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Entertainment |
Capital Radio - When I am feeling homesick I
check in to Capital FM
where I can listen to London's favourite radio station live, even from China.
BBC Radio can also be
accessed online for those of you who don't want to limit yourself to the
London area.
And if you like music,
don't forget to try
iTunes
which is a great piece of software that helps you to create MP3 files
from your CDs and burn your own compilations in either MP3 format or
standard audio format. You can also create playlists and play your
favourite tracks directly on your computer.
Rotten Tomatoes is a great site for movie
lovers. Read reviews of movies, both old and new. If you are interested in
movies, you may also be interested to view my top ten list of favourite movies (coming
soon).
Another good site for film
fans is Guardian Film Unlimited
with news and reviews.
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News
& Media |
SCMP - The South China Morning Post is Hong Kong's leading
English language newspaper and I find its website a useful resource for keeping up with
events in the Asia Pacific region. You do need a subscription to access all areas,
but I find that it's a small price to pay, especially while living in mainland China where
there is a shortage of impartial news in English language.
Guardian Unlimited - An excellent website for one of
the UK's most popular newspapers and unlike The
Times, it does not charge to access its services from China.
For those who prefer a
lighter read, there's also The Sun
and The Daily Mirror, two
of the UK's popular tabloid papers.
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Photography |
- Photo
Net is a useful resource for all things photographic. You can read
tutorials which will help you to improve your technique, check out equipment reviews and
prices and even order that new lens you have been saving up for.
- Digital
Photography Review is an excellent site if you prefer your photography in
digital format. You will find very comprehensive product reviews of all the latest
digital cameras and accessories, sample images, as well as discussion forums and news
items.
- If you like
photography then
Flickr is the coolest site where you can upload your pictures
and get comments from others as well as create "sets" of your best
pictures and see pictures of other friends and contacts. It's now
part of Yahoo too.
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Search
Engines |
- Someone recently asked me where
Hyderabad is. These days you don't need to ask, just get online
and within seconds you can find all the information you need. I
use Google,
but there are many others out there too, including of course, Yahoo!.
(And if you did not know, Hyderabad is the state capital of Andhra
Pradesh in India.)
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Web
Mail |
- Yahoo
Mail - Yahoo is my preferred web-based e-mail provider, offering generous
disk space compared with the competition and in my opinion, a much more user-friendly
interface. I also use their premium services which allows me to receive mail from my other
accounts and to send mail from any of my other accounts using the Yahoo site. And of
course, with premium services, there are no annoying Yahoo Mail footers at the end of each
message.
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Web
Hosting |
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Acenet
provides low cost, efficient web hosting services from $3.95 per month.
This site is hosted by Acenet.
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Network
Solutions is the place to go to register and renew your domain
name. I think they will also host your site although this is
probably not the cheapest provider.
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