- News:
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BBC
- My favorite source of world news.
WAVE Report
- Covering next generation computing.
ZDNet Windows
- PC news and reviews.
The Onion
- Not exactly the news.
US Naval Observatory
- What time is it...exactly?
Internet Status
- The status of the internet backbones.
- Information:
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IMDb
- Internet movie database.
CIA World Factbook
- I could tell you, but then I'd have to shoot you.
NEC Citeseer
- Excellent index of on-line journal papers.
Linda Hall Library
- The world's foremost library of science.
World Lingo
- On-line Language Translation.
- Cool People:
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John Amamatides
- Graphics researcher, co-author at Bell Labs.
Michael Cohen
- Graphics researcher, co-author at Microsoft.
Perry R. Cook
- Audio researcher.
Don Davis
- Space artist, Amazing photo collection.
David Dobkin
- Advisor and co-author at Princeton.
Andrew Glassner
- Graphics researcher, author, movie maker.
Paul Haeberli
- GRAPHICA Obscura.
Pat Hanrahan
- Graphics researcher, advisor and co-author at Princeton.
David Hanson
- Compiler expert, excellent programmer.
John Hart
- Graphics researcher.
Paul Heckbert
- Graphics researcher.
Michael Herf
- Graphics entrepreneur.
John Hughes
- Graphics researcher at Brown University.
Henrik Wann Jensen
- Graphics researcher, inventor of photon maps.
Vladimir G. Kurt
- Russian scientist who helped with my Venus research.
J.P. Lewis
- Graphics researcher.
George R. R. Martin
- One of my favorite authors.
Doug McIlroy
- One of the smartest people I knew at Bell Labs.
Casey Muratori
- Game developer.
Ken Musgrave
- Graphics researcher, artist.
Damian Peach
- Talented amateur astronomer.
Ken Perlin
- Graphics researcher, inventor of procedural solid texture.
Matt Pharr
- Graphics researcher.
Peter Schröder
- Graphics researcher, wavelets, radiosity, geometry.
Doug Sharp
- Game designer, author, inventor.
Steve Shaviro
- Literary theory professor at UW.
Jonathan Shewchuk
- Practical computational geometry.
Peter Shirley
- Graphics researcher, ray tracing, sampling, illumination.
Zack Simpson
- Game developer.
Peter-Pike Sloan
- Graphics researcher, real-time rendering.
Alvy Ray Smith
- Graphics researcher, a founder of Pixar.
Jorge Stolfi
- Practical geometry.
Seth Teller
- Graphics researcher at MIT.
Jack Tumblin
- Graphics researcher, high-contrast imaging.
Dr. Who
- Renegade time lord.
Stephen Wolfram
- Physicist, entrepreneur.
- Computer Games:
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Amit Patel
- Great student website about games.
Everquest
- The first big success with VR since muds.
Flipcode
- Discussion and code for games.
GDC
- Game Developers Confernce.
GDAlgorithms
- Online discussion forum on game technology.
Id Software
- John Carmack's company, makers of DOOM and Quake.
MUD-Dev
- Discussion group on MUD technology.
Rad Gametools
- Tools for game developers.
Tooned In
- Animation and game company started by cool friends.
Turbine
- Creators of Ashron's Call 2, an even better VR game.
Valve
- Creators of Half-Life and Steam.
World of Warcraft
- The current best virtual reality game.
- Software:
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ABBYY Software
- Multi-lingual OCR software.
ACDSee
- Image viewer and editor (use the old version 3.1).
Adobe
- Acrobat, Photoshop.
ClearType
- Activate and Tune Cleartype settings (for XP).
Clockwise
- Syncronize PC clock with USNO atomic standard.
Diskeeper
- Advanced version of Windows' defragmentation utility.
Macromedia
- Flash, Dreamweaver.
MathType
- Advanced equation typesetting for Word and web pages.
Nero
- CD burning software.
Netlib
- Repository of numerical software.
NuMega
- Bounds Checker debugging and development tool.
Perforce
- Serious software management tools.
PowerDVD
- My favorite DVD player, good at saving frames.
SysTran
- Language translation, interfaces with MS Word.
VanDyke
- Good telnet and ftp utilities.
Visual Studio
- Microsoft's development environment.
Direct X
- 3D graphics API.
MSDN
- Documentation, development kits, etc.
Windows Update
- Keep up with changes.
Window XP x64
- I'm running 64-bit windows now.
- Science:
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Computational Geometry
- Software and info on computational geometry.
Electrostatic Machines
- I'm not the only one into Wimshurst machines.
Planetary Photojournal
- Access to planetary images.
Periodic Table
- Theodore Gray's collection of the elements.
- Space:
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Planetary Geosciences
- James Head's group at Brown University.
NSSDC
- National Space Science Data Center.
Visible Earth
- The best map of the earth.
PDS Imaging Node
- Images from space missions.
PDS Geophysics Node
- Laser and Radar altimetric data.
PDS Planetary Atmospheres
NAIF
- Navigation and ephemeris.
USGS Astrogeology
- US Geological Survey, space research, maps.
(I'll try to keep these current, but NASA is notorious for breaking links)
- Some Good Movies You Might Not Know:
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Cowboy Bebop
- The best of Japanese animation.
Dark City
- Science Fiction Film Noir.
The Devil's Backbone
- A Great Spanish Ghost Story.
Gormenghast
- The other fantasy trilogy.
The Manchurian Candidate
- Chilling suspense, an evil Angela Lansbury.
The Ninth Gate
- Polanski's well-crafted horror film.
Pitch Black
- Stylish Australian science fiction.
Titus
- Julie Taymor's brilliant production of Shakespeare.
Ultraviolet
- The best vampire story yet made.
The Wild Bunch
- One of the greatest American films.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Superb writing, cinematography and acting.
- A Few Science Fiction Recomendations:
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Clay's Ark
- Octavia Butler: A disease is brought back from space.
Dhalgren
- Samuel Delany: An unnamed disaster pushes a city out of reality.
Sandman
- Neil Gaiman: Comic books can be high art.
Vurt
- Jeff Noon: Creative trippy writing.
War of the Worlds
- H.G. Wells: Descriptive and intense action.
Weaveworld
- Clive Barker: A universe in an old carpet.
- Some Non-Fiction Recomendations:
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Dynamics: Geometry of Behavior
- A mind-expanding journey.
Evolutionary Psychology
- Fascinating but culturally biased science.
Feynman Lectures on Physics
- Vivid, intuitive introduction.
Foundations of Physics
- Lindsay & Margenau: Concise, serious introduction.
The Gallic War
- Julius Caesar was a dangerous man.
Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
- Jammer: Look Deep into Quantum Theory.
The True Believers
- Hoffer: Mass movements are the bane of humanity!
- Online Commerce:
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Advanced Book Exchange
- Used books.
Ars Machina
- Antique scientific apparatus.
BritsFood
- My source for PG Tips tea.
Marrich Survival Provisions
- Meals Ready to Eat (MRE).
Morion Synthetic Gems
- Giant hydrothermal crystals.
Skulls Unlimited
- Source of the Deinonychus skull on my mantelpiece.
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