My Personal Choice of Tools & Internet Resources

Research Tool:

• Google Scholar
• Wikipedia
• Publisher list
• ACM portal
• IEEE Xplore
• ScienceDirect
• Scimago
• EigenFactor

Nice and Free Tools to download:

• IrfanView (Free Simple image processing software, small Photoshop)
• VirtualDub (Free Video capture, similar to IMovie, Window movie maker)
• Audacity (Free Sound and audio editor)
• Blender (Free 3D graphics, similar to Maya, Studio 3D Max)
• R (Free Statistical package similar to SPSS, SAS, Minitab). Dont forget to download the R Commander for the GUI
• Scilab (Free Matlab-like software)
• VLC media player (Watch your DVD with it)
• Maxima (Free Computer Algebra Sytem for symbolic computation). Use wxMaxima for better GUI
• Kurzweil CyberArt software to make art, poet
• ExplorerXP (Powerful File Manager)
• GNU Software list for Windows

World Time & Space :

• World map time zone
• Local time of cities
• World meeting planner
• Distance between cities

Language:

• Merriam-Webster's ® Dictionary
• English-Japanese Translator
• URL translator Japanese to English
• AltaVista
• Itools
• Download Japanese Kanji Learning tool
• Learning Chinese

Currency converter: XE, FX, X-Rates, CNN

Code Converter

• ASCII table
• Morse Code

Web online tools:

• Reverse domain - get IP address from domain name and vice versa
• link checker - verify that links from a page or site aren't broken
• Speed test - check your connection speed
• Google Keyword tool - get ideas for new keywords that can help you improve your ad relevance
• Overture Keyword selector - count how many time the term was search last month
• Markup validation services - check the documents of your web site
• Web Archive - history of your web contents
• SEO Tools
• Google Webmaster Central

Free courses:

• MIT open course - a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world
• Kardi Teknomo Tutorial - free introductory tutorials

Online Books

• Urban Operational Model - Spatial queuing, network, simulation
• Planning Algorithm - Motion planning, decision theoretic
• Numerical recipes - in C, C++ and Fortran
• Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction by Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto

General International news: (reading news from different sides may reveal better understanding)

• Google News
• BBC
• CNN
• NHK
• Manila Bulletin
• Indian News
• Jerusalem Post
• ArabNews
• Haaretz
• kompas
• Jakarta Post
• SwissInfo
• Korea Times
• Taipei Times
• Japan Times

Technology & Science news:

• TechRepublic
• ScienceDaily
• Dr.Dobb's Journal
• Spectrum
• PC World
• Wired
• Distributed System
• TechWeb
• Computer Society
• Computer
• ComputingScienceEng
• BitPipe
• NewsFactor
• New Scientist
• ScienceMag
• GizMag
• Space
• Computer world
• Open Source

Those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(1 Corinthians 7:31)