lectures:

These pages are instructional materials prepared for lecturing to various groups at certain events. They may be a bit out of date, however in the interest of sharing, I've decided to keep them up.

If you would like to use these resources, feel free to copy and change them. However, I'd appreciate it if you shared the changes with me.

Introduction to the Internet

Offers a general philosophical discussion on how computers and the internet work, based upon how they've evolved. Also offers a page of useful links, and a special vocabulary section.

Begin reading about the internet.

Introduction to Perl Programming

The focus of this class is to introduce the perl language, and not necessarily instruct on programming concepts. Many varied topics are introduced that will give you some basic tools to start writing your own perl code, and whet your appetite to inspire your own self-directed study.

Begin your perl lesson.

GNU Image Manipulation Program (the Gimp) Introduction

Description from freshmeat.net: "...suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc."

My intention with this presentation is to introduce a new concept: working with 2-d graphics. My hope is for this to be a useful resource for anyone looking to get started working with the Gimp.

Learn about the Gimp.