Selection of links to various websites and web resources around the Internet that I personally find to be of interest.

Websites and web links of General interest…

• Science Daily
  Research news covering all sorts of topics
  https://www.sciencedaily.com/

• Tildes
  A non-profit community site driven by its users’ interests
  https://tildes.net/

• Teach Yourself Computer Science
  Guide to Self learning resources for Computer science. Including subjects such as Data Structures, operating systems, networks, programming.
  https://teachyourselfcs.com/

• Learn to Recognise Drowning
  The key Take away here is that Drowning does not look like drowning
  http://spotthedrowningchild.com/

• Free Online Engineering Courses
  “Master engineering concepts with concise notes + questions + solutions”
  http://engineeringcorecourses.com/

• Orb.farm
  A virtual ecosystem
  https://orb.farm

• Poolside.fm
  80s Retro themed website in the style of a Mac Desktop
  https://poolside.fm

• Automate Boring Stuff with Python
  Free tutorial for learning to code in python and it’s application to every day computer based tasks
  https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

• Write your first C# code – by Microsoft Learn
  Programming modules are of value. Some of the other modules in Microsoft Learn are more advertorials
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/csharp-write-first/

• Make your own personal website (By Kev Quirk)
  Basic highlevel guide to creating your own personal website.
  https://kevq.uk/making-a-website/

• Māori Maps – Marae
  Mapping resource of Māori Tribal lands and Marae, including photos and information (where available) for each Marae.
  https://maorimaps.com/

• The Useless Web (Humour)
  Takes you to a small and quirky website at random.
  https://theuselessweb.com/
  https://weirdorconfusing.com/

• The Conversation
  Media website originating from Australia which has since expanded globally
  https://theconversation.com

• The Spinoff
  A New Zealand Alternative Media site
  https://thespinoff.co.nz/

• NZ Electrical Forum
  Open discussion forum for all things related to the electrical trade in New Zealand including equipment, regulations.
  https://electricalforum.nz/

• Hacker News
  Computer science focussed discussion forum along with touching on societal issues as well. Caution: While still some good commentary, bring a bag of salt. Astroturfing detected + Echo chamber effect similar to Reddit.
  https://news.ycombinator.com/

• Price-Spy NZ
  Computer and consumer electronics price comparisons site for NZ. Have deliberately linked to the older version of their website as I found that one far more functional (+ the search function actually works) than their current/new website.
  https://classic.pricespy.co.nz/

• Interest.co.nz
  Economics and financial discussion Blog
  https://interest.co.nz/

 

Websites and web links of personal (my own) interest.

• Radio NZ
  Local NZ Newscaster
  https://www.rnz.co.nz/

• Metservice NZ Rain Radar
  Rain Radar – While I no longer give weight to MetService’s land based forecasts anymore I have found their rain radar their single most useful weather tool.
  https://www.metservice.com/../rain/radar

• NIWA – Today’s UV Index
  Current Ultra Violet index for given locations around NZ
  https://niwa.co.nz/../todays-uv-index

• [Matrix] Messaging Protocol
  Federated decentralized interoperable messaging
  https://matrix.org/

• Element.io – Messaging Client for Matrix
  Front end Instant messaging client powered by Matrix. Element.io was formerly called Riot.IM
  https://element.io

• New Zealand Shareholders’ Association
  Investor education and shareholder advocacy.
  https://www.nzshareholders.co.nz/

• New Zealand Property Investors’ Federation
  Landlord/property investor education and advocacy. In-depth coverage of the new Healthy Homes standards that us property investors must comply with.
  https://www.nzpif.org.nz/

• DuckDuckGo – Web Search engine
  An alternative to using the User-Tracking Google Search Engine. Search accuracy ebbs and flows in cycles I’ve found. At times, it comes close to rivalling Google, other times, it can fail miserably.
  https://ddg.co/

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