Warren
Lawless : Warren is my cousin and his site offers information on my
family history.
For examples in the
latest webpage designs, check out the homepages of two of my colleagues,
MarkWrafter
& LewisBoadle.
~ NEWS & ANALYSIS
The latest breaking world news can be found at Ananova, and for in depth analysis, you can't go far wrong with The London Times. For similar information on ireland, there's Ireland.com and the Irish Independent respectively.
AndrewSullivan.com
provides insights into the people and ideologies behind the news.
Sometimes a picture
can convey a thousands words - check out the art of the political cartoonist
:
Peter
Brooks of The Times & The Slate's worldwide archive.
JunkScience.com
&
NumberWatch.com
offer an antidote to the risk frenzies that infect other media outlets
- is bad news the only news worth airing?
OverPopulation.com
examines the idea that there are too many people in the world.
~ SCIENCE
Whilst some scientists
at
SETI follow the example of the late
Carl
Sagan and search the skies for evidence of extra-terrestrial
intelligence, the
STI
search for examples of terrestrial intelligence. Two of the finest such
examples are Professors Richard
Dawkins & Jared
Diamond, best-selling authors of books on evolution and human prehistory.
The
Edge is a discussion group featuring some of the world's most renowned
scientists.
New Scientist magazines covers the latest breakthroughs in scientific understanding.
TalkOrigins is an extensive information archive on evolution, combatting some of the prevalent myths about the subject. The Skeptic's Dictionary explains the scientific truths behind everything from crop circles to Roswell. Become a CSICOP and investigate paranormal claims.
My former DCU lecturer Mark Humphrys has a wealth of freethought information available through his personal website, protected by the US First Amendment.
~ ORGANISATIONS
The
Open Republic : An Irish think-tank dedicted to promoting freedom and
individual liberty.
The
Freedom Institute : Read the blog
of the free market Irish think-tank.
Vision
Consulting : The company that I work for. It's an IT company, not an
opticians!
DCUNS
Redbrick : The computer networking society in Dublin City University
that formerly hosted this website.
Dublin
City University : Where I went to college.
~ RESOURCES
TAKE the Keirsey temperament sorter - this is a personality sorter which is pretty accurate, you can read mine here
~ FUN
The
Dilbert Zone is the official Dilbert site, with a 4-week archive.
The Official
Calvin & Hobbes site.
For an irreverent
and hilarious look at the week's news, try TheOnion.Com.
Which TV character
do you hate the most? Tell the world at WhoWouldYouKill.com
~ FOOTBALL
Football365
is a free daily web-based football newspaper. Very funny, and informative.
The
RSSSF Archive stores just about every football result ever, aswell
as info on rules, seedings, trivia etc
~ MUSIC
~ TELEVISION
For TV links please
click here.