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/

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/

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

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' drivers for My4th are published here:
http://mynor.org/my4th_software.htm#uart

The Wintermute BBS entry in the Telnet BBS Guide:
https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/wintermute-bbs/

The RC2014 BBS entry in the Telnet BBS Guide:
https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/rc-box/

You can follow Niels on Mastodon as @Wintermute_BBS@oldbytes.space

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

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.

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 AoC 2024:
https://github.com/jimlawless/aoc2024

Here's the code for Jim Lawless' Stray Pointers Leaderboard, if you'd like to join in the local competition with us:

1178690-6f8a271f

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.

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Train-Discovering-Americas-Elusive/dp/1476796262

Horror novelist Angela Sylvaine rejoins the show to discuss her new novel "Chopping Spree." Angela and Jim exchange local horror-themed urban legend stories.

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