Reflections on G-Kenya

[This post is by Reto Meier AKA @retomeier , who wrote the book on Android App development. — Tim Bray] Recently I visited Kenya for the t... Read more »

Geek Time with Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds and Jeremy Allision were both in Sao Paulo, Brazil a few weeks ago for LinuxCon , where they were both presenters . Late... Read more »

GenMAPP’s Summer Harvest

The GenMAPP organization’s efforts focus on building software tools to analyze and visualize biological data. We joined forces with Cytosc... Read more »

Get ready to Rocksteady

Rocksteady is an effort to use Esper Complex Event Processing (CEP) to analyze user defined metrics. You can use it to parse your data an... Read more »

Proguard, Android, and the Licensing Server

[This post is by Dan Galpin, an Android Developer Advocate specializing in games and comics. — Tim Bray] The Securing Android LVL Applicatio... Read more »

Rocks and Minerals

Learn about rocks and minerals and the processes that create them with these interactive activities: Burke Museum Rocks and Minerals : Learn... Read more »

Changing the Look of the Web with Stylebot

Stylebot editing the Open Source Blog in advanced mode Stylebot editing the Open Source Blog in basic mode Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are... Read more »

New Arcademic Skill Builders Games

Arcademic Skill Builders is a great site with quality educational games for the classroom.  I recently visited the site and found that they... Read more »

Ohio LinuxFest Wrap-up

I just got back from Ohio LinuxFest , a three-day all-volunteer conference on free and open source software held in Columbus, Ohio. A wonder... Read more »

Interviews from GUADEC, Part 5

This week we have the last video in Jeremy Allison ’s series of interviews from his trip to GUADEC , the GNOME conference. In this video, ... Read more »

Wacky Web Tales

Wacky Web Tales by Houghton Mifflin is a site that has been around for quite awhile, but it remains one of my favorite, fun interactive sit... Read more »

FreeBSD’s Summer Highlights

FreeBSD is a modern open source operating system for servers, desktops, and embedded systems, based on over 30 years of continuous developm... Read more »

Typing and Keyboarding Practice Games

Here are some fun keyboarding sites for your students to use to practice typing skills: Typing Defense : Type the words on the asteroids to ... Read more »

Introducing the Mobile Bookmark Bubble

Today, we’re pleased to announce that we’re open-sourcing the Mobile Bookmark Bubble , a JavaScript library that helps users of your web app... Read more »

Supporting the new music Voice Action

[This post is by Mike LeBeau, the Tech Lead and architect behind Voice Actions. — Tim Bray] We recently launched Voice Actions in the new G... Read more »

Comparison Shoot Out

Compare the numbers and kick the ball into the correct side of the goal to score!  The Comparison Shoot Out game from Fuel the Brain has t... Read more »

Screen Geometry Fun

The recent announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Tab should be a wake-up call for Android developers. What’s scary is that we’ve never seen a ... Read more »

License Evolution and Hosting Projects on Code.Google.Com

Nearly 6 years ago when we first started thinking about doing project hosting on code.google.com we noticed something particular about the o... Read more »

Interviews from GUADEC, Part 4

Stormy Peters is the Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation , and when Jeremy Allison from the Google Open Source Programs Office ran... Read more »

One Screen Turn Deserves Another

[This post is by Dan Morrill, Open Source & Compatibility Program Manager. — Tim Bray] Android has an API for accessing a variety of sen... Read more »

Interactive Calculators

Here are some online, interactive calculators that you can use on your SmartBoard: Giant Calculator : Ambleside Primary's Big Calculator... Read more »

Thousand Parsec HackWeek at the Googleplex

On the 7th of August, the Thousand Parsec core developers congregated for the first time at the Googleplex . We arrived in Mountain View, CA... Read more »