My kids are harnessing technology in amazing ways. This week I've discovered I have a future email spoofer and future game developer in my house.
First my seventh grader. He is in a heap of trouble at school for figuring out another kid's password and sending an email to the entire class as the other kid. Bad.
On to my fourth grader. For months Harry's been hinting at wanting to learn Flash because most of the games he plays online are built in Flash. I've been telling him it's a really complicated program and maybe he should start with something easier. Harry ended up putting Flash on his Christmas wish list; my wife asked me "what is Flash?" I told Harry he didn't need to ask for the software for Christmas. I have Flash on my laptop and immediately he started working through some online tutorials and quickly built his first simple animations.
A couple of nights later he was rummaging through the craft closet/recording booth and found a Flash 8 tutorial I had borrowed from work. He said "Dad, why didn't you tell me you had this?" as if I'd been holding back a great record collection or had been hiding a motorcycle in the basement. After flipping through the book he asked me "what's the difference between a vector and a bitmap?" Great moments in parenthood.
Last night he showed me his first shape tween. Proud papa I am.
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Amazing.
Kids are astonishingly bright these days. Makes me want to start working on a retirement nest egg as fast as possible... because an average 11 year old could do my job, these days.
Noticed on your sidebar that it said "Coming soon: Kasabian- Empire."
A friend of mine made that video. I kind of dig it...
I've been meaning to post a review of "Empire" for months now. I guess I have to update my "coming soon" items!
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