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Fender 1957 Deluxe tube amp clone. Built the box, soldered the components (from a kit and a diagram), then upholstered it with tweed. Super fun and satisfying project, looks like a new (old) amp you’d buy at a store.

Is there a good programming language and environment for kids? I started learning coding in my own around 10 yrs old with qbasic. Scratch is super aawesome, but what is the next level up from that that is actually typing the code out instead of moving puzzle pieces?

Yes this is true. They often lose money on the premiums, actually, and then make money on the float. A very simplified example: You pay $1,000 per year for 10 years on home insurance. Then a hail storm ruins your roof and it costs about $10k to replace. So they end up paying out the $10k in premium they collected over 10 years, but were able to make money on the interest they made while they held it.

I need something like this to let non-programmers create some basic JavaScript scripts/flows in an app I have. Obviously would need to be some level of power user but hopefully doesnt require them to know how to code. Has anyone tried this or any of the related projects and have an opinion or experience on what works best for a “normal” user?

If you want to do the lite version of this there is a book called “From NAND to Tetris” that is an instructional book for a similar class and walks through doing much of the same thing. It helped me connect the dots between “I know how a transistor works” and “I know how assembly language works” that I have never learned otherwise. Even if you just skim the book without doing the project you will likely learn some things.

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262640686/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_yH...

It's fine, it really is. Just stick to what you are being productive with and enjoy actually building something useful.

"Making GTA V cost $265 million" <-- Your point probably still stands but this number isn't completely true. The total was $265 million but 'only' $137 million was development cost. The rest ($128m) was marketing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_g...

This article is what convinced me: http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html

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This sounds similar to another book/course/project I've seen that was quite interesting to work through:

From NAND to TetrisBuilding a Modern Computer From First Principles

http://www.nand2tetris.org/

http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-Computing-Systems-Princip...

The YouTube slowdown is just using the YouTube API. For mp3, it is using the html5 file and audio Apis, and a JavaScript port of the sound touch library. Everything is done in client side javascript, there is currently no application server, just a static site.

Since you are using youtube to learn songs on guitar, you might try this out (I made it):

http://tunetranscriber.com

Let's you do marks and loops as well as using the playback controls.

If you are interested in guitars/music and HTML5, I wrote a transcribing tool (looper, slow downer, etc) that runs in a browser and uses the Audio APIs. Wasn't sure if it would be possible, but was able to do quite a bit:

http://www.tunetranscriber.com/

I made this all with Javascript and some of the HTML5 apis. It is a static site and everything runs client side in the browser (i.e., no server or flash components). I wasn't sure if it would be possible but it seems to work on most current, non-IE, desktop browsers.

Might as well plug my free(mium) themes: http://www.portnine.com/bootstrap-themes

Get rid of 'beta' on the site header, there is no need for that and just makes you look cheap. I also dislike ratings on 1-10 scale (instead of 1-5, for example). What's the difference between a 2 and a 3, for example, or 8 and 9? It take too much thought.

This is very subjective, but I think your resume would look better if you made the background white and set the line-height to about 1.5em on the whole body. You might even play with removing the list bullets and padding (list-style:none, padding-left:0px). If you try this, I would be interested to hear if you think it looks better or worse.

Not free, but I've found that http://photodune.net has good stock photos that aren't too expensive ($1-$5 per image and usually the $1 or $2 image is large enough for a website). They are much cheaper than istockphoto, and they are priced in dollars, not credits, and they allow you to buy a single photo without subscribing to a monthly plan, buying lots of credits in bulk, etc.

I have a few that are kind of free: http://portnine.com/bootstrap-themes

Interesting, I just bought a Samsung smart TV and I noticed during the setup that when you switch between fields the focus selector moves just like this does.

Just saw license was added, this is awesome.

I would love to use this now, but can't until there is a license. Would love to see something added soon. MIT would be great.

It is also funny that every package for popcorn has instructions that specifically state 'Pop for X minutes. Do not use the popcorn setting on your microwave'.

I would recommend the book Design for Hackers.

Plus CodeCanyon takes half of your profit.

Ironically I can't view this "because it has been categorized "Weapons;Shopping"" by the corporate firewall...

I would like something similar that can be used for any VPS. So if I get a box from Linode or Rackspace, for example (or even a real server), is there an easy way to have ngnix+passenger+git+backups etc setup and configured in a secure way without having to manually do it all myself?

FWIW, we were much happier with Chromium Embedded [1] than Awesomium. Awesomium is not free for non-commercial use (something like $8,000+ if you wanted source code included, the price of the software isn't even listed on the site now), the support was terrible, and the product seemed to be not nearly as fleshed out at Chromium Embedded. The website is prettier though...

We switched to using Chromium Embedded 6-8 months ago and haven't regretted it a bit.

[1] https://code.google.com/p/chromiumembedded/

I like the idea, but how is this any different than the "Bookmark all tabs" feature?