www.faxyourmp.com
Most people don't know the name of their member of parliament, let alone their constituency. This website allows you to search for your local MP by postcode and subsequently send a fax, explaining your qualm or query. Window shoppers can find out background information about their local MPs or read recent Parliamentary speeches. For those of a political disposition, this could be just the chance to make your opinion heard without chaining yourself to the gates of Downing Street.
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www.bibliomania.com
If you're partial to a bit of Shakespeare, Wilde or Freud, don your reading cap and investigate this online literature library. Within the Read section are most literary genres, such as classic fiction, drama and poetry, and there's also a search function to find a specific quote, phrase or scholarly piece.
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www.charitygifts.com
Billed as the 'official charity mall', this site works as a shopping portal containing a range of goods which can be bought from 25 UK aid organisations. You can select your favourite charity and browse its online catalogue. When you complete a purchase, a contribution is made to your chosen charity.
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www.dvdeastereggs.com
Despite the name, DVD Eastereggs are commonplace all year round. An Easteregg is a hidden feature within most DVD movies. Discovering these usually requires remote-control programming but this site contains a list of DVD movies with all the instructions for unlocking their secret goodies.
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www.macdomain.co.uk
Check out this basic but useful site dedicated to the Apple computer. You will find information on old models, the contemporary iMac and newer G4 systems, and also what the future has in store for the Macintosh. You can download shareware programs and follow links to other Apple-related Web pages.
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www.shopirish.com
If you can't make the short journey overseas for a taste of Ireland, this website has some great gift ideas for anyone who's up for the craic. Everything is in one way or another linked to Ireland and the site supports the peacemaking efforts in Northern Ireland through the Irish Children's Fund.
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www.historytoday.com
Marking its 50th anniversary, History Today has developed an online reference guide, containing countless aspects of history, places, events and people across all eras. It offers browsers the chance to access more than six million words and 100,000 articles from the past 21 years of publication.
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The rich list
If you think Premiership football stars get paid an obscene wage, have at look at this selection of folk who make David Beckham look like a peasant. Most of us won't earn half as much in our lifetimes as these people do in a month, but with all the harsh publicity they get, who'd want to?
www.whosrich.com
Although not the most enthralling website we've ever come across, this jaw-dropping 'who's wealthy' list estimates just how rich the rich actually get. If you haven't yet guessed, a certain Bill Gates tops the bill with the UK's very own David Sainsbury 67 places beneath him. From here you can also view a celebrity rich list and find out who makes the most money in the world of sport.
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www.driveways.com
This website is of American origin and features a gallery of images of celebrity residential driveways. Developed from a US cable television series, this satirical look at the wealthy is also quite an interesting read. Interviews with the stars' gardeners, handymen and postmen give you a wry look into the lives of the world's top-earners.
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www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/ tech/billgate/gates.htm
No round-up would be complete without a glimpse of the world's richest person and how they live. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is currently the world's richest person, earning an estimated $300 (£200) per second. From this website you can take a virtual tour around the Gates mansion and examine every nook and cranny.
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http://absolutenow.com:8082/ mugshots
They may be rich, they may be famous but just like us they all have the odd skeleton in the cupboard. This site contains a file of well-known celebrities who have been arrested in the past and their subsequent mug-shots. Bear in mind that the fact that these people have mugshots does not mean they were found guilty.
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