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The following links to external web pages are not coincidentally listed here and do not open in a new window! If there are any sites (despite examination at the time of admission), which contain legally precarious or illegal contents, I kindly ask for a note.

Language / Dictionary / Translation

File Extensions » http://www.fileinfo.net
Provides an answer what cryptic three letter combination like cid, swf, css .... actually mean.

Abbreviations » http://www.abkuerzungen.de/pc/html/start.php?language=EN
Database of international abbreviations.

References

Electronic Books » http://www.gutenberg.org
The project gutenberg ("good mountain") is the first and largest individual accumulation of free electronic books or eBooks (initiated by Michael Hard, 1971). Contains texts (multilingual) and hearing books (predominantly computer-generated) for download:

  • Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl
  • John Locke
  • Isaac Newton
  • US Government:
    Copyright Basics,
    United States Congressional Address Book,
    Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War, ...
  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  • Immanuel Kant
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Theodor Mommsen
  • Albert Einstein
  • Confucius
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Leonardo da Vinci

Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 » http://www.1911encyclopedia.org
The eleventh issue (1911) of the Encyclopedia Britannica; simply the best ...

The World Factbook » http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...
"The World Factbook is in the public domain and may be used freely by anyone at anytime without seeking permission." Information (to take for granted also to download) of geography (with maps), economics, religion, diseases, government, nature risks, environment, among other things. Worth reading are the FAQ, which illuminate the position of the Chinese government towards the independence of Taiwan, the status of the Vatican ("Holy see"), ... .

Webdesign & Typography

Easy-2-Read Standard » http://www.informationarchitects.jp/100E2R/
"Most websites are crammed with small text that is a pain to read. Why?" An excellent article (including a valuable discussion) on how to make text on web pages more "readable" (E2R stands for "Easy to read") .

Eyetracking & Webdesign » http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070312ruel/
"When one of world's best-known usability experts, Jakob Nielsen, conducts eyetracking research to test what his usability work has shown, the results generate some beneficial tips for online editors."

Usability & GUI Design » http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/09/30-usability-issues-to-be-aware-of/
30 Usability Issues To Be Aware Of

Which Font? » http://www.myfonts.com/...
Recognizes the character font (character set) of a text from a picture (pixel file as jpg, gif, tif, bmp, png...). In co-operation with the University of Birmingham.

Science / Research

Publications » http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PubMed (National Library of Medicine) contains over 15 million biomedical articles (papers); frequently with summary (abstract)). The search is possible for keywords, authors, journals etc.

Taxonomy » http://www.tolweb.org
Self description: "The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists from around the world. On more than 4000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history (phylogeny), and characteristics. Each page contains information about a particular group of organisms (e.g., echinoderms, tyrannosaurs, phlox flowers, cephalopods, club fungi, or the salamanderfish of Western Australia). ToL pages are linked one to another hierarchically, in the form of the evolutionary tree of life. Starting with the root of all Life on Earth and moving out along diverging branches to individual species, the structure of the ToL project thus illustrates the genetic connections between all living things."

Research » http://www.conflict-research-center-wiesbaden.de/
Information about philosophy of science and metatheory / organizational psychology and sociology / linguistics and psycholinguistic / religions and culture anthropology / institution and personality analysis / medicine and psychosomatic.

The Salk Institute » http://www.salk.edu
Research institute for basic research (biology, medicine) at the Pacific coast, founded by the discoverer of a polio vaccine, Dr. Jonas Salk. Main fields of research are: Molecular Biology and Genetics; Neurosciences; and Plant Biology.

Internet

Graphic & Multimedia Viewer » http://www.irfanview.com
A very fast and compact graphic viewer (including thumbnails); can read and store all common image formats (including .ico for favicons (icon)). Has a batch mode: whole folders can be converted into another format. Handels digicam informations (EXIF, IPTC). Freeware for non-commercial use.

Mozilla Firefox (Browser) » http://www.mozilla.org/...
A free Browser which comes with many integrated tools: Pop UP blocker, Tab Browsing (several sites in one window), integrated search (Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, among others), and many extensions (like Web Developer - Firefox Extension (120 KB)). In contrast to the competition it interprets HTML, CSS, etc. as far as possible according to the W3C standard. Albeit this Browser is not immune to safety gaps, its design is substantially safer and more stable than the well-known alternatives. Versions for the operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux can be downloaded in approximately 30 languages (about 5 MB).

Domain Registrars » http://www.icann.org
The organistaion ICANN (InterNet corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers) accredits so-called domain registrars, which administers all domains of the respective Top level Domain (com, net ...). ICANN operates its own 'WhoIs' site, which supplies sometimes fewer information, as the sides of the respective registrar. Here are links to the 'WhoIs' sites of some registrars, which provide information regarding the owner, technical contact, host, etc.: