Computing Links

A collection of links to computing- related sites. This list is not at all comprehensive, and has no ambitions to be, either. It's just a collection of links that I find useful. (It's my web-site, so being self-centred is the order of the day).

LaTeX

CTAN (comprehensive TeX archive network): The repositary of all things TeX and LaTeX.
A (not so) short introduction to LaTeX2e: No, that's its title, not my description of it. Possibly the best freely available LaTeX book on the web.
A simplified introduction to LaTeX: Another freely available LaTeX book, which complements the "(Not so) Short" nicely.
AMS math: The AMS maths package (part of most LaTeX distributions), and its associated documentation.
Online LaTeX reference: Hypertext Help with LaTeX from NASA, an online reference for LaTeX commands and concepts. Similar things can be found at Emory University, the University of Southern Queensland and no doubt many others.
A gentle introduction to TeX: A freely available TeX - not LaTeX - book (even LaTeX'ers need to delve into raw TeX occasionally...).

Web design

Mozilla browser: The only web browser out there to get within spitting distance of 100% W3C standards-compliance. Which makes it very useful for developing first versions of web sites (before you put in all those hacks to get it to work in browsers that implement the standards...er...less than perfectly).
Mozilla/Netscape side-bar: Sidebar for Mozilla and Netscape browsers with quick-references for HTML, CSS1+2, JavaScript and the DOM. Very useful!

HTML

W3C HTML site: World Wide Web consortium HTML site (they're the guys who set the standards), including an HTML validator and an HTML tidier.
HTML 4.0 reference: HTML 4.0 reference from the Web Deisgn Group.

Cascading Style Sheets

W3C CSS site: World Wide Web consortium CSS site (they set the CSS standards), including a CSS validator, the CSS standard itself, and many useful links and other info. The style sheets used on the site itself are good examples to learn from.
Complete CSS Guide: Very good CSS1+2 guide from WestCiv.
CSS2 reference: CSS2 reference taken straight from the standards published by the W3C, with examples added. Useful for the technicalities.
Browser compatibility chart: CSS browser-compatibility chart from RichInStyle.com. Also available from the same site: comprehensive browser bug descriptions, HTML and CSS1+2 tutorials, a web-safe colour tester, and a lot of other useful web-design info.

Emacs

Emacs manual: Online manual for half the enlightened world's favourite text editor. (Note for vi users: if you read carefully you'll see that sentence was not an insult.)
Emacs LISP Manual: Online manual for the Emacs LISP dialect.
Emacs Wiki: The Emacs Wiki. Obviously.

Email

TMDA: Extremely well designed open source spam-reduction software, based around a challenge/response system on steroids. (See my email page to find out how to contact me at my TMDA-protected address.)
Mutt manual: Where would we be without this scruffy, flea-ridden email reader? ;-)