Comments on: This is why. http://lookspring.co.uk/this-is-why Videogames and things, by Margaret Robertson Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:33:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kim Pallister http://lookspring.co.uk/this-is-why/comment-page-1#comment-14911 Kim Pallister Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:05:35 +0000 http://lookspring.co.uk/?p=216#comment-14911 Update: I bought one on ebay and flipped through it with my 6-yr old son yesterday. Wonderful mix of 'this is how computers work' and 'this is how they used to work in the old days' (CRT's, dot matrix printers, floppy disks) Update: I bought one on ebay and flipped through it with my 6-yr old son yesterday. Wonderful mix of ‘this is how computers work’ and ‘this is how they used to work in the old days’ (CRT’s, dot matrix printers, floppy disks)

]]> By: Kim Pallister http://lookspring.co.uk/this-is-why/comment-page-1#comment-14833 Kim Pallister Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:09:28 +0000 http://lookspring.co.uk/?p=216#comment-14833 Numerous copies available on ebay, not too spendy either. Cheers Numerous copies available on ebay, not too spendy either.

Cheers

]]> By: Jon Anderson http://lookspring.co.uk/this-is-why/comment-page-1#comment-8546 Jon Anderson Tue, 12 May 2009 00:40:29 +0000 http://lookspring.co.uk/?p=216#comment-8546 Thanks for the link! I actually didn't know that it made the sound until I read a comment about it on another site that linked to me. The pop-ups in my copy are a bit worn, and take some coaxing to get to work just right. The pull tab for the printer didn't line up right to make the noise. After reading, I figured out how to pull it just right. Little details like that are what make the pop ups in this book so amazing! Thanks for the link! I actually didn’t know that it made the sound until I read a comment about it on another site that linked to me. The pop-ups in my copy are a bit worn, and take some coaxing to get to work just right. The pull tab for the printer didn’t line up right to make the noise. After reading, I figured out how to pull it just right. Little details like that are what make the pop ups in this book so amazing!

]]> By: Infovore » links for May 9th http://lookspring.co.uk/this-is-why/comment-page-1#comment-8480 Infovore » links for May 9th Sun, 10 May 2009 00:01:48 +0000 http://lookspring.co.uk/?p=216#comment-8480 [...] Lookspring » This is why. "I’ve mentioned before that I get the ’so how come you like games’ question pretty regularly, and don’t have a particularly cogent answer, beyond ‘because they’re awesome’ and some stuff about the funny quizzes my brother used to write for me in Basic. But one key component was an amazing pop-up book about computers that made it perfectly clear that they were the most exotic, powerful and fascinating things ever made and that, if at all possible, I’d quite like to grow up inside one." Turns out Margaret owned *that* pop-up book. (tags: computers games popup reasonswhy ) [...] [...] Lookspring » This is why. "I’ve mentioned before that I get the ’so how come you like games’ question pretty regularly, and don’t have a particularly cogent answer, beyond ‘because they’re awesome’ and some stuff about the funny quizzes my brother used to write for me in Basic. But one key component was an amazing pop-up book about computers that made it perfectly clear that they were the most exotic, powerful and fascinating things ever made and that, if at all possible, I’d quite like to grow up inside one." Turns out Margaret owned *that* pop-up book. (tags: computers games popup reasonswhy ) [...]

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