A hand picked selection of websites, blogs and software of interest in no particular order:

  • twitter
    twitter.com/magnetikonline/

    What are you doing? Tweet it!

  • delicious
    delicious.com/magnetik/

    Social bookmarking from Yahoo.

  • Slashdot

    Technology, open source, Linux, science and everything in between.

  • Google mail
    Google reader

    Google's excellent webmail and RSS reader web applications.

  • AVG Antivirus

    Windows anti-virus software - resource friendly & free for non-commercial use.

  • Foxit Reader

    Lightweight & fast PDF reader for Windows.

  • Apache HTTP server project

    Very mature & open source HTTP web server.

  • PHP

    The official PHP (Personal home page) website.

  • Subversion

    Open source version control system.

  • TortoiseSVN

    Open source Subversion client for Windows.

  • PHP Development Tools Project

    Open source development environment for PHP applications. Written on top of the excellent Eclipse platform for Linux, Mac & Windows.

  • Webalizer

    Web server log file analysis program for Linux servers.

  • SYSSTAT

    Useful collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux.

  • WinMerge

    Excellent file & folder compare/merge tool for Windows.

  • Notepad++

    Excellent open source texteditor of choice.

  • Firefox web browser

    Open source, cross platform and standards compliant browser of choice allowing for a high level of customization via extensions.

  • Firefox web developer extension

    Essential Firefox extension for the web developer.

  • Firebug

    Another fantastic Firefox extension for the web developer. Features easy inspection & modification of DOM elements/CSS, Javascript debugging and XMLHTTP request monitoring.

  • Html validator for Firefox extension

    Very handy Firefox extension for HTML/XHTML page validation, based off W3C developed validation tools.

  • WindowsSpace

    Application which adds some very handy window management features to Windows, such as window snapping, minimise to system tray and vertical window maximise. Works very well with multiple monitor systems as well.

  • CCleaner

    C(rap)Cleaner is a great freeware application to remove unrequired files and registry entries from a Windows machine. Can also uninstall applications and modify your start-up programmes to improve your system startup times.

  • foobar2000

    Low footprint, high quality and very configurable freeware audio player for Windows.

  • LClock

    Windows XP system tray clock & calendar replacement.

  • Jeffrey Zeldman Presents

    Web design news & information from Jeffrey Zeldman.

  • molly.com

    Blog of Molly E. Holzschlag, well-known Web standards advocate, instructor, and author. Group Lead for the Web Standards Project (WaSP).

  • SimpleBits

    Web design studio, founded by Dan Cederholm.

  • meyerweb.com

    Eric Meyer web design consultant and author, working for web standards and CSS.

  • A List Apart

    A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.

  • The undeleted blog of Clinton Forbes

    Ramblings and general nonsense from a self confessed nerd.

  • Daring Fireball

    John Gruber writes about general tech news & current events, with a definite Apple slant.

  • Ajaxian

    Blog about all things Javascript, AJAX, HTML & CSS.

  • Engadget

    Latest consumer hardware, phones, games and technology.

  • Lifehacker

    Tips and downloads for getting things done.