In my odyssey through computer science school I’ve learned that there are two foundational languages that are must haves. If you already know them walking into the collegiate computer lab from high school you will have a major leg up on your freshman class mates. If you are a high schooler or coding hobbyist learn […]

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I figured out a new trick! I feel like such a smart guy. Guess what? Did you know you could embed YouTube clips into your e-mails the same way you do on a blog? It’s just a code copy-and-paste. When you send the e-mail, your recipients will see the middle of the bracketed “object” embed […]

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If you see a video on somebody’s blog that you want to copy to your own, here’s an easy way to do it. Just click on the “menu” button at the bottm right corner of the video player. You’ll see a section on the next screen on the right side that reads “ embed”. Just […]

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Here’s my first test YouTube video. It was shot on the way to a Toastmasters Winter Club Officer Training meeting. By the way you can find your favorite local club here, find out what their meeting schedule is and sign up to begin improving your public speaking skills.
Until then check out the video and see […]

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I’m finally getting my web programming legs back under me, ladies and gentlemen. I recently checked out this cool book from Auburn’s campus library that covers the HTML, XHTML and CSS basics in seventeen chapters.
The meat is in the first thirteen. I did a quick read of the last four which are a summary […]

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I am really enjoying my first course at Auburn. In the first couple of weeks I’ve learned the basic structure and commands to output text to the screen and do math calculations. We’re doing money and calendar conversions this week. The command structure is easy enough to pick up on. I downloaded the Mac version […]

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