2007 February

I came across this library, and it keeps getting updated, so I thought I would bring this library of public domain clip art to everyone’s attention. The wpClipArt web site is located here. The maintainer of this library is quite adept and has made a great deal of effort in making everything [...]

Today’s installment will be my last on this subject for a while. I will be moving onto another category of Open Source applications. I am not tired of this subject, I have just exhausted my repository of saved information, and since I am trying to find work I don’t have a lot of [...]

This entry is about two more Java programs that help memorize facts, or vocabulary using the Leitner Flash Card method. The two applications are called jMemorize and jVLT ( java Vocabulary Learning Tool). The nice thing about the other programs was that the Web site acted as a collection point for lessons, but [...]

This entry continues my current series on learning programs. This installment is about Asymptopia software that include TuxMathScrabble, Multiplication Station, and Crossword Builder. These applications together teach mostly multiplication, using flash cards, or crossword type puzzles. The home website for these programs is here. But you have to use the [...]

Today’s installment is another entry in my series about learning tools that can be used on your computer. These programs are of the same type since they are all flash card type programs, but one is sophisticated enough to allow you to include pictures and some sounds. Some of the programs have lessons, like capitals, [...]

The next series of entries will all be children’s learning games. These fall into several categories, adventure, puzzle solving, typing, and zappers. My children have played them all from Winnie the Pooh, to various science oriented puzzle games, to the Magic School Bus Games. None of the games that I will be [...]

Today I am sitting at home waiting, hoping to hear from several people hoping waiting for a job to come so that I can have some income to go with the outgo this weekend. In that vein how about your income and outgo, do you create content, generate files, or just plain help other [...]

This entry will be really short since I am coming to the end of my energy.
The first game is a real treat and that is jRisk, The Risk(tm) board game on a computer written in java, and there are maps that are different from reality as well. For use chemically inclined individuals [...]

Today I have been really busy trying to keep my life together and still maintain a semblance of normality for my children. It’s tough when your next infusion of money is uncertain, and the regular bills still keep coming, there is also the uncertainty of should I stop that insurance policy that costs 100/month or [...]

Well in my 20 some odd years of being a professional I have been fired, let go, downsized, etc. It hurts no matter how humane the process. NO matter how many times they told me that “this was not performance related,” no matter how many times they said “we have no issue with your [...]