I know Michael Stephens and Jessamyn are good at teaching people about technology, but I really think they could learn a thing or two from StrongBad of the hilarious Internet cartoon Homestar Runner. Check out this scene where StrongBad offers an introduction to technology for middle school students. My favorite quote: “Robots are technology shaped like square people.” Brilliant!
Can you “speak technology” like StrongBad?
[via Scott at BiblioTech Web]
Absolutely fabulous! Thanks! I loved the folding up of the floppy disk!
M.
Working for a robotics firm, I like that quote as well as “Robots….are primarily used for destroying Japan and serving hors d’oeuvres”
Also, for more StrongBad on technology, see this one on how to create a web page – it’s a classic:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail51.html
Dave
Come on, Dave, are you saying you don’t like giant Flash intros and rotating GIFs?
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oops. Didn’t anticipate the non-wrap of that. My bad. Times like this when a preview would be helpful. … or smarter users.
Do you guys like techno????
It was also Trogdor’s birthday a few weeks ago. So first we’ll start with an ‘s’.
…animated gifs, black backgrounds and comic sans serif font. Brings back fond memories of the web circa 1997….those were the days.
BTW – the best flash intro of all time:
http://www.skipintro.nl/skipintro/skipintro98.htm
From that StrongBad email comes this classic quote:
‘The Internet is a place where nothing happens. You need to take advantage of that’
Dave