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2024
9 Jun 2024
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1 Jun 2024
Got a hot tip from @8BitShowAndTell on the entire first year(1977) of Personal Computing. Expect to be bombarded with 1977 goodness over the next weeks. Happy Friday!original ↗
31 May 2024
29 May 2024
Deep thoughts from my Commodore VIC-20 (which will be just fine when the Cylons come back).original ↗
29 May 2024
29 May 2024
28 May 2024
27 May 2024
Sitting on the porch listening to the rain. Might as well up my Verilog/FPGA skills while I’m at it.original ↗
23 May 2024
23 May 2024
22 May 2024
22 May 2024
For no particular reason at all I’ve started taking inventory of the many computers I own that don’t take screenshots of everything I do every few seconds.original ↗
21 May 2024
Supposed to be stormy this afternoon so I’m gonna try and come up with some fun things to do with the Neo6502original ↗
18 May 2024
I agreed to teach some FPGA first principles to a small group. This is my recommended board for beginner FPGA development. Has everything a growing boy needs :)original ↗
16 May 2024
Finally figured out how to beat @8BitShowAndTell 's Hypothetical "Game 31" from his Iwata video without watching the spoiler. My life is now complete.original ↗
16 May 2024
14 May 2024
14 May 2024
If you're not learning Fortran today, what are you even doing with your life? Happy Monday!original ↗
13 May 2024
12 May 2024
Outside today because it’s 65F and Sunny, but yesterday I finally got my Neo6502 fixed. Was a bad solder joint from manufacturing.original ↗
11 May 2024
10 May 2024
Company retreat at a Casino, which means I don’t know what to do with myself. Also, breakfast places don’t open till 7. I guess I’ll go for a hike. Sigh.original ↗
7 May 2024
I have a number of books without decent scans available online. I kept the bookmark that came with this once since a punchcard seemed appropriate. Scanning this one (carefully) this week.original ↗
30 Apr 2024
30 Apr 2024
29 Apr 2024
Impromptu trip with my youngest to Charleston for the weekend where he continues the family tradition of people taking pictures of me looking at water without me knowing they are.original ↗
28 Apr 2024
I just picked up a handful of processors from Mouser. I always find the date codes on brand-new hardware interesting. They must have a ton of these on the shelf.original ↗
24 Apr 2024
24 Apr 2024
22 Apr 2024
22 Apr 2024
20 Apr 2024
19 Apr 2024
18 Apr 2024
17 Apr 2024
16 Apr 2024
16 Apr 2024
Actual footage of the IRS behemoth computer system processing your returns today. Gonna be a while.original ↗
15 Apr 2024
15 Apr 2024
15 Apr 2024
15 Apr 2024
14 Apr 2024
Sometimes you find gold with thrift stores. A VERY good copy of The First Book of KIM for… $3. Crazy.original ↗
13 Apr 2024
You know you're doing something right when you have your own directory on people's SD2IEC cards.original ↗
10 Apr 2024
8 Apr 2024
8 Apr 2024
A little Friday fun… continuing my quest to do 10PRINT on all the things. This morning I figured out a reasonable version for the HP-42S.original ↗
5 Apr 2024
My HP-42S has had this crap on it for years, and I don't know what it is. I can't easily scrape it off, and it really bugs me. Old calculator problems...original ↗
4 Apr 2024
After the xz supply chain attack news last week, this is now the newest computer I have any faith in whatsoever.original ↗
2 Apr 2024
2 Apr 2024
I'm not an April Fools fan at all. I think I'll switch to platforms that can't even access the internet.original ↗
1 Apr 2024
Took a deer hair spinning class today. From left to right my first to the final one I did. The last one turned out great and I feel like I can make these now. An afternoon well spent. Next is to see how they fish.original ↗
30 Mar 2024
29 Mar 2024
This is a fun game but you NEED the manual and accompanying stuff for it to be playable. What other games from pre 1993 do you like that are like this?original ↗
28 Mar 2024
This was released yesterday and I’m about halfway through it. If you have kids, this might be the most important book published in quite some time.original ↗
27 Mar 2024
The best thing about remembering the time before cell phones: When you were really mad, you could SLAM the phone down to hang up. It was glorious.original ↗
27 Mar 2024
27 Mar 2024
My youngest got me a travel Mig Welder and new helmet for my birthday because “you never know when you need to fuse metal on the go”.original ↗
26 Mar 2024
25 Mar 2024
Moving the garden this year, and it’s basically like starting over. Progress is being made.original ↗
24 Mar 2024
Working on my 10 top games of all time list. I've got it down to the top 150. 150 is close to 10, right?original ↗
23 Mar 2024
If you think it’s subliminal messaging instead of a plan and discipline that’ll be your key to success, then boy do I have a cassette for you.original ↗
22 Mar 2024
22 Mar 2024
I often have a PET demo or game playing in the background of video meetings. Today’s choice is a fun one. Happy Friday.original ↗
22 Mar 2024