The Fan Who Found Me
That time the spawnlings abandoned me for NERF, leaving me open and vulnerable for a fan who recognised me!!
International Women’s Day (… And The Childcare Strike)
And I thought I had a twisted sense of humour. But I’m not the one who arranged a Childcare Centre strike on International Women’s Day. I kid you not. Around 1000 Australian Childcare workers are going on strike at 3.20pm on Wednesday 8 March 2017. Look, I get it. I […]
Evil Genius Protesting: Fun With Flags
Trump was at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) last Friday. No surprise there. There was flag-waving at this Good Ol’ U S of A event. Again, no surprise. But did anyone have a good look at those flags? Yessiree minions! That’s the Russian flag!! It took a few minutes (enough […]
How to Survive a Heatwave with Your Kids
It’s a little hot in the EG Lair today. In this type of weather, no-one is a happy camper. We don’t have aircon, and we’re OK with that. It used to be only a few days each Summer that actually required serious cooling down, and on those days we would […]
The Dental Cost of Pregnancy
I cracked a tooth. Eating toasted fruit loaf. And not some Han Solo in Carbonite level toasting. I’m talking lowest dial on the toaster. Warmed enough to melt the butter. With a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar. To be fair, I cracked the filling. Yes, I have fillings. I have really […]
Find Your Way With Moana In The Hour of Code
Last year, the Hour of Code Awakened with a Star Wars activity. The year before, kids were Frozen to their computers with coding and game development. In 2016, Disney has come to the party yet again; this time helping kids Wayfinding with code. Right now I should be typing up […]
Helium
We have had a few birthdays around the lair this week. Zaltu turned three, along with a few other mini-minions around the neighbourhood. And with birthdays come the parties, and with parties come balloons. At one party, Zaltu became enamoured with a big bright blue balloon. It had a shiny […]
Beat The Computers: Be Human
This post is part of a new series “If I Ran The People Zoo”, looking at the impact Artificial Intelligence will have on our spawnlings and their future. So the last post in this series was a bit of doom and gloom. I pretty much said your spawnlings are […]
Census Fail: Aust Just Can’t Handle It
#censusfail – I have heard many things said about the Census, but nothing prepared me for this
What Jobs Can Minions Do Better Than Machines and Computers?
With 40% of current jobs to disappear in the next 15yrs, what will be left for our spawnlings?