Posted on September 24th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
From the mid 19th through the 20 century, America was the world leader in technology. Perhaps the most important driver of those advances was kids who liked to take apart clocks. They took apart other things as well, of course: toasters, radios, automobile engines, etc.
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Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Gamustra.com and Kongregate.com have contacts that budding game developers may find useful.
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Posted on July 9th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
This book shows you how to make LEGO toy trains, robots, and creatures.
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Posted on June 16th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Making money with iPhone and iPad apps.
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Posted on August 31st, 2008 by Joy Schwabach
Inspiration is fleeting. Brahms once raced wildly across a field to get home and write the notes of a new theme before it fled his mind completely.
Should a similar problem arise for you, you can use your phone as a note-taking device by dialing phone numbers for either of two free services. Maybe hum a few bars. The two services, ReQall.com and Jott.com let your record your thoughts, even a simple to-do list, which can then be emailed, text messaged or read back when you call again.
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Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Joy Schwabach
People who started using computers many years ago probably remember BASIC, a relatively simple and easy to learn programming language that allowed them to write their own programs.
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Posted on March 7th, 2008 by Joy Schwabach
O’Reilly Media, which gained notice and respect the past several years as a publisher of technical books, is now offering online classes that lead to certification in a number of professional categories. The certification is provided by the University of Illinois, which has a strong reputation in computer technology.
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