Favourite Web Sites

News

• BBC News and Sport
• The Sydney Morning Herald

Sport

• Churchill College Boat Club and Cambridge '99 Rowing Club – my rowing clubs
• Biathlon news and live coverage from Biathlon World and Eurosport
• Formula One: F1 Legend (history), Autosport (current), Why Formula One is finished for me (by Clive James)
• Cycling: Lance Armstrong (the man), Trek (the machine), Graham Watson (photography)
• Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov – the famous figure skating duo
• Australia on CricInfo – cricket news and live scorecards

Engineering

• Career Guide for Engineers and Computer Scientists
• Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass – the delights of research
• MathWorld – mathematics reference
• Why I gave my students at MIT back their tuition money

Computing

• MathWorks – developers of MATLAB and Simulink
• Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing – "a 1997 classic"

Cambridge

• Cambridge Pubs – reviews of 118 local pubs
• Cambridge Cycling Campaign
• Sobering task for Cambridge dean
• Weather

Sydney

• New South Wales National Parks & Wildlife Service
• Cycle rides in and around Sydney

Hiking

• Cicerone Guides – hiking and mountaineering books
• Berggasthaus Trift – a favourite place to stay
• REI and Mountain Equipment Co-op – clothing and equipment
• British Mountaineering Council – insurance
• Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre – GR "topoguides"

Miscellaneous

• Google Maps
• Irène Jacob – Swiss actress from La Double Vie de Véronique
• Despair, Inc. – increasing success by lowering expectations
• FlightView – real-time flight status