My Journey to the Dark side is complete...
So today we decided we needed to do something about the little technofile in our house.
To recap:
Noelle and Isaac were in Calgary a week or so ago, and while they were staying with my parents, my Mom thought it would be a good idea to let Isaac smack the keys on her laptop to keep Isaac distracted while Noelle was trying to make snacks for the plane.
So ever since they got back, Isaac has decided he wants to play with our computers, every time he sees them. Which is always, because Noelle and I each have our own laptops, and for now they live on the kitchen table.
So he sees them all the time, and always wants to sit down and have a go. Which is an absolute non-starter in our house, because Noelle uses hers for work, and I'm just selfish in that I don't want someone to jam a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich into my CD ROM drive.
So then a rumour started to circulate about Isaac's IT Manager Uncle possibly starting Isaac down the road to his own IT Solution for Christmas. Then it occured to me. I have an old Compaq Armada laptop (which was somewhat churlishly described as a doorstop by a computer expert in Reno). It has 32 megs of Ram, and runs Windows 95. It's ancient, but it works, and the battery still holds a charge.
So why not, the logic goes, drag that out and let him bang on it. If he destroys it, no big deal, becuase the thing is basically worthless...i.e. you can buy them for about $12 on Ebay, and I have put it in free online classifieds around T.O. several times, and the only people who want to buy it are in Nigeria.
So I drag it out tonight, and start wondering what I'm going to put on the screen for him to look at while he's banging away, and then I did the unthinkable.
Yes, I developped a power point presentation for my 1 year old to watch.
I know it sounds insane, but it makes sense to me on some level. I can put transitions in on every page, so the words dance across the screen, and I can set it to loop so it plays over and over again.
But I think it says something about me as a father that I have a pretty big problem with putting Isaac in front of the TV to keep him busy (aside from the fact that he could care less about it), but have no problem developping a PP Presentation to keep him occupied.
I'm just no sure what.
I'll keep you posted as to it's effectiveness.
So today we decided we needed to do something about the little technofile in our house.
To recap:
Noelle and Isaac were in Calgary a week or so ago, and while they were staying with my parents, my Mom thought it would be a good idea to let Isaac smack the keys on her laptop to keep Isaac distracted while Noelle was trying to make snacks for the plane.
So ever since they got back, Isaac has decided he wants to play with our computers, every time he sees them. Which is always, because Noelle and I each have our own laptops, and for now they live on the kitchen table.
So he sees them all the time, and always wants to sit down and have a go. Which is an absolute non-starter in our house, because Noelle uses hers for work, and I'm just selfish in that I don't want someone to jam a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich into my CD ROM drive.
So then a rumour started to circulate about Isaac's IT Manager Uncle possibly starting Isaac down the road to his own IT Solution for Christmas. Then it occured to me. I have an old Compaq Armada laptop (which was somewhat churlishly described as a doorstop by a computer expert in Reno). It has 32 megs of Ram, and runs Windows 95. It's ancient, but it works, and the battery still holds a charge.
So why not, the logic goes, drag that out and let him bang on it. If he destroys it, no big deal, becuase the thing is basically worthless...i.e. you can buy them for about $12 on Ebay, and I have put it in free online classifieds around T.O. several times, and the only people who want to buy it are in Nigeria.
So I drag it out tonight, and start wondering what I'm going to put on the screen for him to look at while he's banging away, and then I did the unthinkable.
Yes, I developped a power point presentation for my 1 year old to watch.
I know it sounds insane, but it makes sense to me on some level. I can put transitions in on every page, so the words dance across the screen, and I can set it to loop so it plays over and over again.
But I think it says something about me as a father that I have a pretty big problem with putting Isaac in front of the TV to keep him busy (aside from the fact that he could care less about it), but have no problem developping a PP Presentation to keep him occupied.
I'm just no sure what.
I'll keep you posted as to it's effectiveness.
posted by Jason Allen at 10:01 PM
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