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Learning Your Editor: Making it like a video game
"Text editors should take a lesson from video games. In many games, you have access to subset of total weapons, powers, whatever. As you advance and master the basic weapons, more weapons become available to you. By the end of the game you have direct experience with all or most of the weapons – from basic to advanced.
How many times have you done something cool or strange in Vim only to think, “How did I do that?” video-game-mode would be a fun way to learn an editor: start with the basic commands and unlock more as you progress." Here here. Having points and teams etc can all be interesting too.
Geniuses: 9 Year Old Girl Becomes the Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional
"Today's crushing blow to our self confidence comes to us from India, where a 9 year old girl has become the youngest person to ever pass a Microsoft Certified Professional examination.
Naturally, this isn't the first time the girl has been in the spotlight for her talents. Thanks to her extraordinary memory, she has been breaking records since she was three—an age when most of us were concerned with toys and pooping our pants."
Prius: It’s Not Just a Car, It’s an Emergency Generator
Was just talking to a mate in Boulder who mentioned how you will be able to tie into the "Smart Grid" here and use the Prius to pump electricity onto the grid at peak times, and take it off at off-peak.
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