Interesting Links
We often find, while browsing around the Internet, a number of interesting websites and places that we either found informative or enjoyed reading. This is a collection of those links with short descriptions. They are also categorized so you can easily find something you may actually be looking for.
Index
Internet : Tools : DNS
- (Availability of 98%, currently online)tinydns Record Maker
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An online tool to generate tinydns records for this excellent DNS server.
- (Availability of 98%, currently online)www.DNSreport.com
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A useful tool to determine if your DNS zones are up to par. Points out common errors and warns of inconsistencies or servers which are unavailable.
- NetMonks DNS Report - An example of a DNS report, based on the NetMonks domain name.
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- (Availability of 99%, currently online)www.DNSstuff.com
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This site provides a number of useful network mapping, analysis and DNS related tools. It can do pretty much any DNS query and other lookups from one easy to use location.
Internet : Tools : Web Design
- (Availability of 94%, currently online)W3C CSS Validator
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This validator from the W3C checks your CSS documents for validity and standards compliance. It is helpful to find simple errors, as well as finding large bugs in your CSS.
- (Availability of 97%, currently online)W3C HTML/XHTML Validator
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The W3C validator checks your XHTML or HTML for compliance to the standards. It will point out any errors you may have in your documents and let you know if it is a 100% compliant document.
Internet : Web Design : CSS
- (Availability of 99%, currently online)/* Position is Everything */
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This website describes how to work around a number of strange bugs in browsers, as well as giving excellent examples of various CSS layout designs.
News : Satirical
- (Availability of 96%, currently online)The Register
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The register, while not being entirely satirical, tells the news like it is with a bit of a twist.
News : Technical
- (Availability of 99%, currently online)SpaceWeather.com
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News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids. This site contains very detailed information about the current weather conditions in space, especially relating to the Sun and how it affects the Earth. For those that like a lot of numbers and statistics, this is the place.
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Science & Technology
- (Availability of 99%, currently online)HowStuffWorks
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HowStuffWorks describes in detail everything from the simple, everyday items to some very exotic scientific concepts. Even if you aren't too concerned about how something works, this site can offer a lot of interesting reading when nothing else will suffice.
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- (Availability of 99%, currently online)SpaceWeather.com
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News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids. This site contains very detailed information about the current weather conditions in space, especially relating to the Sun and how it affects the Earth. For those that like a lot of numbers and statistics, this is the place.
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Science & Technology : Mathematics
- (Availability of 99%, currently online)Wolfram Research's mathworld
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An extensive collection of mathematics resources. It covers equations and theories of all sorts with in-depth details.
Science & Technology : Physics
- (Availability of 99%, currently online)Fourmilab
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This website, produced by John Walker, provides a very indepth look at a number of physics related concepts and theories. He provides a lot of demonstrations, images and equations for those that like that sort of thing. He also provides information on a number of computer related topics.
- C-Ship - Relativistic ray traced images of what it would be like to go near to the speed of light in a space ship. Very interesting.
All of the above links are checked frequently for availability. One or more of the links above has an availability of less than 100% over the last week, and they are marked. You may have difficulty reaching these sites.