Phil Mendelsohn wrote: > > On or about 20 Jun 2001, Simeon Johnston is alleged to have said: > > "Troy.A Johnson" wrote: > > > > > Cool! Thanks Bill, this is interesting stuff. I was planning on making > this > > > machine into a play thing for my son (17 months, but _loves_ to bang on > > > the keyboard and move the mouse). I may consider using an old x86 > machine > > > for this task instead... > > > > Try out Babysmash. It locks the machine until a special key command is > used. > > It > > displays random objects on the screen in various colors. Pretty cool. > The > > key > > command would be very hard to press acidentally. > > Works on all MacOS's as far as I know. Been a while since I've used it > > though. > > I just hacked together a little ncurses program that displays a big letter > on the screen. It would have been easier to do by just running an xterm > with a montrous font, but Dad was a little bored when he started coding. :) > > My 3 year old always asks to "type the letters" and has been for almost a > year now; we're not worried about reading, since the correlation between > what he types and what he says has been high since he was about 15-18 mos. > > It's funny how when Mom and Dad spend a lot of time on the phone or looking > at the "infernal screen" how it's mirrored by the little ones! > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <rant> IMHO, I think one of the weaker point os Llinux is not its viability as a desktop ala MS Office, but its lack of childrens games. My 4 year old daughter would be running Linux right now if there were more pre-school age games for the system. I realize that, product placement and marketing being what they are, my daughter will probably always pick Beauty and the Beast over Tux but in the long run, she will learn a lot more using Linux. If I knew anything about game developement, I am sure I would try to write a game or two... </rant>