why should The Truth be any different?
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| The obligatory Links page | |
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| Opera web browser I don't use Internet Explorer, I use Opera, which is a very very good web browser indeed, but be warned - it isn't Internet Explorer. |
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| AVG Anti-Virus software Anti-virus software that's been protecting me very nicely indeed for ages. The regular updates are free too. |
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| Zone Alarm Firewall This also works very well, has regular free updates and also uses up far less space and resources than Dr Norton or the other big expensive firewalls. |
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| SpyBot Gets rid of those little unwanted programs that make a nuisance of themselves either with advertising or by reporting back to advertising companies with your browsing habits... |
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| KaZaa++ Lets people share programs and files on over the internet. Get free (but technically illegal) copies of just about any software, music, or film you can imagine. And don't forget to share your files - that's how the whole thing works, by everyone SHARING! UPDATE: KaZaa's gone right shite lately, full of duff files and the like, so I've stopped using it for the most part now. Recommended replacements are DC++, but which is rather more difficult, and BitTorrent (there are loads of different pieces of software to use BitTorrent with but I prefer this one). BitTorrent works completely differently from SoulSeek or DC++ or KaZaa, and isn't as straightforward to grasp, but it's worth making the effort to do so... |
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| SoulSeek SoulSeek is like Kazaa but it's mainly for sharing MP3 music files. You can get everything on SoulSeek. UPDATE: And you still can! |
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| Explorer Launchpad This may seem pointless but this add-on to Windows Explorer to let you set up short-cuts to oft-used folders is actually very handy. |
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| dBpowerAmp Music Converter For "ripping" music files from CD to MP3 or converting files you've already got this is what you need. UPDATE: Sadly you now need to pay for dBpowerAmp (about £6-7, I think), but I've found it to be that well-designed and useful that I did! |
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| WinAmp - you just can't beat it for playing music on the PC. | x |
| IrfanView Got some graphics or photos to look at? Use the simple but powerful IrfanView. |
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| FirstPage 2000 I built this site with FirstPage 2000, an excellent HTML coding programming for any level of expertise. | x |
| The Alien Online Science Fiction/Fantasy news, reviews, interviews - and some very good articles |
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| Infinity Plus It really is the business for short sf/fantasy fiction on the internet, as well as more reviews and occasional non-fiction pieces |
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| New Science Fiction Alliance/BBR A one-stop shop for subscriptions to any and all small-press fiction, non-fiction |
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| Alternet American site with lots of interesting essays and news - updated daily. |
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| SchNews A weekly newsletter from Justice? - Brighton's Direct Action collective - with the stories behind the news... Couple it with UK Indymedia and you have an excellent alternative news reporting combination! |
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| Urban-75 isn't as up-to-date but is hipper and funnier. And the forums are always interesting. |
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| Ethical Consumer Put all that hard-earned knowledge about the evils of corporatism into practice! |
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| George Monbiot (author of The Captive State) He rocks |
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| John Pilger He rocks, too. Possibly even harder |
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| The Onion Come on, everyone knows about this, don't they? Probably the only sane news site left in the USA. |
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| The Adventures of Weebl and Bob Weebl's a potty-mouthed weeble-type character with a taste for pies. Bob isn't. The funniest animation on the web but I don't know why... |
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| Sci-Tech Daily is where I always go for stimulating snippets of Science and Technology Equally, for stimulating snippets of the Arts and Humanities, I go to Arts and Letters Daily |
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| Opal Music and Rough Trade If you like obscure indie/electronica/mad music then these guys can help and will help Plus, Rough Trade do a brilliant "new releases" e-mail every week - well worth signing up to! |
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| PlayLouder The design's a bit harsh sometimes but otherwise this is a pretty good site for indie music news and stuff. |
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| FaxYourMp.com Everyone should know about this site - fax your MP - for free - and tell them to stop pissing about and do some good, or else you won't vote for them! They don't like that. |
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| The Fourth Rail Reviews of new comics. By grown-ups. For grown-ups. |
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| Webmonkey
Taught me everything I know (not much, but that's not their fault) about writing HTML. |
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| A Nice Cup of Tea and a Biscuit
Ahh, yes. That's better. Simply the best place for news about my favourite food - biscuits. |
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| Information Addiction I don't know who this guy is but he has some fascinating stuff on his site. |
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| So does New Scientist News
Go on, don't be an ignorant peasant all your life. |
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| RefDesk.com A HUGE search site. If it's not on here then it probably doesn't exist. |
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| Eggmurders.com Aaron Hendren writes in New Mexico and is a very nice and talented man. |
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| The Early Days Of A Better Nation | |
| This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow | |
| The Soliloquist | |
| Hyper Machine Interfaces | |
| Charlie Stross's Diary | |
| Counterspin Central | |
| Eschaton | |
| Futurismic | |
| Airstrip One | |
| LinkMachineGo |
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