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     

Software engineer and Commodore computing enthusiast Bo Zimmerman joins the show to talk about his history with Commodore gear, BBSing, his other computing projects, and his website. Bo's website: https://zimmers.net 

Angela Sylvaine makes a return appearance on the show.  We discuss her first novel, Frost Bite, as well as her newest book The Dead Spot : Stories of Lost Girls.    Please visit Angela's linktr.ee page to order / pre-order her books: https://linktr.ee/angelasylvaine 

Traci Gorman and Alicia Retzlaff join the show to discuss their own podcast ... The TechnoGals ! The TechnoGals linktr.ee site: https://linktr.ee/technogals  The TechnoGals Spotify Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/technogals  The TechnoGals on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/technogals/  The TechnoGals YouTube Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@TechnoGals      

Long-time computing innovator Jim Brain joins the show to discuss his journey through electronics, Commodore computers, TRS-80 Color Computers, and the evolution of his company Retro Innovations. The Retro Innovations Website https://www.go4retro.com/ The Retro Innovations Store https://store.go4retro.com The Retro Innovations Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/go4retro     

Gunnar Gustafson walks us through the timeline of using web development tools such as JavaScript and React.js.  He touches on going to college at age 15 and his early front-end development with Flash / Actionscript. Here are a couple of Gunnar's repos: https://github.com/GnarlyGnarGusta/storybook_msw_react  https://github.com/GnarlyGnarGusta/gilbertizer_v1  Unofficial JavaScript logo by Chris Williams, from GitHub logo.js ( https://github.com/voodootikigod/logo.js ) , under very permissive licensing (WTFPL). For more information about Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com 

Since April Fool's Day is coming up in about a week, I thought I'd tell a few stories about pranks and funny situations from working in IT.

Computer Science professor Bob Fulkerson joins the show to discuss his BBS days including his stewardship of the Endless Forest BBS in Omaha. Bob also discusses facets of teaching Computer Science and his love for the Perl programming language. For more information about Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com   

Thomas Cherryhomes joins to the show to discuss FujiNet ... a series of add-on direct-connect devices for 80's era home computers that provides a number of extended Internet capabilities to those machines. Thom's links: https://fujinet.online  https://irata.online/  For more information about Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com   

Christine Seeman joins the show to discuss a variety of programming languages including Java, Ruby, and Go.  We also discuss her live international speaking events. Website https://christine-seeman.com/  Socials Mastodon: @[email protected] NDC London 2020 - 2FA Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTtZQVSnz2M  .Net Rocks Podcast (taped at NDC London) https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1676  One Does Not Simply Add MFA - YOW! 2022 https://youtu.be/adQZ6r3Y858?si=0IA5XIBzU0U8HOgj  For more information about Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com   The Ruby logo is Copyright © 2006, Yukihiro Matsumoto. It is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License agreement. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ The Ruby Logo Kit ( https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/misc/logo/ruby-logo-kit.zip ) contains the Ruby logo in several formats (PNG, JPG, PDF, AI, SWF, XAR).