TONIGHT: Webchick in town for Boston Initiative event

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Posted by bryanhirsch on January 12, 2012 at 2:35pm

Original event announcement + sign-up:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/200363

AGENDA:
6:00 - 6:30 - Prep local environment and populate spreadsheets
6:30 - 7:00 - Take dinner headcount; Drupal 8 update by Webchick
7:00 - 9:00 - Pair up, dive in, and eat dinner

ROOM: E51-315

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Sorting algorithms illustrated as folk dances

Posted by MBR on January 13, 2012 at 12:50am
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When I introduced myself tonight, I mentioned having come across choreographies of traditional Hungarian dances modified to illustrate how various sorting algorithms work. The links are below.

They're really funny, but also accurate.

--Mark

Sort algorithm Choreography Description of algorithm
Select sort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4TPTC8whw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_sort
Bubble sort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyZQPjUT5B4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_sort
Insert sort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROalU379l3U http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insertion_sort
Merge sort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaqR3G_NVoo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge_Sort
Shell sort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmPA7zE8mx0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_sort
Quick sort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywWBy6J5gz8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksort

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