The hardest part of my practical coursework in statistics was picking good, free data sets for final projects. Pick something awesome, your final presentation will be awesome; pick something lame, and your final project…
Since you're OK with manual labor on remote ships, you might try manual labor on remote farms? WWOOF: http://wwoof.net/ I hear the youths in college are pretty into this, they use it for low-budget gap years & language…
Yes! And if you could somehow re-route the steam from the steam-powered coffee grinder to an adjoining moka pot... automatic steam-powered coffee-grinder-brewer?
Have you considered going to university for 1-2 years, then taking your gap year, then coming back to finish your degree? Many universities are OK with their students doing this. As a university student you'll have more…
It's not exactly a stand-alone app, but Org-mode in Emacs is pretty excellent for this. I like it because I can take text files with me anywhere (even onto a smartphone if I'm using a syncing app like SpiderOak). Here's…
The hardest part of my practical coursework in statistics was picking good, free data sets for final projects. Pick something awesome, your final presentation will be awesome; pick something lame, and your final project…
Since you're OK with manual labor on remote ships, you might try manual labor on remote farms? WWOOF: http://wwoof.net/ I hear the youths in college are pretty into this, they use it for low-budget gap years & language…
Yes! And if you could somehow re-route the steam from the steam-powered coffee grinder to an adjoining moka pot... automatic steam-powered coffee-grinder-brewer?
Have you considered going to university for 1-2 years, then taking your gap year, then coming back to finish your degree? Many universities are OK with their students doing this. As a university student you'll have more…
It's not exactly a stand-alone app, but Org-mode in Emacs is pretty excellent for this. I like it because I can take text files with me anywhere (even onto a smartphone if I'm using a syncing app like SpiderOak). Here's…