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Nokia N800 memory cards

Nokia Memory – N800 Internet Tablet Memory Upgrades (tags: memory nokia n800) Internet Tablet School: Nokia N800: Which memory cards to use (tags: tutorial nokia n800 memory card)

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Englebart’s Demo & Death By Audio links for 2008-12-10

Dec. 9, 1968: The Mother of All Demos 1968: Computer scientist Douglas Engelbart kicks off the personal computer revolution with a product demonstration that is so amazing it inspires a generation of technologists. It will become known as “the mother of all demos.” (tags: technology history Computers Wired mouse) self-titled – no. 2 [36 – […]

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NP, Medical Dictionary & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-12-02

What are P, NP-Complete, and NP-Hard? | Explorations We start with the idea of a decision problem, a problem for which an algorithm can always answer “yes” or “no.” We also need the idea of two models of computer (Turing machine, really): deterministic and non-deterministic. A deterministic computer is the regular computer we always thinking […]

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Human Rights Compaign – Buying for Equality

The Human Rights Campaign made their 2008 version of Buying for Equality. Download your own copy and use it. We can and do make a differnece by  how we live our lives and spend our money. The URL for getting a copy is http://www.hrc.org/buyersguide2009/ You can download the guide in PDF, request a print copy,  or […]

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Asymptotic Cost Models & Population Growth links for 2008-11-20

Lectures and Recitations – 6.006 Introduction to Algorithms (tags: python asymptotic cost models) Population Growth CIA – The World Factbook — United States (tags: CIA Factbook geography) Population Estimates Change (tags: statistics us) International Data Base (IDB) – Pyramids (tags: statistics Country Age census demography geography population pyramids) International Data Base (IDB) – Total Midyear […]

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Python Tutorial & Home-made Gifts links for 2008-11-17

A Byte of Python This book will help you to learn the Python programming language, whether you are new to computers or are an experienced programmer. (tags: python Reference book training tutorial programming) Gifts from the Heart | WholeFoodsMarket.com Wrap up your holiday shopping without leaving the house! From flavored sugar and spiced oils to […]

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Inside Higher Ed, Nature Conservancy e-Cards & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-10

Inside Higher Ed – leaving teaching I’m Leaving :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs I got the job at the liberal arts college, where I received tenure, and even served as a department chair (a burden, not an honor, I tell you). I now want out. (tags: teaching) […]

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Post-election Editorials, Services for Nonprofits, & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-09

Election  Op-Ed Columnist – Obama and the War on Brains – NYTimes.com Barack Obama’s election is a milestone in more than his pigmentation. The second most remarkable thing about his election is that American voters have just picked a president who is an open, out-of-the-closet, practicing intellectual. (tags: obama editorial) Op-Ed Columnist – It Still […]

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Privacy & Google, Web 2.0 StoryTelling & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-06

Consumer Watchdog: Fighting Corporateering: Fighting Corporateering – Action 4: Ask Google To Protect Your Privacy ASK GOOGLE TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY (tags: google privacy chrome) Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE CONNECT A story has a beginning, a middle, and a cleanly wrapped-up ending. Whether told around a campfire, […]

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Uplands Cheese & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-10-06

Uplands Cheese Company – Ordering Pleasant Ridge Reserve Cheese pasture cheese (tags: cheese) A Place to Bury Strangers A Place to Bury Stangers Rewires Noise Rock | Listening Post from Wired.com I grew up listening to The Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, and My Bloody Valentine. That is what really inspired me to play guitar. […]

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