Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

MathEclipse

Wow.

I talked with the developer of this a few times, back when it was actually Eclipse plugin focused and just starting to grow AJAX feelers. Now its GWT based and its pretty much cool as hell. Check out some 3D plots, yes it uses GWT in conjunction with an applet for the graphics, but man its nice.

This from News.com:

This fall, incoming freshmen at Virginia Polytechnic Institute's engineering school will be given tablet PCs--and will be required to use them in class, the school has announced.

As part of a new partnership with Fujitsu Computer Systems and Microsoft, Virginia Tech will be using new Fujitsu LifeBook T4000 computers to change the way its engineering classes are taught, particularly at the introductory level, the school said. It will be amon

New software from NASA:

NASA FREE COMPUTER MODEL AVAILABLE TO CLASSROOMS

A free NASA global climate model is available for high school and university desktop computers.

The Educational Global Climate Model (EdGCM), available for both Windows and Mac platforms, incorporates a 3-D climate model developed at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York. It wraps complex computer modeling programs with a graphical interface familiar to most PC users.

The climate model runs on a desktop computer to allow teachers and students to conduct experiments id

Some web versions of print books and also some purely web books on many programming subjects. Some good information at http://techbooksforfree.com.

For those of you who enjoy condiments as much as I do you will like this site. Very well done,..actually makes me kindof hungry.

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