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Stray Pointers

Dec 31, 2024

Writer/illustrator Rick Lundeen rejoins the show to discuss his comic book series "The Bombardier" and his graphic novel adaptation of the classic Doctor Who story "The Daleks' Master Plan"

Rick's Ko-Fi page is here:
https://ko-fi.com/ricklundeen/gallery 

The Bombardier four-issue series can be ordered here:


Dec 27, 2024

With video! Software engineers Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning rejoin the show to discuss the 2024 Advent of Code, an annual programming competition.

Website for the Advent of Code competition:
https://adventofcode.com/  

Cameron's Github Repo for AoC 2024:
https://github.com/ccunning2/AoC2024  

Jim's Github Repo for...


Nov 22, 2024

Brad Arnold, Randy Kindig, and Kay Savetz join the show to discuss their long-running podcast "ANTIC - The Atari 8-bit Podcast"

ANTIC web site: 
https://AtariPodcast.com 

Kay’s BlueSky: 
https://bsky.app/profile/savetz.bsky.social 

Kay’s web site: 
https://www.savetz.com/ 

Randy's Podcast (Floppy Days - Vintage...


Nov 14, 2024

Retrocomputing enthusiast Niels Haedecke joins the show.  We talk about his telnet/SSH access Wintermute BBS, FidoNet, the RC2014 Z-80 CP/M computer and the telnet BBS he's running on it, the Forth programming language, and the My4th Computer.

Niels' GitLab Repo:
https://gitlab.com/users/ufud-org/projects 

Niels'...


Nov 9, 2024

Jay Hannah joins the show to discuss his long-time use of the Perl programming language.  We also discuss Jay's prominence in several Omaha-based programming groups including the Omaha chapter of the Perl Mongers.

Jay's GitHub repo is here:
https://github.com/jhannah