CS 100 :: Fall 2024 :: In-Class Links

This is where Dave will be posting links to content used within the lectures and assignments.

A † indicates that it was not shown in class, but you may want to check it out if you're interested.

Lecture 21 (Thursday November 21, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/468223821
• Online MD5 Hash Generator
  https://www.md5hashgenerator.com/
• Visualization of the Enigma Machine
  YouTube
• Visualization of AES
  YouTube

Lecture 20 (Tuesday November 19, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/418809425

Lab (Monday November 18, 2024)

• Starter lab file:
  lab-quiz.html (you may want to right-click save as...)

Lecture 19 (Thursday November 14, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/474014818
• CS 100 Counter (with cookies):
  https://student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs100/count/
• Chrome Browser Cookies
  chrome://settings/cookies
• Google Ad Center
  https://myadcenter.google.com/controls
• Your Battery Level
  battery.html
• UW Weather:
  http://weather.uwaterloo.ca/waterloo_weather_station_data.xml
• Background communication example
  ajax.html
• Cookie Clicker (Throwback Thursdays)†
  https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/

Lecture 18 (Tuesday November 12, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/427373016
• What HTTP header is my browser sending?
  https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-http-headers-is-my-browser-sending
• Alert:
  alert.html
• Today:
  today.html
• Count:
  count.html
• Boxes:
  boxes.html
• Lights:
  https://helloenjoy.itch.io/lights
• CS 100 Counter (with cookies):
  https://student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs100/count/

Assignment 3

• Starter BuzzFeed Quiz:
  quiz.html (you may want to right-click save as...)

Lecture 17 (Thursday November 7, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/483085558
• CSS Validator
  https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
• Google Fonts
  https://fonts.google.com/knowledge
• Font Fallbacks
  https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_font_fallbacks.asp

Lecture 16 (Tuesday November 5, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/446451812
• W3 Schools (CSS)
  https://www.w3schools.com/css/

Lecture 15 (Thursday October 31, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/463597900
• W3 Schools (HTML)
  https://www.w3schools.com/html/
• Dave's Halloween Meme:
  Kermit

Lecture 14 (Tuesday October 29, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/408256585
• HTML Validator
  https://validator.w3.org/
• Online Hex Editor
  https://hexed.it

Lecture 12 (Tuesday October 21, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/459387219
• What HTTP header is my browser sending?
  https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-http-headers-is-my-browser-sending
• For Dave to cut & paste: I ❤️ Beyoncé!
• W3 Schools (HTML)
  https://www.w3schools.com/html/
• HTML Validator
  https://validator.w3.org/
• Online Hex Editor
  https://hexed.it

Lecture 11 (Thursday October 10, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/486575652

Lecture 10 (Tuesday October 8, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/408061788
• How to write a postcard
  https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Postcard

Assignment 02

• Large (90MB) image:
  mona.jpg
• website to compress an image to a target size:
  https://watermarkly.com/how-to-compress-an-image/

Lecture 09 (Thursday October 3, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/446966987
• CPU Benchmarks
  https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleCompare.php
• Play the Oregon Trail†:
  https://www.scullinsteel.com/apple2/#oregon_trail_1

Lecture 08 (Tuesday October 1, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/442369442

Lecture 07 (Thursday September 26, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/462599963
• Wagon Wheel Effect (with a plane propeller):
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon-wheel_effect
• Music Spectrum Display:
  YouTube

Lecture 06 (Tuesday September 24, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/441227092
• Example of an annoying URL with a space in it (note the %20 and how a space in ASCII is 0x20):
  https://student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs100/links/this%20URL%20has%20spaces%20in%20it.txt
• Hiding a URL by using the (Hex) ASCII codes:
  https://%75%77%61%74%65%72%6C%6F%6F%2E%63%61
• Unicode Emoji list:
  https://www.unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-list.html
• xkcd joke on combining emojis†:
  https://xkcd.com/1813/
• Look up your Waterloo faculty colour by Hex Code†!
  https://uwaterloo.ca/brand/how-express-our-brand/colour
• Interactive example of a vector graphic:
  https://www.desmos.com/calculator/cahqdxeshd
• Hearing Test Tone Generator:
  https://onlinetonegenerator.com/hearingtest.html

Lecture 05 (Thursday September 19, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/497812266
• Scene from the movie The Martian:
  YouTube
  Fun retro fact! The Martion scene mentions the game: Leather Goddesses of Phobos from 1986. You can play it online here†.

Lecture 04 (Tuesday September 17, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/495228518
• Babbage's Difference Engine
  YouTube

Lecture 03 (Thursday September 12, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/485638150
• Find out more about the EDGE Certificate — Info session TONIGHT
  https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-work-integrated-learning/edge
• Kitchener Collectibles Show — this SUNDAY
  https://collectorshows.ca/september-15th-2024-kitchener-waterloo-toys-and-collectibles-expo/
• Humble Bundle - Excel and Office books — offer expires in 11 days
  https://www.humblebundle.com/books/excel-and-office-pearson-books
• SpongeBob colouring pages
  SpongeBob
• † Interactive Graph Colouring
  1. https://d3gt.com/unit.html?graph-coloring
  2. https://d3gt.com/unit.html?k-colorable
• † Interactive Logic Puzzle
  https://www.ahapuzzles.com/logic/logic-puzzles/at-the-pizzeria/
  (this is just for fun... you won't have to complete logic puzzles)

Lecture 02 (Tuesday September 10, 2024)

• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/493201092
• Powers of 10: YouTube
• Did you mean: recursion
  https://www.google.com/search?q=recursion
• † David Hasselhoff recursion (do NOT click on this!!! you were warned...)
  hasselhoff-recursion.gif
• SpongeBob colouring pages
  SpongeBob

Lecture 01 (Thursday September 3, 2024)

• Course Outline:
  https://outline.uwaterloo.ca/view/n6absn
• Join the VEVOX session
  https://vevox.app/#/m/455886839
• † Challenge Dave to a game on Board Game Arena (Dave's username: Dave Tompkins)
  boardgamearena.com
  (but only if you're keen -- there are no "bonus" / participation points)

Assignment 0

• The secret video is: here