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The Year in Books: 2020

What did 2020 have to offer in books?

Trump’s rally: the media is the dog

I was at the rally in DC, and what I saw is completely at odds with what’s being reported.

2020: The Dark Joke Returns

It’s long past time to do something about the dark jokes we make about corruption among the beltway class.

Another Safari 14 Services workaround

Another workaround to Safari 14’s Services bug is to copy the results to the clipboard.

Create Color Computer binaries from hex values

Take a text file filled with hexadecimal numbers and create a TRS-80 Color Computer BIN file.

Smashwords Post-Christmas Sale

Smashwords is having a sale starting Christmas day, and both Astounding Scripts and The Dream of Poor Bazin are 75% off.

Sparkling lights for Christmas

This POV-Ray scene file will animate sparkling lights against a green background. If you want to make three dimensional images with lots of similar objects and then animate them, this will show you how to do it.

8 (bit) Days of Christmas: Day 0 (Go Tell It On the CoCo!)

Day 0 of the 8 (bit) days of Christmas. Christmas Eve, and the cattle are lowing.

8 (bit) Days of Christmas: Day 1 (Do You Hear What I Hear?)

For day 1 of the 8 (bit) days of Christmas, John Mosley’s “Do You Hear What I Hear?” from the December, 1987, Rainbow Magazine. Mosley coaxes four-voice music out of the CoCo 1 and 2 using a machine-language program.

The Immaculate Deception: The Navarro Report 2.0

“This report assesses the fairness and integrity of the 2020 Presidential Election by examining six dimensions of alleged election irregularities across six key battleground states. Evidence used to conduct this assessment includes more than 50 lawsuits and judicial rulings, thousands of affidavits and declarations, testimony in a variety of state venues, published analyses by think tanks and legal centers, videos and photos, public comments, and extensive press coverage.”