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eliteskills.com — Large list of the best sites for people that like learning online.This is a resubmission because it got 3 votes but... 261 Votes on reddit and 728 saves on del.icio.us... I say give it another chance.

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  • Vyed, on 11/05/2007, -28/+15I'll bookmark.
    • cyroxos, on 11/05/2007, -1/+33I agree
      I think this sort of open-source information is fantastic. I am a collector of ebooks, audiobooks, and documentaries, and I must say that information ought to be free.
    • unicornhunter, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2yep, many people take education for granted. this stuff at our fingertips is amazing now days. Free education would be great...but it's too utopian.
    • kcpwnsgman, on 11/05/2007, -1/+13Now I can test out of all my college classes!
    • jayhawks71, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6and its JohnS Hopkins, not John Hopkins!
    • Tricky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The OpenCourseWare from MIT is great. Completely in-depth.
    • wincewega, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1dupe :)
    • bobmagoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1thanks for posting this,
      this is awesome, pretty much all of the computer related knowledge that i have has been self-inflicted(er.... i mean taught), i've taken a few computer classes over the years but nothing has equaled the information gained by learning something and then trying to build or make something with that knowledge. Not entirely sure why i'm going to college to learn about computer stuff given my previous statement but maybe it will be different...
      (any confirmation or rebuttal of that statement by some CS majors would be greatly appreciated)
    • pensivewombat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is excellent, I just wish there were more resources for English majors like myself. Most web based free education tends to be about science and technology (for fairly obvious reasons) but I'd love to see and online video lecture on Derrida and post-structuralism or pop culture studies.
    • stoppedcode12, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1If you want to access the source directly, it's here: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
    • gfixler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@cyroxos: Just in case you, or others don't know about the newsgroup, check out alt.binaries.e-book.technical through your favorite reader (I'm on Pan on Linux, but was on Xnews when I was on Windows).

      There's a fairly large and revolving list of all manner of technical bits of info in a spread of formats - sometimes image scans of books, sometimes PDFs, sometimes textual ebooks. I've seen everything from science, math, and medical books, to electronics, computer, and programming language texts (and about 1.3 billion posts of web language material). I've also seen a lot of military things, like what must have been a full thousand user's manuals of every gun I've ever/never heard of, blueprints of helicopters, boats, and planes, and once even a giant collection of military vehicle papercraft.

      My favorite so far were 2 large compendiums of clever woodworking scanned in from old magazines - something like 80 volumes, and about 6-10 cool projects in each. It was a group effort of people finding the old books, and scanning them in to complete the list. Cool stuff. Check it out.
    • goatomatic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@cyroxos

      You might want to check out librivox.org, they have free audio books and anyone can volunteer to contribute.
    • rjani57, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks submitter. Hugely useful site and, thankfully, free of ads, spams etc. Definitely was worth resubmitting. Shame one of the online documentaries is removed on Google - doesn't take anything away from this site.
  • russellnation, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23coolest site ever, thanks guy.
    • brandonr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21No kidding. Thanks for resubmitting it.
    • CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26Finally, someone being happy about a dupe.
    • gfixler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Here here. It really raises my spirits to see so many people digging up an entry related to learning more. This has more diggs than that story about Hef's sexy time, and that one had a head start.

      Thanks, diggers.
  • dftz, on 10/12/2007, -29/+3
  • Anrkist, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6No w3schools?
  • stanleyfeinbaum, on 10/12/2007, -136/+3This is a great site

    http://stanleyf.blogspot.com/
    • JoWiGo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Prepare for the digg down bombardment
    • rootadmen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12if you actually go to his site, he is a ***** moron
    • Heembo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Just block this scumbag spammer.
    • xXShadowstormXx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Yeah, great site.

      http://www.digg.com/
    • offput, on 10/12/2007, -23/+4You guys seriously need to grow up. You're acting like because he put a url at the bottom of his post he is less than a human being and automatically unintelligent. If you want to digg down the comment then do so, despite the absurdity in digging something down regardless of main content due to an addendum, but taking the extra effort to call someone a scumbag because he added 30 extra characters to a post?
    • Tricky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15We don't ban him because he adds useful URLs. We ban him because he whores his own site out.
    • stanleyfeinbaum, on 10/12/2007, -30/+4uh have you noticed that DIGG is simply a site that whores other people's sites out?

      Join the sigs for digg movement. We shall overcome! http://stanleyf.blogspot.com/
    • stanleyfeinbaum, on 10/12/2007, -18/+3-85 diggs! awesome

      http://stanleyf.blogspot.com/
    • Grimboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1You know full well that you wouldn't get dugg down if actually said something useful and relevant alongside your sig.
    • romulcah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Stanley Feinbaum,
      Professional Tool
    • 13thfloor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Putting your website in your comment, especially a comment that does not have anything to do with the article is spam, plain and simple. Just put it in your profile and make a worthwhile comment. Someone may actually look at your profile if you contribute to the article in any way. That would be part of the social aspect of digg.com. And now I'm blocking you.
  • rootadmen, on 10/12/2007, -17/+3?foo=x
    nice job *****, way to clutter digg
  • datcrazydj, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4Woot! Digg-down party!!
  • Shawnosaurus, on 11/06/2007, -1/+68Bookmarked for eventual procrastination.
    • mtheoryx83, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4If I had a nickel for every "greatest collection of free tech information" site I have in my firefox bookmarks, I might have enough to buy a PS3.
    • greenspans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8> If I had a nickel for every "greatest collection of free tech information" site I have in my firefox
      > bookmarks, I might have enough to buy a PS3.

      If you had read any of your greatest tech information bookmarks you'd have bought a wii with your nickels.
    • stanleyfeinbaum, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2yup I agree

      http://stanleyf.blogspot.com/
    • abhidut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1lol :D
  • skrproj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Thnaks for the very useful info
  • Seth024, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nice site: I'm definitely going to look at a couple of those lectures.
    After I finish my exams :)

    Note to self: Bookmark this site and visit it again in 2 weeks
  • srothman, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Nice list, could use a little design improvement, but the resources are great.
    • xofc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21It's functionally minimalist. Sometimes web 1.0 works just fine.
  • TheAbsintheHare, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Oh man. You just filled up all my free time for the next few months.
    This is a kinesthetic/visual learner's dream.
    Thank you :]
  • RogueAI, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Shouldn't "self learners" know that the term autodidact is a better way to describe themselves?

    "self learners" sounds like you're learning about yourself.
    • greenspans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I would estimate around 35% of the people that click this don't know what autodidact means. Accidentally confusing people about the page content isn't worth being grammatically efficient. "Self learner" is straight forward and a label people can associate quickly as something positive to become; useful for a good headline.
  • Karmalary, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great Site! I took the MIT course that taught with Scheme (LISP) just as refresher and it was excellent.
  • ajchavar, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1isn't giving us this list defeating the purpose of self learning?
  • tresk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Is there an alternative to iTunes? I'd love to learn Russian & German, for the languages section!
    • sebrOck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Juice - Popular iTunes Replacement

      http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/download/index.php

      and i an just quoting from the site this post is about.
      why didn´t you just read it?
    • Heembo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Will Juice still let legally purchase iTunes TV shows? Need my daily Colbert Report....
    • ModernGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Juice needs to bundle a universal copy of python with their stuff. I don't know if you can do universal with the UNIX programs like python, otherwise it needs a Cocoa launcher to pick between Intel/PowerPC, and then launch it. Any thoughts?
  • bede, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yay! Someone else who's heard of Intute!

    Some other great stuff there too. Thanks for submitting.


  • adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2realmedia files....bleh...

    anyone know how I can convert these to something more user friendly?
  • jlyoung, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0madtv needs to get in on this action. madtv ftw
  • Bodie50, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thanks for this. I downloaded many free Podcast Spanish language lessons.

    Mui Bueno!
    • monomal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8It's "muy bueno" or "muy bien" - but I guess you haven't listened that far in yet! Goodness knows I'm struggling, and I recently moved to Spain...
    • 13thfloor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If it is audio only, then maybe we can't judge too harshly for spelling errors. Never stop learning.
    • kukuwkaq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I find this site http://www.design-sites.net/ ! I think it is interest site about promotion in Google.
  • AlfaWolph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah this was popular on del.icio.us a few days ago. Good site, but what's with the foovar in the url.
  • genvivi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0AMAZING thank you, school is annoying to me, I prefer to learn on my own. Plus, if you just work a little harder now, you get a heck of alot more money later.
  • piko_soft, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There should be no price placed on education! GREAT FIND!
  • cherpie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You should generally look at Open Culture --- www.oculture.com -- for lots of similar resources, including lots of educational podcasts.
  • mojaam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice, been worried about how I am going to pass my chemistry class this upcoming semester... now I can get a head start.
  • DavidDigg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1GO BEARS!!!
  • tralalaa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Um, assuming the "learn languages" that are linked to iTunes need to be purshased... not exactly free now, is it?

    I don't have iTunes to test it out, but the other stuff looks sweet.
    • masterc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The language stuff is free
    • 13thfloor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1sadly, no iTunes for Linux, so even if it is free, it doesn't help me, unless it is available as a podcast from feedburner or similar.
  • LeDave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm not able to download the podcasts (the ones that I tried at least). Does anyone know if they're restricted to the American itunes store?

    edit: I'm canadian, btw
  • MaNiaC510, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1thanks for the find
  • Sculptor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thank you Greenspans. Most subjects do not match my current interest. But sometimes its just great to learn something totally unrelated to what we have been fixated on of late.
  • fluffydestroyer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OMG, this is unbelievable! Such a great source of information! I have to admit that I didn't know what to think about it when I first read the title, and since I'm a big fan of learning languages, I decided to take a look... I don't know about the other sections, but this one is great, and for free!
    Gracias greenspans :)
  • littlebylittle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sweet
  • jwm0z, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1This is a pile of sh*t.
  • brada33928, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0great post, what is an Autodidact?
  • sapphicbeats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1oh man...my free time is now GONE. thank you SO much for these links. and thanks to whomever suggested http://librivox.org/ as well!
  • audiothink, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great compilation. The 'French Urban Gymnastics' video seemed out of place until I considered the title 'self learning' from a wider scope. I did not see Wikipedia in the list, but can understand why it might have been left out in light of other, less-known Wikimedia projects.
  • neo982, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Great link, thanks...also for free background wallpapers try Freebgs.com
  • tansoei, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1really really useful!!! Thanks! Only the free software coverage is inadequate
  • tansoei, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1very useful. The free software list is a little meager. Seminar material from vendors like Oracle, SAP, Microsoft are often available for download. Many other university courses are open to public, just search using topic course+material download
  • davetheman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1free knowledge is made possible thanks to digg.
  • 177emc2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1learn
  • blankartist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why? Why are all the videos encoded in Real Media? Boo.
  • kevintang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is fantastic. heard it from the latest diggnation ep, it really helps! Thanks, man!
  • calibears, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0good education link! thanks.
  • DesignRocks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very good, thanks for another try, otherwise I would never see it. :)
  • smoreorless, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1http://www.nidirect.co.uk
  • FuzzyWhisper, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Thanks for the great resource.
  • Sculder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Lots of helpful links, thanks.
    http://www.rushessay.com
  • pingomoto, on 11/25/2007, -1/+0Thanks for sharing
    http://astore.amazon.com/barbie-jeep-20
  • lolita077, on 12/04/2007, -1/+0Very nice article
    http://www.hunport.hu/kepeslap/index.php
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