Oh no, I didn't know about this. I show up at the weekly Monday rails meetup. I would definitely show up to the next one!

The talk is time sensitive, as it is live, but there are other commercial space talks being given as well (Pacific Standard Time):

  2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Commercial Space Panel
  Gwynne Shotwell, President, SpaceX
  Jeff Greason, President and CEO, XCOR Aerospace
  Ronald Ramos, Vice President, Exploration and Launch Systems, Pratt & Whitney
  Daniel J. Rasky, Director, Emerging Commercial Space Office, NASA

  4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Opportunities and Challenges for Small 
  Businesses in the Energy and Aerospace Technology Fields
  Chair: Michael F. Pisczor, NASA Glenn Research Center

EDIT: I seem to have submitted the talk at the very end of his presentation, here's to hoping there will be a recording soon.

At the very least you can have him progress through the mathematics tree at Khan academy which would further his education a bit. If you haven't heard of it, you can check khanacademy.com

The site includes exercises with a bit of a game element attached where you earn badges for completing certain achievements.

Of course, how could I forget about Khan academy. Good point, thanks!

QR Code for the link:

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmark...

I understand your question is about icons and logos, but this might set you along the right path, as the post links to many other resources: http://paulstamatiou.com/startup-web-design-ux-crash-course

I'm still figuring it out myself.

I was thinking exactly the same thing (as others seem to have done). As a competitive gamer, what the post describes certainly sounds like flow. Unfortunately, as others have mentioned, it's not always easy to replicate. The best I can do is turn on music and let my fingers do the rest.

It never ceases to amaze me how serendipitous I find the comments on HN to be. Like the dcpdx, I've also been working on my first website and have been looking for a feature exactly like the effects you've linked.

I've also been debating with myself on github vs svn (or in my case, bitbucket). Care to explain your choice?

For me, I love it because I can work with it offline and it's branching and merging rocks compared to other version control systems. Checkout this page for a good detailed explanation: http://learn.github.com/p/intro.html. One last reason why I love it... because github rocks! It's all setup for you with a large range of third party add-ons that I find useful.