So, You Want to Learn to Program?

Recently, more and more people I know have said they’d like to learn programming. Here are some resources for anyone who’s interested:

Listing Colors by Similarity

Have you ever wanted a program that re-orders a list of colors so that similar colors are near each other?

Fly

At some point, the fly was doomed. The bag of cement powder fell broad side down on a clear path, and there was a point at which the fly no longer had enough time to leave that path before the bag touched down to earth so forcefully.

Change of Plans

When I bought a Kindle Fire, I intended to be a normal user. No rooting and no fiddling with operating systems or bootloaders.

Chinese Plum Blossoms

I finally had a chance to revisit Kumamoto Castle (熊本城) while the Chinese plum (梅) trees were in bloom. Most Japanese strongly prefer cherry blossoms (桜) which bloom later, but Katie and I both prefer Chinese plum.

Kusamakura Spa

Katie and I went to the recently reopened Kusamakura spa (草枕温泉) in Tensui (天水町).

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

Katie and I visited the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum (長崎原爆資料館) over the weekend. The museum is in Nagasaki City (長崎市) where the second bomb was dropped.