USEFUL LINKS

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  Australia's public broadcaster.
  
  
  
• Baghdad Burning
  Famous blog of a young Iraqi woman, forced to flee Iraq, and now living in Syria.
  
  
  
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  Australian web-based civil action group.
  
  
  
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  Left-of-centre UK national broadsheet.
  
  
  
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  Satirical response to recent news stories.
  
  
  
• PBS
  United States public broadcaster.
  
  
  
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  Fortnightly British satirical magazine.
  
  
  
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  Sydney broadsheet.
  
  
  
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  Melbourne broadsheet. Stable companion to the Sydney Morning Herald.
  
  
  
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  National daily newspaper.
  
  
  
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  UK national broadsheet.
  
  
  
• Worldnews Network
  A comprehensive portal with links to hundreds of articles from leading news services from around the world. There are no editorials.
  
  
  

• All the Classics
  Read the classics of English literature on line.
  
  
  
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  Well-established alternative publisher.
  
  
  
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  Newly-created writers' group emphasising mutual support.
  
  
  
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  A mutual critique group for writers.
  
  
  
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  A writing community for poets and writers.
  
  
  
• FictionPress
  Over 900,000 submitted works to read.
  
  
  
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  A comprehensive writing community.
  
  
  
• Guidevines for Writers
  A wiki-style resource for writers.
  
  
  
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  Writers' community that was created following closure of the BBC's Get Writing site.
  
  
  
• Mosaic Musings
  Mostly poetry
  
  
  
• Reviews of Books
  A one-stop site for professional reviews of books. It collects book reviews from major online media sites that are available without having to register at a site or pay to read them.
  
  
  
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  Another well-established alternative publisher and writers' community site.
  
  
  
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  Site includes a useful and comprehensive text analyser.
  
  
  
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  Jennifer Stewart's writing site (sign on for the weekly newsletter).
  
  
  
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  Popular site created following the demise of BBC's Get Writing.
  
  
  
• Writer's Encyclopedia
  Excellent reference for writers.
  
  
  

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  A database of some of the questions sent in to the Oxford Word and Language Service team on grammar, usage, or words.
  
  
  
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  The etymology and history of first names.
  
  
  
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  Dictionary, thesaurus, and other language resources.
  
  
  
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  Database of over 1800 markets for fiction and poetry.
  
  
  
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  Dictionary of Australian Slang: a comprehensive record of the informal side of Australian English.
  
  
  
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  Searches online dictionaries.
  
  
  
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  Find out the meaning of that word that puzzles you.
  
  
  
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  Find the meaning and origin of well-known phrases.
  
  
  
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  Rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.
  
  
  
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  Find the meaning to popular song lyrics. (Interactive site.)
  
  
  
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  A dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology definitions.
  
  
  
• Wikipedia
  The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
  
  
  
• Word Frequency List
  A ranked list of the most frequently used English words.
  
  
  
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  Compiled by the CIA. Comprehensive and up-to-date.
  
  
  
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  Rhyming dictionary for poets and songwriters.
  
  
  
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  Phrase and word frequency counter for writers.
  
  
  

• Ask Dave Taylor
  Industry guru answers questions about (X)HTML, CCS, web design, and more.
  
  
  
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  Royalty-free stock images.
  
  
  
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  Royalty-free stock images.
  
  
  
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  Very good web and blog design studio.
  
  
  
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  With well over 50,000 fonts available, this is a valuable resource for web designers.
  
  
  
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  Around 400 million photographs on display.
  
  
  

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  Extensive forum covering open source and enterprise technologies.
  
  
  
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  Comprehensive developer's site.
  
  
  
• W3C (X)HTML Validation Service
  Check if your code is standards-compliant.
  
  
  
• W3C CSS Validation Service
  Check if your code is standards-compliant.
  
  
  
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  Full web building tutorials.
  
  
  

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  News for IT geeks.
  
  
  
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  News for propeller heads.
  
  
  

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  This Japanese site has lots of Flash and Windows games that are free to download for personal use.
  
  
  
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  The movie database, with over 350,000 movies rated by users.
  
  
  
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  Movie reviews.
  
  
  
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  Aspiring young UK band featuring Abigail Selina.
  
  
  

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  For mature age people, it includes advice on health, travel, finance, computers, as well as a forum, short stories, poetry, and much more.
  
  
  

• Phone Card Store (Australian)
  Discounted prices.
  
  
  
• Million Dollar Challenge
  Randi's challenge to psychics and other paranormal spruikers.
  
  
  
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  Comprehensive list of one-liners to add to your signature.
  
  
  
• Telephonecards (Australian)
  Collect reward points.
  
  
  
• Toilet Map of Australia
  For the incontinent crossing the continent.
  
  
  
• Time and Date
  Just what you'd expect.
  
  
  

Page last updated:
29 October 2007 at 3:45pm.