iPlaying around with the Merlin assembler and the built-in Mini-Assembler on the Apple. I have to say I am impressed at how machine-language friendly the Apple ][ is, as the machine ships with a full-featured monitor along with a basic assembler for dropping in mnemonics into memory and getting the op-codes …
read moreLearning Challenge - 6502 Assembly: Days 1-2
Yesterday I started on my quest to learn 6052 Assembly Code. To be fair this isn't the first time I've tried this. I've had may spits and spurts over the years. There are several good books for getting started but one book that really stands out is one that I …
read moreCats: smarter than we think
Anecdote on why cats are smarter than we think they are:
Pixel waits for us to get up in the morning to feed her. Whenever I get up first she will sit and wait on the bed. She will sit there until she hears one particular sound from the bathroom …
read moreHappy Anniversary, Sweetheart
Thirteen years ago JoDee and I made official that which was already unofficial: our enduring love for each other.
Happy anniversary sweetheart. Here's to thirteen times thirteen more.
read moreWhat has your attention, redux
This morning I received a spam message from someone looking to post their crap on this site (We think your readers would be interested in this content). The post they wanted to attach their crap to is What has your attention, which was a post about what I was going …
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