Links to Useful and Amusing Sites
I spend a fair bit of time surfing the Internet. Here are some sites I like, for various reasons. I have tried to categorise them to some extent. This first link is to associated organisations, companies I am in some way associated with (this link takes you to my Professional Services page). Strongly recommended (five ***** stars) are in red.
Newspapers
The websites of the major newspapers are a fabulous source of news. Google News is great.
| The Sydney Morning Herald. Still the world's best newspaper ***** |
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| The Age. Melbourne's attempt at a quality newspaper *** |
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| Google News: Summary of news from the word's newspapers ***** |
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| The Australian. Australia's national newspaper *** |
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| The Australian Financial Review. Australia's financial newspaper *** |
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| The Times. Owned by Murdoch, but still The Times *** |
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| The Guardian. The world's best left-wing quality newspaper **** |
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| The New York Times. "All the news that's fit to print" *** |
Other News
Non-newspaper wesbites often do a good job, though the newspapers, with a print mentality, are generally better. But these ones tend to be updated more often.
| ABC online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation *** |
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| BBC: Still the world's most reliable news source **** |
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| Deutsche Welle: A German perspective (in English) *** |
Sport
Most websites of sporting bodies are pretty bad. And most of the general worldwide sports sites, like ESPN, are very US-oriented. Cricinfo, though, is in a class of its own. Little wonder it is one of the world;s most popular websites.
| Cricinfo. The authoratative website on cricket, the world's best game ***** |
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| ARU. Australian Rugby Union ** |
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| AFL. Australian Football League (Aussie Rules) *** |
Miscellaneous Services
The IT Industry
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