Lets party
OK - age is telling. I had not heard about LAN partes until last week when Jenny Hughes filled me in on the latest craze. And I love it. For the uninitiated a LAN party is a sort of wireless enabled weekend sleepover / house party.
The party hosted by her son, Owen, who occasionally features on the podcasts went something like this.
Friday evening the guests assemble. Each brings games / computers / gadgets plus a box of electronic bits and pieces. They have a central aim for the party - to build a computer for a friend who does not have one. They meet and plan the build - which bits to use etc. But first they have to boost the wireless signal to reach the attic. Then they form into teams for playing various on-line / offline games and work out a points scoring systems for the different teams. And then it is go - games playing / building the computer / coding and so on. And of course, an endless supply of pizzas and stubbies (for our non native English readers - a stubby is a small bottle of weak beer). Sunday evening - the computer is working and loaded up with software and parents arrive to take the kids home.
Sound fantastic to me. I am planning a Pontydysgu LAN party in June. Want to come? Just email me.
April 8th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Sounds Cool!
That’s genuine and true e-motion(al) collaboration for me!
These kids did something very useful. Also meaningful for them. They volunteered to contribute with something good. They helped. They constructed. They became active members of a better world.Theirs!
They should now pass the example forward.
In fact they already have - through you.
They could also blog about it. Their teachers should also know about their good deeds. Their parents ought to feel proud of them - I am sure they are - and more people should support this kind of initiative.
So….count me in!
When and where in June?
I must say I can’t code nor can I put a computer together. But I am a fast learner…and I can also contribute in other ways.
I can help people establish a safe online presence, assist in the development of cool online (learning) spots, navigate the web efficiently, help overcome web-panic, etc…
I can even try to cook! LOL