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Force…I Mean Teach Your Kids to Program

Mar 30 2008 / 3:43 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

So you want your kid to learn to program. And you want to force gently persuade your child as soon as possible to take that path. Make Have them play C-Jump, its designed to teach kids Java, C, and C++. Check out some of the facts from C-jump.com: c-jump facts: This game is not only [...]

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It Starts With the Children

Mar 26 2008 / 3:58 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Aeon Co. has dropped off this lovely robot babysitter in a Japanese mall. Now robots do look cool, but it bothers me that this robot has a camera and projector for eyes which read a special badge given to the child and project ads. The company states the babysitter is designed so that the kids [...]

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party in my tummy

Jan 17 2008 / 9:25 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Stuck in my head today…

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Lil Doctor

Dec 22 2007 / 1:09 am Was written by Amber View Comments

So there is this kid in Kent, whose parents are quite “Fantastic!” This “lil doctor” who does look like a little baby tennant, was given a bedroom that looks just like the Tardis. While I am not jealous that the kid is more of a Who-nerd than me, because he is not, but that his [...]

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