I hate to make this claim without being able to cite my sources, but my access to research databases has been cut off since graduating...

But this flies against the past 20 years of research. Nearly all studies show a strong NEGATIVE correlation between nearly all types of mental illness and creativity (as measured using a variety of scales). Schizophrenia and depression are the two that leap to mind. I know there's this popular idea that the crazies are more creative (or vice versa), but it's simply not true...

Then they're legally available for the Kindle through the same route (albeit with the extra, easy step of file conversion).

Or Zoidburg, or Farnsworth... But yeah, Fry's voice is classic Billy West, and unimitable.

Not very? If you want the cast to stay on, either the cast needs to be appealed to, or the source of the money (Comedy Central) does. Not the production crew.

I've written ray-casting algorithms for 2D worlds, and believe it or not they are quite simple.

See Rogue Basin for tons of examples.

It's elementary programming--as TFA states, you define rules for the behavior of objects and the interactions between objects.

While this certainly isn't as nitty-gritty as Logo, it still introduces kids to the ideas of determining conditions, and processes to undergo under those conditions, a very important concept in programming. It also introduces them to an object-oriented environment.

Maybe it doesn't "teach programming to kids," but with any luck it will get them interested and excited enough about this kind of thing to pursue it academically... and maybe even give them a very basic foundation of skills.

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Keepvid.com lets you download a youtube video into flv or mp4 format... against the ToS, perhaps, but it's possible to snag the video in an unrestricted format.

You don't get to play with the kid.

I grew up in rural Massachusetts where I was a half hour drive from a convenience store, never mind a bar. And Massachusetts is relatively compact... I'm sure there are many places where it's much worse.

It's called anti-skate

Hey, Linux groups can help you get out of your shell, too! Just last week one introduced me to csh!

s/progressive/submissive/

but... Dr. Dooom

I know eye-tracking is already used extensively in research, and don't quote me on this but I think there has been some R&D going into making an eye-control system for those without the use of their arms or hands.