Spinning circle replaces hourglass

I don’t know when this happened, but I am just realizing I haven’t seen an hourglass in years. Instead they’ve all been replaced by versions of (thanks Wikipedia!) this:

Microsoft’s is colored and looks more like a wheel, but same idea. Who threw the switch?

Programming for kids

http://scratch.mit.edu/

This is sooo genius. I'd like to do a class somewhere with a bunch of kids - teach 'em to use it, and see what they could come up with.. Hats off!