colbyolson

Regex is used in so many applications and commands, it would be silly not to learn it.

You don't need to be a wizard, but do understand the basics and it will get you far.

Are there any recommended books on learning about the Internet/DNS on a global scale?

This should help you on your way: If there are any golf courses around you, check their clubhouses for a local pro. There's usually someone around giving lessons.

This is where you need to spend the most money. Buy 5 or 10 lessons. Learn the fundamentals first, dont worry about distance, worry about contact.

Do this instead of a "craigslist deal". You'll be sure to get sound advice from someone who really understands the game.

For clubs, buy used or secondhand. These will last you until you either fall in love with the game or give it up and something else.

Suggested reading would include:

    Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf — Ben Hogan
    Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf — Harvey Penick
    Golf My Way: The Instructional Classic — Jack Nicklaus

I also enjoy riding my motorcycle, reading literature, weightlifting, photography, and playing Battlefield 2.

I am learning to play piano and chess.

Although the first thing I noticed when I clicked the link was that it looks like it's a scraped design of Svbtle.

edit: spelling.

The author has a lot of neat looking posts, I recommend giving them a look.

It's an interesting way to have someone do the dirty work. I would love to see a postmortem writeup.

From Wikipedia: "In the book, the Narrator describes the "Romantic" approach to life of his friend John Sutherland, who chooses not to learn how to maintain his expensive new motorcycle. John simply hopes for the best with his bike, and when problems do occur he often becomes frustrated, and is forced to rely on professional mechanics to repair it. In contrast, the "classical" Narrator has an older motorcycle which he is usually able to diagnose and repair himself through the use of rational problem solving skills."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_M...

Math can be taught without bias, as numbers can only be seen as numbers. There are only a few ways you can teach maths. When you teach history, it brings in a plethora of views, opinions, and bias. There will always be someone saying "hey wait a minute, you forgot <fact>.", and I'm not sure there's a way around that. At least not in history.

When I'm in class, writing away on notes, I have a hard time listen and writing at the same time. Let me scribble away while the pad records in tandem. That would be neat.

For a newbie, have them walk through it, but for the repeated process, then automate it.

This is, generally, how I feel about ToDo lists.

    iPhone — Chickadee
    Macbook — Pigeon
    MacbookPro — Peregrine
    Time Capsule — Grouse
    Windows box — Dodo

I would also like to point out http://pinboard.in/howto/#import

    In my first year in a lab I built a program 
    that scrapes the NIST spectral database, reads the data 
    from a spectrum analyzer attached to the computer, and
    figures out which types of atoms the thing the spectrum 
    analyzer is looking at contains. This is harder than it 
    sounds.