Sharks. Lightning. Blind dates. What do you do? Worst-Case Scenarios Online is here to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step instructions on everything you need to know FAST
(Mostly HP JetDirects, but a little info on the Ricoh Savins), This article will attempt to point out some of the more interesting things that can be done with a network based printer to make it reveal information about its users, owners and the network i
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a fantastic tool to add layout to your websites. It can save you a lot of time and it enables you to design websites in a completely new way. CSS is a must for anyone working with web design.
"When the lady at the corner market runs the package over the scanner (or whatever it is they do in your area), the computerized cash register reads the UPC code as a string of binary digits."
This Subversion cheat sheet was created during the initial setup of Subversion on Apache 2.0 on Windows and Mac OS X. A detailed tutorial covering most of the features of Subversion can be found in the online Subversion book.
all the Linux subjects, in a well organized order, in 100 chapters in six courses: Base, WebMaster, X Window, Networking, System Administration and Programming.
You'll find plain-English information here about using Linux on a personal computer or on a shell account provided by your ISP. After a brief history and overview of Linux, you'll find a concise and occasionally light-hearted treatment of these topics.
These examples are taken from "A Plagiarism Pentimento" (Rebecca Moore Howard, Journal of Teaching Writing, Summer 1993), but the discussion of the examples was written--and revised--by the faculty of Drew University in 1998-99
how to give a talk (using slides or transparencies) in computer science, concisely distilled. Most of these thoughts are based on going to conferences and seeing the same mistakes repeated by a plurality of speakers.
basically the Flash Nap project with a few extra features and some work. It's also a minimal version of "Light/Sound" hypnosis machines that cost hundreds of dollars, but if you have parts, this one will cost just a couple of bucks. NO PROGRAMMING REQUIRE
every game starts out as the handmade creation of the inventor, which eventually becomes a standardized and mass produced product; but sometimes the commercial versions of games are not available, too expensive, or just not nice enough
"I could write a spelling corrector that achieves 80 or 90% accuracy at a rate of at least 10 words per second." and did, a guide on how it works is included also.
trying to introduce people to Bayesian reasoning is that the existing online explanations are too abstract. Bayesian reasoning is very counterintuitive. People do not employ Bayesian reasoning intuitively, find it very difficult to learn Bayesian reason
10% of what we READ, 20% of what we HEAR, 30% of what we SEE, 50% of what we SEE and HEAR, 70% of what is DISCUSSED with OTHERS, 80% of what is EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY, 95% of what we TEACH TO SOMEONE ELSE
Instead of using a piece of paper, your calculator, or a computer math software program, you can now solve mathematical problems with Google’s built-in calculator function.
Nice little guide to building an IR transceiver - uses the USB port for stable 5V, but includes a link in the comments to a decent circuit diagram that uses a voltage regulator and therefore doesn't need the USB port for power.
The New to Java Center provides customized learning paths to its collection of links to tutorials, articles, online books, and software downloads. (from SUN)
xplains the use and usage of the inline assembly feature provided by GCC. There are only two prerequisites for reading this article, and that’s obviously a basic knowledge of x86 assembly language and C.
By learning a few good knots and practicing them now and then, you will be well prepared for those times when you need to tie secure knots in rope or string.
Fun, fashion & science in this quirky site about shoelaces. Whether you want to learn to lace shoes, tie shoelaces, stop shoelaces from coming undone, calculate shoelace lengths or even repair aglets.
by Bill Green. using the Sobel and the Laplace methods."Edges characterize boundaries and are therefore a problem of fundamental importance in image processing"
a small device which plugs into a $20 prepaid mobile phone to make a GPS tracker. The Tracker responds to text message commands, detects motion, and sends you its exact position, ready for Google Maps or your mapping software
Making lens flare textures; Making cellular textures; Good normals for metaballs; Packing lightmaps into larger textures; Fun with the PQ-torus; Point in triangle test; Tunnels; Blur; Circular harmonics and more
Weekend Project Podcast: Make simple radios to listen too. These were made with materials that they could get their hands on and were small enough to carry around in a big pocket.
If your own water is safe from heavy metals, but you still like the way water tastes when it's been through something like a Britta filter, there's an easy way to convert the filter to be reusable, saving a ton of waste and a bit of money.
a comprehensive free tutorial to the Ruby language. Eventually it will form a book of more than 400 pages in 20 chapters. It is being provided in the form of PDF chapters, each of which is accompanied by ready-to-run source code for all the examples in ea
Cairo is a powerful 2d graphics library. This document introduces you to how cairo works and many of the functions you will use to create the graphic experience you desire.