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Learning Java I've just found some YouTube clips by thenewboston in which he explains how to program in Java. I didn't watch them, but I took a look at some of them. Seems to be very easy to understand. He starts right from the beginning (that means: how do I install Java … Read More »

Crash Course: World History #32: Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution A list Here is the YouTube Playlist: #1: The Agricultural Revolution #2: Indus Valley Civilization - Wikipedia #3: Mesopotamia #4: Ancient Egypt #5: The Persians & Greeks #6: Buddha and Ashoka #7: ‎2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius #8 … Read More »

Flags of the Earth Flags of the Earth Go to the Game: Flags on Kongregate Task: Say which country the shown flag belongs to. How to play: Click on on of the 4 - 5 countries. My Record: 40 Flags and 12662 points. Read More »

Globetrotter Globetrotter - A game to learn cities and countries Go to the Game: Globetrotter XL on Kongregate Task: Find a city on a map How to play: You're given the name of a city and its country and a map. In the first levels this map has borders, but no names … Read More »

Die Länder der Erde Länder der Erde Hier ist ein Spiel, bei dem man die Länder der Erde eingeben muss. Es ist schon erschreckent, wie viele weiße Flecken hier sind. Punktzahl 26. Juli 2012 You scored 54/196 = 28%. This beats or equals 21.1% of test takers. The average score is 93. Viele … Read More »

Duolingo - Learn a Language Online Duolingo is a great online protal for learning new languages online. They currently support German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and Chinese. Here is a short explanation of Duolingo: The inventor of duolingo, Luis von Ahn, did also a great TED-Talk in which he explains the concepts: Now some screenshots to … Read More »

Learn How to Type keybr keybr.com is a service that helps you learn touch typing (ten-finger typing). Read More »

Surprising C errors Those errors might be surprising and a good exercise for C beginners: Empty printf #include int main() { printf(""); return 0; } error: zero-length gnu_printf format string Macros #include #define MY_MACRO printf("Hello World\n"); int main() { if (1) MY_MACRO; else printf("Crazy, huh?\n"); return 0; } macro … Read More »

For Loops in Different Programming Languages When you have to learn a new programming language, it's usually quite easy. You already know the structures and the way to think when solving problems. The first time might be hard, but the more languages you learn, the more similarities you'll recognize. I also had to learn a special … Read More »

Challenge Websites Challenge websites are websites which offer many tasks to solve and a ranking system. If you solve the challenges, you get points and your rank increases. You don't get anything else. No money, no price. Only the knowledge and the ranking. Which is enough in my opinion. It might sound … Read More »