and has 191 member states. Check out their brochure (PDF). |
| Vaccine.org | Run by the Allied Vaccine Group, the site is dedicated to presenting valid, unbiased scientific information about all kinds of vaccines. It contains links to details on the spread, treatment, and the eradication of diseases. |
| Afghan Network | A wonderful resource for anyone interested in learning about the people, traditions, and cultures of Afghanistan. |
| Abika | A good source for eBooks available in PDF format for free download. You need to register first (which is free). |
| Digital Opportunity Initiative | A public private partnership of Accenture, the Markle Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched at the G-8 Okinawa Summit in 2000, with the aim of identifying the roles that information and communication technologies (ICT) can play in fostering sustainable economic development and enhancing social equity. |
| Bridges |
Bridges.org's mission is to help people in developing countries use technology to improve their lives. They claim that "Properly used, information technologies offer huge potential to empower people in developing and emerging countries to overcome development obstacles, to address the most important social problems they face and to strengthen communities, democratic institutions, a free press, and local economies". |
| Nobel e-Museum | An online hall of science and culture. |
| LiveManuals | Contains information for thousands of products, from TVs and VCRs to digital cameras and office equipment. |
| Historic Wings | Stories and pictures, from the earliest flying days ("Air Mail: Flights of Courage") to the present ("Target Baghdad: Gulf War Diary"). |
| History and Politics out Loud | Offers complete audio recordings of speeches such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream." |
| The Poetry Pub | An excellent destination for poetry. |
| ITC Sangeet Reseach Academy | A great site, which provides a lot of information on Hindustani Classical Music. |
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