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	About This Page
	How to Use the Internet
	How to Develop and Maintain Web Sites
		General Stuff
		Graphical Resources
	Work Planning
	Literature, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Glossaries
	Entertainment
	Media
	Software
	The Silent Part of the Web
	Berlin
		Gastronomy

About This Page

How to Use the Internet

• Internet Web Text Index (by John December)
  a well-organized primer for using the internet

• Die Suchfibel (German/ by Stefan Karzauninkat)
  "Wie findet man Informationen im Internet?" How to find informations in the Internet...

• The Argus Clearinghouse
  "The Internet's Premier Research Library" - "A Selective Collection of Topical Guides"
  This librarian-driven facility rates comprehensive, web-based guides on special topics and is an excellent guide itself. Unfortunately, it is not maintained any longer. Nevertheless, the contents will stay there as they are. They shall also be incorporated in a much larger project. See the next link.

• The Internet Public Library
  "The Internet Public Library (IPL), is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information." (from the Mission Statement)
  This site is also the work of librarians. As such, they "Provide library services to Internet users. Activities include: finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating information resources; and direct assistance to individuals." (from the Mission Statement). These are not all of the activities - find out yourself...

How to Develop and Maintain Web Sites

General Stuff

• W3C's Home Page
  W3C - the World Wide Web Consortium - "exists to realize the full potential of the Web". The Director of the W3C, Tim Berners-Lee, is the creator of the World Wide Web. You find there the latest, soundest, and hottest news about the Web and its future development, especially about the latest HTML standards, versions, and features.

• SELFHTML (German/ by Stefan Münz)
  You want to build up your own web site and think that 'HTML' is a gaseous substance endangering the ozone layer? You detest WYSIWYG editors? Here you find a well-organized site that allows you to find an HTML-tag for a given purpose very fast. Covers also: XHTML, XML/DTDs, CSS, JavaScript/DOM, Dynamic HTML, CGI/Perl, PHP and basic knowledge, e.g. about the development of the WWW, graphics and internationalization.

• The Golden Rules for Bad HTML (German/ by Stefan Karzauninkat)
  You hate all those neat, clean, informative, and clearly arranged web sites? You are fatally bored by those sterile pages containing more than 0.1% text and less than 99.9% graphix? You feel your eyes overstrained by all those unanimated images? A document loaded in less than 5 mins denies you the thrill of guessing what'll be on the page you're accessing? Then you must meet Stefan Kazauninkat's Golden Rules for Bad HTML.

• S.C. Locke HTML Symbol Test Page (by Stephen C. Locke)
  is a complete table of the symbols representable by HTML in the form 'œ' which can also be used to test the related abilities of your browser

Graphic Resources

• Wikimedia Commons (a project of the Wikimedia Foundation)
  ist a database of free media files in the form of a wiki (see What Is Wiki? on wiki.org) which means that anyone can contribute to it. In August 2006, there were about 800,000 entries in the database.

• Marco Reeses Reich der Fantasy (German)
  Marco maintains a wonderful collection of fantasy-related, animated pictures.

• Animated Gif Artists Guild Ring
  "Welcome to the Ring of Animated Art! We showcase the works of the most talented individual artists and the finest animated gif collections on the web. Come and see for yourself!"

Work Planning

• Lebendig planen und arbeiten (German/ by Britta Schöwing)
  On this page my wife offers first class consulting services concerning self management and work planning, especially for preparation of exams and resuming of studies.

Literature, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, And Glossaries

• Wikipedia (many languages/ English/ German)
  is an online encyclopedia that has been and is built by millions of internet users every day - people like you and me empowered by the Wiki concept (read What Is Wiki? on wiki.org). Readers who don't believe that such a concept can result in a high quality should note that the reputable German computer journal c't has compared Wikipedia with MS Encarta and Brockhaus and found that the average overall quality of the articles in the Wikipedia was slightly better (see "Die kostenlose Wikipedia tritt gegen die Marktführer Encarta und Brockhaus an", c't 21/04, p. 132). The Washington Post article Spreading Knowledge, The Wiki Way (by Leslie Walker, September 9, 2004) is a little bit more sceptical, comparing the Wikipedia and the Encyclopædia Britannica.
  The Wikipedia is (as well as the wikis that are presented in the folloowing links) a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

• Wiktionary (many languages/ English/ German)
  is a multilingual online dictionary that has been and is written by internet users every day - similar to the Wikipedia. In August 2006, the English part contained approximately 170,000 entries, the German part about 36,000 entries.

• Wikibooks (many languages/ Englisch/ German)
  is "a collection of free, open-content textbooks that you can edit. We have 21,212 book modules in over 1000 books." - cited on August 26th, 2006, from the main page of the English wikibooks

• LEO English-German Dictionary and LEO French-German Dictionary (German)
  are online dictionaries originating 1995. At first very small, they grew fast with the help of their users. For instance, the English-German dictionary reached 2004 the mark of 400.000 entries. Both dictionaries are part of LEO - Link Everything Online, an online service by Informatik der Technischen Universität München.

• Heinzelnisse Deutsch - Norwegisches Wörterbuch (German/ by Julia Emmerich and Heiko Klein, Nesbru, Norway)
  is a German - Norwegian Dictionary. It is free, completely noncommercial and almost free of ads. As if this were not enough, the following is also offered:
  • Heinzelnisse for free download
  • word games
  • Language topics in form of a wiki, including several small phrase books
  • A forum for discussions and collaboration

• Project Gutenberg Free eBook Library (by Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation)
  "Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks." The Online Book Catalog - Overview contains over 16.000 free books and texts.

• An Online Library of Literature (maintained by Knowledge Matters, London, UK)
  A list of authors published there.

Entertainment

• Calvin and Hobbes
  daily cartoon reissued many years after it was originally published (with continuous archive!!). Imho, 'Calvin and Hobbes' is one of the best cartoons ever!

• The Dilbert Zone
  daily cartoon about office life, bosses and engineers (with 4-week archive and much more...). At first you think, 'Is this funny?' Then comes the 'Hm, some are funny.' stage. Next you are outright amused by most of the cartoons. And then it dawns you: 'This isn't funny at all - it's reality!'

• Brettspielwelt (Board Game World)
  is a platform for playing card and board games with other players (not with a computer!) over internet. At present (February 2006), there are implemented more than 60 games, including hits and classics like Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Puerto Rico, San Juan and Sankt Petersburg. You find other willing players there twenty-four-seven. It is completely free, no ads!

• Dragon Go Server (German/ hosted by Samuraj Data AB)
  You can play unhurried games of Go here, spanning weeks and months to come.

• remoteSchach.de (by mivi.solutions T.Ruprich & C.Taulien GbR)
  You can play unhurried games of Chess here, spanning weeks and months to come.

• WordSplay (by Evan Simpson and Logan Ingalls)
  Boggle is a letter salad word searching game. WordSplay is a variant that can be played directly via your browser. Very addictive!

Media

• Reuters
  "The Business of Information"

• Tagesschau (German)
  daily news on the German broadcast ARD

• Wikinews (a project of the Wikimedia Foundation)
  is a news database in the form of a wiki (see What Is Wiki? on wiki.org) where anyone can contribute new articles.

• DER TAGESSPIEGEL (German)
  daily newspaper (Berlin)

• DIE ZEIT (German)
  weekly newspaper of politics, economy, commerce, and culture

• heise online (German/English)
  news concerning IT. Heise is a German publishing company editing the reputable computer magazins c't (archive) and i'x.

• Spektrum der Wissenschaft (German)
  German monthly journal of science

• Nature
  international weekly journal of science

• wetter.com (German)
  German weather forecast, world weather, weather for special occasions (e.g. sports, barbecue etc.), satellite films and much more

• TVinfo.de - sehen was läuft (German)
  German TV program - at a glance and sorted/categorized in any possible way

Software

Note that a general problem with software that you don't have programmed by yourself is trust. Any such softare you install on your computer - even commercial software - needs your trust since you don't know whether there are secret extra functions like spyware in it. Of course, commercial software is very unlikely to contain such rubbish (particularly if published by renowned software companies) since once it became known in the public no one would trust this software publisher again. If it comes to free- and shareware without open source code, however, trust is a major issue. Keep this always in mind during browsing free- and shareware sites.

• heise online - Software-Verzeichnis (German)
  is an extensive index of free software and shareware. Make sure to read the FAQ. Heise is a German publishing company editing the reputable computer magazins c't and i'x. A certain portion of the software is recommended by Heise, which means you have much more reason to trust this software. Note, however, that software is subject to frequent changes, and a software author may put spyware or viral functions into it in the next version.

• SourceForge.net
  is "the world's largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications".

• Freeware Home - Collection of Free Software
  is a seemingly infinite paradise of freeware. You find there software in the categories business, desktop, education, games, graphics, home & hobby, internet, programming, system utils and other...

• The Daily WTF (by Alex Papadimoulis)
  serves true tales from the world of information technology that can trigger the exclamation "What the fuck!?". The commentaries that are posted in the forum are just as interesting as the stories themselves. Despite the fact that you can laugh at many of those stories you may feel that some of them are not funny when considering the misery that seems to prevail in certain areas of the IT sector.

• Melinda's Wedding Bill Blues
  The "Microsoft Marriage License Agreement" should be somehow familiar to you...

The Silent Part of the Web

• Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache und Kommunikation Gehörloser (Universität Hamburg) (German/English)
  Institute for the German Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf (University of Hamburg). In Germany, many schools for the deaf prohibit the use of any form of sign language and even deny that the German Sign Language (GSL) is a language. This institute fights for the recognition of the GSL as a language, for the (not exclusive!) use of the GSL in schools for the deaf, and for the education of sign language interpreters. You can study there linguistics of sign languages. Maintains several sign language dictionaries for special subjects such as computer science, psychology, and medicine.

• The Gallaudet University (Washington, D.C.)
  "the world's only university for deaf and hard of hearing undergraduate students"

Berlin

• BVG Routenplaner (German/English)
  You want to explore Berlin by public transport? Then don't miss the helpful journey planner of the BVG (the local carrying business company).

• Berlin Cinema Repertoire (German)
  tons of films in tons of cinemas

• Berliner Bäderbetriebe (German)
  swimming in Berlin

• Berliner Grundtheater e.V.
  English theatre in Berlin

Gastronomy

• La Maison Du Chocolat (German)
  is a small French restaurant & café in the upper mid price range with excellent food in Potsdam. They have a really, really thick hot chocolate there, which is extremely chocolate-ly. The mother of all hot chocolates, to all intents and purposes.

• Las Olas (German/English/Macromedia flash player needed)
  is a Spanish restaurant in the upper mid price range with excellent food, a great variety of Spanish wines and an ample assortment of tapas. The beautiful Spanish furnishing provides a comfortable, warm ambience. They have one of my absolute favourite desserts there: fried pudding slices.

• Munch's Hus (German)
  is a Norwegian restaurant in the upper mid price range with excellent food. Naturally, it offers a great variety of fish dishes, and roasted elk, reindeer sausage and Norwegian cheese as well. The ambience is simple, and on the walls you find paintings of the famous Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. According to its own description it is indeed the first Norwegian restaurant in Germany. Maybe even the only Norwegian restaurant in Europe (apart from Norway itself).

• Tai Ji
  is a Chinese restaurant in the upper mid price range with excellent food. The ingredients of the dishes are fresh, no sodium glutamate is used. Studying the menu is a pleasure in itself: the names of the dishes are very imaginative, e.g. "Ants Are Scaling The Tree" and "When Sky And Earth Sundered". The ambience is simply yin yang. Read description on www.berlinonline.de (German).