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Stray Pointers

Jan 19, 2026

Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning rejoin the show to discuss how we fared with the 2025 Advent of Code competition.

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

Cameron's GitHub Repo:
https://github.com/ccunning2/AoC2025/tree/main/aoc-2025 

Juan's Github Repo:


Dec 2, 2025

Tom Zimmer has implemented a variety of Forth compiler systems ranging from 8-bit commercial Forths to more modern implementations.  Tom discusses his background with electronics, computing, and Forth.

Tom's websites:
https://photobubba.com/ 
https://tomzimmer.wordpress.com/ 

The Win32Forth Project Page


Nov 11, 2025

Cameron Cunning and Juan Vazquez rejoin the show to discuss our approaches to the forthcoming Advent of Code 2025 coding competition in December.

#rust #elixirlang #dlang #Aoc2025 #AdventOfCode #programming

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

Cameron's GitHub Repo:


Oct 21, 2025

Angela Sylvaine returns for her fourth appearance on the show.  She and Jim recap the story of her first three novels and her future works including her forthcoming book Cold Snap.

Please visit Angela's linktr.ee page for her book order and social media links:


Sep 7, 2025

Telecommunications and BBS pioneer Nick Andrew talks about the TRS-80 Model I workalike known as the System-80.  With many hardware modifications, Nick wrote and operated his own BBS on the System-80 in the 1980's.  As time went on, Nick continued as a telecom pioneer.

#z80 #trs80 #fidonet #bbsing