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Gaming to Teach Java

via email from the Princeton JUG Another interesting resource for learning about Java and programming is http://www.greenfoot.org/. It is an interactive learning tool that starts by having you build a game world with actors, using a GUI. Then, you learn how to enhance the world by using Java code. It’s worth a look. At JavaOne ...

IIT Internet 22.5/7

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/12/indian_students_told_to_talk/ The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai (Bombay) will turn off hostel students’ free internet access from 11pm until 12.30pm. Authorities hope the decision will get students talking to each other again. Mumbai has 13 undergraduate hostels. The really interesting part of this for me is that they’ve decided that 11PM – 12:30PM ...

Extreme Pumpkins

Extreme Pumpkins had a bunch of variations on Jack-o-lanterns including my favorite, the puking pumpkin.

Students ‘waste money’ buying internet essays

Students ‘waste money’ buying internet essays Students who pay internet companies to write essays for them are not only cheating but could be wasting their money, according to a university professor. An experiment at Loughborough University in which students were encouraged to buy essays from a number of ghostwriting companies found the results were of ...

Are Men Better at Science?

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Harvard row over sex and science > Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers argued one group outperformed the other because of genetics, not just experience, the Boston Herald said. Dr. Summers is one of the few people I could see bringing up this topic and actually believe he ...