Archive for the 'Miscellany' Category

Blog Challenge: Intelligent Online Toys and Play Things

Lorelle’s latest blog challenge is:

Blog a listing of your favorite online toys and play things that aren’t “games”.

I’ve actually been having fun getting all of my books into Good Reads and following what others are reading. It appeals to my under-the-surface OCD that I will be adding the 700 or so books that comprise my personal library into the system. I might even let go of some of them once I have them cataloged.

Twitter has been a mild obsession lately that should count as a play thing.

Hmmm, can’t think of any actual toys or play things. That says something about me I imagine.

5 Dangerous Things to Let Your Kid Do

Not sure I’m anywhere near letting my kids do these, but this video, presented by Gever Tulley at TED is wicked cool.

Coney Island

All hail Joey F’n Chestnut!

When Nostalgia Goes Bad

Yes, I watched it every Saturday, even though I was a teenager. Yes, I liked it. Yet, I fail to see a reason for there to be a DVD release for Thundercats.

J-Walk Blog Link Experiment

This is a test of the emergency J-Walk linking system. Were this a real, er, interesting, er, non-lame blog, I’d actually post something here on a semi-regular basis. This is only a test.