STARRY NIGHT

Posted on November 16th, 2008 by Joy Schwabach

Anyone who has looked at the night sky has wondered about what they see. It would be nice to know if that bright star is Betelgeuse, in the belt of Orion the Hunter, or Polaris, the North Star that has guided so many travelers for thousands of years. In fact, most of us haven’t a clue.

So we have been trying out a new device from telescope maker Meade (Meade.com). It’s called MySky Plus.

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INTERNUTS

Posted on November 16th, 2008 by Joy Schwabach

Instructables.com and yoursprout.com

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BOOKS

Posted on November 16th, 2008 by Joy Schwabach

O’Reilly’s “Head First” series is totally great, as they like to say in Silicon Valley. We often consult “Head First HTML,” to figure out web page coding. Well, here are two new ones.

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