Places to go

• Pearl John : Educator, Holographer and Light Express Co-ordinator
• Averil Macdonald : Professional Education Consultant
• Hannah Foreman : PhD Student and Science Communicator
• Ian Dunne : "The Professor", Science Educator

• Physics Outreach : from the University of Southampton
• Light Express : Laser light show and photonics outreach
• Lightwave : Primary school level optics outreach
• Researchers in Residence : Linking researchers and school students
• Café Scientifique : Scheme to encourage adults to discuss science
• Lab in a Lorry : Mobile public outreach scheme

• Widening Participation : giving everyone a chance for higher education
• Imperial College (Physics) South Kensington, London, UK
• University of Trento (Physics) Trento/Povo, Alto-Adige, Italy
• University of Southampton (Physics) Hampshire, UK
• Quantum Control : Our research group at Southampton
• EPSRC : UK science funding council
• Institute of Physics : the UK Institute of Physics
• PhD Comics : Piled Higher and Deeper - comics and guides for the grad student

• SuSE Linux : a very good, user friendly GNU/Linux distro (features KDE)
• Fedora Core : another very good rpm based GNU/Linux disto (features Gnome)
• Ubuntu : a popular and fast growing, Debian based GNU/Linux distro
• FreeBSD : user friendly BSD system, based on the original BSD UNIX
• OpenSolaris : be an über geek by running Solaris as your desktop OS
• OpenOffice.org : alternative to Microsoft Office that is also compatible with it
• NeoOffice (mac) : the Aqua native port of OpenOffice for MacOS X
• Abiword : a lightweight, but well featured word processor
• iStumbler (mac) : for keeping an eye on the wireless networks around you
• Disk Inventory X (mac) : a very easy and intuitive way to see disk usage
• The GIMP : the GNU Image Manipulation Program for photo/bitmap editing
• Inkscape : a recent and powerful vector and SVG graphics drawing program
• Picasa : a photo album organiser with simple yet powerful touch-up tools
• LaTeX (Mac | Win) : scientific and professional level type-setting software
• TeXnicCenter : use this to write LaTeX documents, eases the learning curve
• Celestia : a stunningly beautiful and realtime solar system/space simulator
• Octave : a command line for solving algebraic and numerical mathematical problems
• FireFox : a standards compliant, safe and extensible web browser
• ThunderBird : email program for a worm- and spam-free inbox
• Blender3d : a 3D modelling and raytracing program (with YAFRay)
• CutePDF : a good PDF print driver for Windows
• WordPress : a personal blog and publishing system
• XAMPP : Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl; ready packaged and configured

• Apple (UK) : the one and only, there's nothing quite like Mac
• MacRumors : the Apple Mac news and rumor network
• MacNN : the Apple Mac News Network
• Linux Today : covering open source news and developments
• PC Pro : IT professional's magazine online
• The Inquirer : news, reviews, facts and friction
• Slashdot : News for nerds and stuff that matters
• Ars Technica : news and technology site for the IT enthusiast
• Wired : IT magazine, covering technology, business and politics
• NewsForge : online newspaper for Linux and Open Source
• The Register : biting the hand that feeds IT
• eWeek : enterprise technology news and reviews
• Adobe (UK) : (who ate Macromedia) home of the Creative and Studio Suites

• User Interface Guidelines : from the Apple Developer Connection
• Style Guidelines : from the University of Southampton Marking Dept.
• A List Apart : the website for people who make websites
• Web Pages that Suck : how not to build your online site
• Good Site Design : links and resources to help web designers
• Deviant Art : online community for art and images
• W3C : the World Wide Web Consortium
• Inmagine : large online gallery of royalty-free images
• Colour Wheel : an online interactive colour wheel
• PhotoWalkthough : free PhotoShop video tutorials - great for beginners
• PD Photo : free public domain pictures and photos

• Andromeda's blog : great reading from a great friend from University
• Graham Gilchrist : personal site of another web geek like me
• Tim Kelf : a fellow PhD student, now working in Japan