Sarah Carruthers Univ.-Prof. Dr. Vancouver Island University Computer Science Nanaimo, Canada Office: Building 315 Room 217 e-mail: sarah dot carruthers at viu dot ca

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Teaching

• CSCI 310 Fall 2026
• CSCI 307/ENGR 107 Year 2026
• CSCI 375 Spring 2027

Other Interests

• Research
• Outreach

Random Stuff

• MIT Course: The Missing Semester
• xkcd
• unix xkcd
• Phd Comics
• turnoff.us
• ACM-W scholarships for Women in CS to Attend Conferences
• Google Scholarships
• Terminals Are Sexy: a comprehensive list of commandline tools
• Microsoft Office 365 for Students (free)
• Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs
• Dwitter: 140 chars of JS and a canvas
• Seeing Probabilities
• Curated list of Web-related Resources
• Busy People Pattern: how to get things done
• Regex Crossword
• Paintings done by hand in CSS
• It's Nicky!
• Context Free Art (L-Systems generated art)
• The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (pdf)
• Jim'll Paint it: fan-requested art, done in MS Paint
• BudgetBytes: Budget-friendly meals
• Radio Paradise: good algorithm-free music
• The Power of 10: New Rules for the Digital World
• Prof. Dr. Style Web design

Helpful Tools

• Trello Board: Task Tracking
• Freedcamp: Project Management
• Taiga: Open Source Project Management
• PlantUML: text-based UML diagraming
• Draw.io: online diagraming tool
• Curated list of text-based diagramming tools