Yesterday, a reader of this blog sent me an email to let me know that he had just become a father. He wrote to me because of my Programming Madlibs story, which intrigued him as a Dad-to-be. I was touched that he would think to send me a note during what must be a hectic time for him.

In the same spirit, here’s another story of a Dad teaching his son to program: Haaarg, world! His six-year-old picked up everything way faster than my kids did, but the flavor of the adventure is the same.