The Stray Pointers Podcast
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Illustration copyright © 2023 by Rick J. Lundeen - Licensed to James K. Lawless
https://rickjlundeen.wordpress.com/
https://www.teepublic.com/user/rick-lundeen
Jan 20, 2025
Bruce Hoyt and his son Ben Hoyt discuss 70's-era home computing including the MOS KIM-1, The Ohio Scientific Superboard II, and the Ferguson Big Board CP/M machine, BASIC, assembly language, and Forth. Bruce's Pentominos solution has been used to test and benchmark Forth systems.
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"
The Bombardier four-issue series can be ordered here:
Dec 27, 2024
Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning rejoin the show to discuss the 2024 Advent of Code, an annual programming competition.
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Cameron's Github Repo for AoC 2024:
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Jim's Github Repo for AoC 2024:
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"
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Kay’s BlueSky:
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Kay’s web site:
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Randy's Podcast (Floppy Days - Vintage Computing )
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Randy’s Twitter: @floppydays
Randy’s Mastodon: @floppydays@oldbytes.space
ANTIC Discord:
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The list of Antic interview episodes:
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Book reference: "Endless Loop: The History of the BASIC Programming Language"
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The BASIC 10-liner Games List
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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.
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Niels' drivers for My4th are published here:
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The Wintermute BBS entry in the Telnet BBS Guide:
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The RC2014 BBS entry in the Telnet BBS Guide:
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You can follow Niels on Mastodon as @Wintermute_BBS@oldbytes.space
Nov 8, 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.
Oct 30, 2024
Software engineers Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning join the show to discuss the Advent of Code, an annual programming competition that takes place every December through the 25th of the month.
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Cameron's Github Repo for AoC 2024:
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Jim's Github Repo for AoC 2024:
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Here's the code for Jim Lawless' Stray Pointers Leaderboard, if you'd like to join in the local competition with us:
1178690-6f8a271f
Oct 26, 2024
Daryn Richardon rejoins the show to discuss the 1910 axe murders in Villisca, Iowa and how the event tied to similar events in the same era. We discuss the book The Man from the Train: Discovering America's Most Elusive Serial Killer.
Sep 30, 2024
Horror novelist Angela Sylvaine rejoins the show to discuss her new novel "Chopping Spree." Angela and Jim exchange local horror-themed urban legend stories.
Jun 6, 2024
Software engineer and Commodore computing enthusiast Bo Zimmerman joins the show to talk about his history with Commodore gear, BBSing, his other computing projects, and his website.
May 16, 2024
Angela Sylvaine makes a return appearance on the show. We discuss her first novel, Frost Bite, as well as her newest book The Dead Spot : Stories of Lost Girls.
Apr 27, 2024
Traci Gorman and Alicia Retzlaff join the show to discuss their own podcast ... The TechnoGals !
The TechnoGals linktr.ee site:
The TechnoGals Spotify Podcast:
The TechnoGals on LinkedIn:
The TechnoGals YouTube Podcast:
Apr 19, 2024
Long-time computing innovator Jim Brain joins the show to discuss his journey through electronics, Commodore computers, TRS-80 Color Computers, and the evolution of his company Retro Innovations.
The Retro Innovations Store
The Retro Innovations Facebook Page
Apr 6, 2024
Gunnar Gustafson walks us through the timeline of using web development tools such as JavaScript and React.js. He touches on going to college at age 15 and his early front-end development with Flash / Actionscript.
Mar 24, 2024
Since April Fool's Day is coming up in about a week, I thought I'd tell a few stories about pranks and funny situations from working in IT.
Mar 1, 2024
Computer Science professor Bob Fulkerson joins the show to discuss his BBS days including his stewardship of the Endless Forest BBS in Omaha. Bob also discusses facets of teaching Computer Science and his love for the Perl programming language.
Feb 21, 2024
Thomas Cherryhomes joins to the show to discuss FujiNet ... a series of add-on direct-connect devices for 80's era home computers that provide a number of extended Internet capabilities to those machines.
Feb 14, 2024
Christine Seeman joins the show to discuss a variety of programming languages including Java, Ruby, and Go. We also discuss her live international speaking events.
Mastodon: @christine@ruby.social
NDC London 2020 - 2FA Talk
.Net Rocks Podcast (taped at NDC London)
One Does Not Simply Add MFA - YOW! 2022
Feb 3, 2024
Rob Swindell, author and sysop of the MS-DOS and telnet versions of the Synchronet BBS joins us to discuss the genesis of the BBS, running his own BBS company, and the journey to an open source Internet version of Synchronet.
The Synchronet wiki:
The home page for SyncTerm, the preferred client for telnet BBS's:
The Synchronet IRC server: irc.synchro.net
Rob's uncut interview with Jason Scott for the BBS Documentary:
Jan 18, 2024
Jeff Duntemann joins the show to discuss his experiences with various technical and non-technical endeavors. Jeff was the first editor of Borland's In-House Magazine "Turbo Technix" which was supplied to purchasers of early editions of Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, and similar Borland products.
Jeff's Blog
The Latest Edition of X64 Assembly Language Step by Step
Jan 16, 2024
Software engineer and engineering manager Ben Hoyt joins the show to discuss his experience with various programming languages. Topics discussed include assembly language, Forth, C, CGI Programming, Python, Go / Golang, and awk.
Jan 10, 2024
Writer / editor / screenwriter / filmmaker Harrison Demchick joins the show to discuss his background in writing. We discuss the process that led to his feature film "Ape Canyon".
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