everything is an experiment
I suppose that this post is a continuation of the one on old software and books.
The Turing programming language (named after Alan Turing) was developed at the University of Toronto as an introductory language for teaching computer programming at the high school level. It was (and apparently still is) widely used in Ontario… » [Expand post] [Permalink]
Update (Sept. 29, 2009): I got in touch with Kevin Lindsey, the author of the script discussed below for converting DigiMemo DHW files to SVG format. He’s put his code on github, and written a new blog post about it.
For taking notes physically on paper, I use an ACECAD DigiMemo L2 digital notepad (whom I have named Little Wooden Boy).
Because I use Linux primarily, I don’t use the Windows-based software provided by ACECAD. Instead, I use Jarnal, an open source note-taking application written in Java.
This poses a minor problem, as the DigiMemo products store their output in a proprietary ACECAD format called DHW… » [Expand post] [Permalink]
I had actually posted this to my Facebook about two weeks ago. At the time, I wrote:
I recently threw out several boxes of old computer programming software and books, because they were obsolete, and I didn’t know anyone who wanted them. For nostalgia’s sake, I took photos of the stuff I threw out. It’s such a pity that commercial software and the associated books become outdated so quickly.
I’m reposting the photos here… » [Expand post] [Permalink]