Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 48
January 9, 2019
BASIC auto-numbering and labels
Write BASIC programs without line numbers, and add them later.
January 2, 2019
The Year in Books: 2018
Have I got some recommendations for you…
December 26, 2018
While sorrowful dogs brood: The TRS-80 Model 100 Poet
Random poetry: a BASIC random primer and a READ/DATA/STRINGS primer, for the TRS-80 Model 100.
December 19, 2018
Money Changes Everything: Empowering the vicious
Barbarism empowers the rich, the powerful, the vicious, the strong. Civilization empowers everyone else. Gun control and centralized economies, darlings of the progressive left, have empowered the vicious since the beginning of time. The beltway crowd prefers no competition from people free to barter, or free to defend themselves.
December 12, 2018
Less primitive Model 100/200 Data Transfer Script
I’ve managed to refine my primitive Linux data transfer script into a script that I use nearly every day to transfer files to and from my Model 100/200.
December 5, 2018
Barbarism and the Global Village
If we don’t protect our borders, we don’t protect our civilization. When Rome let the barbarians in, they became barbarians.
November 28, 2018
Tandy Assembly 2018
Tandy Assembly was earlier this November, and I have never seen so many Radio Shack computers in one spot. Also, my love affair with daisy wheels is rekindled.
November 21, 2018
Flashcards for iPad using Pythonista
Build a simple flashcard app for foreign phrases or whatever using photo albums and Pythonista.
November 14, 2018
Has Trump forced the media into a Kobayashi Maru?
The Kobayashi Maru is that the media wants to be able to continue lying and be believed. People don’t distrust them because of Trump. People distrust them because they keep lying. It is a self-caused problem.
November 5, 2018
Abraham Lincoln’s conservative principles
Reading Lincoln, it seems that both conservative thought and anti-conservative thought really hasn’t changed much in a century and a half. Though less racist for his time, he was still racist. But his adherence to conservative principles enabled him to overcome his prejudices while his contemporaries who were not conservative sank deeper into racism.
