When "surfing" the web use (the annotations that look like algebra are memory prompts on how to use some of the search engines) the following sites can be useful:
Google with a New Zealand site and Blog Search "a b" ~a
Wayback Machine the Internet Archive
Bing from Microsoft
Excite +a +b "a b" a AND b
Lycos +a +b
Archway-style Collection search - unofficial search of Archives NZ
Dogpile a metasearch site
Alexa - coming soon with AI
You.com - AI based
WolframAlpha a computational knowledge engine
Social networking sites:
TweetDeck presorts arriving tweets into predefined groups.
TinyURL.com is useful for reducing the length of URLs when posting them in Twitter.
For internet news see:
Search Engine Watch - search engine developments
Aardvark - Bruce Simpson focusing on Australasia
For video see YouTube.
Relevant social media analytics are available on Social Blade NEW.
For live radio from around the world try radio.net NEW.
I am using Google Sites as the primary location for my Home Page:
I had been using Yahoo GeoCities as an alternative location (http://www.geocities.com/macilree/) but this closed in late 2009.
I have used Google Analytics to track visits to my home pages and my weblog.
My Internet Service Provider was IHUG (which was taken over by Vodafone) and is now Spark.
I now use Gmail, a free web-based email system which allows me greater flexibility in accessing email from other locations. Close up the gaps and contact me on macilree @ gmail.com
My office email address was j.macilree@transport.govt.nz. I no longer use macilree@ihug.co.nz.
For video conferencing I use Zoom
I did also download ICQ from Mirabilis. My ICQ# is 18135039 but I have ceased to use it.
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Last updated on 28 January 2025