Links
Here are some linkies I've put on here to help share the love. Some of these sites I believe are quite underrated and I think they deserve more attention. Other sites I just want to spread the awareness of them with the power of linking i.e. Internet love.
I had a list before but lost it so I'll update this page as I remember them.
Causes
The charities I believe to be the world saviours, working to solve our global problems.
- International Union Against Cancer
- Research into the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer.
- American Heart Association
- Heading the awareness in heart disease.
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Helping to product the lives and dignity of victims of war.
- amfAR
- The foundation for AIDS research.
- Amnesty International
- Protecting human rights throughout the world.
- Worldwatch Institute
- Providing information on how to build a sustainable society.
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Fighting leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma.
- The Salvation Army
- Helping those in dire need.
- World Vision
- Fighting world poverty.
- Kiva
- Microcrediting to help entrepreneurs in developing countries start up their business.
- Greenpeace
- Helping protect our Earth's environment.
- Poverty.com
- Helping spread the awareness of world wide poverty online.
- Free Rice
- Helping donate rice to end hunger and at the same time improving your English vocabulary. Is a sister site to Poverty.com
Australian Government Sites
As an Australian citizen I've discovered some website that have been quite useful but relatively unknown to other Australians.
- AusPat
- A free online service to search for Australian patents.
- The Source
- A great youth portal that provides information for young Australians.
- Starting a Business
- A great site that provides links to other organisation and resources which can help you start up your business in Australia.
- Smart Traveller
- A must see resource for anyone going overseas.
- Western Australia
- A great tourism website for WA even I've learnt a couple of new things on it.
- Bentley Technology Precinct
- The transformation of the Bentley's Technology Park to become Australia's Silicon Valley.
Clubs
Clubs I've been associated with or have worked with.
- UWA Motorsport
- Just showing some love to the UWA Motorsport club, which their website was developed by me.
- UWA Student Guild
- My university student guild.
Business
Cool resources for businesses and business people.
- Sunday
- Get your own virtual personal assistance. Cheap and highly effective.
Free Fonts
These are a list of font sites and services that I regularly use when working on designs.
- Ænigma Fonts
- Cool fonts made by one guy.
- dafont.com
- Carries a lot of different types of free font.
- Font Freak
- Another free font site.
- WhatTheFont
- Can't figure out what the name of the font is? Then try out this service.
- TypeNow.net
- Another cool free font site that's even got themed fonts!
Shopping
Great shopping websites and products to shop for.
- Pharmacy Direct
- Cheap pharmacy products online for Australians.
- Foosh
- Foosh energy mints have helped kept me awake in studying for exams and working on assignments. 1 mint = 1 cup of coffee!
- Cool PC
- A place to get Foosh energy mints for Australians.
Online Web Apps/Forums/Biz
Sites that are mainly technical but very useful.
- Dynamic Drive
- Cool site offering free scripts and resources in DHTML, AJAX and CSS.
- StatCounter
- A great counter service that compliments well with Google analytics.
- Whirlpool
- A great Australian website providing information on Australian broadband services.
- Media Convert
- A powerful online media converter. Works great!
- Box.net
- A cool site to upload your files.
- MediaFire
- Another free file hosting site.
- Rescue Time
- If your a developer this resource would be great for you in keeping track of the amount of time you spend on a project.
- AppJet
- Write online programs in a web browser.
- WebMynd
- A cool way to visualize your bookmarks on Firefox.
- Kohana
- An awesome PHP framework based on CodeIgniter.
- Symbaloo
- Manage your favourite websites and navigate the web in a cool way.
- PerthWeb
- Sharing some love to the web development company I did some work experience in for my university practical.
- No Paste
- Don't send source code files to one another paste them then share them.
- w3 CSS Page
- The w3 CSS website contains plenty of cool CSS examples/info/tricks.
- W3Schools
- A great online website containing resources (which I use a lot) about web programming .
- Who is Hosting This?
- Ever wonder who is hosting a certain website? Well this tool will help answer your question.
- BuiltWith
- Want to know what technology a website has used to build their site with then check out BuiltWith.
Space
Websites to do with space.
- Galaxy Zoo
- Help scientists identify galaxies.
- SETI
- Help search for alien life!
- Mars Rover Mission
- The NASA Mars Rover Mission site.
Literature
Links for literature that I have found entertaining and useful.
- Crydee
- The great Raymond E. Feist's official website. Check out the great novels he writes.
- The Longest Journey
- Probably the best adventure game I've ever played. Go out there and buy the game! The sequel to the game is Dreamfall.
- Your Local Library
- Check out your local library's website, I'm sure they have plenty of resources that you would find interesting and informative and best of all its free!
Education
Links to sites that will help expand knowledge.
- SparkNotes
- I wish I had this site back when I was in high school. It would've made studying so much easier.
Fun Stuff
Websites that are entertaining and fun.
- Zombie Initiative
- A fun website that will help you prepare yourself for Z-Day, the day of the zombie invasion.
- Pure Pwnage
- A funny online TV show about gaming.
- Stargate Worlds
- The Stargate MMORPG I've been waiting for even though I'll probably won't play it.
- FreeTube
- A site that has aggregated most of the free online stream TVs available.
- GateWorld
- A great website covering many sci-fi TV shows mainly Stargate SG1/Atlantis.
- No Uptime
- A funny parody web hosting website for those who have ever got web hosting or work for a web hosting company.
- MyHeritage
- Cool site that can find out which celebrities you most resemble.
- Face of Tomorrow
- Check out what the face of humans would look like in the future. Get your school, uni or organisation together to help participate in this fun experiment.