Live cameras connected to the Web can be either incredibly fascinating or amazingly dull. What do you think of a Web cam aimed at a blank wall? Or inside a refrigerator, aimed at the door? Bypassing the absurd, I’ve assembled …[Continue]
Creating a Web Page
Yesterday I stumbled upon a class of ten- and eleven-year olds learning to make Web pages, and it occurred to me that learning HTML (the language of the Web) is the hallmark accomplishment of computer literacy today. A Web page …[Continue]
Internet Safety
Safety for kids on the Net is front-page news now that the Supreme Court has struck down the Computer Decency Act, returning sole responsibility for kids’ online activities to parents. Whether or not you opt to use parental-control software, children …[Continue]
