Posts Tagged ‘Education’

Announcing The Ubuntu Manpage Repository

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

This site contains nearly 300,000 HTML viewable manpages included in Ubuntu releases (Dapper, Feisty, Gutsy, Hardy, Intrepid) and across all of (main, universe, restricted, multiverse) and across all languages where manpages are available. It is automatically updated daily.

Link: Dustin Kirkland

8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

The American education system has seen better days. You may have graduated but we’re you taught some of life’s essential skills.

So what are the top skills that should be taught to every man, woman, and child who enters our education system?

Link: Stepcase Lifehack

Top 10 How To Videos

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Your crafty older relatives used to have to mail-order their video tutorials or wait for “This Old House” reruns to get their DIY on, but the age of streaming video has been good to those who like to tinker and try out neat tricks. From prying open beer bottles with telephone bills to picking locks, from sealing chips to folding T-shirts. Get ready to fill some weekend project time.

Link: Lifehacker

You Say You Want A (Textbook) Revolution

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Textbook Revolution is the web’s source for free educational materials. This is a student-run, volunteer-operated website started in response to the textbook industry’s constant drive to maximize profits instead of educational value.

TBR’s mission is to drive the adoption of free textbooks by teachers and professors. We want to get these books into classrooms. Their approach is to bring all of the free textbooks we can find together in one place, review them, and let the best rise to the top and find their way into the hands of students in classrooms around the world.

Link: Textbook Revolution