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Author: Alex Dean
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Subject: Re: Best distribution for an infant :)
You're not suggesting that for a 1-year-old, are you?

On Feb 15, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote:

> there was also a really great game called Rocky's Boots we had on
> the Apple II+ that was meant to teach about electronics design.
>
> http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/831/Rockys+Boots.html
>
> -jmz
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Stephen <> wrote:
>> those are cool, they didnt have them when i was a kid...
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Joshua Zeidner
>> <> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Alex Dean <>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Alan Dayley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Suggestion: Don't give her a computer. The best form of
>>>>> education for
>>>>> any child or adult does NOT directly involve computers. She
>>>>> will have
>>>>> computers pushed upon her soon enough, no need to rush it.
>>>>
>>>> I second that. My 3-year-old son built a computer for himself by
>>>> drawing a
>>>> keyboard on a donut box with crayons. He's 'worked' on his
>>>> computer many
>>>> times since then. He's provided detailed explanations from him
>>>> about what
>>>> the various buttons do.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you must, to keep her off your keys, just give her an old
>>>>> keyboard.
>>>>> Let her imagination provide the rest of the computer.
>>>>
>>>> Another good idea. Keyboards are easy to get at goodwill if you
>>>> don't
>>>> already have a spare. Plugging the cord into a cardboard box
>>>> helps get
>>>> things rolling.
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> I had an electronics set when I was a kid, something like this:
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000683A4?ie=UTF8&tag=joshzeid-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000683A4
>>>
>>> but not exactly... thats how I learned the basics of logic which
>>> led
>>> to BASIC, Apple II Assembler, AP Computer Science, and a BS in
>>> Computer Science.
>>>
>>> -jmz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you
>> from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
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