Useful Links
The planet and the dinner plate
A collection of links all about green issues, food standards and other causes close to Andrew's heart.
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Superb site about living a greener, more ethical life. Articles galore and a lively forum covering everything from growing your own to energy efficiency to agricultural animal welfare and food standards.
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Andrew has been a member of Derbyshire's leading conservation organisation for a number of years.
Centre for Alternative Technology | www.cat.org.uk
Machynlleth-based charitable organisation demonstrating practical solutions to the world's issues. -
Major Conwy-based food and drink festival showcasing the best in Welsh produce. Andrew has been involved with the Feast since its early days - details.
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Andrew's local food and drink festival showcasing the best in Derbyshire produce. The festival is also the launchpad for the excellent, annually-published Taste of derbyshire.
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Smart umbrella site for the UK's National Parks, including a link to our very own Peak District.
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Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2011 14:16 |
Java tutorials and resources
A collection of links all about programming in the Java language, handy for the beginner and experienced engineer alike.
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Excellent suite of tutorials on creating applications in Java. It does include a 'trail' on the Java language itself, but it's mostly useful as a comprehensive grounding in using the Java libraries, including Swing.
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The index page to the documentation for every class in the Java library. Absolutely invaluable.
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The starting point for most of Sun's Java SE6 documentation. Includes a diagram of the Java Platform architecture, and links to specifications, tutorials and technical notes.
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The index page for documentation on incorporating online help into Java applications.
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Guidance on the style, tag and other conventions for commenting Java source code.
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Very good suite of FAQs on Java Generics by independent consultant Angelika Langer.
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Excellent collection of how-to articles, blogs and Q&As.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 November 2009 17:57 |
Embedded systems
A collection of links all about embedded systems software development.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 11:52 |
Recommended software
We all know about Thunderbird and Firefox, and here are a few other excellent pieces of software I can recommend (some free, some not). See also the What we can do section for other software I use every day, and click here for the software used to create this website.
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Superb little programmer's editor. Good customer service too.
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I've been using this print management and PDF generator software for some time.
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Excellent free FTP client.
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Superb web-based repository browser for Subversion and others, from Australian firm Atlassian. Part of my everyday toolkit.
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Media player and server software for BlackBerry smart phones. I use it for streaming from my ReadyNas DNLA server.
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Excellent free music manager and player.
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Handy SSH, FTP and SMB client tools for various smart phones. I use them on my BlackBerry.
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A free implementation of Telnet and SSH. Part of my everyday toolkit.
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Intuit's accounts software. I'm currently using Pro 2008 and it's very friendly and very easy to use.
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Excellent mail server software for Windows, and the free edition is perfect for small businesses with some in-house technical know-how.
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Excellent GUI for the Subversion revision control system. It integrates with Windows Explorer, and is part of my everyday toolkit.
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Free, multi-platform disk encryption software.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:38 |
Other handy sites
Some of Barefoot Software's friends and colleagues.
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My partner Nell's entertaining account of how she, I, our chillun and assorted wominals make the most of our home and garden.
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Nell's blog about managing and combating the symptoms of Fibromyalgia.
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Ann is a printmaker/painter, co-founder of Bangor-based web design agency WiSS, and the designer of the Barefoot Software website visuals.
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Llandudno-based printers that Andrew has used for all his Conwy Slate and Gwledd Conwy Feast
print publishing projects. Friendly and accommodating.
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A free service translating English to Welsh up to 30 words at a time. Prompt and friendly, Link Line have been friends to the Feast since the early days.
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Cheltenham-based clothing printing company and the suppliers of the excellent Barefoot Software hoodies.
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Matlock-based IT consultancy with whom Barefoot Software occasionally exchanges work. Andrew and Ken are long-standing colleagues.
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Bob Howard is Andrew's Dad, and is a pianist and keyboard player available for weddings, garden parties and corporate functions, and residences in hotels and on ships.
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Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2011 14:57 |
Food for thought
Some important subjects that everyone should see.
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Australia's Traffic Accident Commission produce some of the most hard-hitting drink driving and other road safety adverts I've ever seen. This 5-minute montage of 20 years-worth of campaigns really should be shown on TV here. Warning: contains graphic depiction of traffic accidents.
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Part 18 of The Atlantic's 20-part retrospective of World War II, this collection of photographs graphically depicts depths of human cruelty which should never be forgotten. Warning: very disturbing images of Nazi genocide.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 08 December 2011 15:28 |
Tea break
A collection of links to amuse and entertain over a brew.
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The digital story of the Nativity.
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Chooses a stunning photograph each day to reflect the wonder of planet Earth. Well worth subscribing to via Twitter, RSS and others.
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Fifteen pendulums swinging together in an amazing dance.
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Amusing two-minute remake of the 1982 gore-fest.
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Absolutely stunning video-mapping show.
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Very clever interactive animation showing the relative scale of everything!
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I've been to this place - not actually on that path (the words 'hell' and 'snowflake' spring to mind) - but looked up from the valley floor and marvelled...
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Must-see amusement for any cat lover.
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Nine minutes long, but well worth it!
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This Toronto bookstore's home page features a great little film, and I love the music by Grayson Matthews too. This film was originally seen on the Christopher Fowler blog.
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Scary helmetcam view from the 2010 VCA mountain bike race.
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The impressive time piece at Japan's Ōsaka Station.
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Some amazing cycle trickery from Danny MacAskill. This clip also introduced me to the ace music of Loch Lomond.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 14:31 |
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