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Cobra vs. Python
Cheap Kindle Books, many books, many topics
This week’s most likely to be banned AND cheap on Kindle*: Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time … Continue reading Cheap Kindle Books, many books, many topics
Massive Holiday Shopping Suggestions for Science and Technology Nerds
Before going on to my regular suggestions (which will link to Amazon via my associates account, so I get a small bounty), note that at this time, and probably for only a few days, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going by Neil deGrasse Tyson is … Continue reading Massive Holiday Shopping Suggestions for Science and Technology Nerds
Celestial Calculations: This Book Promises To Not Hurt You
To calculate the exact location of a star, planet, or satellite, read the appropriate chapter in this book, download the source code, data files, or binaries, as needed from the publisher, and off you go on a wild adventure that combines star gazing, mathematics, and coding. I am especially attracted to science or technology books … Continue reading Celestial Calculations: This Book Promises To Not Hurt You
How to do science with a computer: workflow tools and OpenSource philosophy
I have two excellent things on my desk, a Linux Journal article by Andy Wills, and a newly published book by Stefano Allesina and Madlen Wilmes. They are: Computing Skills for Biologists: A Toolbox by Stefano Allesina and Madlen Wilmes, Princeton University Press. Open Science, Open Source, and R, by Andy Wills, Linux Journal Why … Continue reading How to do science with a computer: workflow tools and OpenSource philosophy
Making Raspberry Pi Robots
At the core of this post is a review of a new book, Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi: Build and Code Your Own Moving, Sensing, Thinking Robots. I recommend it as a great above-basic level introduction to building a standard robot, learning a bit about the Linux operating system, learning to program in Python, and … Continue reading Making Raspberry Pi Robots
How to be a hacker
Wikipedia tells us that a “computer hacker is any skilled computer expert that uses their technical knowledge to overcome a problem.” The all knowing one goes on to note that the term has been linked in popular parlance with the made up Wikipedia word “security hacker.” Such an individuals “uses bugs or exploits to break … Continue reading How to be a hacker
STEM Holiday Gifts for Kids
The Manga Guide to Cryptography
Almost Free Computer, Coding, Game Programming Books
Have a look at the list of books, below. Would you like a subset, or all, of these books, in electronic format, for very cheap? There is a way to do that. Note: This is time sensitive, the offer running for just about two weeks and it started yesterday. I’ve reviewed several of these books … Continue reading Almost Free Computer, Coding, Game Programming Books
Clay Higgins: McCarthyism
Scientists are now being subjected to unbridled McCarthyism. Eventually the transcript will be available, but for now you’ll have to just trust me on this. Congressman Clay Higgins, Republican on Lamar Smith’s alt-Science committee, demanded today to know if climate scientist Michael Mann (author of The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our … Continue reading Clay Higgins: McCarthyism
Books On Computer Programming and Computers
Python Learning Python Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming is a fast-paced, thorough introduction to programming with Python that will have you writing programs, solving problems, and making things that work in no time. In the first half of the book, you’ll learn about basic programming concepts, such as lists, dictionaries, classes, … Continue reading Books On Computer Programming and Computers
The End Of America The Free, America The Brave
Putin probably owns Trump. In the past, Trump has spent enough high profile time traveling in and out of Russia, that any smart intelligence agency would have long ago gotten the goods on such a sloppy self absorbed person. Assume there are movies. Young girls. Whatever. Putin probably owns Trump. The ex KGB officer probably … Continue reading The End Of America The Free, America The Brave
Command Line Science
A worthy Kickstarter science related project is afoot. Face it. Most science is done on the command line. When it is not, we call it “science by spreadsheet” or name it by some other epithet. Much of that is done on Linux or Linux like computers, but that actually includes Macs, and if you must, … Continue reading Command Line Science