I found this on Reddit and it’s pretty crazy. Phun is Master of Science Theses by Computing Science student Emil Ernerfeld. He calls it a
A fun 2D physics sandbox
But it’s really hard to describe. Checkout screenshots and the especially the video on the media page.
I could see this being a neat education [...]
January 24, 2008 – 11:38 am
Checkout the new Kids Zone on DZone!
I just posted my first article there titled “Getting Started - Kid Friendly Programming Software“
If you are interested in helping your kids learn programming skills check it out - and even better - contribute something so we can all learn together!
December 31, 2007 – 4:12 pm
This is a follow up post to one at Ben Forta’s blog: WebKinz - How NOT To Cater To The Young.
Both my kids got WebKinz for Christmas. They also got a new computer which I discuss here.
When we finally found some time to ‘register’ the Webkinz I found out where all the old [...]
December 24, 2007 – 2:36 pm
Happy Holidays to my 3 readers! Hope you have a great holiday! See you for more geeky goodness in 2008!
I just saw on Andy Jarret’s blog that Norad has teamed up with Google this year to provide Santa tracking!! I’ve blogged about the slow Norad site before but hopefully this year [...]
December 22, 2007 – 10:50 pm
My kid’s PC is REALLY old. I decided for Xmas I’d get them a new PC and ordered one of the $199 Wal-Mart Linux PCs.
Tonight I started to tinker with it in preparation of sticking it under the tree. The hardware seems decent. The OS it ships with ‘gOS‘ is not [...]
September 14, 2007 – 3:04 pm
Lately I ‘volunteered’ to take over our local PTA website. It was an attractive Flash site - but no tools were available to maintain it. Wanting to try something new - I checked out several of the major PHP CMS systems out there and finally settled on Joomla.
I got everything [...]
This looks neat - Scratch is a “free programming tool that allows anyone to create their own animated stories, video games and interactive artworks“.
The site is getting hammered right now as this story was on Digg and the BBC site but it looks interesting, especially if you have kids. Abby loves [...]
I heard a story on NPR awhile ago on the dangers of the new CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulbs being pushed on consumers lately by big companies like Wal-Mart. This weekend there was an interesting article on Canada’s National Post concerning the cleanup costs if one of these bulbs breaks…
The DEP sent a [...]
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