13 Jan
1999
13 Jan
'99
11:54 a.m.
Now, though, it appears that most [Lego] sets contain
special parts for
whatever
model that set is supposed to build, parts that
aren't much use for
anything else. Seems not to encourage imagination anything like as much.
I know what you mean... but my son (6) does manage to find many new uses for
the "special parts", combining insectoid legos and aquatic legos and
everything else to form really interesting creations.
Somehow it seems to parallel the trend in programming... the components that
you build out of just get more elaborate, but that doesn't necessarilly mean
that programming today is less creative, it's just that you're building at a
different level...
- Joe (your friendly neighborhood Microserf)