Never seem to have smoggy time to write a proper post – whatever that is. But whnever I look back, I’m always glad I did what I did. So here’s the minimum requirements:
Kids first day at HackerSpace Melbourne
Today I took Cedar and Lucas to http://www.hackmelbourne.org for the first time. It was great. They had an opportunity to use Lego Mindstorms (programmable robot Legos) and got some wonderful support from the HackerSpace crew. If you have an inter…
Question: Are computer games bad for the environment?
My 5-and-three-quarter year old twin sons asked this question the other day. It’s a challenging question to answer – I guess, yes they are, by way of the energy used and materials involved in the delivery platform. But then, if you charge with gre…
What’s in a picture?
As my youngest son (19 months old) adopts the iPad with voracity, he is being introduced to a world of images – both of the world around him, and of himself. I can’t help but wonder what the impact of this is – surely there is one, and surely it i…