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Links for Wednesday, November 15, 2006

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Creating Passionate Users: Why Does Engineering/Math/Science Education in the US Suck? – “Our educational institutions–at every level–need drastic changes...

Jeff Barr’s Autobiography

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First computer I ever saw was some kind of mainframe which printed out Snoopy posters on a line printer. This was in 5th grade, and I was hooked, even if I d...

Jeff Barr FAQ

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I just completed the first edition of the Jeff Barr FAQ. I think I covered some of the things that come up on a regular basis, but there’s definitely room fo...

Text On a Prim Update III

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The first beta version of my Text On a Prim went out late last week. I got some great feedback and created a second version based on what I learned, then sen...

Links for Monday, November 13, 2006

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Ajax/Javascript: 8 Ways to Create Graphics on the Fly – “Here I list all the techniques I can think of to create graphics and images dynamically when you’...

Links for Friday, November 10, 2006

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Information Week: Second Life Residents Build Stores Around Amazon.com – “*Whether Amazon.com becomes a fixture within Second Life will be left up to its ...

Links for Thursday, November 9, 2006

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Microsoft Live Labs: Photosynth – “*Our software takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and then disp...

Links for Wednesday, November 8, 2006

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VTOR: New to SL? Here are Some Ways to Make Money – “I’ve owned a $25/month tier of land for over six months and have paid that off with money earned insi...

Links for Monday, November 6, 2006

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Daily Tech: NVIDIA “G80″ GeForce 8800GTX Performance Explored – “NVIDIA’s GeForce 8800GTX scores 59% higher than ATI’s current flagship.” Dear Santa, I’ve...

Links for Friday, November 3, 2006

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Thunderbird Add-Ons: Nostalgy – “Adds keyboard shortcuts to change folder, move/copy messages, with folder name auto-completion. Save time and get back th...