[chat] Re: [SLUG] Old computers as Xterms

[Craige McWhirter <craige@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2001-12-23 at 21:29, gripz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I've toyed with the concept of "Toddler-mail" in my head. You set them up
> with a few icons of people they know on the desktop plus icons generated
> from images they do in Xpaint, then they drag the image to the face of the
> person they want to send it to. On the receiving end the image turns up on
> the desktop but somehow connected with the face of the person sending it.  
> Completely GUI, no text. (Sorry Rick). Of course I've no idea what I've 
> gotten myself into.

My nearly-four-year-old son sent his first email today. Your
"Toddler-mail" sounds so much better than my "now press "c", "c", this
is "c", okay, now press "a", this key is "a". Excellent, not that spells
"(a word)", can you see those letters maling "(a word)"? Okay, now press
space. That is space here. Woah! Once is enough........

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Cheers,
      Craige.

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