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Schools turn to video games for exercise

by | Jul 28, 2005 | gaming, pre-wp

The latest issue of KidScreen Magazine highlights Konami’s attempt to get their brand into schools, achieve “gatekeeper approval” from teachers and score huge points with kids by turning gym class into video game playtime. At an April 2005 conference for physical...

The Billboard Bins Have Landed

by | Jul 27, 2005 | pre-wp

As I posted earlier this year, Toronto’s potential answer to too much garbage on our streets is to disguise the garbage cans as billboards. These Billboard Bins are over 7 1/2 feet tall, hold the same amount garbage, but now sport garbage of their own in the...

Who cares if it’s literature?

by | Jul 21, 2005 | pre-wp

This article in the London Free Press (a paper that lined the cages of all my pet birds as a child) takes a stab at differentiating between literate and literature in teen readers: “Teenagers belong to a generation that’s more literate than any other in...

This heat ate my brain

by | Jul 21, 2005 | pre-wp

That’s why it’s been so quiet around here. Honestly. I was thinking about just hiding under the kitchen table with my face in front of the fan until this heatwave breaks, but it’s showing no end in sight. So, I’m back and I’m posting . ....

Back from bear country

by | Jul 5, 2005 | pre-wp

Got back from Algonquin on the weekend. I’m sunburned, bug-bitten and thankful to be alive after a very near miss with a curious black bear. Chandrasutra has the full bear encounter story. I’m sorry for always deferring to her, but she has covered it so...