Links

Computer Related

Adelong Computers – www.adelong.com.au – parts

Anyware Computers – www.anyware.com.au – large supplier of computer parts

Aus PC Market – www.auspcmarket.com.au – a large range of PC hardware

CD Recording Software – www.cdrecordingsoftware.com – huge  range of CD recording hardware and software

City Software – www.estore.com.au – buy software the smart way

EYO Technologies – oi.eyo.com.au – another online computer store,  very good service

Harris Technology – www.ht.com.au – one of Australia’s largest  suppliers

Instant IT – www.instantit.com.au – another Australian  on-line PC store

MicroGram Computers – www.mgram.com.au – interesting and hard to  get a hold of items, cheap prices

Music/Video Related

Amazon – www.amazon.com – books, CDs,  video available, huge range

Gemm – www.gemm.com – Searches all CD and Video stores on the ‘net to provide a great range

Sanity – www.sanity.com.au – a large Australian online music store

HiFi, PA, Electronics, Other

Altronics – www.altronics.com.au –  electronic components and kits supplier

Jaycar Electronics – www.jaycar.com.au – one of Australia’s best electronics suppliers

Internet

123CheapDomains – www.123CheapDomains.com – the name says it all

Digital Ocean – www.digitalocean.com – Easy to manage and low cost cloud servers

Discount Domain Name Services – www.ddns.com.au – personal service that is hard to find in the domain name space

Exetel – www.exetel.com.au – provides reliable and inexpensive ADSL access

Internode – www.internode.on.net – great ADSL plans, reliable and dependable, good value

iiNet – www.iinet.net.au – quality internet access across the country

Rochen Host – www.rochenhost.com – a highly reliable and comprehensive hosting provider

Server101 – www.Server101.com – not as cheap as our own web hosting service, but can provide more advanced features, based in Queensland

SSLs.com – www.ssls.com – quick and cheap SSL certificates

Data Recovery

ImpactIT – www.impactit.com.au, Payam – www.payam.com.au and Disk Doctors – www.diskdoctors.com.au all provide data recovery services from magnetic media and solid state storage in the Sydney area.

CD Duplication

Independent Software Duplication – www.copysoft.com.au

Media Movers – www.mediamovers.com.au

Hardware Info

Australian Media Center Community – www.xpmediacentre.com.au – for all  your MCE knowledge

HardOCP – www.hardocp.com – an extreme hardware overclocking and review site

Heatsink Guide – www.heatsink-guide.com – all about PC cooling

Overclockers.com – www.overclockers.com – news based page related to overclocking info

Overclockers.com.au – www.overclockers.com.au – an Auzzie overclockers page

The Tech Zone – www.thetechzone.com – up to the minute news on the latest hardware, reviews etc

Tom’s Hardware – www.tomshardware.com – all your hardware questions answered

Voodoo Extreme – www.voodooextreme.com – latest news on 3D games and hardware

Win Drivers – www.windrivers.com – drivers for just about anything

Linux/Open Source

Everything Linux – www.everythinglinux.com.au –  Australian Linux support

FreshRPMs – www.freshrpms.net – great number of RPMs for RedHat, Fedora and other distros

Hardinfo – hardinfo.berlios.de – provides hardware information under Linux (available via apt-get hardinfo)

Menuetos – www.menuetos.org – another open source OS project with promise

Sendmail.org – www.sendmail.org – a popular but difficult to configure mail server, here’s the guide

Sugar UI – wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick – get into the OLPC project by trying this intuitive UI

Tripwire – www.tripwire.com – Linux security software

Ubuntu – www.ubuntu.com – the best Linux distribution around

Wine – www.winehq.com – Windows emulation for Linux

Internet Related

Mesh – www.mesh.com – easy file sharing across WANs

Public Proxy Servers – www.publicproxyservers.com – maybe speed, maybe anonymity

Sheilds UP!! – www.grc.com – TCP/IP  probe to test firewalls

SpeedGuide – www.speedguide.net – focuses on system  performance including Broadband connections

TCP port listing – www.chebucto.ns.ca/~rakerman – listing of TCP ports commonly used

TheCounter – www.TheCounter.com – an easy to use counter for your web page

Whirlpool – www.whirlpool.net.au – ISP news and comparisons, the first place to start when looking for an ISP

Windows Related

Annoyances – www.annoyances.org –  Solve those annoying problems

Disabling features of Windows XP – www.askvg.com – increase security, etc

Take Ownership Pro – www.top-password.com/take-ownership-pro.html – take ownership of files or folders that Windows denies access to

uVNC Helpware – www.uvnc.com/pchelpware – provide support remotely

Windows on a USB Key – tomshardware.com – take Windows with you

WinPlanet – www.winplanet.com – a world of Windows information

Wireless Networking

Best Practices for Wireless security – www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,86951,00.html – wireless security practices

NIST Computer  Security Response Centre Whitepaper – csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-48/NIST_SP_800-48.pdf – wireless security whitepaper

Radius for Linux – www.freeradius.org – set up a Linux box as the security provider for your wireless network

Seven Security Problems of 802.11 Wireless – www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/05/24/wlan.html – know the problems so you can find the solutions

Wardriving and  Warchalking – www.wardrive.net – find  those wireless hotspots

Windsurfer – www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2 – increase your wireless range with some cut and paste

WPA on a Windows Network – www.microsoft.com/technet/network/wifi/ed80211.mspx – tighten the security

Application Software

Adobe – www.adobe.com – makers of Acrobat and lots of other graphics software

Alfresco – www.alfresco.com – Open Source Enterprise Content Management systems

AVG AntiVirus – www.avg.com.au – reliable antivirus, antispyware and firewall software

Batch renaming – www.joejoesoft.com & www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk – handy for naming those digital photos

Ceedo and Portable software – www.ceedo.com or portableapps.com – take you apps and your data on your USB key

Clonezilla – www.clonezilla.org – clone HDDs for backup or upgrades

Decrapifier – www.pcdecrapifier.com – remove all the rubbish that is pre-installed on your notebook or desktop

DownloadAstro – en.downloadastro.com – a large collection of software, each with a product review

DVD Region-Free – www.dvdidle.com – region free viewing or DVD duplication

DVD43 – www.dvd43.com – region free DVD

Fresh Devices – www.freshdevices.com – download managers, diagnostics, other utilities

Handbrake – handbrake.fr – convert DVD and video formats

JKDefrag – kessels.nl/JkDefrag – defrag your PC for faster performance

Macrium Reflect - macrium.com/reflectfree - drive imaging and backup software in free and commercial versions

Mangofile – www.mangofile.com – document management systems

Microsoft Homepage – www.microsoft.com – Windows updates and the free tools for legitimate uses

Nonags – www.nonags.com – freeware software collection

PC Tools – www.pctools.com – makers of Registry Mechanic, the best registry cleaning package

Puget Benchmarks - www.pugetsystems.com/benchmarks - is your system fast? Find out with Puget Benchmarks

SlySoft – www.slysoft.com – AnyDVD and CloneDVD allow you to play and backup content

VeraCrypt – veracrypt.codeplex.com – protect your data with encryption

WSUS Offline Updater – www.wsusoffline.net – downolad those updates once, install on many PCs

Games

DOS Games Archive – www.dosgamesarchive.com – the name says it all, have a nostalgic look at these

Need For Speed – www.needforspeed.com – NFS High Stakes is out and rev’n up the car sim scene

Unreal Tournament – www.unrealtournament.com – yesterday’s best network game, as far as we’re concerned

Web Sudoku – www.websudoku.com – lots of options for the addict. Not an addict? You soon will be…

Internet Software

4K Download – www.4kdownload.com – Useful tools including a YouTube video downloader

AceProject – www.aceproject.com – free on-line project management

Alt-N – www.altn.com – mail server software

Basecamp – www.basecamphq.com – comprehensive on-line project management

Easy Youtube Video Downloader – www.yourvideofile.com – save those videos so you can watch them again without the bandwidth usage

Filezilla – filezilla-project.org – FTP client and server – open source

Free Download Manager – www.freedownloadmanager.org – as the name says…

KS-Soft – www.ks-soft.net – network monitoring software, including the comprehensive IP Tools for network investigation.

Loom - www.loom.com - online video creation and sharing

MailEnable – www.mailenable.com – want to run your own mail server – here’s a free solution

Mozilla – www.mozilla.com – find Firefox for secure surfing and Thunderbird for easy emailing

osCommerce – www.oscommerce.com – open source shopping cart for your e-commerce needs

Rhinosoft – www.rhinosoft.com – FTP Client and Server, Spam filtering, other Internet utilities

WorldMerge – www.coloradosoft.com – email merging software for mass emailing needs

ZenCart – www.zencart.com – open source shopping cart for your e-commerce needs

Virtualisation

VirtualBox – www.virtualbox.org – freeware virtual machine

VMWare Workstation – www.vmware.com – supports Windows, Linux and other host environments

Educational Pages

Bart’s Bootable CD-ROMs – www.nu2.nu/bootcd/ – comprehensive info on creation of bootable CDs

CDRInfo – www.cdrinfo.com – get the info you need on CD-R/W and DVDs

Scripting

ss64 Command line reference – www.ss64.com – a command line refence for Windows, Linux, PowerShell, SQL …

Linux Support

LinuxQuestions – www.linuxquestions.org – questions (with answers) on just about any Linux related topic

SMP Howto – www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMP-HOWTO.html#toc3 – using Symetric Multi-Processing systems with Linux

Resources

DNS Checking and validation – www.dnsstuff.com – check your DNS setup

DNS Chekcker – dns.squish.net – another DNS checker

Drive Vaccine – www.drivevaccine.com – useful for public access computers, keeping a constant PC state no matter what a user does

Freecycle – www.freecycle.org – Re-use rather than toss out, find or list free stuff

Windows Networking – www.windowsnetworking.com – info on getting your networks running well

Electronics

DIY Audio and Video – www.diyaudioandvideo.com – for all those crossovers, amplifiers and other AV related electronics

Business Resources

ASIC – www.asic.gov.au – business registration and much more

ATO Business portal – www.bp.ato.gov.au – ATO resources for Australian businesses

Educational Pages

Kissmetrics Colour Psychology – blog.kissmetrics.com/color-psychology – portray your image conciously

Cool Homepages – www.coolhomepages.com – a good source of inspiration

HTML Goodies – www.htmlgoodies.com – HTML info and examples plus javascript etc

W3Schools.com – www.w3schools.com – beginner’s guides and tutorial for HTML, JavaScript and more

Web Pages That Suck – www.webpagesthatsuck.com – learn from other’s mistakes rather than your own

Tools

AjaxLoad – www.ajaxload.info – generates loader or throbber icons for use on AJAX pages with your custom colors

Ansible - ansible.com - automate server and application installation and configuration

Apache JMeter - jmeter.apache.org - load test your websites and APIs

Favicons in Photoshop – www.photoshopsupport.com – this tutorial explains how to create a favicon for a page using the plugins at telegraphics.com.au.

Font creation – fontforge.sourceforge.net – Create your font as a PNG, import and trace, and export as OpenType for unique fonts no-one else will have.

Font creation online – fontstruct.fontshop.com – create your own fonts files for use in any application

Inno Setup - jrsoftware.org - create installers for your own Windows applications

Kuler – kuler.adobe.com – colour your world with compliments, Adobe’s tool to help with your colour scheme

Quick Menu – www.quickmenubuilder.com – build menus for autorun CDs or common applications

Ruby on Rails – www.rubyonrails.org – open-source web development framework for dynamic site development

Storybook for Vue.js - storybook.js.org/tutorials - bring your UI components together for rapid and consistent development

Terraform - terraform.io - infrastructure as code to enable and accelerate cloud adoption

UptimeRobot - uptimerobot.com - monitor your servers and sites to ensure uptime

Scripts and Examples

dtp-aus Scirpts – www.dtp-aus.com/cgiscript – great Australian site with good scripts comprehensive script, recommended viewing

Hot Scipts – www.hotscripts.com – scripts

Node.js Express starter frameworks - expressjs.com/en/starter/generator.html - github.com/textbook/starter-kit - github.com/eklemen/generate-express

Resources

Andreas Viklund – andreasviklund.com/templates – templates for CMS Made Simple, etc.

CMS Made Simple – www.cmsmadesimple.org – an easy to use Content Management System

Dr Watson – watson.addy.com – check syntax, links, band width, search engine compatibility, etc

Ezimerchant – www.ezimerchant.com – Australian e-commerce site creation service

SSL Labs Test – www.ssllabs.com/ssltest – test your SSL certificates and setup, much better than just hoping it is secure

W3C CSS Validator – jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator – validate your CSS code

W3C X/HTML Validator – validator.w3.org – validate you X/HTML code

Acts of Gord – www.actsofgord.com – amusing tails in customer relations

Ascii Art Creator - github - convert your PNG or JPG to ascii art - see instructions

Audio Bible – www.audio-bible.com – a narrated version of the KJ Bible online

Bible Trivia - allthetrivia.com/bible-trivia - trivia for the Old and New Testament - and wider trivia on the rest of the site

Easter Eggs – www.eeggs.com – Easter Eggs in software, movies, etc

Internet Movie Database – www.imdb.com – all the movie information you could ever want

Player Verses Player – www.pvponline.com – online comic strip

Red Dwarf – www.reddwarf.co.uk – the web site of the funiest TV show ever

General

Doodle.com – doodle.com – create online polls to organise your band

Prog Archives – www.progarchives.com – a site worth a regular visit, find your next favourite prog rock artist

David Knopfler – www.knopfler.com – some of great music written, once he left Dire Straits

Smashing Pumpkins – www.smashingpumpkins.com – the band is Billy’s brainchild reborn

Yes – www.yesworld.com – unofficial Yes site

All Music Guide – www.allmusic.com – a great guide to artists and bands

The Celebrity Cafe – www.thecelebritycafe.com – interviews and the like

EasyTAG – easytag.sourceforge.net – edit those MP3 tags easily

PA and Instrument supplies

Audio Buy – www.audiobuy.com.au – great prices on Mackie gear, an extensive range of brands

Bava’s Music – www.bavasmusic.com.au – our preferred audio tech supplier, great advice, great prices, great support

Store DJ – www.storedj.com.au – what Bava’s doesn’t have, Store DJ probably does, another of our preferred suppliers

DJ City – www.djcity.com.au – for low end items for the tinkerer rather than the pro, DJ City might be the place to look

Drum Dial – drumdial.com – accurately tune your kit, replicating that great sound easily

Extreme Isolation headphones – www.extremeheadphones.com – keep the neighbours happy while you are mixing your music

Microphone Parts – microphone-parts.com – build high quality microphones with some DIY

Recording Hacks microphone catalogue – recordinghacks.com/microphones – find the next mic for your collection

Audio Production

Slate Digital – www.slatedigital.com – great digital modelling of classic preamps and compressors

John H Brandt – www.jhbrandt.net – Studio and home studio acoustic design

Room EQ Wizard – www.roomeqwizard.com – tune your room to make music production easier

DIYRE – www.diyrecordingequipment.com – want professional audio gear but can’t manage the price tag, Do It Yourself

Hobbies

Internet Hobbies – www.internethobbies.com – online store with information

Hovercraft Models – www.hovercraftmodels.com – have fun with hovercrafts

HPI Racing – www.hpiracing.com – RC Car bodies and many other accessories

Kyosho – www.kyosho.com – manufacturers of quality model kits

RC Toys – www.rctoys.com – some unique flying saucers and other RC models

Tamiya – www.tamiya.com – a model manufacturer