Here's a handful of sites that have some useful free online tutorials & resources: WolframAlpha - type in a question ... get some pretty neat answers (tutorial here) W3Schools - A generous and thorough coverage of web technology and it's underpinnings; a great reference for many languages and architectures. Lynda.com - Even non-subscribers have a wealth of useful … [Read more...] about Great online tutorials & resources
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Happy Feet and Antarctic cool for New Year’s Eve
Today, we saw a matinee of the movie "Happy Feet" (which actually had a great message, and the sheer magnitude of the animation effort is worth seeing, not to mention the great music) ... Now I'm listening to Music from the Hearts of Space, which I've enjoyed off and on for over two decades, since the days of listening on Sunday evenings on KPFA when it aired live; the program … [Read more...] about Happy Feet and Antarctic cool for New Year’s Eve
About the header graphic – Lake Wakatipu
A quick update about the picture at the top of each page; a few years ago, we visited the Queenstown area of New Zealand and drove around a portion of Lake Wakatipu with the Southern Alps in the background toward Glenorchy, where we had lunch listening to Zorba the Greek (just a few days after trying a bit of Zorbing. You can see the full image here. The scenery was … [Read more...] about About the header graphic – Lake Wakatipu