Helpful Links

On this page you can find:

• Data File Links.

• Related Information Links.

• Search Engine Links.

• Reference Links.

• A Couple of Sausage Links.

• Links to Bubble Wrap.

• A Few Words of Wisdom.

Class/Textbook Links

General Links

These files will be used to complete homework assignments and in class projects.  Also, these links offer you and opportunity to explore the subject matter and more!

Each link should open in a new window.
 

Some great sites to find different search engines, data sources, and a whole bunch of other STUFF!!!

• US Constitution
• Indiana State Constitution
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Indiana Commercial Law
• Indiana Business and Corporate Law

• Google -- a good way to find info.
• Yahoo -- Ditto
• Good Listing Of Search Engines.
• Virtual Reference Desk.
• Computer-Based Encyclopedia.
• A "What the heck is that?" Site.
• A "How does stuff work?" Site.
• A Great Tutorial on Binary/HEX conversion.
• Here's a neat site to examine every city in terms of critical demographic information.
   

And a couple of utterly useless links:

• Pop This: Bubble Wrap!

• Something you might want to do! and some great images of Computer components
   

• A good ASCII table

• Extended ASCII table

• A good Summary of ASCII

• Jump-Drive Users Guide
   

• A great Binary / Decimal Conversion Tutorial

Flash Tutorials

• Flash Tutorials are available from this Website.

• Note the phone number for the help desk on the page above. If you have problems setting up an account give them a call ASAP.
  
  Below is one example of the tutorials that are available.
   

• First Time User At Campus Connect -- Just watch this

PowerPoint Links

• A very VERY impressive FAQ for PowerPoint

MLA Notes and Links

• MLA

You can search for information here:

• Internet Statistics
• IP Addressing
   
• W3 Consortium
• Tutorials (HTML, CSS and much more)
   
• Creating a Web with HTML alone. (an example)
• HTML as an SGML DTD

• Linux+ Objectives
• Installation (for Fedora)
• A bunch of links including 687 Commands

File Hierarchy System

• Links to pdf and html summaries

Boot, Processes, and Scheduling

• The boot process: this is a very abbreviated summary -- the wikipedia entry gives a more detailed description of the Linux Startup Process.
• Managing processes

A few links to learn more about learning styles. This information can be very helpful when trying to understand audience needs:

• Learning Styles Chart

• Take a learning styles test

• Left vs. Right Brain processing (take the test while you're there)

ON:  THE DIGITAL

• "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila." (Mitch Ratliffe)
   

• "If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system." (Linus Torvalds)
   

• "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." (Rich Cook)
  
  And, speaking of the Universe:

• "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." (Woody Allen)

ON:  EDUCATION

• "I never let schooling interfere with my education." (Mark Twain)
   

• "Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor." (Søren Kierkegaard)
   

• "I never metacognition I didn't like." (Ron Zellner).
   
• "There are three kinds of people in the world - those that understand mathematics and those that don't." (another from Ron Zellner).
   

ON:  STRIVING FOR THE "NARROW GATE"

• "If winners never quit and quitters never win, then what does it mean to say, 'Quit while your ahead'?" (anonymous).
   
• "Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat." (Jean-Paul Sartre)
   
• "She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist." (Jean-Paul Sartre)
   
• "I would never belong to any club that would have me as a member." (Groucho Marx).

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