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中華武俠文化網 = Chinese Wusia Knight-errant
This bilingual web site introduces various aspects of Chinese martial art, such as history of martial art novels, films, novelists, etc.
(Added: 6-Oct-2006 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)
果殼
An open and pluralistic online community of scientific and technological interests, visitors can read the articles on various subjects, members can post articles, questions and comments.
(Added: 12-Dec-2012 / Hits [2013- ]: 11)
香港中小企常用食物規格資料庫
Contains detail information and specifications on commonly used food in Hong Kong. Includes 5 major categories of food: Vegetables, Fruits, Poultry, Meat, and Seafood. Database funded by SME Development Fund.
(Added: 4-Oct-2009 / Hits [2013- ]: 4)
American Rhetoric.com
A well-maintained archive of speeches and rhetoric. Its online speech bank contains over 5000 speeches, in format of mp3, text, and/or original manuscript when available. The Rhetorical Figures in Sound contains 200+ brief audio (mp3) clips illustrating 38 different speech techniques.
(Added: 6-Oct-2003 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)
Centre for Food Safety = 食物安全中心
It contains food regulations and guidelines, food safety tips, nutrient information, and food alerts for 2006-2008.
(Added: 21-Oct-2008 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)
China Virtual Tours
One can select to access the English, GB or Big5 version of this site. For each city, province, or famous tourist attraction area, a short description and a virtual tour of the most representative spots of the place is given. Links to Hotels & Dinings, Transport, Travel Agents, etc. are also available.
(Added: 11-Jan-2000 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)
Cities and Buildings Database
A collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, searchable by country, city, style, architect, date of construction, etc.
(Added: 28-Apr-2003 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)
Codecademy
Offers step-by-step exercises for users to learn how to code using JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, Ruby, etc.
(Added: 5-Mar-2013 / Hits [2013- ]: 94)
How Products Are Made
Explains the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products, from daily household items to complicated electronic equipment and heavy machinery. Detailed descriptions of the manufacturing process, background, raw materials used, and possible future developments are given, usually accompanied with illustrations and diagrams.
(Added: 12-Apr-2006 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)
How Stuff Works
A very informative and interesting site which explains how engines, cell phones, Web services, etc. work. It explains modern technology in simple terms.
(Added: 24-Aug-2000 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)
MagPortal.com
Provides links to summaries or articles in popular magazines, such as,
Time, Asiaweek, Scientific American, etc., along with a full-text search
engine.
(Added: 30-Apr-2003 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)
Metacritic
Compiles reviews from respected critics for films, videos, books, music and games.
(Added: 4-Apr-2005 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)
UCLA Ergonomics: Exercises
Designed to provide office workers with practical
information on ergonomics. It offers helpful tips and images on office stretching exercises, injury prevention and exercises, computer users' work technique checklist, etc.
(Added: 23-Jan-2008 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)
Wikimedia Commons
A media file repository for freely-licensed educational media content such as images, sound and video clips to everyone, in their own language. Includes over 15,000,000 files and 108,000 media collections.
(Added: 5-Mar-2013 / Hits [2013- ]: 95)
Wikitravel
Extensive travel guides and articles on destinations around the globe. Any Internet reader can create, update, edit, and illustrate any article on this Web site.
(Added: 11-Jan-2006 / Hits [2013- ]: 6)
Yahoo! Travel
An extensive travel guide providing information on hotels, flights, cars, interactive maps, travel destinations, etc.
(Added: 15-Nov-2005 / Hits [2013- ]: 3)
Yoga Journal: Poses
Detailed step by step descriptions of yoga poses with their benefits, anatomical focus, therapeutic application, contraindication, modifications, variations, and tips.
(Added: 29-Dec-2006 / Hits [2013- ]: 5)
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