Computers & Fun #1, 5/24, Wednesday Afternoon

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Abby smiled nervously as students filed into the computer lab, checking a stack of notecards. "Hey, I'm Professor Abby and this is the first workshop on computers." She paused and gulped a little nervously, starting to speak faster. "This class is going to help you get to know computers and have fun with them. If you're already a geek then I'll teach you a few tricks that I've learned over the years. Nothing really illegal or anything, but some really cool things. Plus if there's anything specific that you want to learn this summer, just let me know."

"But first I need to get to know you and find out what you know. So if everyone could go around and tell me your name, your grade and what experience you have with computers, that would rock!"

Placing a box on a desk, Abby drew out a handful of keychain-sized toys. "These are your first assignment. They're virtual pets and it's a pretty cool piece of computer technology. You enter data like food, playtime and attention and the computer updates your pets life, making it grow or die based on your actions. It will give you a chance to dip your toe in the water of technology for those of you who are new to things. For those who know what to do, I'm pretty sure you can find a way to hook two pets up and make them fight." Abby grinned and dumped the box out.

"I bought these here, so it's sort of a weird selection. Looks like we've got lizard, monkey, hippo, gremlin and floating head." Abby shrugged. "Yeah, I'm not really sure about that last one."

[threads up! Yay!]

Comments

Pick your Pet!

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Pick a pet, start playing!

Lizard (http://photobucket.com) Hippo (http://photobucket.com) Monkey (http://photobucket.com) Gremlin (http://photobucket.com) Floating Head (http://photobucket.com)

Re: Pick your Pet!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Lizard? No, bad memories. Floating head? Zordon. No. Gremlin? God no.

"Okay, monkey for me," Peter said, grabbing it quickly.

Re: Pick your Pet!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I call hippo!" Willow said, taking it.

Re: Pick your Pet!

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge shrugs and goes for the gremlin, because it's green. He idly wonders what RIC will think of it.

Re: Pick your Pet!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack's eye twitched. He loathed virtual pets with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns.

He picked up the floating head, and with an expression more than slightly reminiscent of maniacal glee, started pressing a sequence of buttons that would drive the thing insane within a matter of minutes.

Re: Pick your Pet!

[likethegun]

Sam takes the lizard pet, eyeing it warily when it starts to beep at him. He never has been very good at keeping pets alive.

Re: Pick your Pet!

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac goes for the monkey, it's a nice color, and that's the best reasoning for any choice as far as she's concerned.

Re: Pick your Pet!

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

Demyx picked the monkey because it made him think of Mr. Neilson and Pippi.

Re: Pick your Pet!

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally took the hippo. Because it was cute.

Re: Pick your Pet!

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John took the gremlin. Maybe he couldexperiment with it like he did the live gremlins.

Re: Pick your Pet!

[ranma-sao.livejournal.com]

Ranma takes the little floating head. He won't say it but that one's definately the most cute. Did he just say cute? No he only thought it. Thank god.