The planet and the dinner plate
A collection of links all about green issues, food standards and other causes close to Andrew's heart.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
|
|
Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 15:28 |
Java tutorials and resources
A collection of links all about programming in the Java language, handy for the beginner and experienced engineer alike.
-
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.
-
The index page to the documentation for every class in the Java library. Absolutely invaluable.
-
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.
-
The index page for documentation on incorporating online help into Java applications.
-
Guidance on the style, tag and other conventions for commenting Java source code.
-
Very good suite of FAQs on Java Generics by independent consultant Angelika Langer.
-
Excellent collection of how-to articles, blogs and Q&As.
|
|
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 November 2009 17:57 |
Embedded systems
A collection of links all about embedded systems software development.
|
|
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.
-
Superb little programmer's editor. Good customer service too.
-
I've been using this print management and PDF generator software for some time.
-
Excellent free FTP client.
-
A free implementation of Telnet and SSH. Part of my everyday toolkit.
-
Intuit's accounts software. I'm currently using Pro 2008 and it's very friendly and very easy to use.
-
Excellent mail server software for Windows, and the free edition is perfect for small businesses with some in-house technical know-how.
-
Excellent GUI for the Subversion revision control system. It integrates with Windows Explorer, and is part of my everyday toolkit.
-
Free, multi-platform disk encryption software.
|
|
Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2010 17:21 |
Other handy sites
Some of Barefoot Software's friends and colleagues.
-
Ann is a printmaker/painter, co-founder of Bangor-based web design agency WiSS, and the designer of the Barefoot Software website visuals.
-
Llandudno-based printers that Andrew has used for all his Conwy Slate and Gwledd Conwy Feast
print publishing projects. Friendly and accommodating.
-
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.
-
Cheltenham-based clothing printing company and the suppliers of the excellent Barefoot Software hoodies.
-
Matlock-based IT consultancy with whom Barefoot Software occasionally exchanges work. Andrew and Ken are long-standing colleagues.
-
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.
-
Cheshire flooring company that promote the look and indeed feel of their flooring products through the barefoot message. Promising green credentials too.
|
|
Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 15:30 |
|
|
|
|
