Resources
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Misc
- http://bitzi.com/
- http://scholarpedia.org/article/Main_Page
- http://academia.edu/
- http://tvtropes.org [1]
- http://everything2.net/
- http://www.h2g2.com/
- http://rationalwiki.org/
- http://www.skepdic.com/
- http://metafilter.com/
- http://www.wisegeek.com/
- http://libsuccess.org/
- http://www.halfbakery.com/
- http://snopes.com/
- http://wikia.com/
- http://wikivs.com/
- http://socialcompare.com/en
- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
- http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1hb8qo/which_websites_do_you_usually_visit_when_you_are/
- http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1kza14/other_than_reddit_what_is_youre_number_one_goto/cbu5c54
Web archive
Bookmarklet;
javascript:location.href='http://web.archive.org/web/*/'+document.location.href;
Telephony
- http://www.saynoto0870.com/
- http://www.0800buster.co.uk/
- http://www.qxcall.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=111
Weather
Maps
Open Street Map
- OpenCycleMap
- Edinburgh CycleStreets
- Öpnvkarte - public transport map
- http://random.dev.openstreetmap.org/postcodes/?zoom=7&lat=56.88042&lon=-3.16192&layers=B00T0F0F0F - postcode map
- http://live.openstreetmap.fr/ - live edits
General maps
- Google Maps
- multimap
- multimap (OS data)
- Streetmap.co.uk
- http://wikimapia.org/#lat=55.9494401&lon=-3.1870651&z=14&l=0&m=s&v=9
- http://www.geograph.org.uk/mapbrowse.php?t=tolJ5oOXXJ0oOJFoOXXJfoMXbJqobXXJL5405owNwhuwbajahajuua&i=0&j=0&zoomin=1?93,95
Extra info
- Google Maps w/ annotations
- geograph - photographs for every OS grid square
- Sustrans Transport routes
- Edinburgh Traffic ViaMichelin
- The Megalithic Portal and Map
- Heavens Above Daily predictions for brighter satellites
- Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site
- GeoHack - Edinburgh - Meta, many map links, most already listed above.
News
- BBC News Front page
- BBC News Video stream
- The Independent
- The Guardian
- EurActiv.com
- euronews | europa
- euronews | world
- New York Times Wire
- Wikinews
- El Reg Biting the hand that feeds IT
- Boing Boing A Directory Of Wonderful Things
- The Big Project News
- Chipwrapper Search UK newspapers
- http://www.asiapress.org/rimjingang/english/
- http://www.chinasmack.com/
- http://www.indoboom.com/
- http://www.russiaslam.com/
- http://www.japancrush.com/
- http://www.koreabang.com/
History
Library
Logistics
See also Delivery
Humour