Month: August 2015

Windows Slideshow

08/312015

WindowsMarking the 20th birthday of Windows 95 on the 31st of September, the BBC revisit their 2009 slideshow of Windows through the ages.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8316268.stm

We’ve been using all of them in virtual machines in System Software class. I’m still not quite sure if anyone actually ever used Windows 1, but Windows 3.1 was as normal as you could get on a PC (of course the Apple Mac was already a whole other ballgame and years ahead – on of their adverts mentioned “Windows 95, Apple Mac 1984”). Windows 95 was terribly exciting. Windows XP made it all work finally. I think it’s been downhill since then.

Explore Programming

08/272015

CodeAcademy.com NewBoston.comMaybe the only way to know if you’re going to enjoy learning programming or not is to try it.

You don’t have to do a lot – take a short dip into some of the free tutorials available online and if you come away feeling that you want to learn more then you might just have what it takes.

We recommend CodeAcademy’s courses on Python and the Linux command-line, as well as the NewBoston tutorials on C++.

For software tools to get started, check out or links and recommendations at computing.mallowcollege.ie/category/programming/.