Links
Outdoor Recreation
GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Pages | English
Probably the best site on outdoor recreation. It covers all outdoor activities including hiking, camping, rafting, canoeying, climbing and cycling.
The Mountain Zone | English
Huge site on moutaineering with special areas dedicated to hiking, climbing, biking, winter sports and photography.
Planet Mountain | Italian & English
One of the best Italian portals on mountaineering: climbing, alpine skiing, trekking, gear reviews and articles on main destinations both in Italy and abroad.
thebackpacker.com | English
A reference on the Net for backpacking. It covers basic and advanced topics and contains a wealth of information presented with a clean and professional design.
Travelling around the World
Crazy Dog Travel Guide | English
An incredibly complete travel guide for the budget backpacker covering every possible topic: planning, gear, money, visas, airlines, accomodation, maps, food, photography, etc.
Lonely Planet | English
Plenty of resources for the world traveller: excellent reviews, up to date tourist information, travel guides, websites directory, and lots of user-submitted content. It even features a unified messaging service to be used on the go.
Viaggiare Sicuri | Italiano
A service by the “Automobil Club Italiano” with complete travel info and up-to-date warnings on all world destinations. Absolutely key for any kind of travel.
GPS Navigation and Mapping
gpsinformation.net | English
Probably the most complete website on GPS navigation.
GPS TrackMaker | English
Home of a great Windows free software for GPS units.
GPScomefare.com | Italiano
Currently the best Italian website on GPS navigation.
Digital Photography
Digital Photography Review | English
The reference site for digital photograhy. Latest news, in-depth camera reviews, galleries, tutorials and a very large and lively forum.
Norman Koren Photography | English
Very interesting site with excellent tutorials and photo galleries. Don’t miss the panoramic photos.
Digital Light & Color | English
Home of PictureWindow, in my opinion the most powerful, professional and quality-oriented Windows photo editing tool around. Be sure to visit the articles section for some excellent photo editing white papers.
photools.com | English
Home of IMatch, an extremely powerful Windows image management tool for professional photographers.
Freeware & Open Source Software
Crimson Editor (text editor) | Firefox (web browser) | Gaim (instant messaging) | Filezilla (FTP Client) | The Gimp (image editor) | Picasa (photo library) | Eclipse (development environment) | Freemind (mind-mapping tool) | PINs (password manager) | VideoLAN (media player)