Exceptional Children’s Television Shows in Japan

When I was a boy, I used to watch Schoolhouse Rock, a Saturday morning television series of short animations produced in the 1970s that taught children about grammar, science, multiplication, and American history with the use of catchy songs. The “Hey Little Twelve-Toes” segment (multiplication by twelve) included an explanation of the base 12, or

Creating Art with S Memo

In the last year or so, I’ve been creating art—mostly portraits—using S Memo on my cellphone. S Memo is like a simplified version of Microsoft Windows Paint: you get some drawing tools (pencil, brush, marker), an eraser, a text tool, a customizable color palette, and an undo function. The whole thing began when I decided