Links to other sites - only stuff I use & recommend.

Friends etc.

Simon Kirkman - homepage
Ian Gulliford - charity Great North Run Sep-09
Steve 'Tommy' Tiernan - charity Great North Run Sep-09
Andy Archer - weather station Preston
Matt Mears - our Budapest correspondant
Ed Culshaw - charity runs (London marathon 13-Apr-08)
St. Cuthbert's Lytham - Dale Bridge's parish news
Suzanne "Vega" Venables-Wood - charity runs
Peter Carmichael - 2007 London Marathon
IndieTron - Glen Allen/Rich Emerson's music, gigs & reviews
Andy Young - his paragliding site
Sue & Blair - year-long world pack-packing journal (password = penguin)
Andy & Hazel (Dean) Ryder - our Adelaide reps
John Cushnie - Mr Cushion's PhD research site
Cole 2 - Nick Cole, a.k.a. Gary Lineker. A bit.
Wilson Family - Chris Wilson a.k.a. Curly Watts. A lot.
Wrighty Online - Chris Wright, out of DS&S Derbyshershire
Big Dave Akers - the DS&S Skoda V8 man
Jimbo Cam - Jim Bowers' Lotus Elise track days
Paul & Jo - The Barlymows
Beer Trips - the BAe Electronics boys do what it says on the tin

... and their business ventures

Planet Dance - Janet Buckle's dancewear supplier, Leeds
Blair Drive - Blair Goddard's driving lessons, Bristol
Since1853 - John + Pete Carmich's Swiss watch distibutorship
Ray Key Studios - Charles Jackson's web-design
Fuzzy Duck Brewery - Ben Croston's micro-brewery, Blackpool
Mobile Data Uk - Col Greenwood's company, Preston
Photo Ideas - John Cushnie's latest business venture

General

Free Sat - satellite equivalent of Freeview, owned by BBC/ITV, rivals Sky's Free-to-air
MS Live maps - more zoom than Google Maps/Earth (click 'Bird's Eye'
Google maps - satallite pix of your house
B4U Search - find a name/address in the electorial register
Alan Partridge - dedicated site
Cabaret Fancy Fress - for all your tits & truncheons. Tulketh Brow, Preston
TV Guide - What's on e.g. freeview
Honda Hornet - Owners' club: info & discounts
Our Property - U.K property sale prices

Technical

XL Logic - MS Excel AddIns, e.g. Explode, v good for formular auditing (free)
Pandora Recovery - deleted/reformatted file recovery program (free)
WinSCP - free FTP client, (folder size total, sync'd browsing, keep-alive)
Trycktill - mobile phone unlock, esp. Nokia (free)
BlueCast - re-route WM5 Smartphone audio thro BlueTooth (free trial, I have key)
ExtractNow - RAR (and others) extractor (free)
Gadget Show WiFi - campaign for UK free WiFi
Cool Who Is - find out who owns a web site
Wolfbane - Freeview/digital TV reception predictor
SatSig - Sky satelite alignment help
Get Firefox - secure, reliable MS Internet Explorer replacement (free)
UK Reg - web names (URL resistration) £3/yr & web hosting
Plus Net - ADSL Broadband (£15/month 8Gb/s speed, 2GB/mnth, incl. 250MB hosting)
DVDR Help - a mountain of DVD/R video help & format advice, how it all works etc.
DVD Shrink - decrypt, rip & compress all your DVDs for `backup` (ahem) (free)
DVD De-crypter - decrypt & rips DVDs (free)
Super DVD Copy - DVD ripper, including scratched discs (20 free goes)
CD Covers - DVD & CD Covers; full size cover sleeves (free)
Grisoft AVG - fully functional Anti-Virus/spyware (free)
Zone Alarm - free firewall (N.B. Windows XP SP2 already has an adequate firewall)

Work stuff (yawn)

Eclipse Data Ltd - my freelance software/systems company
Plug & Socket - my electrician business
Danbro - my accountant in Blackpool