I found this, it’s really interesting: Core Knowledge Sequence. Pedagogy is such a fascinating topic.
Core Knowledge Sequence
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History of programming languages
There’s a great article over on Wikipedia about the History of programming languages.
Writing a book: is it worth it?
Today I read Writing a book: is it worth it? Short answer: probably. I’m in the process of writing a book about database design, and it has slowly dawned on me what a huge undertaking it is actually going to be.
p.s. I found the above article after having stumbled my way through here. There’s some interesting stuff there.
Magnetic Core Memory Reborn
lol, this is great: Magnetic Core Memory Reborn.
Evil Mad Scientists…
So I’m interested in Open Circuits, an upcoming book from the guys at evilmadscientist.com. I’m also interested in four of their kits, being:
Books by Hans Camenzind
So the late Hans Camenzind is the guy who invented the venerable 555 timer. He wrote two books I’m interested in:
Firefox 105.0.1 restores focus behavior on startup
Well I’m happy to learn that Firefox 105.0.1 restores focus behavior on startup. That’s been driving me mad!
python-subversion
I’m upgrading my Ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04 and having a problem because the python-subversion package has been removed. I have asked a question about this over here, so hopefully I can get a resolution.
RP2040-Zero
This bit of kit is amazing: RP2040-Zero RP2040 for Raspberry Pi Microcontroller PICO Development Board Module Dual-core Cortex M0+ Processor 2MB Flash. It does my head in the things that we can manufacture these days.
Humble beginnings
This is fun. Here’s an old photo from when I just started my electronics lab at the old house. You can see that shit kinda got out of hand…
