I write about the past, present, and future of technology across three sites. imapenguin.com explores retro computing and programming fundamentals, milkcrunch.com covers modern software development and engineering culture, and evadot.com examines commercial spaceflight and the new space movement.
Posts
- Putting a kettlebell ON my desk means it’s a constant reminder. Every hour during work it’s 20 push-ups and kettlebell work. Worked great!
- I bought the PAL-1 to see if I'd like noodling with the KIM-1 platform. Turns out I like it enough to have now purchased all of the available expansions … AND the Corsham KIM-1 clone as well (ships later, chip shortage) #itsonlymoneyright #sevensegmentsarethefuture #commodore
- If it’s above freezing my 3.5 mile daily hike is game on.
- FedEx has just left this piece of unobtainium on my porch. Good luck getting one of these in 2022…
- My Monday morning vibe...
- This is hands down the weirdest thing I’ve ever found inside a used book I bought online. #commodore #maybetherearesecretsonit
- The @Basic10L is <em>usually</em> about games. Since those aren't my thing, I started thinking about other interesting 10 liners. I can easily fit RC4 encryption in 10 lines with lots of room to spare. Wonder how I can expand on this… #commodore
- Just home from a really good week on the road to a delivery of this fantastic book.
- How much of a nerd am I? I’m pleased with my hotel room number for more than a couple reasons :)
- How much of a nerd am I? I’m pleased with my hotel room number for more than a couple reasons :)
- We don't need more "new" retro computers. But replicas… We DO need more of these. #commodore
- My resting heart rate has settled right at 50 very consistently. Not too shabby.
- It’s just before sunrise and I remembered that exactly 10 years ago today we jumped off a cliff. We uprooted our family from the DC suburbs and moved to the mountains of North Carolina. The view from our front door never disappoints even if you can’t really see the mountains this morning hardly at all.
- I have been looking for a physical copy of this book for some time. The cover on it is a little rough, but the rest of it is in okay shape and usable. SUPER happy to have found this. #commodore
- Occurs to me that using an Assembler on a Commodore 64 and then loading that program onto a KIM-1 isn't cross assembling. It's just assembling and loading. Not only isn't "cheating" but kinda feels good. #pedanticfridaythoughts #commodore
- Only have 1 RIOT chip until my second one arrives from overseas so had to modify the classic Asteroid by Stan Ockers (1976ish) for the KIM 1. Another surprisingly playable game on such a simple interface. Loading paper tape format files over serial from a real C64 ;-) #commodore
- Sooo many great programs to explore on the KIM-1. Spent a bit of time during lunch learning how the seven segments are wired. There is a surprising amount of example code out there with really clever techniques. KIM tribute to @8BitShowAndTell seemed appropriate #commodore
- Got conferences and shows coming up the next few months so my badge needs updating. Converted Style’s C64 fonts to binary format and I think I’m getting close on the correct screen colors. I think I’ll also implement a 10 PRINT demo on it #commodore
- Looking forward when I feel comfortable enough to do a 10 minute prototype for an idea on an FPGA platform. Microcontroller for now. Need to put in the work on learning FPGA better #therearenoshortcuts
- At a party: “Play any sports?” Me:”Football for about 40 years.”