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Game Jams are fun. They are a creative, exciting, social experience. The goal of a Game Jam is to design a video game, either alone or in teams, as fast as humanly possible; usually in a single weekend. Some Jams are also great for making board games or card games! Game Jams can be absolutely massive group events held in conference rooms and...

Not that many years ago, wedding photographers were known as “weekend warriors; they were wedding photographers on wedding days and worked at other full-time jobs the rest of the week. The status of the wedding photographer— both among other photographers and the public at large—was very low. They were often...

Put a hacker in a room with a Furby for a weekend and you'll hear a conversation that's fairly one-sided in its originality. Toss in an 802.11b network card, a soldering iron, wire cutters, a logic probe, and a few other carefully selected tools and materials and you'll have potential. Add a copy of Hardware Hacking Projects for...

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Learn JavaScript In a Weekend, 2nd Edition is the ultimate guide to integrating JavaScript into Web pages. With step-by-step instructions, readers will learn how to effectively use JavaScript, the most popular scripting language used for Web development today. Setting itself apart from competitors, this is the only beginner-level...