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Just curious, what's with the rule? Also, do they know how to code already?

That would be awesome. I like CodeCombat but it's still direct coding. It'd be nice to learn variables, control flow structures etc but visually. The same way that DragonBox doesn't make it explicit that you're actually learning algebra.

Do they still play it or have they outgrown it now?

Awesome. Wonder how it would fare against journals with more specific fields though.

Apparently it became so popular in Norway that it actually beat Angry Birds there. Granted, that was in 2012

http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/06/dragonbox/all/

Don't have kids yet but I'll bookmark this for when the time comes. Thanks! ;-)

Wish more elearning games were like this. Ones I had were terribly boring.

For a moment I thought you were referring to the DragonBox math app

http://www.dragonboxapp.com/

It's from Elsevier but hey even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

There's an Android version in case you have old smartphones lying around. They're more powerful than the OpenWRT routers and they do have their own power. You need to root your phone first though.

http://piratebox.cc/android

Heh. Aren't we apes?

Those are physically objects that cost a lot to replicate. The cost of making digital copies of research documents on the other hand...

Can you post an example of what you want?

If you just want to produce choropleths, you can try Leaflet. Other options include d3.js and kartograph.

http://kartograph.org/

http://d3js.org/

It's open source. Time for a pull request? ;-)

https://github.com/datasciencemasters/go

You can check out Bottom Up CS

http://www.bottomupcs.com/

The Philippines isn't even on the list.

A way to view random posts would be great as well :)

Or as Neil Gaiman would have said it:

Notch isn't your bitch.

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/05/entitlement-issues.htm...

So the algorithm has imagination. heh.

Wish there would be easing like the one in Mapbox's Sherlock demo

https://www.mapbox.com/tutorial-sherlock/

Wonder why you're downvoted. I think your point is valid.

I hope they'll open source the other components or others will. Vector tiles are too cool to be bound to Mapbox.

I'm a bit concerned that some unsavory elements will be inspired by this and create a malware box.

Github repo's rather bare right now though. Still waiting for the release

https://github.com/Electricomics/electricomics

There's a good profile at Business Week

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_42/b41990627...

Now if only I can afford to go.

You might want to check their Data Science Starter Kit collection

http://shop.oreilly.com/category/get/data-science-kit.do

Thinking With Data's a great introduction too.

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029182.do

Another Flask book is Explore Flask. Haven't read it yet though.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7694614

Title's misleading. Should have specified the version of Word they're open sourcing.

Mirrored it in HackPad :)

https://freestartupideas.hackpad.com/Free-Startup-Ideas-Oy39...