Recently, with the growth of computer science, demand to understand linear algebra has surged. But so has the number of students Strang can teach.
An MIT initiative called “OpenCourseWare” makes virtually all the school’s courses available online for free — lecture notes, readings, tests and often video lectures. Strang’s Math 18.06 course is among the most [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2007 by pdone
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From the land of my ancestors comes a middle age man of Cardiff with an amazing story. Paul Potts enters a contest called Britain has Talent where he shares his desire to sing opera. His video below gives the rest of the world their first view of Paul Potts and to hear his amazing voice. [...]
Posted on December 16th, 2007 by pdone
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I am often asked how to fix a computer that seems to run slower than normal. Typically barring physical problems with the computer’s hard drive or viral infection routine maintenance will keep a good computer running for many years.
1) Clean the Temp File - Windows is notorious for storing a large number of files [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2007 by pdone
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Very few of us actually took a class on using email. Many of us began work somewhere where email was assigned to us. If you were lucky someone showed you how to open an email program, click compose and send. Do you remember the thrill of sending (and receiving) your first email? The glory days [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by pdone
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Tonight was Timothy and Audrey’s first piano recital. Both have practiced for weeks on their pieces and did wonderfully. Timothy’s song was Jingle Bells, and Indian Song by James Bastien. Audrey played Merrily We Roll Along and Old McDonald by James Bastien. The other students (L-R) Brandon Agre, Ashley Agre, Kate Corbett, Mariah Corbett, Mary [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by pdone
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The trees planted around the property are fine. Although it was very cold today (low 40’s) I was able to do some great planting. In my weekly trek to the garden store I found a clearance rack of bulbs. Normally ranging in price from $4-$7 dollars I got a number of packs for less than [...]
Posted on December 1st, 2007 by pdone
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The song Wizards in Winter is one of my new favorite Christmas carols. The lights are nothing to look down at either.
Caution: Subsequent videos are selected at random by YouTube and may not be related or appropriate.
Click Here - Tell the World
Posted on December 1st, 2007 by pdone
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If you have been reading these posts you are already familiar with a blog. A blog is short for a web log where posts are arranged in chronological order with the newest entries at the top. In many cases a blog is used to share observations, events and allow readers to leave comments on each [...]
Posted on December 1st, 2007 by pdone
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