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Games
General gaming
| Games
Domain |
Excellent source of information on games. Reviews, latest patches,
functional demos, and screen shots. |
| Games
Domain patches and demos index |
Direct link to the patches, demos, and desktop themes directories.
Alphabetically sorted. |
| Games Domain
cheats index |
Direct link to the cheats index for PC games. |
| GameSpyder |
Yahoo style directory of sites related to games. All entries have been
judged and accepted for quality and content. |
Quake I/II/III
| id
software |
The people who wrote the game. Also carries the latest patches. |
| PlanetQuake |
The epicentre of all things Quake. New deathmatch levels, bots, total
conversions etc. etc. |
| Telefragged |
Another site dedicated to Quake. |
| Bot epidemic |
Quake/Quake II bots. Challenging replacements for human players, for
those who want to learn maps and play deathmatch without going online.
Includes an archive of optimized route files required by some bots. |
Tomb Raider
| Stella's
Tomb Raider archive |
Carries excellent and detailed walkthroughs for all the Tomb Raider
games (including the Unfinished Business add-on). |
| Eidos Interactive |
Contains patches and upgrades for the Tomb Raider family of games. |
Angband
| Official
Angband homepage |
Maintained by Ben Harrison, the current developer of Angband. The best
place for information on the multi-platform game, inspired by Lord of the
Rings, and derived from Moria. |
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On or about the Internet
The current state of the Internet
Mail spamming, and keeping it to a minimum
| Stop
junk e-mail |
Contains links to legislation being introduced in the US,
as well as useful advice on how to deal with junk e-mail. Last
update was July-1997. |
| Mail Abuse Protection
Scheme |
A non-profit organization lobbying ISP's to support anti-spam
practices. Maintains a dynamic list of sites judged to be sources of net
abuse. |
| CAUCE |
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email. Advocates
and lobbies for a legislative solution to the spam problem. |
| E-mail
abuse FAQ |
Comprehensive guide to dealing with spam. |
| Munging
your e-mail address |
A method of preventing your e-mail address from being obtained by newsgroup
scanning software. Also discusses why you *shouldn't* mung your address. |
| Network Abuse Clearinghouse |
Assistance in locating who to complain to when you receive spam. |
| Testing
mailer vulnerability |
SMTP can allow mail forwarding, spammers may use this to try and mask
their point of origin. This page helps you test if your server is vulnerable
(usage logged for abuse). |
Security, notification, and abuse
The Web
| W3C
consortium |
Responsible for maintaining and developing HTML standards,
and all things web. |
RFC's and standards
Web page background tiles
| Albino Frog Software, Inc. |
Source of at least one of the background tiles used on these pages.
Free for non-commercial use |
| Texture Land |
A source of garish background tiles, at least one has been used on these pages.
Free for non-commercial use. |
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Television, movies, and other entertainment
Films
| Movie database |
Large database of movies, actors production staff etc. Detailed cross-references,
and reviews/comments by contributors and visitors. |
| Babylon
5 (official pages) |
Warner Bros. official site. Covers seasons 1-4: pictures, bios and
production information. Sets a large number of cookies. |
| Lurkers
guide to Babylon 5 |
Covers all seasons, maintained by the fans, for the fans. Contains
recent information, and includes transmission times by country for episodes. |
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Maintaining your PC
General PC maintenance
| WinDrivers.com |
Database of software and hardware vendors, maintains links to their
homepages and software update pages. |
| The Win95
OSR2 FAQ |
Comprehensive FAQ on the quirks and advantages of Win95 OSR2. |
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Shareware software
Archives
| SimTel.Net |
Large archive, well catalogued. Searchable for DOS and Windows 3 onwards. |
| HENSA academic
archive |
Oriented towards supporting the UK academic community, open to all
outside peak hours. |
Shareware authoring resources
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Data management utilities
File converters
| Format
converters |
Source of software that will convert between many different types of
data format. |
Binary file formats
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Commercial sites
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