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25/10/2008

Java Tutorial 0.1a

I had a friend here ask me about learning Java. I told him that I didn’t know Java, had to learn about it, and would get some things together and we could learn together. He was very willing and excited. I expect to refine this over time, so I decided that I would post an ISO of the Cd that I’ve made for this first round so others could download it if they wanted.

Here is what is on the CD:

Eclipse 3.4.1
Eclipse Tutorials
An easy install document that I wrote.

Eclipse the the tutorials have their own licenses–that allow redistribution. The install document was written by me. I expect to enhance this with my own notes as I go through the process of learning Java with Eclipse. If you know Java and want to give me any suggestions, go for it. Leave me a comment.

The ISOs are available here:

Learn Java With Eclipse Compilation CD version 0.1a (383,174,565 B/383 MB)
Learn Java With Eclipse Compilation CD (current version) (383,174,565 B/383 MB)

As of today–25 Oct 2008–both of these are the same. As I update the CD, I’ll keep the older versions online and just update the current version. The name (and URL) of the current version will always stay the same. The old files will have the format of YYMMDD_JavaCompilationCD_Version.iso

[Update 2012-12-26 16:03:26] With the site upgrade, I had to move these files around to clean up my hosting directory. I’ve reuploaded them and redone the links. Well, they’ll be correct once the upload finishes :^)

23/10/2008

If you are in the states…

… enjoy a free taco on the afternoon of the 28th at Taco Bell.

Also look here here here and here. I don’t think it is a scam.

Image from TW Colins

23/10/2008

No, we aren’t close to this

No, we aren’t remotely close to this place. Croatia is two countries away.

23/10/2008

Neat Idea but Stupid Website

I was randomly surfing the Internet today before my Bible Study and came across a site called MapJack. It is kinda like google street view except they seem to focus on overseas locations. Turns out they had pictures of a place I’d been–Chiang Mai Thailand. I wish I could link to the right to those pictures, but the stupid site embeds everything behing tons of Javascript. So, just go to the site, and choose Thailand, Chiang Mail from the drop down.

[Updated 2012-12-26 09:15:50] This article was in the wrong category

23/10/2008

Treat

Last night we had a real treat at language class: a guest! A few weeks ago, our teacher had told us about a friend of hers who was back in town. She had been here, but moved to London for work. We mentioned that we would like to meet her, and then left it like that. Well, last night, this girl came into language…and then Marijana told us who she was.

The first wrods out of her mouth were amazing…her British accent was…how should I say…spot on 🙂 At least to my American ears, she could pass for being a Britisher…no problem. Then, we asked how long she had been in London–in Serbian, of course–and found out she had been there for 9 months. We thought she had been there for a period of years…not just months. I was floored and thrown off balance the entire time because of this. I was just fascinated with her accent.

After more conversation, it turns out that in university she had studied linguistics and worked long and hard on her accent. We were able to talk about 1/2 and 1/2 English/Serbian with her. But more importantly, for me, she gave us some good pointers on accent development. I think the biggest or most important one was spending time observing where people put their tongue and shape their mouth. Then, practice practice practice in front of a mirror till you get it right.

So, if you are headed overseas, think about that. I’d say if you could get a video of your language teacher saying a bunch of words, then you could simply watch that and practice. Perhals you ought to have two cameras…one to focus on the mouth (a close-up type shot) and one to focus on general mannerisims. Then, you could get both subleties of non-verbal communication as well as that extreme close-up of the mouth, tounge, and lips.

Oh, you are probabaly wondering why the candy corn picture. Well, our friends from VA who came brought us tons of stuff. Part of what they brought us was candy corn. We took some to language last night to share with our language teacher. Turns out, she loved it (who doesn’t like sweet stuff). We also shared some pumpkin–well, sort of–with her. But, I’ll leave that for another post (we have pictures to share about making it).

21/10/2008