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Saturday, September 29, 2007
Death to Comic Sans!!
9:18 PM | 
Posted by
Amber
I can't stand the font Comic Sans. If I see a business website done in Comic Sans I cringe. CRINGE! Ack! Blah!
Well, on a whim I type "I hate comic sans" in my Google Toolbar...and it looks like I'm not the only one! Here ya go: ban comic sans :: Putting the Sans in Comic Sans
Let me quickly mention too - when you use a "fancy" font on your website, it only shows up as that fancy font to people who also have that font installed on their computer. So, if you think the Disney fonts are cool and you make a text header on your site using them....then old Joe Blow pulls up your site, all he'll see is Arial or Times...or my all-time favorite, Verdana. So, if you must have something in that fancy font, save it as an image...but don't go saving your whole site as an image or the search engines can't "see" it.
Anyway...don't like Comic Sans. Please don't use it on your website. It's cute for kids' chore charts & stuff, but belongs nowhere on the internet!
Well, on a whim I type "I hate comic sans" in my Google Toolbar...and it looks like I'm not the only one! Here ya go: ban comic sans :: Putting the Sans in Comic Sans
Let me quickly mention too - when you use a "fancy" font on your website, it only shows up as that fancy font to people who also have that font installed on their computer. So, if you think the Disney fonts are cool and you make a text header on your site using them....then old Joe Blow pulls up your site, all he'll see is Arial or Times...or my all-time favorite, Verdana. So, if you must have something in that fancy font, save it as an image...but don't go saving your whole site as an image or the search engines can't "see" it.
Anyway...don't like Comic Sans. Please don't use it on your website. It's cute for kids' chore charts & stuff, but belongs nowhere on the internet!
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Friday, September 7, 2007
Get those brains ready for school!
4fabmoms blog is having a "Back to School Tips" blog event - great idea! What mom doesn't' need back to school tips? Admittedly, I'm quite new at the school thing. My oldest just trotted off to Kindergarten last Wednesday and is loving it!
My kid is really smart - yes, I'm biased. The jury is still out on the other two kids - but my oldest is brainy. Extremely uncoordinated - can trip over her own shadow - but book smart. She can sound out words, do math problems, etc. etc. I don't attribute her brains solely to genetics (trust me on that one!). Her brain has had a lot of exercise - read on...
So, what's this have to do with Back to School Tips? Well, my daughter's mom is a cybermom. That's a nice way of saying nerd. My kids have their own computer connected to high speed internet. Their homepage is a page that I threw together that has links to all sorts of computer games online. Let's face it, the internet is a part of our lives and it will be a part of our children's lives even more so. No sense fighting it! We must tip our hats and conform!
My tip is to let your kids play games on the internet. It keeps their minds sharp, 90% of these games teach problem solving, many of them teach reading, like Starfall.com. There are even "keyboard bangers" for toddlers on sites like Fisher-Price.com. My almost-3yo son sits at the computer and navigates straight to his favorite games - doesn't need a bit of help (he's been "conditioned"!). And his favorite, by the way, is Wow Wow Wubzy's Widget's Build a Robot Game.
I am not at all opposed to kids playing online. Just be smart about it! My oldest is learning how to type a word + "dot.com" to see where it goes...and anyone knows where that could land!! So it is time for strict parental controls on the browser - and I'll be digging for a good program soon, but in the meantime you all are welcome to use my kids' home page as your own to explore what will be part of their new, big world!
If you have a site that would fit in to our game directory, please let me know! I'm always adding new ones!
Oh...and a side benefit of this - your kids will totally stay out of your hair playing these games. They learn. You get quiet time. It's like electronic Calgon.
TAKE ME AWAY!!!
My kid is really smart - yes, I'm biased. The jury is still out on the other two kids - but my oldest is brainy. Extremely uncoordinated - can trip over her own shadow - but book smart. She can sound out words, do math problems, etc. etc. I don't attribute her brains solely to genetics (trust me on that one!). Her brain has had a lot of exercise - read on...
So, what's this have to do with Back to School Tips? Well, my daughter's mom is a cybermom. That's a nice way of saying nerd. My kids have their own computer connected to high speed internet. Their homepage is a page that I threw together that has links to all sorts of computer games online. Let's face it, the internet is a part of our lives and it will be a part of our children's lives even more so. No sense fighting it! We must tip our hats and conform!
My tip is to let your kids play games on the internet. It keeps their minds sharp, 90% of these games teach problem solving, many of them teach reading, like Starfall.com. There are even "keyboard bangers" for toddlers on sites like Fisher-Price.com. My almost-3yo son sits at the computer and navigates straight to his favorite games - doesn't need a bit of help (he's been "conditioned"!). And his favorite, by the way, is Wow Wow Wubzy's Widget's Build a Robot Game.
I am not at all opposed to kids playing online. Just be smart about it! My oldest is learning how to type a word + "dot.com" to see where it goes...and anyone knows where that could land!! So it is time for strict parental controls on the browser - and I'll be digging for a good program soon, but in the meantime you all are welcome to use my kids' home page as your own to explore what will be part of their new, big world!
If you have a site that would fit in to our game directory, please let me know! I'm always adding new ones!
Oh...and a side benefit of this - your kids will totally stay out of your hair playing these games. They learn. You get quiet time. It's like electronic Calgon.
TAKE ME AWAY!!!
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