Links

Websites of the rich and famous.
Sites I've found useful, interesting or amusing and worth sharing / remembering. You can browse through my del.icio.us tags, or scroll down for the old-style links.

People

mindSpill.net - The homepage of Stephan Dale Esq. I've ripped off most of these links from his site, so pay him a visit. He needs the attention.
Philip Robert James Duffy - My oldest and least trusted friend. Have a look at his site and browse his unequalled collection of dirty limericks and drunken photography.
Drastic Measures - The crazy world of hirsute design guru Gray Ebbrell...
The Nine Muses - This is a great site, especially the quotes section. Created by Priscilla Spencer of Dallas, Texas. I've never met the woman, but I like the cut of her jib.
My Boyfriend is a Twat - Routinely laugh-out-loud blog from an English ex-pat living in Belgium.
Incurable Hippie - Musings. Rants. Sheffield.
Little. Yellow. Different. - Interesting. Funny. Good.
Very Very Bored - Very very funny.
Metamorphism - Diplomatic incidentals.
Rubber Nun - Another feisty ex-catholic.
Scary Duck - Funny madman blogs. World laughs.
The South Coast Diaries - Down but not out in Worthing and Bognor. And not updated either.
Sir Jon The Great - I don't know why I like this. But I do.
Rubbish Gays - Manchester-based gay blog. Not rubbish.
A New York Escorts Confessions - The real Sex and the City.

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Useful

BBC Manchester - local news and listings from the BBC.
Internet Anagram Server - Useful? Not really, but what the hell.
Multimap - Find UK maps and directions.
Ihatefinancialplanning.com - Don't we all.
Universal Currency Converter - No home should be without one.
UK Weather - I can save you the trip: it's raining.
Wikipedia - An open content encyclopedia project.
Vegetarian Recipes - Yes, yes...a fish is not a vegetable. Got it, got it.
The Quotations Archive - does what it says on the tin.
The National Geographic - Ooh. Pretty.
BBC Health & Wellbeing - You're too fat and too lazy. Oh no, that's me.
The Virtual Body - inspect your major organs.
The Quote Garden - Quotations happily ordered by subject.
Mathworld - the web's most extensive mathematics resource. I want to understand.
Hung Over? - This site should help you shift that sinking feeling.

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Web Design & Computing

Download.com - software downloads for the discerning computer user.
Webmonkey - A godsend for clueless web hobbyists like myself.
dTree - The script I used to build the slow|afternoon site map. Well done that man.
The Icon Archive - A good resource for icons, if you're that way inclined.
HotScripts - Useful scripts like Momma used to make.
Zen Garden - A guide to the power of cascading style sheets. Something I've yet to attempt...
Tipue Search - The open source Search used on Slow Afternoon...
Hex Color Schemer - Generate a web colour scheme online.
Learning Movable Type - An excellent collection of tips and tricks from Elise.
Movable Type Knowledge Base - Constantly evolving support resource.

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News & Issues

BBCi - Nation shall speak peace unto nation. But not any more.
Google News - All the news that's fit to Ctr+P.
Channel 4 News - Not as good as the programme, but still worth a look.
Fax your MP - tell your MP what you think. Often.
They work for YOU - general information and voting history of your MP.
Michael Moore - America's conscience. God bless you, Mr Moore.
Misleader - A daily chronicle of Bush administration distortion.
The Guardian - good crossword.
disinformation - Underground news, views, conspiracies and weirdness.
Ananova Quirkies - Weird and wonderful stories from around the world.
The RSPCA - News and information about the RSPCA and it's work.
Stonewall - Organisation campaigning for social and legal equality for gay, lesbian and bisexual people.
Amnesty International - the official web site of Amnesty International.
Human Rights Watch - Monitoring human rights abuses worldwide.
Watchblog - WatchBlog is a multiple-editor weblog broken up into three major US political affiliations.
Re-elect George W Bush - Or not.
Gay Penguin for President - That's right. A waddling, fish-breathed sodomite would be a more suitable leader than Bush.
Billionaires for Bush - A government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Oh no, wait - let's just sell it to the highest bidder.
Bush in 30 seconds - Alternative political advertising challenging our favourite President and his policies.
Move On - a US-based organisation fighting against private interests and voter apathy.
The Memory Hole - An interesting alternative to the mainstream media agenda.
Islam Online - This seems to be a good introductory resource to Islam and Islamic culture.
Winds of Change - Interesting team blog about globalisation and politics. Name is unfortunately reminiscent of German rockers Scorpion.
The Best History Sites on the Web - Those who ignore the past are condemned to repeat it. Or something.

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Funny

The Onion - America's Finest News Source: always hilarious.
Cliff Yablonski Hates You! - Misanthropic comedy genius insults everyone everywhere. Genius.
Something Awful - Home of Cliff Yablonski and a host of other hilarious nonsense. The ultimate site for Friday afternoon.
Gougoule - A French collection of internet humour. Fantastique!
Dilbert - The wonderful world of Dilbert...so close to our own.
The Establishment - Home of the Peter Cook Appreciation Society.
The Insanity Test - The funniest test you'll ever take (needs SOUND).
B3TA.com - Classic spoofs and internet humour.
Private Eye - Digest of the satirical magazine.
TV Go Home - What's really on TV.
Framley Examiner - Get the latest local news from Framley.
Ad busters - Spoof ads and an anti-marketing campaign.
Glitter Net Retro - Relive your childhood TV favourites.
Nigerian Money Scam - If you've ever had one of those emails asking you to help smuggle $23,000,000 out of Nigeria for a 30% cut, you'll enjoy this account of someone actually pretending to be interested.
Worth1000.com - A picture is indeed worth a thousand words. And a good deal funnier.
The Brick Testament - The Bible in Lego diorama. A very special kind of genius.
Dumb Bush - The terrifyingly stupid utterances of George W Bush.
The Insultmonger - A massive collection of insults, putdowns, and sideswipes.
Bill Bailey - the official website of the multi-talented hairpiece.
How Strange - A collection fo the best and funniest pictures from B3ta.

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Sound & Vision

Digital Blasphemy - Don't delay! Add depth to your desktop today!
Dreamline - The artwork of the great Dave McKean. An unofficial web site, but done with love and attention.
Apostrophic Fonts - Loads of fonts to download and spice up your documents with.
Pianographique - Turns your keyboard into a piano.
CoopStuff - Sex-crazed nuns and horny she-devils. In living colour.
The Cabanon Press - Odd cartoons. Strangely compelling. Or compellingly strange. Or something.
Terry Wogan - The best breakfast show in the UK.

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Games

Mini-Golf - Addictive mini-golf game.
ICDC Game Page - A few games you can play here. My personal favourite is the 3D-Hat Painter.
Book Worm - Word Boggle in an earthworm's burning library. It doesn't get better than that.
Flash Games Center - Got Flash? Got broadband? Get going.

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Shops

Innocent Smoothies - Fresh fruit smoothies and other healthy fruit drinks. Although, as was recently pointed out to me, they cost 20p per sip. Not so much innocent as bloody naive.
Papyrus - Specialist Stationers. Beautiful notebooks, good online service, can't recommend them highly enough.
Amazon - Yes, yes; but they're still the best.
Watkins Books - Great little bookshop specialising in the esoteric.
Powells - Used, New, and Out of Print Books.
RSPCA Shop - Buy your christmas cards and wrapping paper while helping the furred and feathered.
Think Geek - Stuff for engineers, programmers, geeks and webheads.
T-shirt Hell - Where all the bad T-shirts go. Fantastic.

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Work & Work Avoidance

I Resign! - Hints and tips on making the break.
Anxiety Culture - Because a 14.5 hour working day is a bit rich.
The Idler's Crap Job Archive - You think you've got it bad? Read about other nightmarish jobs.
Despair.com - As seen on my home page - pessimism goes corporate.
Hungover? - Get a remedy here.
Salary Checker - Are you earning what you should be?
Skive Suite 2003 - The total software solution for work avoidance and shirking.
XP Desktop War - Amuse yourself watching XP icons slaughtering each other.
DIY Identikit - A self-explanatory time waster.

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Sex & Drugs

The Guiness Book of Sex Records - Dedication's what you need...
Nerve.com - Sex in all it's stupid glory...
Savage Love - Dan Savage's online sex advice column. Faultless.
The Good Drugs Guide - A good guide to drugs or a guide to good drugs? The question bores me.
A New York Escorts Confessions - The real Sex and the City.

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Religion

The Landover Baptist - The best church spoof on the web.
Lord Co. - Featuring the groundbreaking '101 Uses for a Dead Messiah'.
The Skeptic's Dictionary - For all your illogical argument from faith rebuttal needs.
Jesus of the Week - Variable quality, but fun all the same.
Islam Online - a burgeoning reference site for all things Islamic.
What Religion Are You? - Take the Beliefnet religion test. I am apparently a Quaker.

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