Cartoons: sharp pencils

Today's mix includes comments on Donald Trump v. Carly Fiorina; the Pope v. Republicans; County Clerk Kim Davis v. all not in agreement; and Apple v. the common pencil.

In the second GOP presidential debate Trump met his match: Carly Fiorina.

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Steve Benson, The Week

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The Syrian refugees are posing intense problems for Europe and the U.S. is being asked to step up and help. Here's are some excuses the U.S. is presenting: Why the U.S. Can't Immediately Resettle Syrian Refugees. Pope Francis wants us to give them shelter.

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Steve Kelley, The Week

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Published in the Louisville Courier-Journal, Clergy weighs Kim Davis' legal, moral rights.

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Mike Luckovich, The Week

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And last, but not least, Apple announces the Apple Pencil for iPad Pro.

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Nate Beeler, The Week

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-- Marge

Udacity U: HTML5 Game Development

HTML5 Game Development is a course offered by Udacity, which is an e-learning platform.  Courses offered by Udacity, edX, and Coursera (to name a few) are called massive open online courses (MOOCs).  So far they're not accredited, but Udacity's and edX's offerings are free. And good information is a valuable thing.

Why HTML5?  It holds the promise of being able to code once and publish (probably with a few adjustments) to a number of  different mobile platforms, as well as the web.  Apple products support HTML5; and, according to this article found at Mashable, Amazon Embraces HTML5 for New Ebooks.  Amazon's developer portal is at developer.amazon.com.  If you're interesting in marketing a mobile app you've developed, take a look at mobyaffiliates.  W3C states "HTML5 Definition Complete, W3C Moves to Interoperability Testing and Performance" in a December 2012 release.  This Wufoo page offers the current state of HTML5 forms for different platforms (I hoping it's truly current).

Returning to Udacity, I'm currently looking at the optional javascript crash course (because I tend to have a mental block against any C-based language).  This is what I see:

An "Ask a question" button is below the video and the discussions on the topic can be very helpful. Note: looks like you don't have to be signed in to view the discussion.

In closing here's a demotivational poster on programming by Tom Distler. 

Time for class.

-- Marge