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Some
more or less useful links:
Please
do not forget to read and accept the disclaimer
before klicking on any link !!!
I do not link to any commercial websites, all or at least most content
provided there are for free. If this is not the case, because this may
change, please drop me an e-mail.
Also the sites listed in the shopping section are no online shops but
services to help you find the best products at most competitive prices.
If you encounter a broken link, please drop me an e-mail.
These
links are my favourite bookmarks. I have put them here in order to have
them available from wherever I might be at the time.
But you are welcome to share this facility at your
convenience, of course.
Please note that all links open in new windows.
This list is
not yet fully complete and will be updated regularly.
Family,
Friends, Colleagues and other notable people:
www.laemmertwiete.de |
Lämmertwiete
is a small road close to my place, there are loads of different restaurants
and pubs. A friend has booked this domain and currently he has put
the story of my 30th birthday celebration (which happened there by
the way) on it. Java must be enabled. |
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Michael
Koch |
One
of my best friends..... |
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Michi
hat gefegt |
.....and
the illustrated story how he had to sweep the stairs of his place's
town hall - a custom in Germany for men not married when reaching
the age of 30. =;-) |
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Angie's
Page |
Another
good friend. She has some very interesting illustrated travel reports
on her site. |
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Gary
Yelland |
My
boss at work. He has a very well-designed and maintained personal
website with some interesting stuff, mainly about photography and
computers. Shockwave plug-in required! |
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Sandra
& Stefan Radünz |
I
met Stefan during my Business Admin studies. |
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Lars'
Virtual Terminal |
A
former classmate of mine in Toulouse. His father made the famous Airbus
Screen Saver, Lars has specialized in everything about the MS
Flight Simulator. You can download some aircraft created by himself. |
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Martin
Hellmund |
A
former classmate from high school. Unfortunately there isn't much
to see on his page currently. |
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Soenke's
World |
Well,
a friend of mine with currently not much to say. ;-) |
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Lars
Wentorp |
Another
friend with currently nothing to say neither. |
n/a |
Places to go:
Irish Pub
Railroading:
Deutscher
Eisenbahn-Verein e.V. |
The Deutscher
Eisenbahn Verein (German Railway Society), the first railways preservation
society in Germany. They operate a narrow gauge railway near Bremen.
I am member of that society. ;-) |
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Historische
S-Bahn Hamburg e.V. |
Another railways
society I am member of. This one preserves and operates a historical
trainset of Hamburg's mass rapid rail system which was retired a couple
of years ago. |
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The
Monorail Society |
This society
(which I am also member of - it's for free ;-) promotes monorail technology
throughout the world. On the website you will find all sort of information
about monorails and where they are operated. |
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The
European Railway Server |
Well, the most
complete resource about railroading in Europe. Including a huge, well-organized
picture gallery. |
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Railfan.net |
This is a web
host offering space and subdomains for railfans. So you will find
everything you may be looking for there, especially about North American
railroading. Picture galleries as well as historical insights. |
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Under
Western Skies |
One nice example
out of the huge railfan.net. Jerry Sharp offers loads of high quality
photos of North American railroading. |
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Jerry's
Railroad Photo Album |
A very beautiful
collection of vintage North American railroad photography by Jerry
Appleman. This site is updated regularly (3 times a month). |
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The
Cyberspace World RailRoad |
Another exhausting
resource on all kind of stuff concerning mainly North American railroading.
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Railpage
Australia |
This is the page
to start with if you are looking for information about railways "Down
Under". |
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Trainman's
Trainpage |
Another Australian
railway website with a large nice photo gallery from David Johnson. |
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Trains:AJH |
A.J. Hurst, also
from "Down Under" maintains a huge and nice photo gallery. |
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Sydney
Electric Train Society |
A society I am
not (yet ;-) a member of. They preserve and operate vintage electric
equipment from the Sydney area. Well-maintained website with nice
picture galleries. |
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TrainWWW |
This page is
unfortunately only available in Japanese, but if you try around with
the buttons and links, you will quickly find real gems of Japanese
railway photography (well, the pictures are the only useful stuff
anyway, if you cannot understand the texts. ;-) |
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The
Japanese Railway Society |
Another society
I am not a member of. But this site offers interesting insights in
Japanese railroading and is updated monthly. |
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http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yd3y-smr/ |
Another page
only available in Japanese but with a large and nice photo gallery
which is updated from time to time. |
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Trainsim.org.uk |
A very good page
about train simulations for the PC (so you can be your own engineer).
There are links to freeware and commercial simulations and loads of
addons (rolling stock and scenery) for download. |
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CroTrainz |
Another very
useful resource for train simulations. |
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Movies:
Aviation:
Travel:
Computers
and Security:
The
International PGP Homepage |
Everything
about the most common tool wordwide to secure your personal files
and e-mail. |
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astalavista.box.sk |
A
quite good search engine and link page for IT security-related topics.
The search engine may be overloaded during peak hours. |
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Shopping:
www.ciao.com |
My
favourite consumer portal. Loads of reports from satisfied or unhappy
customers on everything you can spend money for. So if you plan an
investment, check this out in order to get best value for your bucks.
Specific sites in national languages are available for major European
countries. I made my decision about my new digital camera here. ;-) |
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DVD-Vergleich |
If
you want to buy a DVD, this site tells you where (in Germany) you
get it cheapest. |
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DVD
Price Search |
The
same for North America (if you own a player with no region code restrictions),
even shipping charges to Europe can be taken into account when comparing
the different shops. |
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Guenstiger.de |
This
site tells you where (in Germany) you can currently get any consumer
electronics equipment cheapest. |
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Miscellaneous:
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My favourite
search engine. |
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Gymnasium
Schenefeld |
My
high school. |
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Deutsche
Schule Toulouse |
My
elementary school and first high school classes in Toulouse. |
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Tiger's
Eyes |
A
website designed by a friend of mine residing in Florida. It is about
a wildlife sanctuary, it's worth having a short look. |
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The
art of Greg Martin |
Lots
of brilliant spacescape images with desktop wallpapers for download
(in the vault section). |
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Acronym
finder |
Well,
the name says it all..... |
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Whatis.com |
An
online dictionary, mainly for computer-related expressions. |
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©
Fridtjof
Uth - Last update: August 17th, 2003
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