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My first programming language retro_old_unix_computer
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My first programming language

Jim Hall May 18, 2024
Apple BASIC was how I first learned how to write my own computer programs.
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Learn Bash by writing a number guessing game

Jim Hall April 14, 2024
Learning a new programming language can be a fun exercise.
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Retro-Fun with CRT

David Both March 24, 2024
Discover what using old CRT systems was like for us old-timers or relive the days when you...
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How I got RGB Lighting Working on my Corsair Keyboard

David Both February 25, 2024
A good keyboard is important to your health and productivity. It can be fun, too.
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Holiday snow on your terminal

Jim Hall December 19, 2023
I live in Minnesota and we haven’t gotten a lot of snow yet, so I figured I’d...
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Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

— Linus Torvalds

Why I’ve Never Used Windows

On February 12 I gave a presentation at the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) about why I use Linux and why I’ve never used Windows.

Here’s the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/uCK_haOXPFM 

David Both ATO Interview

Last October at All Things Open (ATO) I was interviewed by Jason Hibbits of We Love Open Source. It’s posted in the article “Why today’s AI isn’t intelligent (yet)“.

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