Episode #105
I have been a PC user for 22 years but I have two kids (under 3 yrs) and was thinking of getting my first MAC - what is a good one to start with?
Stevin, Oakville, ON
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Air Date: November 9, 2007
TranscriptCaller Questions
- Matt, Bundaberg, QLD
- Stevin, Oakville, ON
- Dusan, Toronto, ON
Yewell's Jewels
- Scratchwindowsmac
Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web.
Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design. Scratch is available free of charge.
Kate’s Tips
- Change
Firefox add-on by Reivax
In any email you received, as well as on any webpage you are visiting, double click on a numeric amount to display its equivalent right next to it, in one of the 36 currencies you may chose from the toolbar. The rate itself will be displayed on the toolbar as well.
Your currencies settings will be remembered for each web site for next visits, so that the toolbar itself might even be hidden using its context menu.36 major currency exchange rates are read once a day from the Central European Bank, a source that one can trust !
Still works when you are offline using the last rates downloaded, but warning you if they are outdated, which can be convenient with a laptop.You may also disable the automatic insertion and only use the reading from the toolbar, or hide the toolbar and leave the automatic insertion.