Random Links to stuff that interests me:

Last updated Nov 2024 - removed dead links, and had a bit of a general prune of stuff that no longer interests me so much.

 

English Language Resources

The English Spelling Society - English spelling reform.

Meanings of First Names and First Names from Meanings

 

Free Content - stuff you can download for free, some you can contribute to yourself!

PROJECT GUTENBERG - Free Books On-Line (mostly fiction, mostly old classics).

 

The 'Net

Snopes: Urban Legends Reference Pages - there is a lot of stuff on the 'net that simply isn't true. And occasionally some that is!.

StartPage - WebSearch without the tracking.

Why Open Source Solutions Are Better - look at the Numbers! - open source software propaganda.

Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present! - history, very interesting stuff.

 

Web Comics

Schlock Mercenary - Original Sci-fi, fun to serious.

Freefall - Original Sci-fi, fun.

Irregular Webcomic - Lego Comic, Various themes.

Unspeakable Vault of Doom - Lovecraftian humour.

The Order of the Stick - Roleplayer humor

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language

 

Fun

The Darwin Awards - cleaning the gene-pool.

GURPS: Generic Universal RolePlaying System - Game.

 

Linguistics (Artificial Languages)

Lojban - a language based on logic structures. Root words derived from many languages, but mostly English and Chinese.

The Shaw Alphabet - a phonetic alphabet for English.

Ido - a modernised Esperanto derivative.

 

Sociology

The Play Ethic - leisure in the modern world.

Wait But Why - interesting points of view on various topics that interest me.

Hyperbole and a Half - Depression Part Two - A good little blog-bit about depression.