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BabySplat - entertain your little one
Babies and toddlers seem to love computers and keyboards. Any of you with young ones out there know exactly what I'm talking about. Although they might enjoy pounding on the keyboard of a computer that's turned off, it's even more fun to do it on a computer that's turned on. How many times have you discovered 18 programs running that you didn't start, icons moved all over the place, and everything just seeming like a giant mess because your young one got to it? It used to happen in my house a lot. Now, we just lock the doors to our computer cabinets, but when we want to let our youngest play, we run BabySplat. It's a very simple program that just pops up colorful shapes on the screen with every button push, and makes a host of cute and strange noises. My only complaint is that BabySplat doesn't seem to block out the "system" keys like the Windows key and context menu key, so my little one still tends to get himself in "Windows trouble" now and again. But with supervision, he gets a real kick out of working on the computer like daddy. I have to admit, it's not a lot different from what I do...
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Subscribe to commentsBrianAug 16th 2006 8:53AM
Today on FreeMacWare we posted about a similiar app for the Mac. It starts up in full screen and can only deactivate with a keyboard combination.
http://www.freemacware.com/alphababy/
HuwAug 16th 2006 9:24AM
Thanks for this. My little girl *loves* to pound away on the keyboard, so this could be just the thing we need.
Tony FrancoAug 16th 2006 10:07AM
Word of warning, this game may be great for kids but I tried it and was really bored. Way too easy for adults. I was able to fill up the screen in like 10 seconds.
otakucodeAug 16th 2006 4:25PM
Please turn the game off when your kid hits 4 years old. By then, they are old enough to learn how to use real apps and games!
AustenAug 16th 2006 8:52PM
Perhaps I should have listened to your advice, tony. I love this thing. Typing as fast as I can and hearing the beautiful sounds and seeing the colorful shapes is just to great...