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While I don't have any constructive comments to offer with regard to the product itself, I feel obliged to convey my encouragement and appreciation. You're doing great work. Keep getting better.

There's a typo in the link above, it should be:

http://news.ucsc.edu/2011/08/eris-simulation.html

instead of:

http://news.ucsc.edu/2011/08/eris-simulation.htmlv

Diff: there's a v.

Very amusing! I wonder if there is a similar showcase for well done presentations?

Oh, I wasn't aware that the process was automated. Even more impressive! In that case, the only thing I would suggest is to categorize cohesive topics into "courses". Great service!

I've spent about 20 minutes on it. Finished the Spanish questions and am now on my second run. Loving it! Great concept, even better implementation. Here are my thoughts:

1. The photos of the objects could be better, I would suggest designing them against a white background to maintain consistency and type, as some are drawn while others are photographs.

2. I have failed to locate a button to stop the "Keep Going" automatic count down. While its persistence makes me return to it even after switching tabs, some people may find that annoying. I would suggest A/B testing with no automatic countdown and with a "stop" button.

PS: The images of "El pez" and "la catarina" are broken :(

#2 appears to be the most enticing option. Although if you do decide to go with it you can also consider doing #1 with the "decent developers". I am not sure how you intended to create Browsr, but creating a javascript engine and other core browser features is no easy feat, I suggest you use the chromium project (Google Chrome) for the backend (core) and perhaps develop the UI from scratch.

I have been there. The last semester I enrolled at was fall 2010, about 6 months ago. I did not find any value in pursuing a degree that contained subjects I had no interest in whatsoever (my major was Information and communication technology), I chose not to enroll during the spring semester in favor of attaining professional certifications (Cisco CCIE) as I had taken an interest in them and attained "lower level certs" before that. (The CCIE is considered the holy grail of networking.

Lately however, I have fallen in love with programming and software development, and I have been studying with a passion. This has led me to conclude that throughout the length of my career, I will be involved with different technologies and perhaps even disciplines. Technology is full of uncertainty, you do not know where you will be in 2 years (let alone 5), what if you get a referral for that dream job but it requires a degree? Or if you decide to build a startup and it tanks--you would have to consider employment to regain at least some of the money you have lost.

There are countless other scenarios in which you may regret not having completed your degree. However, the most important thing to consider is that once you quit, you would lose out on opportunities--what they exactly are, you will never find out.

EDIT: This is in response to your edit indicating that you are not dropping out of school. That is good. But if anything, you should drop the music major.

The most interesting part is the deviation of spoken Arabic (which as mentioned in the article, varies by region, e.g. Saudis speak different Arabic from Jordanians, or the Lebanese) from written Arabic. I'm a native Arabic speaker but most of my education and upbringing were in English, so I tend to use the "higher form" i.e. written Arabic, when communicating with fellow speakers. And yes, it is terrific indeed.