“Internet Tips and Secrets” is an excellent website with collection of links and articles about everything Internet related. They cover everything from browsers, FTP, and email to HTML, RFCs, and newsgroups.
They also have the biggest emoticons library (aka smileys) I have ever seen. :)
There is a very nice shell tutorial at LinuxCommand.Org.
Not only it covers all the stuff like conditions, loops, and functions, but it also provides a list of resources to continue your education on the matter. The language is simple and the examples are clear.
There is also a nice explanation on how to start writing scripts once you feel more or less comfortable with the command line itself. And, of course, you can find few ready made scripts in the script library over there.
Strongly recommended for shell beginners.
For decades now drivers have been been using the horn signal and shouting to let each other know what do they think of each other. It works very well provided your your horn works and/or your side window is open.
There is a company in UK (it seems) that thinks that there is a need for additional methods of communication. TextJam provide a service which you can use to SMS exercise profanity via discussing traffic situations. It is, of course, difficult to quickly find some other driver’s phone number, so TextJam does it a bit different. You send your message to TextJam indicating the license number from the plate of the car you want to contact and they forward the message to the appropriate mobile or email address. The other driver should be using their service too, though.
The idea is all interesting and original. The only thing I am not sure about is how they will diffirentiate between driver’s who have identical number plates in different countries. I am pretty sure that is possible…
PhotoFeatures International hosts a huge collection of music band photographs. Images cover more then 20 years of music history. A huge part of this collection are pictures by Chris Walter who has been shooting stars for more then 25 years.
Rather minimalistic site design and small images are spoiling the pleasure a bit, but this is a great resource never-the-less.
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I am sure everyone has noticed at some point how terrible are machine translations. It’s pretty tough to get a descent work done between two more or less related languages. But when you have to do the translation between two culturally opposite languages, you know you are in trouble.
Engrish.com is a site that collects all those funny bits Japanese people write in English. I am pretty sure there is a similar site for those who laugh at the rest of the world trying to talk Japanese.
Have fun. :)