Dadjunk » Fun http://dadjunk.com Dadhood and whatnot. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:01:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Imagination Playground http://dadjunk.com/2010/07/imagination-playground/ http://dadjunk.com/2010/07/imagination-playground/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:19:17 +0000 chad http://dadhoc.com/?p=1731

Sand, water, moving parts, and imagination are the key elements of David Rockwells imagination Playground in a Box. We’re going to be seeing more of these make their way across playgrounds around NYC and the country. Which, from the looks of the video, is a very cool thing. I’m a big fan of giving kids open-ended stuff and saying, “play”. The results are always more interesting that anything an adult could “assign” them.

What is Imagination Playground? from Imagination Playground on Vimeo.

]]> http://dadjunk.com/2010/07/imagination-playground/feed/ 0 iPhone Photobooth Fun http://dadjunk.com/2009/12/iphone-photobooth-fun/ http://dadjunk.com/2009/12/iphone-photobooth-fun/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:08:25 +0000 chad http://dadjunk.com/?p=1430 MBP-NEW-ITUNES-SHOT-000One of my first memories of being photographed was when my sister and I were crammed into a booth by our dad and blinded by four bright consecutive flashes. Ten minutes later when I regained my sense of sight, I realized that we were standing outside of a strange booth with a curtain. We waited for what seemed like an hour, but was probably just ten minutes for a small and slightly damp strip of photos to be spat from the machine. I remember seeing my older sister smiling brightly above just the top of my head. Dad said I looked great. Sadly, those photobooths are thing of the past (minus the Gallery Bar on the Lower East Side and a few other hipster holdouts). Enter the “Original Mobile Photobooth iPhone App” (v 2.0). It takes four quick pictures and puts them into a classic four panel strip that is easy to share on FB/Twitter/email. You also have the option to make it b/w or color.  Here’s the Mobile Photobooth Website and here’s the iTunes App Store link.

]]> http://dadjunk.com/2009/12/iphone-photobooth-fun/feed/ 0 Shantell Martin – Mistress of the Light http://dadjunk.com/2009/10/shantell-martin-mistress-of-the-light/ http://dadjunk.com/2009/10/shantell-martin-mistress-of-the-light/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:25:43 +0000 chad http://dadjunk.com/?p=1382 I had the good fortune of attending one of Shantell Martin’s interactive music and light extravaganzas recently at Soho House.  The talented illustrator used a tablet,  projector, and sketching program to create a unique music and light extravaganza that had the kids jumping. Thanks Shantell! While this performance was for kids, she does a lot of events around town for adults. She’s worth checking out. More pix and videos on her site: Shantell Martin – Illustrator.

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