Cool Sites

(In alphabetical order) 

These are either friends, relatives or sites that I use myself frequently.

The Apollo Flight Journals -  A relative of mine through marriage, and friend, David Woods', put together this amazing site for NASA by scanning in and listening to millions of words worth of transcripts of the Apollo missions.  A herculean task to which he's devoted years of his life.  He also has a book "How Apollo Flew to the Moon" and contributed much of the sound for the film "In The Shadow of The Moon".

BBC Website - wonderful.  If there  could only be one website left on the whole internet, this should be the one!

BBC News - This is my web homepage, and the BBC is one of the reasons I enjoy living in Britain and am proud to be British.

British Pathé - amazing, huge archive of ALL British Pathe's newsreels!  You can view old movies for free.

Dashboard of the best Webcams on the Net - I used to have a 'voyeurism' page here, about 10 years ago, when the very first webcams were coming online.  I found it fascinating then, and I find it fascinating now.  My favourites are the Panama Canal, George Square in Glasgow, Times Square New York, Nessie on the Net, Pyramid Cam, The South Pole

Equifes - The Mini Equinox (Rob's Mini)

Flickr - Upload your own photos and take a wander through everybody else's!  Addictive stuff.  I'm at www.flickr.com/photos/lightbody

Getty Images  - The pictures behind the news.

Google Earth - I found this when just before Google bought it and it was called Keyhole.  One of those defining moments when a new development blows your mind.  Absolutely amazing.  Find somewhere you know - fly to it across the planet, and then go down to take a worms eye view of it - suddenly all the hills and mountains spring up.

Google Images - find images of anything, instantly!

Google news - find news from anywhere, anytime about anything!  Configure 'news alerts' to keep you up to date on any topic.

The Guardian - excellent quality newspaper often taking a different view of things than the rest of the press.  I read it for the very simple reason that I always find something interesting in it.

Hidden Glasgow - excellent website and forums where I can lose myself for hours.

Internet Archive - go back in time!

Jennifer Wilson Art - Scottish S-Max driving Artist sister of mine.

Judith B's Site - Scottish Mini-driving Artist friend of mine.

Launchcast - super stuff.  Listen to music, watch videos and rate them as you go thereby creating your own 'station' that learns to play what you like!  My station is Click here to listen to my station - over 5,200 items rated!.  Let me know what you think!

Letter To America - Jett Loe's (and Wayne "ordinary American") - fabulous podcast from Belfast to America (and the world).  Addictive listening!  I started listening during a period of unemployment, and wasn't able to stop again.  I even get a wee mention in episode 34!

MultiMap - great for finding somewhere or how to get somewhere.  The aerial maps are a great idea well implemented.

Pristine Planet - Awesome.  Look at these amazing photos and enjoy our wonderful planet.

Reddit.com - a great way to keep up with what's new on the net.  I've found lots of fascinating stuff from here.

Roblz.com  - My friend Rob's website.

Shadow Chasers (the technologies of ancient civilisations).