Where Learning Can Be Fun

Ongytenes Wonder's Home Page

NOTICE: When Google forced the change-over to the 'new & improved' Google Sites, the formatting and highlighting of my code examples were lost. Also access to all reference files and some links were broken. Please be patient as I attempt to repair the damage inflicted.

About The Name
Years ago I went searching for a pseudonym for my online identity and found the Old English word ongytenes for knowledge. I wanted something unique that would help me stand out in a search engine. Later a 3D online social media site insisted I select a pseudonym for my last name from their list. I saw the word wonder and figured it would serve me as in being inquisitive.

That is what this site is about. I have always enjoyed learning and imparting knowledge. So as a hobby, I have set this site up to share knowledge with others. I feel that to hoard knowledge is wrong and to pass it on to the next generation enriches society.

So enjoy the information, and remember, pass it on

Latest Activity

Been retired for a while now and drawing my pension. Sipping my coffee and reminiscing about the good ole days. Still being active on personal projects. Haven't yet regressed to the lawn chair in the yard and waving my cane at kids who dared to walk on my grass.
My motherboard died and I now have received a new tiny computer that I am using for now to try and catch up on my online edits.
Working on repairing damage caused by Google Sites upgrade.
Received a message that Google was updating Google Sites and relocating it. I was unable to edit my pages until I accepted the updates. I have retained the old address but viewers will be automatically forwarded to the new site. The update will change the appearance of this web page.
Uploaded a new LibreOffice Tutorial video.
Been experimenting with LiveCode 9. Interesting cross-platform rapid application development software. Some terminology and methods was a bit alien to me. Taken some adjustment in my thinking to adapt. For example it uses "stacks" and "cards" for the windows. A stack can contain many cards that can be switched and a card can hold multiple objects like buttons, progress bars, fields etc. Will be sharing some code snippets.
Experimenting with the Raspberry Pi. Thinking of building a lamp with swing-arms with keyboard/mouse/monitor to relax and surf in my recliner. No tablet with tiny screens. View Concept.
Updated my G+ Url. It is now https://plus.google.com/+Ongytenes (UPDATE: Google abandoned the G+)
Updated my user profile on the LinuxMint site.
Using Gambas 3.9 and the editor's spacing has been fixed.
I'm back to posting videos on my YouTube channel. I have finally acquired a new computer that is able to do the video editing I needed.
For the past few weeks I been transitioning from Gambas 2 to 3.11. Only complaint I had with version 3 is the editor's spacing gets off as I type.
I got a new computer with 8GB of RAM and slide some extra hard drives into it. Running multiple monitors and loving it. I have switched from Ubuntu to Linux Mint as my primary Linux distro since I found Mate more to my liking than Unity.
Have Started adding pages for programming. See the Code
Have opened an Instructable's Account
My good computer was destroyed by lighting. Resorted to using an ancient and slow computer with a defective video card. This will certainly crimp my rendering video tutorials.