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Scrambling to close Facebook when an editor walks by

i’m pretty sure this is the only cat-related thing I will ever post. 

If you don’t know, I hate cats.

This is wonderful.

majoredinjournalism:

Over the next few weeks I’ll work on a design that will be used for both sites.

Some OlyWiki links:

A meetup group for OlyWiki.

OlyWiki facebook page.

About OlyWiki.

OlyWiki: We will make 1000 wiki pages for Olympia, WA. But probably only if you help.

OlyWiki.org is one of the main projects I’ve been working on lately, and it’s at a point where we need new contributors to help out. OlyWiki is a community-authored wiki for Olympia, WA and the surrounding area. Anyone can edit or add pages.

There’s almost 170 pages on the site right now. The goal is 1000 pages by June 1.

We could really use your help. 

Here’s a screenshot of the front page of the site:

OlyWiki uses awesome django software called LocalWiki. I made a theme for localwiki using bootstrap’s css/js framework. I’m still making changes to fix small errors and improve the design, and you can follow the progress at github.

I put an animated gif in a site background using jquery.backstretch.js. I really like watching this little buddy jump around.

Look at it!:

http://little-jumping-buddy.herokuapp.com

#courseiwishicouldhavetakenasanundergraduatesoiamteachingitinstead

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The question remains: Why bother at all? Why not just leave the cryptic world of coding to the coders?

As I see it, it’s a bit like the world of cars: You’ll probably be a better owner and driver if you are at least minimally cognizant of what’s happening under the hood. In a world increasingly dependent on technology, our economic productivity - -both individually and collectively — is increasingly incumbent on our ability to interface fluidly with all things tech.

More broadly, these tools demonstrate new models for instruction at a time when our nation faces a growing crisis in our stressed and antiquated education system. Initiatives like Code for America are poised to inspire a generation of students to pursue science with an enthusiasm not equaled since the Space Race of the 1960s…

Raymond Schillinger: Why (and How) I’m Finally Learning to Code

The answer, in part: @CodeforAmerica.

(via codeforamerica)

"I have a motto: it’s never too late to give up. It’s never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love."

Data visualization magician Hans Rosling, who previously delighted us with such gems as a history of 200 countries over 200 years in 4 minutes and a data-driven meditation on how the washing machine sparked the reading revolution, adds an important voice in the advice choir on how to find your purpose and do what you love.

(↬ The Morning News)

(Source: , via explore-blog)

Alright. This is getting real. I even made some action particles! I’m annoyed that I didn’t make little poofs of wind/dirt come out from underneath as it landed. That would have been cute. This is getting pretty good, though.