Links
This is a list of links on all kinds of topics collected over the years. More links are spread all over this web site.
Astronomy
- Astronomie.de – Astronomy as a hobby (in German)
- CalSky – sky calendar for calculation of objects on the night sky
- Astronomical Data Center – NASA sky object catalog
- European Southern Observatory – scientific observations
- All About Light Pollution – Article and links about light pollution
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey – digital map of the universe
- Astrol@b – small student projects at Hamburg Observatory
- Eclipse Page – everything about eclipses of the sun
- Live Eclipse – films and reports about solar eclipses
- Eclipse travels – solar eclipse tourism
Computer Games
- Adventure Archive – adventure classics for download
- PySol – very neat solitaire card game collection
English
- GRE Test – Graduate Record Examination
- PowerPrep – Preparation for the GRE Test
- TOEFL Test – Test of English as a Foreign Language
- LEO – English German dictionary
- English Test – self-assessment of your English skills
Film & Television
- Ain't it cool – harsh movie criticism
- TV Series – episode archive with descriptions and information for hundreds of TV series
- Internet Movie Database – huge collection of movie information
- Star ASCIIMATION Wars – Star Wars in ASCII
Gadgets
- Easter Eggs – easter eggs hidden in devices, arts, and computer programs
- Think Geek – loads of gadgets for the true geek!
Glinde
- Glinde – my hometown
- Gymnasium Glinde – my former school
Greeting Cards
- Blue Mountain – beautiful card collection
- Hallmark – even more cards!
Health
- Edible Landscapes – about natural herbs
Home Computer
- Commodore Plus/4 World – emulator and games from the old times
- Lemon64 – C64 emulator and hundreds of old games
- Arnold – even more C64 games
- Top 500 – as a small contrast: the 500 fastest computers
LaTeX
- BibTeX Styles – create DIN-1505-style bibliographies
- DBLP Computer Science Bibliography – Digital Bibliography & more literature references (especially for BibTeX)
- pdfTeX – create PDF documents from LaTeX
- Fonts – special fonts for LaTeX
Linux/Unix
- Bash Tutorial – excellent manuals for bash programming
- Linux Kernel – here's always the latest version
- Fresh Meat – huge collection of open source programs
- Richard Stallman singing – very interesting... ;-)
- UNIX Guru Universe – the name says it all
Maps
- Stadtplandienst – replacement for a road map
- The Degree Confluence Project – the most exciting places on earth
Money
Music
- Grenzwellen – Ecki Stieg's Independent magazine
- Misheard Lyrics – very entertaining
- Sweet Harmonies – vocal ensemble from Hamburg
News
- BILDblog.de – BILD articles analyzed (from the German tabloid)
- Indymedia – independent news (see also international edition)
- NDR Info – news station
Pictures
- Digital Blasphemy – ray tracing images in perfection
- Beach Wallpapers – nice desktop wallpapers
- Photography course – introduction to photograhy (in German)
Programming
- BerkeleyDB – de facto standard database management system
- Java in one day – compact course for Java (in German)
- Java Documentation – Java SDK Reference
Radio
- 3WK – alternative station
- KCRW – relaxing music
- KZUU – College Station of Washington State University
- KZUU 90.7 FM – True College Radio
- Happyday – New Age Radio
Security
- GNU Privacy Guard – why and how emails should be encrypted
- Interview with Phil Zimmermann – classic interview about PGP
- TrueCrypt – encrypt files and drives under Windows
- chkrootkit – rootkit detector
- How do I become hacker? – manual of the Chaos Computer Club
- Spam – a true story
Tests
- 1000 Tests – All kinds of personality tests
- Free Personality Tests – more personality tests
- Color Quiz – psychological test
Traveling
- City Search – cities in the USA
- Lonely Planet – travel guide for everywhere
Weather
- Punxsutawney Groundhog Club – Groundhog Day!
- CO2 Emissions Calculator – calculate CO2 for flights
Web Design
- CSS Vault – CSS tricks
- SELFHTML – inofficial HTML reference (in German)
- Meta doctor – <meta> tag analyzer
- Web Robots – infos on bots