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-====== Learning More ======
+====== Resources to Learn More ======
-Unfortunately, this page is not well-organized yet.  As it evolves, it might.
 ===== Reading Recommendations =====
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   * [[http://bofh.ntk.net/BOFH/|The Bastard Operator from Hell series]]
   * [[http://catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/|The Cathedral & the Bazaar]], the book on [[http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com.ezproxy.wlu.edu/book/technology-management/0596001088|Safari]] - requires logging in with W&L account.
+  * [[http://www.amazon.com/The-Signal-Noise-Predictions-Fail-but/dp/159420411X|The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't]] - blogger Nate Silver's analysis of predictions
   * [[http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com.ezproxy.wlu.edu/book/programming/python/0596007973|Python Cookbook, Second edition]] - requires logging in with W&L account; you can definitely get elsewhere on paper
   * [[http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/0385267746|The Design of Everyday Things]]
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   * [[http://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-Robot-Uprising-Defending/dp/1582345929|How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion]] - besides a survival guide, talks about robot technology of the future
   * [[http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882|Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship]] - Student Recommendation: "the first text book I enjoyed reading and helped a lot for [job] interviews"
+  * [[http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com.ezproxy.wlu.edu/020161622X|The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master]] - an alumnus says, "It's a pretty natural extension from our software development class, and might be an awesome read if we had software dev II class."
+  * Gabriella Coleman's Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking
 ==== Essays, Articles, Blogs ====
   * [[http://paulgraham.com/articles.html|Paul Graham's essays]]
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   * [[http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959|Mythical Man Month: Essays on Software Engineering]]
   * [[http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/492|Lambda the Ultimate Blog]] - this page has pointers for early studiers of programming languages (PL); may get a little technical
+  * [[http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/01/7-ways-to-be-a-better-programmer-in-2014.html|7 ways to be a better programmer in 2014]] -- seems valid past 2014
 ==== History ====
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   * [[http://books.google.com/books?id=-0tDZX3z-8UC&dq=isbn:0387982698|Out of their minds:
 the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists]]
+  * [[http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/greatworks/|Great Works in Computer Science]] -- a course at UVA
 ==== Fiction ====
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   * [[http://www.alice.org/|Alice]] - "Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing."
   * [[http://scratch.mit.edu/|Scratch]] - "Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web."
-  * [[http://www.philocomp.net/programming/turtlejava|Turtle Java]] - "graphics programming environment designed to provide an enjoyable introduction to programming in Java syntax, together with fundamental concepts of computer science such as compilation and machine code."
+  * [[http://www.philocomp.net/programming/turtlejava.htm|Turtle Java]] - "graphics programming environment designed to provide an enjoyable introduction to programming in Java syntax, together with fundamental concepts of computer science such as compilation and machine code."
 ===== Online Courses =====