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Front-end #typescript developer, author of RFC 7168 (HTCPCP for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 20: Isaac Asimov/Robert Silverberg, Nightfall #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 19: Andy Weir, The Martian #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 18: Greg Egan, Permutation City #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 17: Bruce Sterling, The Hacker Crackdown #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 16: Isaac Asimov, In the Beginning: Science Faces God in the Book of Genesis #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 15: Arthur C Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 14: Charles Calvert, Teach Yourself Windows 95 Programming in 21 Days #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 13: Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge #GNUTerryPratchett

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 12: Carl Sagan, Contact #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 11: Ed Tittel, HTML 4 For Dummies #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 10: Raymond E Feist, Magician #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 9: Iain M Banks, Excession #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 8: JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge #LotR

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 7: Larry Niven, Ringworld #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 6: Isaac Asimov, Foundation #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 5: David Eddings, Domes of Fire #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 4: Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference Guide #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 3: JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 2: MS-DOS 5 User's Guide and Reference #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

I don't tend to talk politics on main, esp across-the-pond politics, but: In the wake of the US election I remember talk of thousands of "disaffected" Dem voters voting D up and down the ticket, but R for President. Seems like a strange pattern. We've had a few weeks, was that ever looked into?

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (Cheating a little, as I did this on Mastodon already) Day 1: A Wrinkle in Time #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

It's that time of year again: the 100-post December Threadapalooza challenge. This time, the #commodore64 and its disk drive: why was it so dang slow? Let's take a look at the history leading up to the C64's release, and the technical detail of the disk drive's operation. 1/100