Code School – Learn by Doing

About This Site

Code School is all about learning by doing. Our educational courses combine video, coding in the browser, and gamification principles to make learning more fun and therefore more effective. A typical course contains 5 levels, each with a 10-15 minute video, followed by series of code challenges a student must solve to make it to the next level. Once finished each course provides rewards for completion.

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via codeschool.com

This is an awesome site! I’ll definitely be learning RoR through these guys!

They also provide the platform for new authors and new courses here!…now if only someone would create a cdeschool course for iOS Development..nudge nugde wink wink

Also at http://curiousdale.posterous.com/code-school-learn-by-doing

Another Lunar Video

via vimeo.com

Taken with my old handmade 3″, an old Sony 5mp and a cheap rickety tripod!

Also at http://curiousdale.posterous.com/another-lunar-video

Select Custom Maple Series

Check out this website I found at facebook.com

Also at http://curiousdale.posterous.com/select-custom-maple-series

24 Photos taken at Butterfly World (plus other critters)

Also at http://curiousdale.posterous.com/24-photos-taken-at-butterfly-world-plus-other

More than one button: MacfanBoys = Confusion

via techbuket.net

Classic…ripping off Apple!

Also at http://curiousdale.posterous.com/more-than-one-button-macfanboys-confusion

Typical PC vs. Mac users

via techbuket.net

This is awesome! (..while typing on his Macbook Pro…)

Also at http://curiousdale.posterous.com/typical-pc-vs-mac-users

Asteroids in Near-Earth Orbits!

We all know there is an asteroid belt. But what is not commonly known is 1. how many there are and 2. how many are poised to shake hands with earth! Take a look at this video in 720p HD format or more to get a clear idea of just how full our local space is! I found it on the Universe Today website. It’s really quite arresting! Our local space is just lousy with these things!

This video is chronological in that it highlights newly discovered asteroids in white and then colors them in green for safe outer orbits ie. the asteroid belt, yellow which come closer in (1.3AU) and finally (but not with finality) red which indicates asteroids whose orbits cross ours.

Notice how the number of asteroids discovered increases with time, indicating more effort being put into their discovery and as technology improves. Also notice how for most of the video they discovered looking directly out and away from the sun and then in 2010 they are discovered looking out and at 90degrees to each side! I wonder what’s happening there? I’d be interested to know!

Cheers

Dale

Also at http://curiousdale.posterous.com/asteroids-in-near-earth-orbits