21 Feb
2006
21 Feb
'06
11:15 a.m.
I was never a hardware tinkerer, but even as a kid I
was always=20
fascinating by programming. I'm still "tinkering" with 8088 assembler=20
decades later because it is a finite goal.
One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given was 'Be curious'.
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...
Some poeple might not like it, but I am certain I learnt a lot more from
that sort of 'play' than I ever leant in school...
-tony