Learning

This entry is about Draco, an Open Source application written in Java that provides so much statistical functionality, that if this app improves very much more I will not need any other package. Do not let the Econometrics label throw you, this package includes ordinary, two stage, logistics, and nonlinear Least Square Regression of [...]

This entry is about another mathematically oriented software package, that also has lots of other capabilities. I earlier write about FreeMat a MatLab workalike. SciLab has some of those capabilities, like optimization, Least Squares Regression, modeling of discrete systems, but SciLab can also acquire data from GPIB instruments, ADwin Real-Time and Data-Acquisition (DAQ), serial [...]

This very short entry into this blog is because I have neglected to mention this wonderful article on Crave.
This is a site that is often digg’ed that I simply neglected to mention until I was cleaning out my e-mail closets
This site gives you their Top Ten Open Source alternatives to commercial applications. For [...]

This entry is not really open source, but since so many people including myself use Firefox, and Thunderbird then you should all know about MozBackup. I once made the mistake of overwriting my boot partition, thinking that all my Thunderbird, and Firefox bookmarks, and e-mails would be safe. Boy was I wrong !!!! [...]

This is something I came across while hunting for something else, so I have not tried it myself, since I have little need for creating web pages. I do most of my work in C++, Windows, Gnome, wxWidgets using open source environments like Ultimate ++. But I digress this application claims to rival [...]

This entry is not really an application but a Web site that has helped my boy, with his chemistry. This Web site is a periodic table that gives electron orbitals, abundance, and isotopes of each element. So you can use this periodic table for your nuclear physics class in college as well. [...]

This java application that I am going to start using is called ItSucks and is located here. I am going to be testing this little java app against my custom written in “C” spiders on my Linux machine. I will be using these spiders to find specialized Web pages that I have a [...]

Today’s entry is an update of an old favorite: Hangman! That’s right, along with Monopoly, Battleship, and umpteen other old fashioned games we grew up with, this game has been computerized! The improvements in this case include English and Spanish vocabularies. While this game is not Open Source, it is free for non [...]

After a long period of absence due to looking for a permanent position I will be adding to this blog on at least a weekly basis since I will no longer have to be gone on weekends searching for housing in different areas of the country. A Job finally opened up in my local [...]

This application is another quizzing program that is oriented towards vocabulary, but since the words are typed in by you they can be translation exercises as well as simple English words, periodic chemical names, and a whole host of text.
There are sets of learning cards like 111 French animals, U.S. State Capitals, and a search [...]

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 going to describe several applications that I use very infrequently since I no longer model experimental systems like I did when i worked as a research engineer at SRI International. in those days i had to write my own code, but nowadays we just plug in the equations into an app [...]

This is a jave application that can used in batch files, WSH (Windows Shell Host), or other scripting languages to en/decrypt files with passwords that you can provide, or extract from a database. This tool is so good that I have insisted that all our sales people keep their customer lists encrypted using this [...]

The MIT Website is here.
The courses are so comprehensive that I can not possibly do them justice, I know now I can begin studies in fields like “Statistical Learning Theory and Applications”, “Mathematics for Computer Science”, “Holographic Imaging”, and “Theater and Cultural Diversity in the U.S.” The course works include the books used in [...]

Even though I am “married” to Buddi, GFP is a program that I found a little while ago and have taken the time to read the installation and look through the tutorials. Yes, tutorials with screen shots and descriptions. I know, I know, real men don’t read manuals, don’t need help, and can always find [...]

NUT is a program that I have been using for a while to find the various nutritional components of what is in my pantry. But be warned there is only a command line version and no GUI. So if you do not wish to type, then forget this program and I will try to find [...]