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benjohn

9/5/2007 2:30:00 PM

Anyone know of a software package that will (temporarily) turn my
laptop (or computer) in to a children's "gym"? These are things that
are aimed at 0 to 2 or 3 year olds. All it needs is button presses
and mouse swipes to be turned in to abstract or concrete visual and
audio effects. I suppose there could be disclosure of being to
actually do some systematic process, or even something useful (?),
but simply holding down the "," key for a minute should also be
rewarding.

Personally, I like to ensure that my Son plays with things grounded
in real life, but he's also interested in my laptop, and I'd like to
be able to give him something he can bash away at that wont be
destructive :-)

Cheers,
Benjohn

15 Answers

Lloyd Linklater

9/5/2007 2:35:00 PM

Benjohn Barnes wrote:
> Anyone know of a software package that will (temporarily) turn my
> laptop (or computer) in to a children's "gym"? These are things that
> are aimed at 0 to 2 or 3 year olds. All it needs is button presses
> and mouse swipes to be turned in to abstract or concrete visual and
> audio effects. I suppose there could be disclosure of being to
> actually do some systematic process, or even something useful (?),
> but simply holding down the "," key for a minute should also be
> rewarding.

Well, this is not a ruby app but I do know of such a thing:
http://www.raize.com/CProducts/SoftwareF...
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John Joyce

9/5/2007 4:43:00 PM

You could build it with Gosu or Rubygame.
You don't have to make a "game" you can just make an interactive
experience.

Reid Thompson

9/6/2007 3:07:00 AM

Benjohn Barnes wrote:
> Anyone know of a software package that will (temporarily) turn my laptop
> (or computer) in to a children's "gym"? These are things that are aimed
> at 0 to 2 or 3 year olds. All it needs is button presses and mouse
> swipes to be turned in to abstract or concrete visual and audio effects.
> I suppose there could be disclosure of being to actually do some
> systematic process, or even something useful (?), but simply holding
> down the "," key for a minute should also be rewarding.
>
> Personally, I like to ensure that my Son plays with things grounded in
> real life, but he's also interested in my laptop, and I'd like to be
> able to give him something he can bash away at that wont be destructive :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Benjohn
>
>

http://www.ofset.org...

http://pcburn.com/article.p...

http://www.tuxmachines.org...

livecds --
http://www.linux.com/arti...

http://www.ofset.org/fre... <- scroll down

http://ofset.sourceforge.net/freeduc/book/en... <- english docs

benjohn

9/6/2007 5:52:00 PM

On 6 Sep 2007, at 04:07, Reid Thompson wrote:

>
> http://www.ofset.org...
>
> http://pcburn.com/article.p...
>
> http://www.tuxmachines.org...
>
> livecds --
> http://www.linux.com/arti...
>
> http://www.ofset.org/fre... <- scroll down
>
> http://ofset.sourceforge.net/freeduc/book/en... <- english docs

:) Wow, thanks - you've got a child too?

And thanks too to John and Lloyd.

Cheers,
Benjohn

Alec Ross

9/8/2007 11:38:00 AM

In message <6F8BB44B-87DC-4E57-AE43-0D54C2B43A64@fysh.org>, Benjohn
Barnes <benjohn@fysh.org> writes
>
>On 6 Sep 2007, at 04:07, Reid Thompson wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.ofset.org...
>>
>> http://pcburn.com/article.p...
>>
>> http://www.tuxmachines.org...
>>
>> livecds --
>> http://www.linux.com/arti...
>>
>> http://www.ofset.org/fre... <- scroll down
>>
>> http://ofset.sourceforge.net/freeduc/book/en... <- english docs
>
>:) Wow, thanks - you've got a child too?
>
>And thanks too to John and Lloyd.
>
Late, sorry. And not exactly what you were after (now). But FWIW
Squeak is apparently powering Etoys in the OLPC,

http://wiki.laptop.or...

and Scratch:

http://scratc...

Regards,

Alec
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Alec Ross

hotac

2/24/2011 3:23:00 PM

On Feb 24, 9:24 am, ":))" <bennypo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hu-ke 8 hoa(.c 20 o^ng su* dda~ ddu*o*.c BBQ ?
>
> BBQ ca`ng nhie^`u thi` LNP ca`ng co' tie^.c tu`ng cuo^'i tua^`n the^m
> vui tho^i nga.i gi` nhe^? !!!
>
> Va` QTTT thi` co' di.p vie^'t the^m sa'ch su*? ve^` Vietnam War,
> v.v...
>

X? da QTTT dang p?n ti?m, lu?c sách d? nghiên kíu xem con lai ? dâu ra
mà nhi?u l?m th? !!!!

hotac

2/24/2011 3:33:00 PM

On Feb 24, 10:22 am, hotac <hochim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 24, 9:24 am, ":))" <bennypo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hu-ke 8 hoa(.c 20 o^ng su* dda~ ddu*o*.c BBQ ?
>
> > BBQ ca`ng nhie^`u thi` LNP ca`ng co' tie^.c tu`ng cuo^'i tua^`n the^m
> > vui tho^i nga.i gi` nhe^? !!!
>
> > Va` QTTT thi` co' di.p vie^'t the^m sa'ch su*? ve^` Vietnam War,
> > v.v...
>
> X? da QTTT dang p?n ti?m, lu?c sách d? nghiên kíu xem con lai ? dâu ra
> mà nhi?u l?m th? !!!!

On Feb 18, 10:46 am, TrinhQuocThien <trinhquocth...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Tha(`ng hotac pacifier bi.a va` ngu do^'t !

> No' kho^ng hie^?u chu+? "SNACK BAR" la` ca'i gi` tho+`i ddo'.

> Nghe no'i to+'i "SNACK BAR" la` no' va` va`i tha(`ng VC ngu tu+o+?ng tu
> +o+.ng vo^ ddo' ddu+o+.c SO+` NA'CH ca'c co^ ga'i ba'n
> bar ! ;-))))))))))))))))))))

> Ngu vu+`a tho^i !

> SNACK BAR la` cho^? ba'n ddo^` a(n tru+a, ba'n co+m.

> Tie^.m co+m bi`nh da^n muo^'n li'nh My~ hie^?u thi` dde^` "SNACK BAR"
> co' va^.y tho^i !

Ch? kó d?y thâu ch? c? dám con lai t? dâu ga d?y mày ???

Ch?c là t? bà n?i mày mà ga h? ???

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.vietnamese/browse_thread/thread/92c4e48...

:))

2/24/2011 3:53:00 PM

Ma`y ngu po? me. ddi tho^i !

Ngu*o*`i Vie^.t mi`nh la` la.i ddu? thu*' da^n to^.c chu*' dda^u pha?i
cho*i.

Ngu*o*`i Vie^.t co' ma('t hai mi' (tu*o*ng ddo^'i) ro~ ho*n tha(`ng
Ta`u...la` bo*?i vi` co' lai A^'n DDo^. va` da^n Nam Du*o*ng, Ma~ Lai,
da^n tu*` ca'c dda?o o*? mie^`n Nam bie^?n Tha'i Bi`nh Du*o*ng di da^n
le^n phi'a mie^`n Ba('c puo^n pa'n....& trao ddo^?i va(n ho'a. Su*.
ti'ch tra^`u cau & du*a ha^'u...la` va(n ho'a tu*` mie^`n Nam ddu*a
le^n chu*' hong pha?i tu*` Trung Hoa ddu*a xuo^'ng nghen ma`y.

E^, con Mi~ la.i, DDu*'c lai, Ta^y lai....nhie^`u ddu*'a dde.p la('m
nghen ma`y. Ma`y ddu*`ng co' pa^`y dda(.c che^ tu.i no' nha.
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On Feb 24, 7:32 am, hotac <hochim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 24, 10:22 am, hotac <hochim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ch? kó d?y thâu ch? c? dám con lai t? dâu ga d?y mày ???
>
> Ch?c là t? bà n?i mày mà ga h? ???
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.vietnamese/brows......

TrinhQuocThien

2/24/2011 3:55:00 PM

hotac

2/24/2011 3:59:00 PM

On Feb 24, 10:52 am, ":))" <bennypo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ma`y ngu po? me. ddi tho^i !
>
> Ngu*o*`i Vie^.t mi`nh la` la.i ddu? thu*' da^n to^.c chu*' dda^u pha?i
> cho*i.
>
> Ngu*o*`i Vie^.t co' ma('t hai mi' (tu*o*ng ddo^'i) ro~ ho*n tha(`ng
> Ta`u...la` bo*?i vi` co' lai A^'n DDo^. va` da^n Nam Du*o*ng, Ma~ Lai,
> da^n tu*` ca'c dda?o o*? mie^`n Nam bie^?n Tha'i Bi`nh Du*o*ng di da^n
> le^n phi'a mie^`n Ba('c puo^n pa'n....& trao ddo^?i va(n ho'a. Su*.
> ti'ch tra^`u cau & du*a ha^'u...la` va(n ho'a tu*` mie^`n Nam ddu*a
> le^n chu*' hong pha?i tu*` Trung Hoa ddu*a xuo^'ng nghen ma`y.
>
> E^, con Mi~ la.i, DDu*'c lai, Ta^y lai....nhie^`u ddu*'a dde.p la('m
> nghen ma`y. Ma`y ddu*`ng co' pa^`y dda(.c che^ tu.i no' nha.

Óc h?t l?u, dang noái dìa kon lai during Vietnam War t? dâu mà ga.

Dumb Ass!!!!

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