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== Books and Literature == | |||
* Find connections between your favorite authors at [http://www.literature-map.com/ Literature Map] | |||
* [https://www.theoi.com/ Theoi] is an encyclopedia of Greek gods/goddesses (and [https://pantheon.org/ Encyclopedia Mythica] offers pronunciation guides!) | |||
===...About Art=== | |||
* [https://archive.org/details/guggenheimmuseum&tab=collection Guggenheim Museum's books at archive.org] | |||
== Historical Media == | |||
* Find open-source and copyright-free media at [https://search.creativecommons.org/ CreativeCommons search] | |||
* [http://www.ancient.eu/ Ancient History Encyclopedia] is a curated resource with plenty of maps, articles, and images of historical media. | |||
==Science Materials== | |||
* [http://www.eol.org/ Encyclopedia of Life] seeks to collect information and pictures of all forms of life on Earth | |||
== Free Education! == | |||
* [https://www.coursera.org/ Coursera], (mostly) free online education on any topic | |||
* [http://academicearth.org/ Academic Earth], free online courses | |||
* The [http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/ Open Textbook Library] at the University of Minnesota | |||
== Self-improvement, Organization == | == Self-improvement, Organization == | ||
* [http://tiddlywiki.com/ TiddlyWiki], an absurdly simple personal wiki | * [http://tiddlywiki.com/ TiddlyWiki], an absurdly simple personal wiki | ||
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* [http://votesmart.org/ Vote Smart] provides the voting record and positions of government officials | * [http://votesmart.org/ Vote Smart] provides the voting record and positions of government officials | ||
== | == Game Building == | ||
* | * [https://www.mudlet.org/ Mud] allows you to create and play immersive, multiplayer, pure-text RPGs | ||
== Tech Tools == | == Tech Tools == | ||
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* Turn your Google Drive folder [http://alicekeeler.com/2015/08/16/pdf-my-google-drive-folder/ into a PDF] | * Turn your Google Drive folder [http://alicekeeler.com/2015/08/16/pdf-my-google-drive-folder/ into a PDF] | ||
* Use Git to get your code to others easily [https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 tutorial/intro here] | * Use Git to get your code to others easily [https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 tutorial/intro here] | ||
* [https://dirtymarkup.com/ Dirty Markup] will clean up your code | |||
===Webpage Design=== | |||
* [http://www.dontfeartheinternet.com/ Don't Fear the Internet] is a beautifully clear series of tutorials (written and video) that can guide you in how these webpage things work | * [http://www.dontfeartheinternet.com/ Don't Fear the Internet] is a beautifully clear series of tutorials (written and video) that can guide you in how these webpage things work | ||
* [https:// | * Web design in 4 minutes. It shouldn't work, but [http://jgthms.com/web-design-in-4-minutes/ this] is a really great introduction. | ||
* If you liked that, check out [https://github.com/jgthms/web-design-in-4-minutes his code] on GitHub. | |||
===I Like Processing.=== | ===I Like Processing.=== | ||
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* [https://sciencevsmagic.net/castles/#7u7uqqqqLS0t3 Castles Made of Castles] | * [https://sciencevsmagic.net/castles/#7u7uqqqqLS0t3 Castles Made of Castles] | ||
== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Open Journals]] & [[Digital Archives]] | |||
[[Category:Open Source]] | [[Category:Open Source]] | ||
[[Category:Research]] | [[Category:Research]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:03, 1 January 2021
Books and Literature
- Find connections between your favorite authors at Literature Map
- Theoi is an encyclopedia of Greek gods/goddesses (and Encyclopedia Mythica offers pronunciation guides!)
...About Art
Historical Media
- Find open-source and copyright-free media at CreativeCommons search
- Ancient History Encyclopedia is a curated resource with plenty of maps, articles, and images of historical media.
Science Materials
- Encyclopedia of Life seeks to collect information and pictures of all forms of life on Earth
Free Education!
- Coursera, (mostly) free online education on any topic
- Academic Earth, free online courses
- The Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota
Self-improvement, Organization
- TiddlyWiki, an absurdly simple personal wiki
- Habitica, an online app to help you learn better habits
- Vote Smart provides the voting record and positions of government officials
Game Building
- Mud allows you to create and play immersive, multiplayer, pure-text RPGs
Tech Tools
- Eloquent Javascript, open source textbook on Javascript for beginners and advanced coders.
- Amazing book by Daniel Shiffman on the mathematical principles of nature and how to represent them in code: The Nature of Code
- Daniel Shiffman's Programming from A to Z. Worth your time
- RAW turns spreadsheet data into vector graphics
- Turn your Google Drive folder into a PDF
- Use Git to get your code to others easily tutorial/intro here
- Dirty Markup will clean up your code
Webpage Design
- Don't Fear the Internet is a beautifully clear series of tutorials (written and video) that can guide you in how these webpage things work
- Web design in 4 minutes. It shouldn't work, but this is a really great introduction.
- If you liked that, check out his code on GitHub.
I Like Processing.
- Learn Processing through an interactive book
- Learn Processing (and JavaScript) through a series of outstanding videos here
- Learn Processing through some intro videos
- Processing examples and code
These are Almost Tools.
- Atari 2600 VCS emulator
- Run Windows 95 in your browser
- Castles Made of Castles