Brian Hopp

Relevant Information:

*Enjoyed a 1,000 mile bicycle trip in the Canadian Rockies, Summer 1981
*Competed in Triathlons 1985, Best finish - 3 rd place
*Traveled throughout Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, & Southeast Asia, Sept. 1985 - May 1986
*Staff meteorologist,, Lockheed, 1986-1988
*Traveled by plane, train, boat, bus, bike, backpack, donkey cart, and foot throughout Asia, MidEast, North Africa, Europe, & the U.S.A., June 1988 - Oct. 1989
* high school teacher 1992 - present
*Traveled throughout Central & Southern Africa, Summer 1995. Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro (19,340 ft.), visited the Serengeti Plains, rafted down the Zambesi River, and got charged from an elephant.
*Rafting Guide on California rivers, 1997 - 1998
*Certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - 1998
*Member of El Dorado Search and Rescue, 1999
*Treked to the ruins at Machu Picchu, Climbed Mt. Huayna Potosi (20,000 ft.), Biked down to the Amazon basin, Rafted the headwaters of the Amazon River, visited the Galapagos Islands, and witnessed several horrific crimes while traveling through Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Columbia - Summer 1999

Recreational Pursuits: Running, Weight Lifting, Rock Climbing, Bicycling, Roller Hockey, Swimming, Skiing, Snowboarding, Kayaking, Rafting, Bungee Jumping, Dancing and Sleeping.

Interesting links:
National Hockey League has a "busy" site which is informative, but is cumbersome to use. The hockey afficianado would like this page, but the average fan may choose another easier to navigate hockey site. Due to the many "bells and whistles" and photos on this site it does not upload quickly if you have a slower connection.
Salon magazine is an electronic magazine of news and culture. An interesting read.
This guide to the Cirque of the Unclimbables in the Yukon is an area for rock climbing. The route Lotus Flower Tower is on my list to climb someday.

JavaScript Tutorials:
Thau's JavaScript Tutorial is a user friendly tutorial broken into mini lessons. Writing it in present tense makes it that much more user friendly. Past tense makes for a more boring, less "active" read. It's quick and to the point without extensive "verbage." How does this site make money? 8 points out of 10
TRAININGTOOLS Online training for javescript is slightly dry reading, somewhat easy to follow, contains short quizzes with answers and has references available to purchase or download. It's odd when I hear clicking sounds without clicking on anything in this tutorial. 7 points out of 10.
Beginning JavaScript Tutorials is a professional appearing tutorial without too many adverts, but with average teaching methods. This site is okay to comprehend and it allows many smaller units to view or reading them in the sequencial manner they were intended. 6 points out of 10
The JavaScript Source While there are some tutorials, most of this site is devoted to "cut and paste" free examples of background effects, buttons, calculators, clocks, cookies, forms, generators, scrolls and other neat stuff. 6 points out of 10.
JavaScript Tutorial for Programmers by Aaron Weiss is another dry read. I wouldn't recommend this site for first timers venturing in JavaScript. The adverts aren't to bothersome, but it is difficult to digest all Aaron tells us and keep moving onwards. 5 points out of 10.
Java and JavaScript Programming by Richard G. Baldwin is dry, boring, hard to learn from and contains too many intrusive adverts. On the other hand, if you're an insomniac you've found the perfect remedy. 3 points out of 10. Yuck.
JavaScript, Programmierung und Referenz is about JavaScript Programming and Reference. Unfortunately for most people it's written in German. Of course this could cause problems because in German they seem to have a different word for everything! 5 lederhosen out of 10?