Code and wallpaper

Daniel has been making some games on the code.org site. Here’s one of his games:

https://studio.code.org/c/139419179

To win you need to capture one of the rebel fighters which will make some tauntauns appear. Then capture one tauntaun and threeย flying bird things (mynocks) will appear and you’ll need to capture all three of these. Avoid the mouse droid (the little grey thing) otherwise you die.

I’ve been encouraging Daniel to try these online coding sites for years now. He’s never been very interested, partly because he lacked the necessary reading skills. Last week I discovered code.org has a Minecraft tutorial. That was all that was necessary to get him hooked. Now he’s obsessed with it.

I finally removedย all the wallpaper from one wall in the spare bedroom. It took me about a month. It probably would have only taken one whole day if I’d devoted an entire day to it. But I haven’t had the time for that and so I’ve been chipping away at it in the evenings and whenever I had the chance. I’m not sure whether I’ll do the remaining walls. I won’t do them for the moment as they look fine. It was just this one wall that need redoing. I’m planning to repaper it myself which Ben thinks is a bad idea. I’ve never done any wallpapering before and so probably he’s right. I think he has visions of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39wx7UeTXfw


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12 responses to “Code and wallpaper”

  1. Sarah Jane Hird Avatar

    My Brother’s wife’s mother said there are 2 surefire routes to divorce…one is navigating with maps in a foreign city where one drives on the right hand side of the road and which has a lot of pedestrian areas. The other is wallpapering…that said, the best way to wallpaper is to use a plumb line…and get the kids to help you with applying the paste- or you can even get pre-pasted wall paper- just paint on water!

    1. Rachel M Avatar

      Hmm. Maybe I should get someone else to do it ….

  2. steelcityman Avatar

    Thanks, haven’t heard that song for many years…my mum used sing it when she was ‘inhebriated’

    1. Rachel M Avatar

      You’re welcome! It’s a funny song.

  3. anniegoldfisher Avatar

    I tried Daniel’s game. It thrashed me! ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

    As for your plans to do some wallpapering, please don’t! It’s supposed to be incredibly hard. I know you’re really savvy at practical stuff but… Good luck if you decide to go ahead. ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Rachel M Avatar

      The thought of trying to find someone else to do it is more stressful than doing it myself. But I’ll think about it.

  4. ladysighs Avatar

    Avoid the mouse droid (the little grey thing) otherwise you die.
    I died. ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

  5. scifihammy Avatar

    Pretty cool game Daniel ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Rachel M Avatar

      Glad you liked it.

  6. Rachel M Avatar

    Reblogged this on Rachel and commented:

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  7. fossilcyclist Avatar

    Get decent wallpaper, the thinner stuff is nightmaresville!

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