The Night Sky. Really nicely paced slide-based guide on how to read the stars. Loading image-slices sometimes give the game away sadly, would've been better served by flat image maps.
The Night Sky. Really nicely paced slide-based guide on how to read the stars. Loading image-slices sometimes give the game away sadly, would've been better served by flat image maps.
NEETS - Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series. Nice gentle intro to a variety of electrical engineering related stuff by the looks of it.
Python in 10 minutes. Handy refresher / intro on the salient points of Python.
JRuby: An Introduction. There's been plenty of mentions of the potential for speed gains, but here's a short walk through what's possible when Java and Ruby are on good speaking terms.
Vim for PHP programmers (PDF). Not PHP-specific at all actually, just a good power-user overview. Trying to decide on which non-GUI editor to learn more thoroughly since I'm spending a bit more time using ssh these days.
DVD Authoring | Linux Journal. Fairly comprehensive tutorial on authoring DVDs via the command line
Lists And Lists: Java Version. A lisp machine inside a z-machine? Only touched the surface but I can almost taste the recursion already.
http://tonypa.pri.ee/vectors/start.html. 2D vector maths for flash.
Google Maps API Tutorial. Not much to look at, but I found a fix in here for an infoWindow sizing problem I was having, so maybe there other helpful tips to be found in it.
Slash7 with Amy Hoy - Secrets of the Rails Console Ninjas. Nice clear roundup of things you can do with script/console
screen - The Terminal Multiplexer. Good starter overview.
Rails Envy: Ruby on Rails Rake Tutorial (aka. How rake turned me into an alcoholic). Basic tutorial on using Rake, with a sprinkling of historical background.
Django | Writing your first Django app, part 1 | Django Documentation. Wondering how best to try out Django finally. Ben pointed me towards this quick tutorial.
Online Education Free. "Massive resource list for autodidacts"
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. Wow, a clean html version of SICP with maths examples you can actually read!
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Video Lectures. Video lectures from 1986 to accompany the Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs book
Dive Into Greasemonkey. Just installed after putting off for ages. It's used by this odd sekrit squirrel thing that whytheluckystiff just made.
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