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Stray Pointers

Stray Pointers

Written by: Jim Lawless
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 Stray Pointers is a podcast where seemingly ordinary people join us for extraordinary discussions. There are a lot of amazing people out there. I thought that it would be interesting to interview people accomplishing or having accomplished amazing things in a variety of subject areas including computing, BBS's, hacking, health care, music, comic books, writing, illustration, education, journalism, podcasting, startups, electronics, video games, astronomy, agriculture ... you name it. For more information about the podcast, please see Jim Lawless' Stray Pointers page at: https://straypointers.com Illustration is © 2023 by Rick J. Lundeen. Please visit Rick's sites : https://rickjlundeen.wordpress.com/ https://www.teepublic.com/user/rick-lundeen2023-2025 Art
Episodes
  • 2025 Advent of Code Follow-Up

    2025 Advent of Code Follow-Up
    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:
    https://github.com/javazquez/advent-of-code/tree/main/2025/aoc_2025_elixir

    Jim's AoC2025 GitHub Repo:
    https://github.com/jimlawless/aoc2025/

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    32 mins
  • Forth Systems Creator Tom Zimmer Joins the Show

    Forth Systems Creator Tom Zimmer Joins the Show
    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
    https://win32forth.sourceforge.net/

    The Forth Interest Group (FIG) historical page on Forth.
    https://www.forth.org/

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    59 mins
  • The Hosts of "ANTIC - The Atari 8-Bit Podcast" Join the Show

    The Hosts of "ANTIC - The Atari 8-Bit Podcast" Join the Show
    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 Computing )
    https://floppydays.libsyn.com/

    Randy's Twitter: @floppydays

    Randy's Mastodon: @floppydays@oldbytes.space

    ANTIC Discord:
    https://discord.gg/XB5SpA9fuC

    The list of Antic interview episodes:
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1neIlWZQQYo_rdJO7XtcPrCtf_zgSquBzL9TA51Bocas/edit?usp=sharing

    Book reference: "Endless Loop: The History of the BASIC Programming Language"
    https://amzn.to/40XWn3C

    The BASIC 10-liner Games List
    https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/games-list-2024

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    41 mins
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