Useful Links

Contents

• Science Links
• Professional Associations
• News
• Cycling
• Geography and Conversions
• Post and Shipping
• Friends
• On-line Radio
• On-line Shopping

Science Links

• CRC Handbook of Chem and Physics hmm, not free anymore...
• NIST Chemistry Webbook
• ATCC American Type Culture Collection
• NCIMB British national type culture collection
• DSMZ German Type Collection, lots of recipes for media
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Bellco Glass
• ASM mentor program
• Molecular Biology for the Environment Short Course boohoo, not open to canucks.
• Glove Bags

Various

NPSS alumni

Professional Associations

• American Geophysical Union
• American Society for Microbiology
• Geological Society of America
• Mineralogical Society of America
• The Geochemical Society
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC

Geography and Conversions

• World Time Server 7 or 8 hrs time difference between GMT and FSJ, BC, Canada (7 in summer?)
• World Time Zone another useful link with times around the world
• Distance Calculator
• Interactive Units Convertor every unit under the sun, this convertor is SO GOOD.
• Currency Converter XE, the premier currency converter. has a really handy function for calculating business expenses.
• Temperature Convertor
• Babelfish translator
• TimeandDate.com world clock, time until events occur

Post and Shipping

• USPS US Postal Service
• USPS International Postage calculator
• UPS package tracking
• Royal Mail UK postal service
• Canada Post oooh, pretty stamps
• Australia Post
• Tacky Postcards useful e-postcard site

Friends

• Erin
• Kristi
• Karli
• Paul
• Tracy
• Neal
• Philippa and Nandu
• Jon
• Kim
• Danielle
• Kip and Karen

News

• canoe.ca tabloidish canadian news site
• CBC
• BBC
• The Guardian
• Canada Online
• Politicswatch.com keeping an eye on Canadian politics
• New Scientist headlines
• Nature headlines
• Slashdot news for nerds
• newseum front pages from daily papers all over the world

On-line Radio

• CBC Radio Guide. CBC also has ogg vorbis streaming radio which you can listen to in Winamp.
• NPR made living in the USA bearable. Really really good programming!
• BBC radio guide
• KLON jazz and blues
• CKUA Awesome public radio from Alberta
• WBGO jazz online
• WWOZ New Orleans Music
• Radio-Locator
• Music India On-line
• NetMusique jazz musique, house musiqe
• Smooth Jazz Monteray Bay, CA based station
• Digitally Imported many trance, house, dance stations
• Nullsoft's SHOUTcast lots of links to streaming audio
• Canucks Abroad list of radio stations in Alberta that have on-line streams

On-line Shopping

• CNET electronics price comparison
• Ebay.com I hardly go here anymore, hurrah!
• Amazon.com
• Zubal Books good cheap deals on old science books