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Journals and periodicals

Accenture. The former Andersen Consulting website provides information on consulting, outsourcing and technology. Provides back issue of its magazine Outlook.

Booz Allen. Booz Allen has a strategy+business section with useful business related articles for CEOs, CFOs, and other practitioners.

Business Week. Weekly magazine that you can find anywhere.

Business Week Online. Some interesting articles are available online only.

CEO Refresher. The website has 3 sections: (a) CEO refresher which provides a pretty comprehensive database of information for managers, (b) high performance retail section which focuses on the retail sector, and (c) a quotes section.

CFO Asia. Magazine for CFOs.

CFO.com. CFO magazine online.

China.org.cn. Website of news and general information on China.

The Economist.

Financial Engineering News. Great content on more advanced financial engineering topics.

Financial Times. More global news.

Financial Week.

Fortune.

Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Provides weekly update of current management topics and provides full text or excerpts from the the HBR. Nice way to get updated business information.

HRB Blog. Blog spin off from Harvard Business Review.

IBM Business Innovation Centre. Various studies and articles on business innovation.

II journal article collection.

International Herald Tribune.

Journal of alternative investments.

Journal of derivatives.

Journal of derivatives and hedge funds.

Journal of empirical finance.

Journal of finance.

Knowledge @ Wharton. Great site with many latest and business related articles.

McKinsey Global Institute. The McKinsey Global Institute conducts research on global economic integration and productivity. The McKinsey site itself also provides many insightful pieces prepared by their consultants.

MIT Sloan Management Review. Sloan School's publication on management related topics.

Pundit. Blog on business related topics.

Strategy+Business. Journal of Strategy& Inc. (formerly Booz and Company).

The New York Times.

Nikkei Net Interactive. Japan focused news.

The Review of Financial Studies. The Review of Financial Studies by Oxford Journals Online.

Times. Times Online with the Times and Sunday Times in London.

Wall Street Journal. I guess this is the "must read" for everyone. The Asian Wall Street Journal has more focus on Asia. Unfortunately, both requires subscription; fortunately, it is less than US$100 a year.

The Washington Post.

Wired News. Information on technology.

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Discussion and forum

ARGMAX - economics news, data, and analysis by John Irons. Good content on economics overall. Good links page.

Arnold Kling's personal website. A superb website that is very entertaining and educational. He has a series of short essays which he called Arguing in My Spare Time which provide some very good insights on the current economical environment. He has a Ph.D in economics from MIT and he was an economist for the Federal Reserve and Freddie Mac.

The Big Picture. Maintained by Barry Ritholtz.

dismally.com. Discussion of economic topics by David Taylor.

Information Processing - How I became a quant. By Steve Hsu.

John Kay's website. He is an economist in UK.

Mahalanobis. By Michael Stastny.

Marginal Revolution. Good discussions and articles on current economic events. But mainly from a US perspective.

Not Making This Up. Blog maintained by Jeff Matthews on economic topics.

Poems of a frustrated banker. Blog on life as a banker.

Random Thoughts on The City, Wall St & Capitalism. Blog.

SeekingAlpha. Has blog section on China, Japan, India and other assets.

Stumbling and Mumbing. Blog maintained by Chris Dillow on economic topics.

Thoughts from the Frontline. Economic analysis by John Mauldin.

Working Smart. Blog on various Wall Street topics.

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Economic databases

American Bankers Association Sites of Interest. Links page of financial information.

The Corporate Library. US-based website with filings and information on corporate governance and related topics. The site also provides links over 400 websites under corporate governance, social investing, executive compensation, and accounting. Can be extremely valuable to those doing research on corporate governance and to those who want to find out more on what is being done on the corporate governance front.

The Econ Review.

Finance Site List. An extremely comprehensive list of finance related resources maintained by Ohio State University.

International Institute for Management Development (IMD). IMD is one of the top business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IMD also prepares the World Competitiveness Yearbook.

National Association for Business Economics. Economics site. Has good links page to sources of economic data.

Ohio State University Virtual Finance Library. A very comprehensive source for finance related information on the website.

phinanz.com. A website with many useful finance related information.

QuickMBA. Database of general business information.

tutor2u. Database of general business information.

The World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum prepares the Global Competitiveness Report which ranks countries as to their competitiveness.

World Wide Web Resources in Economics. Exceptional website with a large number of links to resources in economics.

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Investment information

AllAboutAlpha. By CAIA.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Simple and elegent website. Incredible insights.

Chicago Board of Trade. Information in the education section.

EDGAR. SEC's online database of company reports.

Magnum Funds. Can find basic information on hedge funds.

Morningstar. One of the most comprehensive source of informaton on mutual fund.

NASD. Useful section on investor information.

SEC Investor Information. Useful basic information on investing.

Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong.

SeekingAlpha. Has blog section on China, Japan, India and other assets.

SFC Investor Education website.

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Quantitative and statistics

American Statistical Association Related Links for information on statistics. Has a section on statistical help online.

Autoregressive model (AR).

Autoregressive moving average model.

Calc101. Calculus and algebra help.

Classic Economic Models provides economic models online.

Global derivatives.

Global derivatives forum. Many contributions of quantitative finance programs.

IAFE.

IT and quantitative finance. Good source.

MathFinance. Links to useful sites.

Mathtools.net. Codes for MatLab, Excel VBA, C++ and other algorithms.

MatLab Central. Lots of material and codes and instructions on using MatLab for programming.

Moving average model.

Nerds on Wall Street. Good read.

PlanetMath. Members answer questions on math.

Quant Code. Codes for Matlab, VBA, C++ and other programs.

Quant finance jobs.

QuantLib. Quantitative finance programming in C++.

Quantnet.

QuickMath. Math help and can perform math calculations online.

Smallwaters.com. Maker of the AMOS structural equation modeling software.

SPSS Frequently Asked Questions. Many questions and answers on using SPSS. Also has links to many other online resources for using SPSS.

StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook. Online information on lots of statistical concepts. Great source of information.

Summary of Survey Analysis Software done by Harvard.

The Survey System. Basic statistics information.

vbforum. Forum on help with Excel VBA programming.

Wilmott. His original website.

WilmottWiki. Wiki equivalent on quantitative finance.

Xycoon. Online statistics and econometrics material.

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Hong Kong Warrants

Daiwa

Deutsche

HKEx

MacQuarie

RBS

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Hedge funds

Hedge Fund Association.

Hedge Fund Reader. Information on what's going on.

Hedge Fund Research.

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Risk and risk management

Edward Altman defaultrisk.com.

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Real estate

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Photography

B&W Magazine. Great black and white photography site, many submissions, also has color works.

Camera Books.

Canon. Has a virtual canon museum which is interesting.

The Classic Camera. On antique folding type cameras. Comperhensive.

Digital Photography Review. Exceptional site with comprehensive testing and information on digital cameras.

Fine Art Nude Photography.

FotoSearch.com.

FotoSearch.com Nude Photography.

Free camera manuals. Lots of camera manuals.

Freshnude.net.

Gabriele Rigon Fine Art Photography.

Ilford pinhole camera. Information, album, and forum of those using the Ilford pinhole camera.

In-Photoart.com. Camera discussion board in Chinese.

Instagram.

iPhotoCentral. For collectors.

mypublisher. You can download their simple software and make pretty nice coffee table hard cover books using your own digital pictures. Wall Street Journal did a comparison between mypublisher and three other similar services: Apple's own iPhoto software, shutterfly, and Kodak EasyShare Gallery.

Nature Photographers. Online magazine for nature, wildlife, and landscape photography.

Nature Scapes. Great source of information for nature photographers.

Obsessionart.com.

The PhotoNet. A comprehensive site on photography.

The PhotoNet Nude Photography.

Photo Sig. Website with review, review, and photo posting.

Photography Homepages.

Photography Links. Extensive, prepared by William McFadden.

Photography repair and antique camera information. Maintained by Rick Oleson, some very useful information if you are interested in antique cameras.

Picture Australia.

Pixiq.com.

Pixiq.com Nude Photography.

PlanetNeil. Shows his own photography, also discusses and provides information on custom setting and resetting the tone curve in digital cameras so that the output is closer to film cameras.

PostSecret. A site for people to display digital postcards revealing their secrets.

Professional Photographer. From UK.

Range Finder. How to brighten dim rangefinders.

Red Bull Adventure Pictures. Under features and also under photos from Red Bull website. See also features Remotest Places and Starry Skies.

Social-matic. Take instant pics with handphone for uploading.

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Tutorials and information

Canon Club with pro advice and how to.

Canon digital camera underwater photography guide. Good useful information for those who is starting to take underwater photography. Great for vacations at the beach in exotic locations.

Explore Digital Photography with Windows XP. Some basic information on digital photography by Microsoft.

Great Landscape Photography. How to take better landscape pictures.

Nikon 101. Information on digital photography for beginners to advanced photographers.

ShortCourses. This website provides information on digital photography and digital cameras.

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Tests and reviews

Camera Review. Review and discussion of antique cameras.

megapixel.net. A Canadian website dedicated to digital cameras.

photographyreview.com. Review of cameras.

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Photo archives

500px. Photo website.

Afterimage Photograph Gallery. Large number of photos from many famous photographers.

Aperture Foundation.

The Art Institute of Chicago.

Art of the Photogravure.

artnet magazine. And its sister publication artnet.de.

Center for Creative Photography.

Elena Shumilova. Photographer with pics on kids with pets.

Fashion.net. Very nice pics.

George Eastman House photography collections online. Large collection of photographs online.

Getty Images Embed. Can copy links to over 50 million photos with photo with Getty watermark and photographer name.

International Center of Photography.

International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum.

iStockphoto. Royalty-free digital images.

J. Paul Getty Museum.

JPG. From JPG Magazine. Has photos, stories, themes. Good photo section with extremely high quality submission.

Library of Congress. Has large database of arts and related archives. Has large archive of photos from famous American photographers.

LIFE Photo Gallery. Lots of classic photos.

Magnum Photos. Large number of photos from many famous photographers.

Masters of Photography.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Museum of Contemporaty Photography.

Museum of Photographic Arts. Has good database of photographers and their work.

PBase.com. One of the best photo sharing and hosting website. Professional work by photo bugs. A must visit.

Peter Fetterman Gallery.

Photoethnography. By Karen Nakamura.

photography-now. Listing of exhibitions and events in various countries.

Photos-of-the-Year.com. Good overall photography website.

Photo-Seminars.com Hall of Fame.

pinterest.com. Photo website.

PopPhoto.com. Review of cameras, galleries, forum, and photography related information.

Profotos. Large archives of work by masters and other photography information.

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Large database of portraits.

TrekEarth. Posting of photos from various countries.

Washington Post Virtual Galleries.

World Famous Photos.

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Photographers

Christian Aslund. Laying on ground with lines.

Clark Little. Water and wave photography.

Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation.

Humans of New York.

Instagram muradosmann. Girlfriend holding hand leading.

Instagram dguttenfelder. North Korean pictures.

Instagram newsjeans. North Korean pictures.

Instagram paperboyo. Use black paper cut outs to add to front to pics.

Kerry Skarbakka. People falling down.

Mario Testino. Fashion photography.

NY Public Library public domain photo library.

ReneeJacobs.com.

Romain Laurent.

Said Mhamad. Portraits.

save film. Website that promote use of film.

spath. Street photography in black and white on flickr.

Thomas Barbey. Special computer effects.

UK's xxlpix.net. UK's largest pic site.

UK's xxlpix.net top photographers in 2016.

Ying Photography. Street photographic works.

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Blogs

blog.photoblogs.org. Blog on photography.

camerapedia.org. Blog on photography.

Flickr. Photo blog.

Fotolog.net. Photo blog.

PhotographyBlog. Blog on photography.

Webshots. Photo blog.

wiki.photoblogs.org. Blog on photography.

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RAW file formats

Managing Your Digital Camera's RAW Files. Managing and converting RAW files by Microsoft.

Using RAW ditigal files by About.com. Information on using RAW file format.

Using RAW file for Nikon D2X. Discussed software issues on using NEF file format with the new Nikon D2X digital camera.

Use of RAW file by Digital Mastery.

Use of RAW file by jirvana.com.

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Photography software

AirPano.com. High definition pano video from SLR cameras, uses Sony Vegas software to combine to take out black edges, then uses PT Gui Pro to stitch into pano photos, then use Adobe Premiere to stitch back to pano video, then can view using krpano flash viewer. Airpano.com has updates of pano videos.

BeFunky.com. Can do funky things to your uploaded photos.

Clipping Magic. Online photo editing software, do not need to install software. Can clip part of photo and put on another photo.

Cycloramic. Android photo app for panorama photos.

GIMP. Free image manipulation software.

Neat Image. Free noise reduction software for digital photographic images, it received pretty good review from various users.

Makeup. Android photo app by ModiFace with over 60 samples to follow or customized. Remember the brand and types of make up applied so can buy real life items offline. Free but advanced features have charges.

Panorama - 360. Android photo app for panorama photos.

Perfect 365. Android photo app to apply make up and change face features, many advanced features with customized or specialized cosmetic features including over 20 fix problems shortcuts and most of cosmetic that can be applied to the photo.

Photo Editor. Android photo app by ModiFace that can modify how the face look in terms of mouth, nose, eyes, etc. Also has basic features like teeth whitening.

PhotoCap. Like photoshop and can add text to photos.

PhotoSynth. Android app by Microsoft, can do panorama pics with pan and adjustments.

Planet Camera. Android photo app to make polar panorama pics with pano photos like planet in ball shape.

StickIt! Android photo editing app that can crop, combine, add text to photos.

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Photoshop

About Graphics Software. The section in About on use of Photoshop and other graphics software.

Adobe's Photoshop Elements online course. Also provides other free online curriculum programs.

Advanced Photoshop. Some more advanced Photoshops lessons by private user.

Design & Publishing. Lots of tips on digital photography and use of Photoshop.

Good-Tutorials.com. Photoshop tutorials and tips on using Photoshop.

Harold Olejarz art education. Links of many resources of using Photoshop and Elements, especially for kids.

Jay Arraich's Photoshop Tips.

Jay Arraich's Photoshop Elements Tips.

The National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Great source of information for using Photoshop.

Planet Photoshop. Lots of photoshop tips and tutorials.

teamphotoshop.com. Discussion group on usage of Photoshop.

Webmonkey Photoshop Crash Course.

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VR

60 VR Taiwan. Panorama VR pictures of Taiwan.

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Nikon

Nikon. Information on Nikon products, also links to Nikon school and photo galleries.

Nikon Compendium. Handbook of Nikon Systems. Lots of information on the various Nikon systems. It even has information on the underwater Nikonos RS SLR camera which I am collecting.

Nikonians. A website with a huge forum which provides very comprehensive information on Nikon cameras.

Nikonos Underwater Lens and Accessories. For the RS underwater camera.

Nikonos Pictorial History. Background information on Nikons.

Photography in Malaysia. Information on Nikon and other classic cameras.

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Ricoh GRs

Blog on Ricoh R10.

Information on GRs.

R10 Snap Shots.

Ricoh Official Website.

Flickr Ricoh GR Digital Group. Flickr Ricoh GR Film Group. Flickr Ricoh GR1 Group. Flickr Ricoh 500G Group. Defdef blog. Ricoh GR Digital on the Streets ..... shoot first, think later blog. GR1 pics from pbase. GR Digital on trekearth. GR Digital. Ricoh Forum. gdargaud.net on GRs. Ricoh UK website on 35mm cameras. Point & Shot and Ricoh GR1. Ricoh GR Digital blog. Ricoh GR Fans on flickr. Ricoh GR Digital group on flickr. Rangefinderforum on point-n-shoot cameras. Section on point and shoot with discussion on Ricoh GRs, Olympus XAs and other point and shoot cameras. Their archive section here for previous discussions. Ricoh forum on dpreview.com.

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Rollie 35

Answers.com. Good historical information on Rollei 35.

Camera Review Rollei 35 Discussion.

Camerapedia. Good historical information on Rollei 35.

CameraQuest. On Rollei 35.

Flickr Rollei 35 Group.

John Lind's Rollei 35 Page. Good information on the various versions of Rollei 35s.

Photoethnography. On Rollei 35.

Photo Sig Rollei 35 Review.

Range Finder Forum. Forum on Rollei 35.

Rollei. On Rollei 35.

Rollei Camera. Repair and parts services.

RolleiClub. Good source of information on Rollei cameras. Also has a great forum section for Rollei information.

Rollei Links. Incredible amount of information here.

Rollei 35 Fan Club in Korea. Good database of pictures taken by members.

Rollei Fan Club in Japan. Good historical information on all Rollei cameras.

Rolleigraphy. Good historical information on all Rollei cameras.

Rollei 35 Battery Repairs. By Harry Fleenor, have articles on other Rollei cameras.

TrekEarth Rollei 35 Photos. Photos taken with Rollei 35s, many on high peaks or climbs where battery powered cameras might not work properly.

Wikipedia. On Rollei 35.

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Leica CL

CameraQuest. On Leica CL.

Camerapedia. On Leica CL.

Petteri Sulonen. His discussion on using the CL.

Photoethnography. On Leica CL.

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Olympus XA

Photoethnography. On Olympus XA series.

Camerapedia. On Olympus XA series.

Wikipedia. On Olympus XA series.

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Olympus 35SP

35 compact cameras.

Biofos. Lots of information on Olympus cameras.

MapCamera Museum on cameras.

Old camera manuals.

Olympus 35 Rangefinder info. Olympus 35 SP and other rangefinders.

Olympus 35SP from Camera Quest. Olympus camera history and links. Olympus Camera Milestones. By Olympus. Olympus Trip 35. 1/200s modification. alspix stuff. How to modify to get 1/200 second shutter speed in manual mode. Flickr Trip 35 Group. pbase Trip 35 Group. Trip 35 site. Trip 35 blog. Trip Man. Trip 35 specialist.

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Olympus Pen

Camerapedia. On Olympus Pen.

Wikipedia. On Olympus Pen.

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Pentax 110

Cameraquest. On Pentax 110.

Camerapedia. On Pentax 110.

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Lomo and Holga and toys

Lomography Hong Kong (The Asia Lomography website). Opened shop at 2 Po Yan Street in Sheung Wan by Tung Wah Hospital. Monday to Friday 11am to 7pm. 2525-5417

Lomo LC-A website that features many work from LC-A.

Smartdog.tv. Website with pictures taken with toy cameras like Holga, Lomo and others. I used a Holga 120 as well and it is fun toy camera.

Toycamera.com. A website on Holga 120 toy cameras.

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Other

Cafe Cokin. Many tips on how to use the filters, and pics taken by users.

Great Landscape Photography. How to use camera filters to take better landscape photos.

Searlstudio. How to use Cokin filters. Also other tips on photography.

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Arts and design

Absolute Arts. Online gallery.

Ads of the World. Many interesting ads included here.

Amazing pop up. 3D origamic architecture paper art website.

the-artists.org. On modern and contemporary visual art.

ArtCyclopedia.

Culture 24. UK's national virtual museum with news, listings, and features from numerous museums and galleries.

culture vulture.net. Site on arts and architecture, film, opera, and other kinds of arts.

Fashion.net. Very nice pics.

FWA Favourite Website Awards.

It is nice that. Website that promotes various types of art forms.

The Getty Museum. The Getty Museum.

Google Arts Project. Google arts project online.

The Library of Congress. Amazing amount of online exhibitions and collections.

Madison Meseum of Contemporary Art.

The Museum of Mordern Art.

National Gallery of Art. Large collection of online exhibitions by photographers like Aaron Siskind,

National Portrait Gallery. Collection of arts online.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Old State House Museum. Large collection of online exhibits.

Origami Resources Center. 3D origamic architecture paper art website.

Paper Architecture. 3D origamic architecture paper art website.

Popupology. 3D origamic architecture paper art website.

The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Has large collection of modern art and a permanent collection of photography.

The Smithsonian.

Taiwan public art website.

Tate Online. UK online museum with national collection of British art.

Traditional Fine Arts Organization.

Vitualology. Virtual museum on art, history, library, science, natural history, and war. Has a Hall of Photography.

Whitney Museum of American Art.

Wooster Collective. Website on street art.

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Website Design

AWWWARDS. Website design awards.

The Best Designs. Website design awards.

Entheos. Website design templates.

Open Source Web Design. Website design templates.

Openwebdesign. Website design templates.

Template Monster. Website design templates.

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Minimalist

Minimalist Arts and Photography. Art Cyclopedia. Famous Quotes with Minimalist Design. Pics / arts with quotes. Minimalissimo. Minimalist designed focused with lots of categories down to cat lounge. Photodoto. Minimalist photography. The Minimalist Photographer. Nice blog on taking minimalist pictures. Pinterest minimalist design poster. Tumblr on minimalist living. Understanding Minimalism. On arts, designs, and photography with links.

Minimalist Design Websites. CCSDSGN. How To Design A Minimalist Website by Firefly Creative. Awwwards. Design Instruct. Hongkiat. Line25. MinimalExhibit. Minimalist Sites. MyThemeShop Minimalist. Siiimple.com. Site Point. Site Inspire. Smashing Magazine. Spyrestudios. The Best Designs. Webdesign Inspiration. WebDesignLedger.

Minimalist Architechture and Homes. Freshome. Minimalist Space. Minimalist architectural designs. Minimalisti. Minimalist designs for interior and exterior decorations.
WikiHow. How to create a minimalist home.

Ashley Riordan. Blog.

Be More With Less. Blog. The Downside of Minimalism.

Becoming Minimalist. Blog.

Born Again Minimalist. Blog on minimalism for the home.

Everyday Minimalist. Blog on minimalism and some general topics.

Fabulously Broke in the City. General blog.

Loving Simple Living. Many information on simple living.

Minimalism is Simple. Great site with many tips and related topics.

Minimalist At Home. Blog.

Minimalist Blog. Blog on how to live minimalist style.

Minimalist Generation. Blog.

Minimalist Living. Blog.

Minimalist Living on Facebook.

Miss Minimalist. Blog.

Mnmlist.com. Blog with minimalism and life in general.

Pinterest. The minimalist. Lots of minimalist links to various topics.

Simple and Minimal. Fun and interesting blog.

The Minimalists. Blog with related topics.

The Minimalists.net. A more general blog.

The Minimalist Mom. Blog on minimalism relating to family and debt repayment.

The Tidy Tutor. How to keep house stuff down.

Two Less Things. Blog.

Unclustered. Minimalist blog.

Unfiltered Me. General blog.

Witty Title Here. Life with stuff. Choosing a minimalist lifestyle.

Zen Habits. Great site on Zen with tons of life related posting and great links.

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General travel info

101 things to do. Things to do travel info website on west coast areas.

Bendibao.com public transport.

Expedia.com. Also has a Canadian Expedia website. Good for planning and price comparison. But no access to budget airline booking so make sure you compare cost with self-made itinerary of budget airline plus hotel.

Google World Wonders Project. Street view of travel attractions.

Google Japan street view. Street view of various locations in Japan.

Google Underwater Seaview Project. Google underwater project.

Hospitality Club. Host by local residents, interesting idea.

Japan Guide. Tourist guide to Japan in Chinese provided by the Japan National Tourism Organization.

Korea travel. Korea's official tourist website.

Like-A-Local. Organize accomodation and travel experience by local residence of different cities.

Oregon Wine Press. Guide to Oregon winery.

Seat 61. Site focuses on travelling by train.

Travelocity. Good for planning and price comparison. But no access to budget airline booking so make sure you compare cost with self-made itinerary of budget airline plus hotel.

yododo travel.

Zuji.

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Maps

Baidu map.

China 3d chachaba.

China 3d edushi.

China 3d o.cn.

Google map.

HK map - detailed local map of Hong Kong.

Macau map - detailed local map of Macau by Tourism Macau.

Shenzhen map - detailed local map of Shenzhen. Also provides map of Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai and Beijing.

Singapore map - detailed local map of Singapore provided by can.com.sg.

Singapore map - detailed local map of Singapore provided by streetdirectory.com

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Vacation Home Rental

Airbnb.

Flipkey.

Gite.com.

Hokkaido Sapporo. Holiday rental homes for Hokkaido Sapporo.

Holiday Rentals. Holiday rental homes in Europe.

Holidaylets. Holiday rental homes in Europe.

Homeaway.

Houseboat Rental. Houseboat rental in Amsterdam.

Mr and Mrs Smith. Boutique hotel guide and booking for global locations.

One-to-book. Holiday rental homes for Thailand.

Rate to go. Last minute hotel reservation at a good price.

Rent-a-home. Holiday rental homes in Australia and New Zealand.

VRBO. Vacational rental by owners.

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Hostels

Elder Hostel. Interesting concept.

Japan Youth Hostels.

Hostels.com. Worldwide hostel database.

Hostels Club.

Hostel Ireland.

Hostel Planet.

Hostel World.

Hostelz. Review of hostels by visitors.

Hostelling International. Not on the luxury side, but some have very good locations.

Hostelling International Canada.

Hostelling International Chicago.

Hostelling International New York.

Hostelling International Seattle.

Hostelling International USA.

Scottish Youth Hostels.

YHA Australia.

YHA UK.

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Camping

Kampgrounds of America (KPA). Can reserve for spots in camp sites in the US. Even has a campgrounds for sale section.

Recreation.gov. Government ran portal for Federal recreational sites.

Reserve America. Can reserve for spots in camp sites in the US.

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General cars

1hai. China car rental.

Autoblog. Blog on cars.

Auto Trader. Cars for sale classified newspaper and website.

Car and Driver. US based car magazine.

CarDomain.com. Postings of many private car owners who have lots of work done on their cars. Great source of information on what you can do to your car. It has a Showoff of the Week section with some great looking cars.

Car Survey. Review by users.

ebay Motors. Largest selection and market prices.

Ford Fiesta website. One of my favorite car, and not too many websites on this car.

Hemmings Motor News. I used to look forward to this monthly magazine because it has a lot of good stuff for old cars. Even better as it is now online. You will probably find the most diverse and nicely restored cars here.

Drive Time. Cars for sale classified newspaper and website.

Road and Track. US based car magazine.

YouTube. Can post video online. Search under your car's name and there are usually some pretty interesting clips from other owners.

Valentine One. The best radar detector available.

Zuche. China car rental.

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Mercedes

benzworld. Owner's community with discussion forum.

MB Coupes. Enthusiast website for Mercedes-Benz 2 door vehicles.

Mercedes W124 model numbers.

Mercedes Benz Club of America.

Mercedes Club UK. With discussion forum.

Mercedes Chassis and Engine ID chart.

Mercedes Enthusiast magazine.

Motorbase on 280 cabriolets.

PistonHeads UK classified section.

PointedThree Discussion Forum.

W124 discussion on MB World. This one on number of W124 Cabriolet made.

W124 Estate specialists.

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Toy cars

AUTOart. They make some of the finest metal diecast model cars.

Ebbro. They make some of the finest metal diecast model cars.

GMP. Their 1:12 metal diecast Ford GT40 is incredible.

Madza MX-5 Miata. Paper craft of a MX-5.

Minichamps. They make some of the finest metal diecast model cars.

Virtual Car. Free paper craft of many classic cars.

Yamaha. Yamaha provides some exceptionally detailed paper craft models of their motorcycles, animals, and other stuff, all in great details and all free.

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Software

AbiWord. Free word processing software.

Audacity. Free sound editor.

Backpack. Organization of information online like blogs.

Basecamp. Online project management and collaboration software.

Clipping Magic. Online photo editing software, do not need to install software. Can clip part of photo and put on another photo.

download.com. Software guide.

Firefox. Alternative choice of internet browser.

For Auditors and Accountants. Templates and tips on using Office by Microsoft for auditors and accountants from Microsoft.

GIMP. Free image manipulation software.

Google Page Creator. Free online program to create web pages.

Google SketchUp. Free 3D modeling program from Google.

Google Spreadsheets. Free online spreadsheet program from Google.

HD Tune. Free hard drive maintenance software.

Neat Image. Free noise reduction software for digital photographic images, it received pretty good review from various users.

NVU. Free software to build and maintain websites.

pdf995. Free program that converts your document to pdf files.

Pegasys. Free software to convert video files between Microsoft and QuickTime format.

PhotoCap. Like photoshop and can add text to photos.

Picasa. Free digital picture management software provided by Google.

Open Office. Free office suite similar to Microsoft Office developed by Sun.

Skype. Free phone using the internet. Can also get your own local number, or call someone with a land line.

Square Space. Website and blog management service.

StickIt! Android photo editing app that can crop, combine, add text to photos.

Templates for Microsoft Office. From Microsoft.

Tips for Using PowerPoint. From Microsoft.

Thunderbird. Free email software.

tucows.com. Software guide.

Useful Tips for Microsoft Office. From Microsoft, many free stuff and tips on using Office more efficiently.

W3 Schools. Free online lessons to build websites.

Zamzar. Free online file conversion website. Can convert between image, doc, music, and video format and email the converted file back to you.

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Language and translation

Babel Fish by Altavista. Online translation.

Bing translator. Can translate sentences and articles with copy and paste, also has voice to read out translated material.

Chinese English Dictionary with Pinyin. Dictionary and translation with pinyin.

Chinese-English E-mail. Translate between english and traditional and simplified chinese.

Chinese-Tools. Free tools to learn and write chinese.

Foreign Word.

Google. Can translate selected text or complete web page. Can access by clicking on Language Tools on the main page.

InstantSpeak Chinese. Paid website that provide online chinese lessons.

T-mail. Translation of email or web page.

Translate. Translation site that specializes in uncommon languages.

TryMango. Free online tutorials for 9 different languages.

youdao. Single word translation and pronounciation.

Voila. A French based translation site.

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General fun and jokes

Accounting jokes. Funny accounting jokes.

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Running and sports

CrossFit. Cross training and HIIT website.

Furman Institute of Running & Scientific Training. Training programs for runners.

Jeff Galloway. 3 to 4 days training for marathons.

Marathon Guide. Training for marathons.

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GENERAL REFERENCE

General Information || Informational Databases || Search Engines

Forums || Blogs || Books and Reading || Health and First Aid || Jobs

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General information

43 folders. Merlin Mann's website with many productivity, efficiency, and time management tips like article on becoming a better listener.

58.com.

88db.

Acronym Finder.

Action Without Borders Idealist. List of nonprofit and community organizations from around the world and provides many volunteering opportunities.

bendibao.com public transport. General China city information.

Craig's List. Provides online classified ad on various things for various cities.

del.icio.us. Social bookmarks manager.

D*I*Y Planner. Website for those dedicated to paper. Have templates for a DIY personal planner and other purposes.

ducts.org. Webzine of personal stories, has art gallery, fictions, poetry, essays, and memoirs.

Idea Cafe. Resources for small business.

Ganji.

Google Earth. Satellite image of most places, incredible.

Google Earth Blog.

Google Map. Great map for locating anything in the world as Google has maps of almost any major city. Also had map, satellite, terrain view, and street view.

Google services. Access to other services by Google like Earth, Scholar, Lab, Blogger, Picasa, and Translate.

Google Sightseeing. User submitted interesting sightings using Google Earth or Google Map. Some very interesting things being observed.

Google Sky. Can view stars from your computer.

History.com. History related information in video, has section on great speeches in history.

Improve battery usage. Information on how to charge batteries and how to prolong life of lithium-ion batteries which are found in most electronics today. Other information can be found at batteryuniversity.com which is an interesting site.

InfoUSA. Has large database of consumer and business information of US and Canada.

Kijiji. Provides online classified ad on various things for various cities.

Laoke.

Lifehacker - tips to make life earier.

The Medici Archive Project - archive of historical information online.

Meetup.com. Members meet up to do activities.

MyPublicInfo. You can get a comprehensive public profile of yourself to alert you of potential identity theft.

MySpace. Online community.

New Seven Wonders of the World.

Power sockets around the world. Useful guide on the type of wall power sockets for travelling.

Skype. Internet telephone to reduce phone bill. Can get local numbers in many cities, and can forward calls to whereever you are. Very convenient for globe trotters.

Woophy. The World of Photography. Members submit their pictures of places that can be retrieved from the world map. Interesting.

World Village. Online community.

WorldWide Telescope.

The Writer Gazette. Resources for writers.

YouSwap. 1GB online file shareing.

YouTube. Can post video online.

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Informational Databases

About.com. Pretty good reference site with information on a lot of topics.

Answers.com.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Related main site with other reference sources.

GuruNet. Acess to references from numerous sources.

Howstuffworks. Relatively simple description of how most things work. Good for basic information collection purposes.

Reference Desk. Free online encyclopedia. Also has lots of links to specialized sites.

Tell me why. Questions answered on simpler things.

WikiHow. Online how to manual like wikipedia.

Wikipedia. Free online encyclopedia.

World Book. Subscription based encyclopedia for kids.

Your Dictionary. Online dictionary and thesaurus. Can also do single word translation into other languages.

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Search Engines

Bing. From Microsoft.

Daypop. Another search engine but has narrower search parameters than Google.

Google. One of the major search sites.

oSkope. Visual search.

Yahoo. The other major search site.

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Forums

Asiaclassified.

Dianping.

expat blog

gz stuff

HK akzone.

HK discuss.

sz party.com

sz stuff

Timway.

uwant

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Blogs

Blogger. Free blog service.

Bloglines. Provides tools to publish blogs and share news feeds. Also provides blog search.

Feedster. Search tools for blog news feeds.

MakeBlogs. Tools to start and manage blogs.

Six Apart. Weblog software and hosting service.

Technorati. Allows search of blogs and provides the list of the most popular blogs on various topics.

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Books and reading

Dictionary chinese english

docin.

cn Economist jjxj.org.

lendle. Sharing of kindle books as free member.

Pinggu.org.

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Health and First Aid

American Heart Association on cholesterol. Information on cholesterol and how to change your eating habits to lower your cholesterol. Also has lots of other related information from the American Heart Association.

First aid guide. Free website with very comprehensive on first aid.

Health Finder. Comprehensive website of US Department of Health and Human Services on general health. Has extensive links to related online resources.

KidsHealth first aid for parents. Useful articles for first aid treatments with parents as audience.

Nutrition. US government's very comprehensive website on nutrition.

St. John Ambulance first aid quick reference.

St. John Interactive Online Crash Course on first aid. Online first aid instructions on video, which is very helpful.

Tuft's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. Website with lots of links to related resources on nutrition and aging.

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Jobs

51job.

Zhaopin.com. China job website.

Agency Jobs

www.idrc.ca/careers

www.ifad.org/Job

www.unops.org

www.unep.org/vacancies

www.iif.com

www.peacecorps.gov/cd

http://jobs.undp.org

www.dfid.gov.uk

Canadian agencies

www.edb.int

www.adb.org

www.fias.net

www.ifc.org

www.eib.org/jobs

www.cec.org

www.spencerstuart.com

www.ges.gov.uk

www.london.gov.uk

www.ceb

www.iasb.org

www.oecg.org/hrm/vacancies

www.hrw.org/jobs/

www.thecommonwealth.org

www.nufonline.com

www.iied.org

www.ear.europa.eu/jobs/jobs.htm

www.worldbank.org/jobs

www.gavialliance.org

http://unu.edu/employment/

www.bis.org

www.undp.org/jobs/management

www.odi.org.uk/jobs

www.unep.org/vacancies

www.caribank.org

www.who.int

www.panda.org/jobs wwf

www.coe-recruitment.com

www.fsa.gov.uk/careers

www.imf.org

www.ifad.org

http://jobs.uncdf.org

www.unicef.org/employ

www.who.int/employment/vacancies

www.iabd.org

www.un.org

www.unido.org

www.ifc.org

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ECONOMICS / ACADEMIC

Online Learning || Professional Entities || Teaching and Presentation

Private Research Entities || For Academic Research

Agencies and Government Departments

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Online Learning

17 ACCA. Website with ACCA exam courses.

Academic Earth. List of online courses available.

BBC Learning English.

British Council Learn English. British Council's website provides interactive learning facilities for learning English.

CA Source. Online webinar.

CICA. Online webinar.

Common errors in english.

Coursera. Has many well-known universities providing courses online on fixed schedule. Can interact with other students. Get certification signed by instructor if completed course satisfactorily.

deck slideshow presentation. Android app that prepare slide shows.

edX. How to take online courses at universities.

eHow. How to take online courses at universities.

Ernst & Young. Online webcast.

Gaodun. China website with ACCA exam info.

GARP. Online webinar.

Google Classroom. Online courses.

Harvard. Harvard extension online courses.

iTunes U. Apple app for iPhones and iPads with online courses from MIT, Yale, Cambridge, and Oxford.

The HK Digital Academy. Hong Kong primary and secondary school teachers video on topics and questions.

Learning resources. Web delivered news stories from CNN and CBS for learning english.The old site is located here.

Math2.org. Good reference on math functions on various levels.

McKinsey. Insights and publications. McKinsey Global Institute.

MIT OpenCourseWare - MIT put course content online for free access.

Mobile OCR. Scan and OCR to text, can recognize chinese.

Open Tuition. ACCA online courses.

Open University Free Courseware. Free online course from Hong Kong Open University on various topics.

PRMIA Webinar.

Scribd. Online library with tons of books.

Top 10 University Online Courses.

UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley courses on youtube. Many UC Berkeley courses available.

Udacity. Online courses.

VOA Special English Player. Android app with Voice of America to learn english. have english and chinese translation on screen.

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Professional Entities

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Main website for support of Certified Public Accountants.

Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society.

CFA Institute. Main website for support of Chartered Financial Analyst.

Chartered Accountants of Canada. Provides various business support and informational services.

Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association. Certification program for CAIA.

CPA Australia.

Global Association of Risk Professionals. Certification program for FRM.

Golden Key International Honour Society.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia (ICABC) Industry Toolkit. The site provides information on the Canadian economy and personal effectiveness. Part of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia website.

International Association of Financial Engineers. Exceptional content on financial engineering. Also great articles on financial engineering at Financial Engineering News.

Professional Risk Managers' international Association. Certification program for PRM.

Risk Management Association.

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Teaching and Presentation

Presentation Zen. Great site with many useful presentation tips and information, and some extremely useful "how-to" tips on lecturing of scientific topics.

Video of great speeches in history. From history.com.

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Private Research Entities

American Economic Association. Publisher of The American Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Literature, and The Journal of Economic Perspectives.

The American Finance Association. Publisher of the Journal of Finance.

American Institute for Economic Research. A US economics website.

The Brookings Institution. Research on economic policies, most available for free.

Canadian Economics Association. Publisher of Canadian Journal of Economics.

EconLit. American Economic Association's electronic library on economics literature. The AEA also provides the Resources for Economists (RFE) on the Internet database.

Financial Executives of Canada.

Financial Management Association. Publisher of Financial Management and The Journal of Applied Finance.

Hong Kong Economic Association.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). A UK economics website.

Institute for International Economics. A Washington based think tank with many discussions on international economic events.

Southern Finance Association. Publisher of The Journal of Financial Research.

Swedish Institute for Financial Research.

Transparency International. The leading institution on corruption worldwide.

Weiss Center for International Financial Research. Hosted by Wharton School, focuses on research on international finance.

Western Economic Association International. Publisher of Economic Inquiry and Contemporary Economic Policy.

Western Finance Association.

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For Academic Research

Digital Library of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). Online database of thesis and dessertations.

dissertation.com.

dissertations and theses.com.

EconLit. American Economic Association's electronic library on economics literature. The AEA also provides the Resources for Economists (RFE) on the Internet database.

EconPapers. An online database of economics working paper.

EconWPA. Online database of economics working paper prepared by the Economics Department of Washington University.

Google Scholar. Great search that provides many up-to-date links and articles. Also provides a related research listing with many downloadable papers.

Guide to Writing Thesis. Guide to writing and presenting thesis or dissertation by S. Joseph Levine, PhD.

Help with writing thesis. Indiana University's Writing Tutorial Services provides help on writing thesis.

Inomics. The internet site for economists, especially tailored with a database of research papers.

Inomics RePEc Archive. A listing of sites for links to various sources of economic papers.

LookSmart findarticles. Huge database of research papers in most topics.

New Economics Papers (NEP). NEP is an announcement service which filters information on new additions to the RePEc database.

PhdData. An online database of doctoral dissertations in progress for most disciplines.

PhD-Dissertations.com. Dissertations for most disciplines.

Questia. An amazing website with lots of leads for research ideas.

Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). A decentralized database of working papers and journal articles in economics. It has a listing of close to 300,000 items of interest and about two thirds are available for free online.

Social Science Research Network. Library of research studies.

Thesis and Dissertation Abstracts.

Worldwide Directory of Finance Faculty provides information on finance faculty and finance professionals worldwide. Many provide class notes and working papers in their own websites.

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Agencies and Government Departments

The Asian Development Bank. Reserach and publications with focus on Asian countries. The ADB provides key indicators for member countries, poverty and development indicators, environment statistics, and other useful publications.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) the World Factbook with information website on countries.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Provides research studies done by the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The Federal Trade Commission.

Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department. Hong Kong statistics.

The International Finance Corporation. Research and publications on economic and developmental issues. The IFC provides The Doing Business Database, the Public Policy Journal, and guides on infrastructure and regulation.

The International Monetory Fund (IMF).

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The NBER provides research on a wide range of economic topics with many contributions from academic scholars.

National Bureau of Statistics of China. Provides statistical information on China.

National Statistics of Taiwan. Provides statistical information on Taiwan.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The SEC. Edgar filing for publicly traded firms.

Stat-USA. Business, trade and economic information on the US compiled by the Department of Commerce.

The United Nations.

The United Nations national and international data sources and links. A list of data sources and links for various countries prepared by the United Nations in the United Nations Statistics Division.

US Census Bureau.

US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The US Department of Commerce.

US Department of Labor list of statistical sites on the World Wide Web. A list of statistical website for various countries prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor. Good starting point for information on a country.

US Exim Bank.

The World Bank. Research and publications by World Bank. Provides the WDI Online, World Development Reports, Doing Business In series, World Bank Atlas, and other useful research on local conditions. Has links to IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID.

World Trade Organization (WTO). List of websites of national statistical offices prepared by the WTO.

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ALPHABETICAL

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Aa

AbiWord. Free word processing software.

About.com. Pretty good reference site with information on a lot of topics.

About Graphics Software. The section in About on use of Photoshop and other graphics software.

Absolute Arts. Online gallery.

Academic Earth. List of online courses available.

Accenture. The former Andersen Consulting website provides information on consulting, outsourcing and technology. Provides back issue of its magazine Outlook.

Accounting jokes. Funny accounting jokes.

Acronym Finder.

Action Without Borders Idealist. List of nonprofit and community organizations from around the world and provides many volunteering opportunities.

www.adb.org

Adobe's Photoshop Elements online course. Also provides other free online curriculum programs.

Ads of the World. Many interesting ads included here.

Advanced Photoshop. Some more advanced Photoshops lessons by private user.

Afterimage Photograph Gallery. Large number of photos from many famous photographers.

AirPano.com. High definition pano video from SLR cameras, uses Sony Vegas software to combine to take out black edges, then uses PT Gui Pro to stitch into pano photos, then use Adobe Premiere to stitch back to pano video, then can view using krpano flash viewer. Airpano.com has updates of pano videos.

AllAboutAlpha. By CAIA.

alspix stuff. How to modify to get 1/200 second shutter speed in manual mode.

Amazing pop up. 3D origamic architecture paper art website.

Anjuke.

Answers.com.

Answers.com. Good historical information on Rollei 35.

American Bankers Association Sites of Interest. Links page of financial information.

American Economic Association. Publisher of The American Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Literature, and The Journal of Economic Perspectives.

The American Finance Association. Publisher of the Journal of Finance.

American Heart Association on cholesterol. Information on cholesterol and how to change your eating habits to lower your cholesterol. Also has lots of other related information from the American Heart Association.

American Institute for Economic Research. A US economics website.

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Main website for support of Certified Public Accountants.

American Statistical Association Related Links for information on statistics. Has a section on statistical help online.

Arnold Kling's personal website. A superb website that is very entertaining and educational. He has a series of short essays which he called Arguing in My Spare Time which provide some very good insights on the current economical environment. He has a Ph.D in economics from MIT and he was an economist for the Federal Reserve and Freddie Mac.

Aperture Foundation.

ARGMAX - economics news, data, and analysis by John Irons. Good content on economics overall. Good links page.

The Art Institute of Chicago.

Art of the Photogravure.

ArtCyclopedia.

the-artists.org. On modern and contemporary visual art.

artnet magazine. And its sister publication artnet.de.

Asiaclassified.

The Asian Development Bank. Reserach and publications with focus on Asian countries. The ADB provides key indicators for member countries, poverty and development indicators, environment statistics, and other useful publications.

Audacity. Free sound editor.

Autoblog. Blog on cars.

AUTOart. They make some of the finest metal diecast model cars.

Autoregressive model (AR).

Autoregressive moving average model.

Auto Trader. Cars for sale classified newspaper and website.

Avast 4. Free anti-virus program.

AWWWARDS. Website design awards.

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Bb

B&W Magazine. Great black and white photography site, many submissions, also has color works.

Babel Fish by Altavista. Online translation.

Backpack. Organization of information online like blogs.

Baidu map.

Basecamp. Online project management and collaboration software.

BBC Learning English.

BeFunky.com. Can do funky things to your uploaded photos.

bendibao.com public transport. General China city information.

benzworld. Owner's community with discussion forum.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Simple and elegent website. Incredible insights.

The Best Designs. Website design awards.

Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society.

The Big Picture. Maintained by Barry Ritholtz.

Bing. From Microsoft.

Bing translator. Can translate sentences and articles with copy and paste, also has voice to read out translated material.

Biofos. Lots of information on Olympus cameras.

www.bis.org

Blog on Ricoh R10.

blog.photoblogs.org. Blog on photography.

Blogger. Free blog service.

Bloglines. Provides tools to publish blogs and share news feeds. Also provides blog search.

Booz Allen. Booz Allen has a strategy+business section with useful business related articles for CEOs, CFOs, and other practitioners.

British Council Learn English. British Council's website provides interactive learning facilities for learning English.

The Brookings Institution. Research on economic policies, most available for free.

Business Week. Weekly magazine that you can find anywhere.

Business Week Online. Some interesting articles are available online only.

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Cc

CA Source. Online webinar.

Cafe Cokin. Many tips on how to use the filters, and pics taken by users.

Calc101. Calculus and algebra help.

Camera Books.

Camera Review. Review and discussion of antique cameras.

Camera Review Rollei 35 Discussion.

camerapedia.org. Blog on photography.

Camerapedia. Good historical information on Rollei 35.

Camerapedia. On Olympus Pen.

Camerapedia. On Pentax 110.

Camerapedia. On Leica CL.

Camerapedia. On Olympus XA series.

Cameraquest. On Pentax 110.

CameraQuest. On Rollei 35.

CameraQuest. On Leica CL.

Canadian Economics Association. Publisher of Canadian Journal of Economics.

Canon. Has a virtual canon museum which is interesting.

Canon Club with pro advice and how to.

Canon digital camera underwater photography guide. Good useful information for those who is starting to take underwater photography. Great for vacations at the beach in exotic locations.

Car and Driver. US based car magazine.

Car Survey. Review by users.

CarDomain.com. Postings of many private car owners who have lots of work done on their cars. Great source of information on what you can do to your car. It has a Showoff of the Week section with some great looking cars.

www.caribank.org

www.ceb

www.cec.org

Center for Creative Photography.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) the World Factbook with information website on countries.

CEO Refresher. The website has 3 sections: (a) CEO refresher which provides a pretty comprehensive database of information for managers, (b) high performance retail section which focuses on the retail sector, and (c) a quotes section.

CFA Institute. Main website for support of Chartered Financial Analyst.

CFO Asia. Magazine for CFOs.

CFO.com. CFO magazine online.

Chartered Accountants of Canada. Provides various business support and informational services.

Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association. Certification program for CAIA.

Chicago Board of Trade. Information in the education section.

China 3d chachaba.

China 3d edushi.

China 3d o.cn.

China.org.cn. Website of news and general information on China.

Chinese English Dictionary with Pinyin. Dictionary and translation with pinyin.

Christian Aslund.

Classic Economic Models provides economic models online.

Chinese-English E-mail. Translate between english and traditional and simplified chinese.

Chinese-Tools. Free tools to learn and write chinese.

CICA. Online webinar.

ClamWin. Free anti-virus program.

Clark Little. Water and wave photography.

Clipping Magic. Online photo editing software, do not need to install software. Can clip part of photo and put on another photo.

The Classic Camera. On antique folding type cameras. Comperhensive.

www.coe-recruitment.com

Common errors in english.

The Corporate Library. US-based website with filings and information on corporate governance and related topics. The site also provides links over 400 websites under corporate governance, social investing, executive compensation, and accounting. Can be extremely valuable to those doing research on corporate governance and to those who want to find out more on what is being done on the corporate governance front.

Coursera. Has many well-known universities providing courses online on fixed schedule. Can interact with other students. Get certification signed by instructor if completed course satisfactorily.

CPA Australia.

Craig's List. Provides online classified ad on various things for various cities.

CrossFit. Cross training and HIIT website.

Culture 24. UK's national virtual museum with news, listings, and features from numerous museums and galleries.

culture vulture.net. Site on arts and architecture, film, opera, and other kinds of arts.

Cycloramic. Android photo app for panorama photos.

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Dd

Daiwa.

Daypop. Another search engine but has narrower search parameters than Google.

deck slideshow presentation. Android app that prepare slide shows.

Defdef blog.

del.icio.us. Social bookmarks manager.

Design & Publishing. Lots of tips on digital photography and use of Photoshop.

Deutsche.

www.dfid.gov.uk

Instagram dguttenfelder. North Korean pictures.

Dianping.

Dictionary chinese english

Digital Library of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). Online database of thesis and dessertations.

Digital Photography Review. Exceptional site with comprehensive testing and information on digital cameras.

dismally.com. Discussion of economic topics by David Taylor.

dissertation.com.

dissertations and theses.com.

D*I*Y Planner. Website for those dedicated to paper. Have templates for a DIY personal planner and other purposes.

docin.

download.com. Software guide.

Download Free Fonts. Provides free fonts for downloading.

Drive Time. Cars for sale classified newspaper and website.

ducts.org. Webzine of personal stories, has art gallery, fictions, poetry, essays, and memoirs.

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www.ear.europa.eu/jobs/jobs.htm

ebay Motors. Largest selection and market prices.

Ebbro. They make some of the finest metal diecast model cars.

www.edb.int

The Econ Review.

EconLit. American Economic Association's electronic library on economics literature. The AEA also provides the Resources for Economists (RFE) on the Internet database.

EconLit. American Economic Association's electronic library on economics literature. The AEA also provides the Resources for Economists (RFE) on the Internet database.

The Economist.

cn Economist jjxj.org.

EconPapers. An online database of economics working paper.

EconWPA. Online database of economics working paper prepared by the Economics Department of Washington University.

EDGAR. SEC's online database of company reports.

Edward Altman defaultrisk.com.

edX. How to take online courses at universities.

eHow. How to take online courses at universities.

www.eib.org/jobs

Elena Shumilova. Photographer with pics on kids with pets.

Elder Hostel. Interesting concept.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Related main site with other reference sources.

Entheos. Website design templates.

Ernst & Young. Online webcast.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

expat blog.

Expedia.com. Also has a Canadian Expedia website. Good for planning and price comparison. But no access to budget airline booking so make sure you compare cost with self-made itinerary of budget airline plus hotel.

Explore Digital Photography with Windows XP. Some basic information on digital photography by Microsoft.

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Fashion.net. Very nice pics.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Provides research studies done by the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The Federal Trade Commission.

Feedster. Search tools for blog news feeds.

www.fias.net

Finance Site List. An extremely comprehensive list of finance related resources maintained by Ohio State University.

Financial Engineering News. Great content on more advanced financial engineering topics.

Financial Executives of Canada.

Financial Management Association. Publisher of Financial Management and The Journal of Applied Finance.

Financial Times. More global news.

Financial Week.

Fine Art Nude Photography.

Firefox. Alternative choice of internet browser.

First aid guide. Free website with very comprehensive on first aid.

Flickr. Photo blog.

Flickr Ricoh GR Digital Group.

Flickr Ricoh GR Film Group.

Flickr Ricoh GR1 Group.

Flickr Ricoh 500G Group.

Flickr Rollei 35 Group.

Flickr Trip 35 Group.

Flipkey.

Font Freak. Provides free fonts for downloading.

FotoSearch.com.

FotoSearch.com Nude Photography.

For Auditors and Accountants. Templates and tips on using Office by Microsoft for auditors and accountants from Microsoft

Ford Fiesta website. One of my favorite car, and not too many websites on this car.

Foreign Word.

Fortune.

Fotolog.net. Photo blog.

Free camera manuals. Lots of camera manuals.

Freshnude.net.

www.fsa.gov.uk/careers

Furman Institute of Running & Scientific Training. Training programs for runners.

FWA Favourite Website Awards.

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Gabriele Rigon Fine Art Photography.

Ganji.

Gaodun. China website with ACCA exam info.

GARP. Online webinar.

www.gavialliance.org

George Eastman House photography collections online. Large collection of photographs online.

www.ges.gov.uk

Getty Images Embed. Can copy links to over 50 million photos with photo with Getty watermark and photographer name.

The Getty Museum. The Getty Museum.

gdargaud.net on GRs.

GIMP. Free image manipulation software.

Gite.com.

Global Association of Risk Professionals. Certification program for FRM.

Global derivatives.

Global derivatives forum. Many contributions of quantitative finance programs.

GMP. Their 1:12 metal diecast Ford GT40 is incredible.

Golden Key International Honour Society.

Good-Tutorials.com. Photoshop tutorials and tips on using Photoshop.

Google. Can translate selected text or complete web page. Can access by clicking on Language Tools on the main page.

Google. One of the major search sites.

Google Arts Project. Google arts project online.

Google Classroom. Online courses.

Google Earth. Satellite image of most places, incredible.

Google Earth Blog.

Google Japan street view. Street view of various locations in Japan.

Google Map. Great map for locating anything in the world as Google has maps of almost any major city. Also had map, satellite, terrain view, and street view.

Google Page Creator. Free online program to create web pages.

Google Scholar. Great search that provides many up-to-date links and articles. Also provides a related research listing with many downloadable papers.

Google services. Access to other services by Google like Earth, Scholar, Lab, Blogger, Picasa, and Translate.

Google Sightseeing. User submitted interesting sightings using Google Earth or Google Map. Some very interesting things being observed.

Google SketchUp. Free 3D modeling program from Google.

Google Spreadsheets. Free online spreadsheet program from Google.

Google Sky. Can view stars from your computer.

Google Underwater Seaview Project. Google underwater project.

Google World Wonders Project. Street view of travel attractions.

GR1 pics from pbase.

GR Digital on trekearth.

GR Digital.

Great Landscape Photography. How to take better landscape pictures.

Great Landscape Photography. How to use camera filters to take better landscape photos.

Grisoft. Free anti-virus program.

Guide to Writing Thesis. Guide to writing and presenting thesis or dissertation by S. Joseph Levine, PhD.

GuruNet. Acess to references from numerous sources.

gz stuff

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Harold Olejarz art education. Links of many resources of using Photoshop and Elements, especially for kids.

Harvard. Harvard extension online courses.

Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Provides weekly update of current management topics and provides full text or excerpts from the the HBR. Nice way to get updated business information.

HRB Blog. Blog spin off from Harvard Business Review.

HD Tune. Free hard drive maintenance software.

Health Finder. Comprehensive website of US Department of Health and Human Services on general health. Has extensive links to related online resources.

Hedge Fund Association.

Hedge Fund Reader. Information on what's going on.

Hedge Fund Research.

Help with writing thesis. Indiana University's Writing Tutorial Services provides help on writing thesis.

Hemmings Motor News. I used to look forward to this monthly magazine because it has a lot of good stuff for old cars. Even better as it is now online. You will probably find the most diverse and nicely restored cars here.

Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation.

History.com. History related information in video, has section on great speeches in history.

HK akzone.

The HK Digital Academy. Hong Kong primary and secondary school teachers video on topics and questions.

HK discuss.

HK map - detailed local map of Hong Kong.

HKEx.

Hokkaido Sapporo. Holiday rental homes for Hokkaido Sapporo.

Holiday Rentals. Holiday rental homes in Europe.

Holidaylets. Holiday rental homes in Europe.

Homeaway.

Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department. Hong Kong statistics.

Hong Kong Economic Association.

Hospitality Club. Host by local residents, interesting idea.

Hostels.com. Worldwide hostel database.

Hostels Club.

Hostel Ireland.

Hostel Planet.

Hostel World.

Hostelling International. Not on the luxury side, but some have very good locations.

Hostelling International Canada.

Hostelling International Chicago.

Hostelling International New York.

Hostelling International Seattle.

Hostelling International USA.

Hostelz. Review of hostels by visitors.

Houseboat Rental. Houseboat rental in Amsterdam.

Howstuffworks. Relatively simple description of how most things work. Good for basic information collection purposes.

www.hrw.org/jobs/

Humans of New York.

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www.iabd.org

IAFE.

www.iasb.org

IBM Business Innovation Centre. Various studies and articles on business innovation.

Idea Cafe. Resources for small business.

www.idrc.ca/careers

www.ifad.org/Job

www.ifc.org

www.iied.org

www.iif.com

Improve battery usage. Information on how to charge batteries and how to prolong life of lithium-ion batteries which are found in most electronics today. Other information can be found at batteryuniversity.com which is an interesting site.

II journal article collection.

Ilford pinhole camera. Information, album, and forum of those using the Ilford pinhole camera.

Information on GRs.

Information Processing - How I became a quant. By Steve Hsu.

InfoUSA. Has large database of consumer and business information of US and Canada.

www.imf.org

Inomics. The internet site for economists, especially tailored with a database of research papers.

Inomics RePEc Archive. A listing of sites for links to various sources of economic papers.

In-Photoart.com. Camera discussion board in Chinese.

Instagram.

Instagram paperboyo. Use black paper cut outs to add to front to pics.

InstantSpeak Chinese. Paid website that provide online chinese lessons.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). A UK economics website.

Institute for International Economics. A Washington based think tank with many discussions on international economic events.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia (ICABC) Industry Toolkit. The site provides information on the Canadian economy and personal effectiveness. Part of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia website.

International Association of Financial Engineers. Exceptional content on financial engineering. Also great articles on financial engineering at Financial Engineering News.

International Center of Photography.

The International Finance Corporation. Research and publications on economic and developmental issues. The IFC provides The Doing Business Database, the Public Policy Journal, and guides on infrastructure and regulation.

International Herald Tribune.

International Institute for Management Development (IMD). IMD is one of the top business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IMD also prepares the World Competitiveness Yearbook.

The International Monetory Fund (IMF).

International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum.

iPhotoCentral. For collectors.

iStockphoto. Royalty-free digital images.

IT and quantitative finance. Good source.

iTunes U. Apple app for iPhones and iPads with online courses from MIT, Yale, Cambridge, and Oxford.

It is nice that. Website that promotes various types of art forms.s

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Jj

J. Paul Getty Museum.

Japan Guide. Tourist guide to Japan in Chinese provided by the Japan National Tourism Organization.

Japan Youth Hostels.

Jay Arraich's Photoshop Tips.

Jay Arraich's Photoshop Elements Tips.

Jeff Galloway. 3 to 4 days training for marathons.

http://jobs.undp.org

John Kay's website. He is an economist in UK.

John Lind's Rollei 35 Page. Good information on the various versions of Rollei 35s.

Journal of alternative investments.

Journal of derivatives.

Journal of derivatives and hedge funds.

Journal of empirical finance.

Journal of finance.

JPG. From JPG Magazine. Has photos, stories, themes. Good photo section with extremely high quality submission.

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Kampgrounds of America (KPA). Can reserve for spots in camp sites in the US. Even has a campgrounds for sale section.

Kerry Skarbakka. People falling down.

KidsHealth first aid for parents. Useful articles for first aid treatments with parents as audience.

Kijiji. Provides online classified ad on various things for various cities.

Knowledge @ Wharton. Great site with many latest and business related articles.

Korea travel. Korea's official tourist website.

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Ll

Laoke.

Learning resources. Web delivered news stories from CNN and CBS for learning english.The old site is located here.

lendle. Sharing of kindle books as free member.

Library of Congress. Has large database of arts and related archives. Has large archive of photos from famous American photographers

LIFE Photo Gallery. Lots of classic photos.

Lifehacker - tips to make life earier.

Like-A-Local. Organize accomodation and travel experience by local residence of different cities.

Lomo LC-A website that features many work from LC-A.

Lomography Hong Kong (The Asia Lomography website). Opened shop at 2 Po Yan Street in Sheung Wan by Tung Wah Hospital. Monday to Friday 11am to 7pm. 2525-5417

www.london.gov.uk

LookSmart findarticles. Huge database of research papers in most topics.

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Mm

Macau map - detailed local map of Macau by Tourism Macau.

MacQuarie.

Madison Meseum of Contemporary Art.

Madza MX-5 Miata. Paper craft of a MX-5.

Magnum Photos. Large number of photos from many famous photographers.

Magnum Funds. Can find basic information on hedge funds.

Mahalanobis. By Michael Stastny.

MakeBlogs. Tools to start and manage blogs.

Makeup. Android photo app by ModiFace with over 60 samples to follow or customized. Remember the brand and types of make up applied so can buy real life items offline. Free but advanced features have charges.

Managing Your Digital Camera's RAW Files. Managing and converting RAW files by Microsoft.

MapCamera Museum on cameras.

Marathon Guide. Training for marathons.

Marginal Revolution. Good discussions and articles on current economic events. But mainly from a US perspective.

Mario Testino. Fashion photography.

Masters of Photography.

MatLab Central. Lots of material and codes and instructions on using MatLab for programming.

Math2.org. Good reference on math functions on various levels.

MathFinance. Links to useful sites.

Mathtools.net. Codes for MatLab, Excel VBA, C++ and other algorithms.

MB Coupes. Enthusiast website for Mercedes-Benz 2 door vehicles.

McKinsey. Insights and publications. McKinsey Global Institute.

McKinsey Global Institute. The McKinsey Global Institute conducts research on global economic integration and productivity. The McKinsey site itself also provides many insightful pieces prepared by their consultants.

The Medici Archive Project - archive of historical information online.

Meetup.com. Members meet up to do activities.

megapixel.net. A Canadian website dedicated to digital cameras

Mercedes Benz Club of America.

Mercedes Club UK. With discussion forum.

Mercedes Chassis and Engine ID chart.

Mercedes Enthusiast magazine.

Mercedes W124 model numbers.

The Museum of Mordern Art.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Minichamps. They make some of the finest metal diecast model cars.

MIT OpenCourseWare - MIT put course content online for free access.

MIT Sloan Management Review. Sloan School's publication on management related topics.

Mobile OCR. Scan and OCR to text, can recognize chinese.

Morningstar. One of the most comprehensive source of informaton on mutual fund.

Motorbase on 280 cabriolets.

Moving average model.

Mr and Mrs Smith. Boutique hotel guide and booking for global locations.

Instagram muradosmann. Girlfriend holding hand leading.

Museum of Contemporaty Photography.

Museum of Photographic Arts. Has good database of photographers and their work.

MyPublicInfo. You can get a comprehensive public profile of yourself to alert you of potential identity theft.

mypublisher. You can download their simple software and make pretty nice coffee table hard cover books using your own digital pictures. Wall Street Journal did a comparison between mypublisher and three other similar services: Apple's own iPhoto software, shutterfly, and Kodak EasyShare Gallery.

MySpace. Online community.

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NASD. Useful section on investor information.

National Association for Business Economics. Economics site. Has good links page to sources of economic data.

The National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Great source of information for using Photoshop.

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The NBER provides research on a wide range of economic topics with many contributions from academic scholars.

National Bureau of Statistics of China. Provides statistical information on China.

National Gallery of Art. Large collection of online exhibitions by photographers like Aaron Siskind,

National Portrait Gallery. Collection of arts online.

National Statistics of Taiwan. Provides statistical information on Taiwan.

Nature Photographers. Online magazine for nature, wildlife, and landscape photography.

Nature Scapes. Great source of information for nature photographers.

Neat Image. Free noise reduction software for digital photographic images, it received pretty good review from various users.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Nerds on Wall Street. Good read.

New Economics Papers (NEP). NEP is an announcement service which filters information on new additions to the RePEc database.

New Seven Wonders of the World.

NY Public Library public domain photo library.

The New York Times.

Instagram newsjeans. North Korean pictures.

Nikkei Net Interactive. Japan focused news.

Nikon. Information on Nikon products, also links to Nikon school and photo galleries.

Nikon 101. Information on digital photography for beginners to advanced photographers.

Nikon Compendium. Handbook of Nikon Systems. Lots of information on the various Nikon systems. It even has information on the underwater Nikonos RS SLR camera which I am collecting.

Nikonians. A website with a huge forum which provides very comprehensive information on Nikon cameras.

Nikonos Pictorial History. Background information on Nikons.

Nikonos Underwater Lens and Accessories. For the RS underwater camera.

Not Making This Up. Blog maintained by Jeff Matthews on economic topics.

www.nufonline.com

Nutrition. US government's very comprehensive website on nutrition.

NVU. Free software to build and maintain websites.

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Obsessionart.com.

www.odi.org.uk/jobs

www.oecg.org/hrm/vacancies

Ohio State University Virtual Finance Library. A very comprehensive source for finance related information on the website.

Old camera manuals.

Old State House Museum. Large collection of online exhibits.

Olympus 35 Rangefinder info.

Olympus 35 SP and other rangefinders.

Olympus 35SP from Camera Quest.

Olympus camera history and links.

Olympus Camera Milestones. By Olympus.

One-to-book. Holiday rental homes for Thailand.

Open Office. Free office suite similar to Microsoft Office developed by Sun.

Open Source Web Design. Website design templates.

Open Tuition. ACCA online courses.

Open University Free Courseware. Free online course from Hong Kong Open University on various topics.

Openwebdesign. Website design templates.

Oregon Wine Press. Guide to Oregon winery.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Origami Resources Center. 3D origamic architecture paper art website.

oSkope. Visual search.

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Panasonic. Nice digital cameras with Leica lens. Some photography tips and galleries.

www.panda.org/jobs wwf

Panorama - 360. Android photo app for panorama photos.

Paper Architecture. 3D origamic architecture paper art website.

PBase.com. One of the best photo sharing and hosting website. Professional work by photo bugs. A must visit.

pbase Trip 35 Group.

PC Fonts. Provides links to sites that provide free fonts for downloading.

pdf995. Free program that converts your document to pdf files.

www.peacecorps.gov/cd

Pegasys. Free software to convert video files between Microsoft and QuickTime format.

Perfect 365. Android photo app to apply make up and change face features, many advanced features with customized or specialized cosmetic features including over 20 fix problems shortcuts and most of cosmetic that can be applied to the photo.

Peter Fetterman Gallery.

Petteri Sulonen. His discussion on using the CL.

PhdData. An online database of doctoral dissertations in progress for most disciplines.

PhD-Dissertations.com. Dissertations for most disciplines.

phinanz.com. A website with many useful finance related information.

PhotoCap. Like photoshop and can add text to photos.

Photo Sig. Website with review, review, and photo posting.

Photo Sig Rollei 35 Review.

Photo-Seminars.com Hall of Fame.

Photo Editor. Android photo app by ModiFace that can modify how the face look in terms of mouth, nose, eyes, etc. Also has basic features like teeth whitening.

The PhotoNet Nude Photography.

PhotoSynth. Android app by Microsoft, can do panorama pics with pan and adjustments.

Photos-of-the-Year.com. Good overall photography website.

Photoethnography. On Rollei 35.

Photoethnography. On Leica CL.

Photoethnography. On Olympus XA series.

Photoethnography. By Karen Nakamura.

Photography Homepages.

Photography in Malaysia. Information on Nikon and other classic cameras.

photography-now. Listing of exhibitions and events in various countries.

Photography repair and antique camera information. Maintained by Rick Oleson, some very useful information if you are interested in antique cameras.

PhotographyBlog. Blog on photography.

Photography Links. Extensive, prepared by William McFadden.

photographyreview.com. Review of cameras.

The PhotoNet. A comprehensive site on photography.

Picasa. Free digital picture management software provided by Google.

Picture Australia.

Pinggu.org.

pinterest.com. Photo website.

PistonHeads UK classified section.

Pixiq.com.

Pixiq.com Nude Photography.

Planet Camera. Android photo app to make polar panorama pics with pano photos like planet in ball shape.

Planet Photoshop. Lots of photoshop tips and tutorials.

PlanetMath. Members answer questions on math.

PlanetNeil. Shows his own photography, also discusses and provides information on custom setting and resetting the tone curve in digital cameras so that the output is closer to film cameras.

Poems of a frustrated banker. Blog on life as a banker.

Point & Shot and Ricoh GR1.

PointedThree Discussion Forum.

Popupology. 3D origamic architecture paper art website.

PopPhoto.com. Review of cameras, galleries, forum, and photography related information.

PostSecret. A site for people to display digital postcards revealing their secrets.

Power sockets around the world. Useful guide on the type of wall power sockets for travelling.

Presentation Zen. Great site with many useful presentation tips and information, and some extremely useful "how-to" tips on lecturing of scientific topics.

PRMIA Webinar.

Professional Photographer. From UK.

Professional Risk Managers' international Association. Certification program for PRM.

Profotos. Large archives of work by masters and other photography information.

Pundit. Blog on business related topics.

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Quant Code. Codes for Matlab, VBA, C++ and other programs.

Quant finance jobs.

QuantLib. Quantitative finance programming in C++.

Quantnet.

Questia. An amazing website with lots of leads for research ideas.

QuickMath. Math help and can perform math calculations online.

QuickMBA. Database of general business information.

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R10 Snap Shots.

Random Thoughts on The City, Wall St & Capitalism. Blog.

Range Finder. How to brighten dim rangefinders.

Range Finder Forum. Forum on Rollei 35.

Rangefinderforum on point-n-shoot cameras. Section on point and shoot with discussion on Ricoh GRs, Olympus XAs and other point and shoot cameras. Their archive section here for previous discussions.

Rate to go. Last minute hotel reservation at a good price.

RBS.

Recreation.gov. Government ran portal for Federal recreational sites.

Red Bull Adventure Pictures. Under features and also under photos from Red Bull website. See also features Remotest Places and Starry Skies.

Reference Desk. Free online encyclopedia. Also has lots of links to specialized sites.

The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago.

ReneeJacobs.com.

Rent-a-home. Holiday rental homes in Australia and New Zealand.

Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). A decentralized database of working papers and journal articles in economics. It has a listing of close to 300,000 items of interest and about two thirds are available for free online.

Reserve America. Can reserve for spots in camp sites in the US.

The Review of Financial Studies. The Review of Financial Studies by Oxford Journals Online.

Ricoh Forum.

Ricoh forum on dpreview.com.

Ricoh GR Digital blog.

Ricoh GR Fans on flickr.

Ricoh GR Digital group on flickr.

Ricoh GR Digital on the Streets ..... shoot first, think later blog.

Ricoh Official Website.

Ricoh UK website on 35mm cameras.

Risk Management Association.

Rollei. On Rollei 35.

Rollei Camera. Repair and parts services.

RolleiClub. Good source of information on Rollei cameras. Also has a great forum section for Rollei information.

Rollei Links. Incredible amount of information here.

Rollei 35 Fan Club in Korea. Good database of pictures taken by members.

Rollei Fan Club in Japan. Good historical information on all Rollei cameras.

Rolleigraphy. Good historical information on all Rollei cameras.

Rollei 35 Battery Repairs. By Harry Fleenor, have articles on other Rollei cameras.

Road and Track. US based car magazine.

Romain Laurent.

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Said Mhamad. Portraits.

Samsung. I am using the NV7 with a 10x optical zoom (38-270mm). The NV series has touch sensitive buttons which are quite interesting.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Has large collection of modern art and a permanent collection of photography.

save film. Website that promote use of film.

Scottish Youth Hostels.

Scribd. Online library with tons of books.

Searlstudio. How to use Cokin filters. Also other tips on photography.

Seat 61. Site focuses on travelling by train.

The SEC. Edgar filing for publicly traded firms.

SEC Investor Information. Useful basic information on investing.

Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong.

SeekingAlpha. Has blog section on China, Japan, India and other assets.

SFC Investor Education website.

SG.

Shenzhen map - detailed local map of Shenzhen. Also provides map of Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai and Beijing.

ShortCourses. This website provides information on digital photography and digital cameras.

Singapore map - detailed local map of Singapore provided by can.com.sg.

Singapore map - detailed local map of Singapore provided by streetdirectory.com.

Six Apart. Weblog software and hosting service.

Skype. Internet telephone to reduce phone bill. Can get local numbers in many cities, and can forward calls to whereever you are. Very convenient for globe trotters.

Skype. Free phone using the internet. Can also get your own local number, or call someone with a land line.

Smallwaters.com. Maker of the AMOS structural equation modeling software.

Smartdog.tv. Website with pictures taken with toy cameras like Holga, Lomo and others. I used a Holga 120 as well and it is fun toy camera.

The Smithsonian.

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Large database of portraits.

Social-matic. Take instant pics with handphone for uploading.

Social Science Research Network. Library of research studies.

Southern Finance Association. Publisher of The Journal of Financial Research.

spath. Street photography in black and white on flickr.

www.spencerstuart.com

SPSS Frequently Asked Questions. Many questions and answers on using SPSS. Also has links to many other online resources for using SPSS.

Square Space. Website and blog management service.

St. John Interactive Online Crash Course on first aid. Online first aid instructions on video, which is very helpful.

St. John Ambulance first aid quick reference.

Stat-USA. Business, trade and economic information on the US compiled by the Department of Commerce.

StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook. Online information on lots of statistical concepts. Great source of information.

StickIt! Android photo editing app that can crop, combine, add text to photos.

Strategy+Business. Journal of Strategy& Inc. (formerly Booz and Company).

Stumbling and Mumbing. Blog maintained by Chris Dillow on economic topics.

Summary of Survey Analysis Software done by Harvard.

The Survey System. Basic statistics information.

Swedish Institute for Financial Research.

sz party.com

sz stuff

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Taiwan public art website.

Tate Online. UK online museum with national collection of British art.

T-mail. Translation of email or web page.

teamphotoshop.com. Discussion group on usage of Photoshop.

Technorati. Allows search of blogs and provides the list of the most popular blogs on various topics

Tell me why. Questions answered on simpler things.

Templates for Microsoft Office. From Microsoft.

Template Monster. Website design templates.

www.thecommonwealth.org

Thesis and Dissertation Abstracts.

Thomas Barbey. Special computer effects.

Thoughts from the Frontline. Economic analysis by John Mauldin.

Thunderbird. Free email software.

Times. Times Online with the Times and Sunday Times in London.

Timway.

Tips for Using PowerPoint. From Microsoft.

Top 10 University Online Courses.

Toycamera.com. A website on Holga 120 toy cameras.

Traditional Fine Arts Organization.

Translate. Translation site that specializes in uncommon languages.

Transparency International. The leading institution on corruption worldwide.

Traffic and road. Hong Kong road traffic pictures and video.

Travelocity. Good for planning and price comparison. But no access to budget airline booking so make sure you compare cost with self-made itinerary of budget airline plus hotel.

TrekEarth. Posting of photos from various countries.

TrekEarth Rollei 35 Photos. Photos taken with Rollei 35s, many on high peaks or climbs where battery powered cameras might not work properly.

Trip 35 site.

Trip 35 blog.

Trip Man. Trip 35 specialist.

TryMango. Free online tutorials for 9 different languages.

tucows.com. Software guide.

Tuft's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. Website with lots of links to related resources on nutrition and aging.

tutor2u. Database of general business information.

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UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley courses on youtube. Many UC Berkeley courses available.

Udacity. Online courses.

www.un.org

http://jobs.uncdf.org

www.undp.org/jobs/management

www.unep.org/vacancies

www.unicef.org/employ

www.unido.org

The United Nations.

The United Nations national and international data sources and links. A list of data sources and links for various countries prepared by the United Nations in the United Nations Statistics Division.

www.unops.org

http://unu.edu/employment/

US Census Bureau.

US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The US Department of Commerce.

US Department of Labor list of statistical sites on the World Wide Web. A list of statistical website for various countries prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor. Good starting point for information on a country.

US Exim Bank.

Use of RAW file by Digital Mastery.

Use of RAW file by jirvana.com.

Useful Tips for Microsoft Office. From Microsoft, many free stuff and tips on using Office more efficiently.

Using RAW ditigal files by About.com. Information on using RAW file format.

Using RAW file for Nikon D2X. Discussed software issues on using NEF file format with the new Nikon D2X digital camera.

uwant.

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Valentine One. The best radar detector available.

vbforum. Forum on help with Excel VBA programming.

Video of great speeches in history. From history.com.

Virtual Car. Free paper craft of many classic cars.

Vitualology. Virtual museum on art, history, library, science, natural history, and war. Has a Hall of Photography.

VOA Special English Player. Android app with Voice of America to learn english. have english and chinese translation on screen.

Voila. A French based translation site.

VRBO. Vacational rental by owners.

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W124 discussion on MB World. This one on number of W124 Cabriolet made.

W124 Estate specialists.

W3 Schools. Free online lessons to build websites.

Wall Street Journal. I guess this is the "must read" for everyone. The Asian Wall Street Journal has more focus on Asia. Unfortunately, both requires subscription; fortunately, it is less than US$100 a year.

The Washington Post.

Washington Post Virtual Galleries.

Webmonkey Photoshop Crash Course.

Webshots. Photo blog.

Weiss Center for International Financial Research. Hosted by Wharton School, focuses on research on international finance.

Western Economic Association International. Publisher of Economic Inquiry and Contemporary Economic Policy.

Western Finance Association.

Whitney Museum of American Art.

www.who.int/employment/vacancies

WikiHow. Online how to manual like wikipedia.

wiki.photoblogs.org. Blog on photography.

Wikipedia. On Rollei 35.

Wikipedia. On Olympus XA series.

Wikipedia. On Olympus Pen.

Wikipedia. Free online encyclopedia.

Wilmott. His original website.

WilmottWiki. Wiki equivalent on quantitative finance.

Wired News. Information on technology.

www.who.int

Woophy. The World of Photography. Members submit their pictures of places that can be retrieved from the world map. Interesting.

Wooster Collective. Website on street art.

www.worldbank.org/jobs

The World Bank. Research and publications by World Bank. Provides the WDI Online, World Development Reports, Doing Business In series, World Bank Atlas, and other useful research on local conditions. Has links to IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID

World Book. Subscription based encyclopedia for kids.

The World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum prepares the Global Competitiveness Report which ranks countries as to their competitiveness.

World Famous Photos.

World Trade Organization (WTO).

World Trade Organization (WTO). List of websites of national statistical offices prepared by the WTO.

World Village. Online community.

WorldWide Telescope.

World Wide Web Resources in Economics. Exceptional website with a large number of links to resources in economics.

Worldwide Directory of Finance Faculty provides information on finance faculty and finance professionals worldwide. Many provide class notes and working papers in their own websites.

Working Smart. Blog on various Wall Street topics.

The Writer Gazette. Resources for writers.

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UK's xxlpix.net. UK's largest pic site.

UK's xxlpix.net top photographers in 2016.

Xycoon. Online statistics and econometrics material.

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Yahoo. The other major search site.

Yamaha. Yamaha provides some exceptionally detailed paper craft models of their motorcycles, animals, and other stuff, all in great details and all free.

YHA Australia.

YHA UK.

Ying Photography. Street photographic works.

Yododo travel.

youdao. Single word translation and pronounciation.

Your Dictionary. Online dictionary and thesaurus. Can also do single word translation into other languages.

YouSwap. 1GB online file shareing.

YouTube. Can post video online. Search under your car's name and there are usually some pretty interesting clips from other owners.

YouTube. Can post video online.

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Zamzar. Free online file conversion website. Can convert between image, doc, music, and video format and email the converted file back to you.

Zhaopin.com. China job website.

Zuche. China car rental.

Zuji.

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1/200s modification. For Olympus Trip 35 camera.

1hai. China car rental.

1001 Free Fonts. Provides free fonts for downloading.

101 things to do. Things to do travel info website on west coast areas.

17 ACCA. Website with ACCA exam courses.

35 compact cameras.

43 folders. Merlin Mann's website with many productivity, efficiency, and time management tips like article on becoming a better listener.

500px. Photo website.

51job.

58.com.

60 VR Taiwan. Panorama VR pictures of Taiwan.

88db.com

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