I was talking to my wife about my web site last night. One my daughters interrupted with “You have a web site?!” Then one of her sisters put things in perspective. “Yeah, but it doesn’t have any games.”
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Rumiana Nikolova 06.12.08 at 13:12
How about adding some links to kid-friendly game sites like http://www.websudoku.com/ and http://www.puzzle-bridges.com/ for example?
Codewiz51 06.12.08 at 17:29
Sorry John. I’ve been working on a port of this game for so long I had to at least give you a link to a picture. I’m a parent also, so don’t get too mad at me. http://codewiz51.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-winrott-download.html Maybe it will be cool enough for your daughters. My kids think its pretty dumb.
Gene
Jon Peltier 12.17.11 at 07:25
Ha ha. How old are they?
My girls weren’t too impressed that Dad had a web site, until recently. Now they’re in college (and beyond), and they understand that the web site drives the business, which covers tuition.
Then one daughter called to tell me about her friend Hannah. Seems in a phone interview Hannah told the interviewer that sure, she knows Excel, and sure, she’s good at pivot tables. So she hunted for Excel pivot table tutorials on the internet. “And Dad, she learned what she needed on your site!”
So I’m still not cool, but I’m okay.
Riskworks 12.17.11 at 10:43
You are likely familiar with the site club penguin. The story is that three dads started the site to amuse their kids. The site was later sold to Disney for $350 million. Your daughter instants may be on target.