Rob's Useful Web Links
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Useful Free Software
- Cygwin
- A Linux-like shell environment for Windows.
- http://www.cygwin.com/
- Gnuplot
- Multi-platform graphing program. Can produce output in various formats, from both data and functional inputs.
- http://www.gnuplot.info/
- The GIMP
- Bitmap image editing software, for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and design.
- http://www.gimp.org/
- Inkscape
- Vector graphics editor, with native SVG support.
- https://inkscape.org/
- LaTeX
- A multi-platform document preparation / typesetting system.
- https://www.latex-project.org/
- Mozilla Firefox
- Multi-platform web browser.
- http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
- OpenOffice.org
- Free office suite, with similar functionality to
Microsoft Office.
- http://www.openoffice.org/
- PuTTY
- Handy ssh client for Windows
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
- WinSCP
- Graphical scp and sftp client for Windows
- https://winscp.net/
UK Politics
- Write to Them
- Web gateway to Fax or email your MP and other representatives
- https://www.writetothem.com/
- Fix My Street
- Interactive mapping site enabling users to report, view, and discuss local problems
- https://www.fixmystreet.com/
- They Work for You
- MP information, with registered interests, speeches, written answers, and
voting records
- https://www.theyworkforyou.com/
- HM Government
E-Petitions
- Create or sign an online petition requesting
government action on an issue of importance to you.
- https://petition.parliament.uk/
Activism and Campaigns
- Campaign for Freedom of
Information
- https://www.cfoi.org.uk/
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- https://www.eff.org/
- Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
- https://www.ffii.org/
- Open Rights
Group
- http://www.openrightsgroup.org/
- Passenger
Focus
- The national transport consumer watchdog.
- https://www.transportfocus.org.uk/
- Sustrans
- The sustainable transport charity that runs the
National Cycle Network.
- https://www.sustrans.org.uk/
Computing, Scientific, and Reference
- Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
- https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/
- NIST Digital Library of
Mathematical Functions
- https://dlmf.nist.gov/
- Oxford English Dictionary
- (subscription and academic access only)
- http://www.oed.com/
- World of Science
- http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/
- Curlie
- http://curlie.org/
- OpenStreetMap
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/
Netiquette and Web Design
- Dive into Accessibility
- http://diveintoaccessibility.info/
- HTML Source : HTML Tutorials
- https://www.yourhtmlsource.com/
- Web Design Group
- http://www.htmlhelp.com/
- W3C QA Webmaster Tips
- http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/
- Dive into HTML5
- http://diveinto.html5doctor.com/
- Robert Whittaker's
Web Tips
- http://robert.mathmos.net/webtips/
Sites I Run or Helped Develop
- Bredon Tennis Club
- http://www.bredon-tennis.org.uk/
- Mathmos . net
- https://www.mathmos.net/
- Maths in Medicince
Study Groups
- https://mmsg.mathmos.net/
- Centre for Interdisciplinary
Mathematical Research
- http://cimr.uea.ac.uk/
- OneThetford
- https://thetford.mathmos.net/
- Diary of a
Volunteer Sustrans Ranger
- https://thetfordranger.wordpress.com/