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How To Encourage a Young Teen To Learn Programming?

Anonymous Hacker writes "I'm in a bit of a bind. My young teenage son is starting to get curious about computers, and in particular, programming. Now, I'm a long time kernel hacker (Linux, BSD and UNIX). I have no trouble handling some of the more obscure things in the kernel. But teaching is not something that I'm good at, by any means. Heck, I can't even write useful documentation for non-techies. So my question is: what's the best way to encourage his curiosity and enable him to learn? Now, I know there are folks out there with far better experience in this area than myself. I'd really appreciate any wisdom you can offer. I'd also be especially interested in what younger people think, in particular those who are currently in college or high school.

Farmers Recognised for Their Commitment to Wildlife ; East Yorks: Farmers Who Encourage Wildlife Have Been Recognised for Their Exceptional Efforts to Help Birds and Animals on Their Farms.

East Yorks: Farmers who encourage wildlife have been recognised for their exceptional efforts to help birds and animals on their farms.

Former Astronaut to Bike Across US for Education

Former NASA astronaut and Rocketplane test pilot John Herrington has a new state-of-the-art vehicle of choice: a bike. But it’s a touring bike fully loaded with a GPS, laptop, broadband phone, and digital and video cameras. Herrington is embarking on a cross country bike trek to promote and encourage student participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Herrington, once a college dropout who went on to fly in space in 2002 on the STS-113 mission, hopes he can help make a difference and impact on children by sharing his experiences and providing web-based, hands-on activities using STEM skills to solve problems while following his journey. Herrington also wants to encourage children to pursue their dreams and seek out exciting opportunities.

EU Plans To Extend Copyright; Turns Copyright System Into Welfare For Musicians

Just as we feared, the EU has now approved copyright extension of performance royalties from 50 years to 95 years. This is basically an approval to steal from the public. The public made a deal with musicians 50 years ago: give us music, and we'll give you performance royalties for 50 years. The musicians accepted that, and it was a worthwhile deal for them. Yet, now, the government has decided to change the deal, remove that content from the public domain and give it to the musicians for another 45 years. This is, simply, bad policy. It encourages the exact wrong behavior: telling people that the public will pay them for work they did many many years ago over and over again. This doesn't encourage musicians to continue working and it doesn't encourage them to be fiscally responsible and save for retirement or anything.

First Solar (FSLR): Encourage profit taking/shorting here - FBR

FBR is out with a negative call on First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) after Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), an industry association bridging the solar and utility industries, announced yesterday theresults of its survey of utility companies (titled:"Utility Solar Electricity Market Survey"). Summary: (a) projected PV installations of ~2 GW, on aggregate, over the next three to five years in solar portfolio, versus >3 GW for CSPs across the U.S. utilities; (b) possible paradigm shift, with utilities owning the plants and PV suppliers becoming only turn-key provider (if ITC is given to utilities instead of third parties).

Art the Vote Billboards Encourage Voting

Those small daily choices your make impact our world, says Kansas City artist Karen Kay, who has won the Art the Vote (ATV) online billboard contest. Kay’s work, plus that of seven other artists, will appear on 70 billboards across Missouri, beginning September 1, 2008. The official unveiling for all billboards occurs September 5. Each billboard addresses a social issue and includes the words, “Vote, Your future depends on it.�

Waste Management and Sony Electronics to Host Free Electronics Recycling Event

PRNewswire/ -- To encourage consumers to recycle electronic devices in an environmentally sound manner, Sony Electronics Inc. and Waste Management Recycle America are asking

Lad mags 'linked to social ills'

"Lad mags" encourage irresponsible behaviour among young men and promote a negative image of women, a leading Conservative has said.

Reader Report from OSCON: The Tenth Annual Open Source Conference

Editor's Note: We encourage "Reader Reports" -- submissions from members of Worldchanging's global audience who volunteer to write up their notes from conferences, workshops and other worldchanging happenings they participate in. If you'd like to contribute your own report, please email editor@worldchanging.com.

iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan (CNET)

Frankly, one shouldn't encourage such behavior by actually covering it. But if I were in Manhattan--instead of Austin,

China's love of cigarettes thwarts pledge of smoke-free Olympics

Beijing's new antismoking regulations encourage restaurants to provide nonsmoking areas. Few have done so.

Waste Management and Sony Electronics to Host Free Electronics Recycling Event

PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- To encourage consumers to recycle electronic devices in an environmentally sound manner, Sony Electronics Inc. and Waste Management Recycle America are asking Portland-area residents to take action and recycle their old electronics for free Saturday, August 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center. Additionally, the first 2,000 participants to drop off their unwanted electronics will receive a free, environmentally friendly cloth tote.

New Zealand government urges boycott of Zimbabwe cricket matches

Wellington - The New Zealand government will encourage the national cricket team, the Black Caps, against making its scheduled tour of Zimbabwe next year, but past experience shows that it depends on the International Cricket Council, Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Monday. "Obviously we would prefer that the Blacks Caps not play in Zimbabwe," she told her weekly press conference, condemning Robert Mugabe's claim of a landslide victory in the weekend's presidential election as "a farce with tragic consequences."

eBay bids to be world's shop

EBay will unveil sweeping changes today to encourage more fixed-price sellers as part of a wider attempt to transform the business from global car boot sale to worldwide shopping mall.

Autistic adults speak through art

PaintbrushesA new competition for autistic adults will encourage them to express their feelings about living with the condition through art, it has been claimed.

EBay changes aim for fewer critics and more sellers

EBay will unveil sweeping changes today to encourage more fixed-price sellers as part of a wider attempt to transform the business from global car boot sale to worldwide shopping mall.

E-commerce: EBay changes aim for fewer critics and more sellers

EBay will unveil sweeping changes today to encourage more fixed-price sellers as part of a wider attempt to transform the business from global car boot sale to worldwide shopping mall.

eBay UK Runs Multiple-Item Listing Promotion

eBay UK is running a promotion to encourage sellers to list multiple identical items. From August 12 - September 23, 2008, sellers may list multiple numbers of identical items within the same listing on eBay.co.uk using the Buy It Now only or Shop Inventory Format and pay only one Insertion Fee for each category. Normally the insertion fee for Multiple-Item listings is based on the opening value of the items - the price multiplied by the quantity of items - with a maximum insertion fee of £1.90.

Oregon senator offers nanotech prizes

Senator Ron Wyden has introduced a bill to encourage nanotechnology development by offering prizes. The Oregon Democrat joined Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine to propose at least four categories of prizes from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The competition categories would be green nanotechnology, alternative energy, human health and commercialization of consumer products.

Linux Foundation releases developer guide

A guide to the kernel development process aims to encourage participation by new programmers by explaining what's involved. Some developers and businesses attempting to submit changes to the Linux kernel find themselves tangled up with the processes used, according to the guide, which was written by Jonathan Corbet, executive editor of lwn.net and himself a Linux developer.

Linux Foundation releases developer guide

A guide to the kernel development process aims to encourage participation by new programmers by explaining what's involved. Some developers and businesses attempting to submit changes to the Linux kernel find themselves tangled up with the processes used, according to the guide, which was written by Jonathan Corbet, executive editor of lwn.net and himself a Linux developer.

Linux kernel developer's guide published

A guide to the kernel development process aims to encourage participation by new programmers by explaining what is involved. Some developers and businesses attempting to submit changes to the Linux kernel find themselves tangled up with the processes used, according to the guide, which was written by Jonathan Corbet, executive editor of lwn.net and himself a Linux developer.

Linux kernel developer's guide published

A guide to the kernel development process aims to encourage participation by new programmers by explaining what's involved. Some developers and businesses attempting to submit changes to the Linux kernel find themselves tangled up with the processes used, according to the guide, which was written by Jonathan Corbet, executive editor of lwn.net and himself a Linux developer.

401(k) Industry Focusing on Use of Annuities to Enhance Retirement SecurityLoading...

Increasingly, the benefits community is exploring ideas that might encourage 401(k) account holders to annuitize at least part of their retirement saving. Their reasons:

Now, resdisover Nehru's idea of India in DVD

The government has embarked on a fresh drive to encourage the people, especially students, to rediscover Jawaharlal Nehru's concept of a modern secular India that is at the same time anchored in its ancient history.

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