Here are the new covers for my two upcoming books. You can read more about their release schedule here: http://www.heatonresearch.com/stories/twobooks.html .

For the past few months I've been working on a new book. Actually, its the second edition to one of my most popular books. Introduction to Neural Networks has been out since 2005, and its time for a second edition.

A user sent me a link to a nice YouTube video that he made based on some of the source code in one of my Second Life books. You can view the two parts to the video at the following URL:

Second Life Jet Bands

I am the author of several books. I've offered ebooks as well as paperback for several years now. While my ebook sales are much lower than my paperback sales, I consider the ebooks worthwhile. One reason is international sales. Heaton Research books are produced at two locations: the USA and the UK. These two locations still leave much of the planet with very high shipping costs. For example, shipping costs to Asia cost more than the actual book! Many of these customers buy Heaton Research ebooks.

I want to create some instructional videos for Second Life. These will tie in closely with the examples in my books about Second Life. I have done some work with video production, but have yet to post anything to YouTube. You can now see the results of my work here:

Encogia Ferris Wheel

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I am wrapping up a new book in Second Life. This book should be available from Amazon sometime in January. The book is titled "Introduction to Linden Scripting for Second Life". ISBN 1604390042. You can get a head start by reading some of the chapters that I have posted online here.

This class teaches you to create visual applications using a variety of database platforms, such as MS-Access, dBASE and others.  During this course you will learn to creat interactive MS-Access applications.  You will learn to use forms, queries, and other objects.  A major part of your grade will be a project that you will present during the last class session.

Programming Neural Networks in Java

If you are starting with Neural Networks you should check out my online book on the subject. It contains over 300 pages of information on Neural Network Programming in Java. You can access it here.

Very General Java Information

• Compiling an Application with JDK
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Java Links

An introductory course intended to provide a basic knowledge of the Java programming language for designing and writing standalone programs. The course will concentrate on programs that are run in a web browser and also on programs executed outside of a web browser. The use of the Internet is an important component of this course.