16 super cool things you can do on the Internet for free

[steve2470]

http://inktank.fi/16-cool-things-can-internet-free

(edited for copyright)

1. Learn to code
2. Retouch photos
3. Read a book
4. Get free boxes
5. Learn a language
6. Take free online courses
7. Improve your vocabulary and fight world hunger
8. Get medicine (coupons)
9. Get free sheet music
10. Manage your finances
11. Watch a complete documentary
12. Listen to your favourite music
13. Talk with a therapist
14. Find your laptop
15. Make friends with an inmate
16. Relax

Full details at the link. This article is two years old, so some of these might be defunct by now.

[MrScorpio]

1. Dope! nt

[hunter]

2. Python is cool, but it seems everything these days is JavaScript.

I've always thought Javascript is ugly.

Anyways, some of the most accessible tools for creating games are these:

http://www.pygame.org/hifi.html

Lua and LÖVE are interesting too.

GIMP is awesome. Forget the watered down versions of PhotoShop. Gimp and gimp plugins will probably do what you want without demanding $$$. GIMP is often used by scientists on tight budgets, and just as importantly, scientists who want to know that the software is doing exactly what they tell it to do.

Languages one can learn on the internet don't even have to be natural human languages:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constructed_languages