21 Feb
2006
21 Feb
'06
12:48 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Oh my, you've never heard of it? Here:
http://www.warrenrobinett.com/rockysboots/
I absolutely loved it as a kid, and no idea it was teaching me basic
electronics.
Yes, well, not every 6-yr-old boy has your kind of aptitude. We can't
all be Tony Duell :-)
--
Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/
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Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/
A child borne of the home computer wars: http://trixter.wordpress.com/
All is not
lost: I got my 6-yr-old to sit down and play Rocky's Boots=20
I don't think I'ev ever heard of that, what is it? with me, and
Great Lincoln's Mullet he took to it like a fish to water.=20
He can now describe AND, OR, and NOT gates, and also CLOCKS and DELAYS=20
(although he may not use all of the correct terms, but hey, he's six).
At about that age, I built my first radio receiver (nothing original, I
just followed the instructions in the book...), and I suspect I'd made at
least one relay from either Meccano or Fischer Trchnik...