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This is just a quick entry to share a couple of useful sites I\u2019ve learned about recently (one about a month or two ago, the other yesterday). The first is the site of a program called Scratch<\/a> which one can download freely from the MIT web site<\/a>. It allows one to make one\u2019s own animation and even simple games through a much simpler interface than writing code could ever be (even in old fashioned BASIC, for those of us who remember it).<\/p>\n

The second site is called \u201cStock Xchng<\/a>\u201d and is simply a useful source for \u2018stock photos\u2019. Those of us who maintain and develop web pages or use powerpoint in class are always looking for images relevant to various topics that can illustrate or even simply adorn, and my colleague, who is working on a web site about religious diversity in Indianapolis, drew it to my attention. (By the way, he is still trying to decide whether \u201cSects in the City\u201d or \u201cINsects\u201d is a better name for the site, so if you have an opinion, feel free to make it known!)<\/p>\n

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