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Recreating legendary 8-bit games music with Web Audio API by Greg Hovanesyan on CodePen
8-bit music, or chiptune, is synthesized electronic music used in old computers, consoles and arcade machines. It's a part of culture for people who grew up in the late 70s and 80s, and it is still very popular among geeks. The sound was produced by the PSG - Programmable Sound Generator - a sound chip that synthesized several waveforms and often noises.
MindMapping: Mind Maps, PDF Management and Reference Management
Are you using mind mapping tools such as MindManager, FreeMind or XMind? And reference management tools such as JabRef, Endnote, or Zotero? And do you sometimes even create bookmark in PDFs? Then you should have a look at SciPlore MindMapping. SciPlore MindMapping is the first mind mapping tool focusing on researchers’ needs by integrating mind mapping with reference and pdf management.
ZuluPad
ZuluPad is a notepad on crack. It's a place to jot down class notes, appointments, to-do lists, favorite websites, pretty much anything you can think of. The great thing about ZuluPad is that it combines the best parts of a notepad with the best parts of a wiki, a concept made popular by Wikipedia . The basic idea has been called a personal wiki or a desktop wiki. Say for instance, you're a music major, and you're studying Bach.
Simplenote Downloads
Official Apps The official Simplenote apps can be downloaded here. More Ways to use Simplenote
A Geek's Guide to Budgeting Hobbies
A professor once told me his trick to happiness: treat your hobby like a career, but more important. Those of us who eat up all types of hobbies—from comics to video games to DIY projects—know that a good hobby can be one of the most enriching parts of life, but they can also require a lot of time and money. Here's how to better budget that time and money.P All work and no play isn't good for anyone. A good work-life balance hinges on getting in the time to do what's important to you. If you don't already, it's time to start treating your hobbies with the same respect you give your career (although a hobby can also help your career, in certain cases).
Surgeon's Knot One-Hand Tie Cool Trick
This technique is useful for anyone in medical school, vets, anyone studying surgery, or in emergency situations in the field. This can also be applied to camping and fishing, paracord tying and as a cool trick to show your friends! As always, use CAUTION and be careful, especially if actually suturing, as it should only be by authorized licensed health-care personnel.
Visual Thinking
Spatial & Sequential Thinking Spatial and sequential thinking are two different mental organisations that affect the way people view the world. Sequential thinking is step by step linear thinking over time, while spatial thinking is an holistic system where all knowledge is interconnected in space. Auditory thinking is associated with sequential thinking and visual-spatial thinking is associated with spatial thinking.
Tomboy : Simple note taking
Login GNOME.org Tomboy Simple note-taking. Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux, Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X.
Note taking and organization
What is KeepNote KeepNote is a note taking application that works on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X. With KeepNote, you can store your class notes, TODO lists, research notes, journal entries, paper outlines, etc in a simple notebook hierarchy with rich-text formatting, images, and more. Using full-text search, you can retrieve any note for later reference.
