NetLingo "has thousands of definitions that easily explain the Internet and the online world of business, technology, and communication."

In additon to the dictionary, the site also provides the top 20 internet acronyms every parent needs to know, top 20 tech terms that are now common expressions, and top 20 newbie terms eveyone needs to know.

There's also a handy list of acronyms and text messaging shorthand, plus a list of online jargon and a list of smileys and emoticons.

Dogpeople Ltd is: "A directory of pet friendly accommodation and dog friendly hotels, self catering, cottages, b&b, pubs, places to eat, attractions and holiday parks within the UK."

If you are studying history or simply want to find out more about history, this site is a fantastic resource:

Best of History Web Sites "is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more."

howtocomplain.com "is an independent British website aimed at making complaints work for everyone: consumers, companies and government."

The site provides useful tips and advice regarding complaints procedures as well as this very useful feature: complaint letter templates.

What's On 4 Little Ones aims " to be the UK's first website with comprehensive details of the classes and activities for children in your area, that you can enjoy with your young children under 5."

There is no charge to use the directory and you can search by county/major city or post town/borough, type of activity or activity name – or a combination of these.

The Public Whip "is a project to watch Members of the United Kingdom Parliament, so that the public (people like us) can better understand and influence their voting patterns."

Fancyapint? is a guide to pubs in London. You can search for a pub by name - via the alphabetical listing or by location or by rating (pint icons are used to rate the pubs with five 'pints' being the best)

If you love movies, you will appreciate The Movie Review Query Engine which is the largest online database for movie reviews.

I know that when I want to go see a particular movie but I want to know more about it, I like to read a few reviews first. It's true that you can use a well known search engine like Google to find a review but it would take time to find several reviews whereas it's all easily accessible with the Movie Review Query Engine.

Living On A Dime provides lots of practical tips and advice about frugal living, budgeting and homemaking. You can find lots of free money saving recipes and useful money saving articles.

Flags of the World (FOTW) is the Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags).

For those times when you get stuck for blogging ideas and need some inspiration from a meme, The Daily Meme is a useful site to help you find a variety of meme sites.

uSwitch is a very useful site to help you compare prices for all kinds of services and products. It's easy to "search, switch and save money on all your home services and financial products."

According to their website:

uSwitch.com is a free, impartial online and phone based comparison and switching service that helps customers compare prices on a range of services including gas, electricity, home phone, broadband providers and personal finance products. Our aim is to help customers take advantage of the best prices and services on offer from suppliers.

eatwell is the Food Standards Agency's consumer advice and information site.

There is a lot on the site such as advice for a healthy diet, specific information geared to different ages and stages, health issues, keeping food safe, and a clear explanation about food labels.

The site also provides handy calculators: the Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator and a calorie calculator.

Gumtree.com is the UK's biggest website for local community classifieds including flat share, flat rentals and jobs.

Gumtree is not just in the UK - it covers 60 cities across 6 countries.

Green-Car-Guide.com offers car buying advice - particularly green cars - for the UK.

The site "is designed to celebrate manufacturers developing more environmentally-friendly cars and to inform car buyers about the best green choices."

Vegboxschemes.co.uk "was devised and built by Simon & Jos in September 2006, two dads with a passion for locally produced food."

Use the site to find your local box scheme

Real Simple magazine offers "useful strategies" that "focus on making busy women’s lives easier" and their website, RealSimple.com "translates the magazine’s content and philosophy to the web by providing a fast, easy way to search more than 6,000 solutions for everyday life. But it’s much more than an information resource; with its unique online tools, RealSimple.com becomes the ultimate time-saver."

Real Simple is a very useful site. It's packed with lots and lots of tips and ideas - organizing, cleaning, meals, life skills, and more - to help make life easier.

Eric's origami page at paperfolding.com explains the history of origami , origami and math, plus diagrams showing origami basics.

The medical terms and special vocabulary used by people in the NHS (National Health Service)can be baffling so I was pleased to find this:
Your Guide to Understanding Terms Used in the NHS!

The CRAFT blog is a fun, useful blog all about crafts with plenty of projects, books, tools, and more.

"You’ll find all the most up to date happenings in the crafts world here."

007Handyman is a family run business based in Dulwich, South London.

According to their website, "We are the cheapest Handyman service on the internet!" The prices do seem very reasonable indeed: £45 for the first hour and £35 per hour thereafter.

If you are in need of their services (gardening, carpentry, painting, decorating, plastering, and lots more) the area they cover is Kent, Surrey, SW London and SE London.

The team of fully qualified tradesman will help you "to do the jobs that you don't have time to do. No job is too small."

Netmums is one of my favourite sites on the web for parents and others involved in the care of children.

The site offers lots of practical tips and advice - for places to go, things to do, parties, recipes, education, healthcare - as well as a friendly forum called "The Netmums Coffee House" where members can chat to other netmums from around the country or local boards for when you want to connect with people locally.

Netmums is a members only site but membership is free.

PetEducation.com is a fantastic resource for pet owners or anyone wanting to learn more about pet care. The comprehensive site offers expert advice and information about all types of pets.

The (American) site is owned & operated by two practicing veterinarians - Dr. Race Foster and Dr. Marty Smith - who "established and fund the largest and most comprehensive pet information web site on the Internet. Their PetEducation.com web site contains more than 2,800 in-depth articles written by the Drs. Foster & Smith veterinary staff."

Eco-Chick is a fun and informative blog written by a group of women about green issues.

This explanation is from their first post (October 2005):

Eco-chick is design and style’s eco-home on the web. We are dedicated to finding the stuff that makes life fun and has a minimum impact on our mother Earth. While we have a woman’s perspective, all are welcome to contribute. We hope that you will find accessible ways to make your home and self fabulous,

If you love sweets and you have a hankering for the old fashioned kind that aren't readily available in shops anymore, you will probably like to peruse and bookmark the following two online businesses:

Mrs Browns Traditional Victorian Sweet shop which "has hunted down nearly 300 traditional sweets and old-fashioned forgotten sweets from days gone by."

and

Village Sweet Shop which "stocks over 600 different sweets ranging from Herbal Tablets to Flying Saucers."

CurryPages.com,The UKs Premier Indian Restaurant Guide provides a useful search engine - you can search by town, city or postcode.

There are other handy features on the site for curry fans too, such as restaurant reviews and a useful Dish Glossary.

Your Daily Art is a blog about art.

Martha, from Cleveland, Ohio, describes her blog as an art history blog and explains:

The format is simple and the purpose is to show you a piece of art, give you a little background, and leave the rest up to you.

Find Me A Milkman is a handy search engine that does exactly what it says. To find your local milkman, you simply type in your postcode in the box.

Kidsguide.co.uk is "your local guide to children’s events, kids’ activities, childcare and family days out."

The site is packed with useful information and ideas for parents!

Babyworld - "the leading UK web site for information on pregnancy and babies."

The site features informative articles, a babyworld shop, a forum, product reviews and competitions.

Tree2mydoor "is the award winning tree gifts company that specialise in sending trees as gifts to happy people around the UK." They also sell other eco friendly gifts,organic clothing and natural jute shopping bags.