Interesting Sites Can Positively Improve Your Time Online & Complement Offline Timeinteresting sites begin with Travel Sites: Backpacking World, A backpacking website which provides practical advice and general information about traveling to and around various countries. How to get there, visas, getting around and things to do.
National Geographic lists the Philippines as one of the Best New Trips for 2010. They promote a sponsored tour in May with Wilderness Travel. Military Lodging Information with a search by country for the USN & USAF with links to USA & USMC. Armed Forces Vacation Club offers Vacations for Military Families globally along with travel resources. Janny's site on Hong Kong will provide you a personal touch from a team with "Insider Knowledge and an Outsider's View of Hong Kong." Two more of the best Military travel websites are Military Hops where you can contact a retired USAF Officer directly for travel out of the Philippines & the AMC Official Site.
Language Sites: Baybayin, the Ancient Script of the Philippines, is one of the most interesting sites dealing with the history of language here; it is a pre-Spanish Philippine writing system which is an offshoot of the Kawi script. BYKI or Before-You-Know-It has community lists on many languages & they are free to get started. Freelang provides free dictionaries and human translation assistance. You can add to the downloaded dictionaries as your vocabulary grows. Take a Tagalog Quiz with
Futurist Sites: Kazakhstan often makes the news in regard to their launching platforms into space, yet since the 1950's when Semipalatinsk was purported to have Laser-like Space capabilities, did you ever wonder who might be working on, treaties aside, weaponry in space? DARPA or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency would be one. Regin Dugan is the Leader of DARPA as the N.Y. Times reports here as the New Force Behind Agency of Wonder. Gerd Leonhard is traveling in Europe and then to New York at the end of the month. What have you done, what will you do and what will be remembered? Watch Once because life is not a 100 metre 'DASH' diba. This is a great site that will likely hold your interest for a few minutes.
Download Sites: OpenOffice.org markets itself as "the free and open productivity suite."
Entreprenurial Sites: Kira Plastinina is said to be the "the world's youngest fashion designer" & is set to arrive in Manila on April 14th, 2010 to launch her fashion brand locally. Events will be held in Bonifacio Global City, part of the "new" Forward-Taguig as well as the Shangri-La Plaza mall in Ortigas.
Government Sites: The Official Site of the Republic of the Philippines offers a wealth of information on Manila and beyond. The Official Site of the City of Manila, Philippines. Official Site of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines with main office on Roxas Blvd. in Pasay.
Aircraft Sites: The F-117A Nighthawk was categorized as a Fighter Aircraft to meet the requirements of strategic arms treaties. Thrived in the dark but came out of the Black World and into the "light" of the world we know. I wonder what DTC Greg the "Beast" Feest is using now? The site janes.com lists here some background on the AIM-120 AMRAAM. Do you know who had the first AMRAAM Splash?
Emerging Filipino Sites: bayannatin.net is one that I’ve been watching recently and it is making rapid growth though access has been choppy during the improvements and upgrades. It looks to become a great resource for localized information. Directory & Hub Listing Sites: The Free web directory is a good starting point for your perusal. Note: I applied here on 4/18/2010 and my site was added recently at the following link (http://www.pegasusdirectory.com/Shopping/Regional/page-4.html) so please support their efforts and provide either of us feedback. Thanks! Have A Great Site to Add to this Page?Please share it here! New! CommentsHave your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below. |
