Outlinks

Because everybody else has one, my list of places you might like to go.

Comics

Comics used as sources for my 'Selected' project:

 xkcd or  for mobiles

The greatest and the geekiest. 'Pay attention at the back there!' - Because you will need to think. Don't forget to click on the images for the 'alt-text'.

 The Devils Panties

Humorous events in the life of Jennie Breedon, sometimes lightly fictionalised. Oh, and it's 'Not Satanic Porn', honest!

 Bunny

Manic Lagomorphs, explosions and much geekery. Often covers similar ground to xkcd but is much more free ranging. Updates are now very sporadic.

 Two Lumps

Two cats and their owner(s). A lot more fun than it might sound.

 Help Desk

Ubersoft. The largest Software Company ever known. Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men - and Bosses. Fear the Marketing Department.

 Kernel Panic

Deep in the bowels of 'A Company' the IT team are panicking. The CEO is making IT decisions...

 User Friendly

One of the early greats. The staff of a small Canadian ISP get on with life and the occasional surreal excursion. Now static and recycling old material automatically, when will Iliad be back!

 S S D D

Two Sci-Fi stories in two timelines, one in a world somewhat like ours. Biting, off colour and very funny. Oh, and S.S.D.D. stands for something, probably what you think is does. Another comic with a title that has little to do with the contents.

 The Church of the Poisoned Minds

One Shot commentary from the very very bitter and cynical artist of S.S.D.D. When he isn't fobbing us off with his home videos...

 The Bunny System

Cute Bunnies! What could go wrong? Quite a lot, including a lot of smut. Now finished after a seven year run.

 Bug

Young cartoonist writes about mainly young things happening to... Bugs! Cynical humour and loads of expressiveness in very few lines.

 Edible Dirt

Skirts and quite often crosses the bounds of bad taste but can achieve some remarkable 'hits'.

 What The Hell Man

Stick Figure comic with a limited run. Ideas based on IM chaps between friends. Quite explicit in what it covers.

 Perry Bible Fellowship

Sicker, more twisted and downright weirder than the average exploding antelope. Now intermittent and many of the comics have been removed to encourage people to buy the book.

 Nobody Scores

'A Little Comic About Inevitable Disaster'. Cynical one-shots with a regular cast. Was 'on hiatus', now seems to be back.

 Faulty Logic

Produced by two different artists. Odd in an endearing way with a focus on working in Retail. Went quiet but producing intermittent updates.

 Little Vampires

Fairly new. Sometimes funny but often settles for cuteness. Another blow to the stake in the heart of Real Vampires I (don't) fear.

 Sinister Cat

Exactly One Hundred panels of the sayings of a Sinister Cat.

 Sci-ence

Science and Skeptic based comics. High quality of both art and science in both Comic and Blog. A sort of Ben Goldacre with ammusing scribbles.

Other worthwhile comics:

 Shlock Mercenary

Science Fiction comic about Mercenaries making with the funny. Unfortunately the daily entries require to much knowledge of the back story for 'Selected'.

 Geebas On Parade

Another Jennie Breedon comic. Covers her experienced during Live Action Roleplay (LARP). Impenetrable to most normal beings but amusing to those who understand what’s going on. Sporadic updates.

 The Ten Doctors

An awesome Fan-Fic of the highest quality rendered in pencil and ink. Spot on in the characterisation, action etc.

 Scandinavia And The World

Quirky exploration of Scandinavian issues featuring National Personifications (including Miss Sweden, Yum!)

Changed 5 Apr 2012

Videos

A little air and computer gaming centric at the moment I'm afraid

Machinima

Machinima is art of using real-time 3D computer graphics engines, usually from an computer game, to create a film. There are some people making great short films out there. Far fewer than are making bad ones, but they are out there.

 Duelality :

To the music of the Aphex Twin, high energy manoeuvring using both live and simulator shots. Amazing work from Lenny Wilson.

 IL2 The Entertainer :

Classic music for a classic video. The Winter War, a catchy tune and mayhem, what’s not to like?

 Requiem for Luftwaffe Pilots :

A simple concept well executed.

Maintenance Man;  Part 1 +  Part 2 +  Part 3 :

An absolute classic of the genre. May be a little confusing if you are not familiar with Half Life 2: Episode 1.

Virtual Aerobatics

These are flown 'live' with each aircraft piloted and it all linked up via the web. The pilots needn't be in the same country.

Fighting Woodpeckers

The great exponents of VA are the 'Fighting Woodpeckers', a Russian team who also have a great videographer.

 Six Years :

Show put together from the six years the team have been in existence. Distilled essence of Woodpecker.

 Fifth Anniversary :

Jet propelled Woodpeckers!

 Thunderstruck! :

Aerobatics to AC/DC

 Freestyle :

Pairs aerobatics at very close spacing

 FW_Two :

Flown as a single 'take' for a competition back in 2005. To the music of Ramstein

 Crazy Skies :

Not their best, but that's a lot better than most others...

 Kaleidoscope of Piloting :

Only one year in existence they shot what is still one of the best VA videos

 Classical Pilotage :

Solo Technical Aerobatic figures

 Mig Alert :

Mig-29 solo routine

 Airshow 2008 :

A complete airshow of several routines

Other People

 Berkuts Arrive at VFAT 2009 :

More Russians make an impressive entry on stage at the Virtual Festival of Aerobatic Teams 2009

 Berkuts; Why So Serious? :

Amazing flying done so well you almost don't notice it.

 Malta Virtual Airshow 2008 :

More propellers making shapes in the electronic skies.

 Blue Toads :

Very restful and nicely done

 Tuckie's Candidature for VFAT 2011 :

The camera work isn't great in places but this is a beautiful narrated demonstration of technical competition aerobatics by a pilot who flies competitively in the real world.

 A.P.A.Sq :

Poles throwing Mig-29s around.

 Melon Solo 2009 :

Solo aerobatics to two great rock tracks.

 VFTC Aerobatics Team Moscow :

More Russians trundling around in Big Iron.

Bintars Aerobatic Team, Airshow;  Part 1 +  Part 2 :

The resolution is the only poor thing about these.

 Aerobatic Fun :

Sukhoi SU-31 Over Reykjavik With Aphex Twin

 International Formation :

What happens when four of the best VA teams get together...?

 Mad Penguins :

With a name like that they better be good. And they are.

Aircraft

Aircraft in the real world

 Aerobatics :

Modern light aircraft display and competition aerobatics

 Svetlana Kapanina :

Women can fly? Who knew!

Online Locations

EMail Lists

 The Gunroom :

The place to discuss Patrick O'Brian - and everything else.

Blogs

 Random Ramblings :

A Tech and Personal Blog by a friend of a friend

 Pepys Diary :

Yes, that Samuel Pepys. His famous Diary, one day at a time. As of January 2012 nearing its end.

 Miss Inexperience writes a blog :

Tales of a new(ish) Liveaboard and her boating

News Sources

 Slashdot :

News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters Possibly the best source for technology news. Has a definite political 'angle' but don't let that put you off. Read the comments (after you set your filters), they are often as, or more, informative than the main article.

Service Providers

 Plusnet :

My longtime ISP. Not perfect but way better than most out there.

 FreeParking :

My Redirection Service and future website host.

Site Tools

 Sphinx :

Documentation Generator, here subverted into Website Generator

 Listgarden :

RSS Feed Generator

 Inkscape :

Vector Graphics Drawing package

Fonts

 The Fell Types

Historic fonts recreated by Ignio Marini and used in the header graphics

Useful Resources

 TheSiteWizard :

Large scale site on website building. Useful source of scripts.

 Python :

My favourite programming language. This site is built using it and I use it a lot at work.

 IconArchive :

Great source of Icons for your project