Random
links Association of Lighthouse Keepers- lit's only 16 quid to join. Bargain. A
Class Divided-
watch a documentary on a discrimination experiment by
a teacher and her students. Cetra
Gallery-
excellent gallery on the Wirral. Fun paper aeroplanes- Free designs to download and make.
Hanzi
Smatter- Thinking of getting
a tattoo with Chinese characters? You need to check this.
Hilarious. Panda Blog- Blog of what's going on at the Panda Base in Chengdu - good stuff. Top
10 strangest Lego creations-
don't know if they are all real, but don't care. Topic
Folk Club - It's being
going for 50 years now, and is currently in residence
at the Cock and Bottle pub, Bradford, UK. Web
pages that suck- strange that we
haven't been listed, yet. Urban
myths - look up those amazing emails that
people send around (1895 exams, spiders under toilet seats
etc) Father
of young tennis player poisoned rivals (Guardian) -
not a new story, but recommended by a few people 1955
Good Housekeeping magazine's advice for wives-
difficult to argue with (.jpg, 130 kB). Unsavoury
gift - not quite what you need to see during breakfast. Word play - extensive lists for Scrabble devotees and for those inerested in patterns/coincidences in English language vocab Worldmapper - see the world map contorted to reflect various global statistics. Disturbing stuff.
Travel Airline meals - "The world's first and leading website about nothing but airline food." > Asia
Azerbaijan : Baku - The
Camel's Toe Cafe. Many
thanks to Pete for this.
China :Chengdu
- I've been there - Well,
their site might just be more professional. China :Chengdus and Don'ts - Blog of expat life in Chengdu with a hubby and two kids. Good stuff. China :Chengdoo.com - Excellent listings of what's on and where to go. China : Chengdukultur.com - Calendar of Chengdu events, in English, Chinese and Deutsch. Gut gespielt! China :Shanghai Museum - Excellent museum, well worth a visit. China :Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art - Looks good to us.
China : Asia Expats China Forum - Asia Expats - lots of links, some useful info.
> Europe The
A-bike - sort of travelly. Could be in Geeky stuff, too. The
Gotheborg - keep
track of the Swedish ship's voyages. In Swedish, top right
flag for Eng/Chinese. Ostrava
- I've been there -Yes,
we have. Great beer, nice mountains, good times.
> North America Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection -
excellent collection of maps, based in Texas.
Education - home
schooling sites Indiana
University - both
of these sites have been recommended to us, although the alphabetically
latter of the two gets higher marks.
Brigham Young University
Friends' web pages -
OK, looks like we have few friends at the moment. Boo hoo. Sam
West's webby
Geeky stuff The
Excel Addict -sign up for
a monthly newsletter with tips on MS Excel.
Publications China
Development Brief -authoritative
online publication. Interesting for social studies/stats and
of course development news.
The
A-bike
