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2025 Advent of Code Follow-Up
Jan 19, 2026
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Dec 2, 2025
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Advent of Code 2025 Pregame Show
Nov 11, 2025
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Oct 21, 2025
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Nick Andrew Discusses the System-80 Including His Zeta BBS
Sep 7, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/19/26 | 2025 Advent of Code Follow-Up✨ | Advent of Codecoding competition+3 | Juan VazquezCameron Cunning | Advent of CodeGitHub | — | Advent of Code2025+5 | — | 32m 02s | |
| 12/2/25 |  Forth Systems Creator Tom Zimmer Joins the Show✨ | Forth programmingcompiler systems+3 | Tom Zimmer | Win32Forth ProjectForth Interest Group+4 | — | Forthcompiler+5 | — | 58m 59s | |
| 11/11/25 |  Advent of Code 2025 Pregame Show✨ | coding competitionAdvent of Code+4 | Cameron CunningJuan Vazquez | Advent of CodeGitHub+3 | — | Advent of Codecoding competition+5 | — | 26m 17s | |
| 10/21/25 |  Horror Novelist Angela Sylvaine Returns to the Show✨ | horror fictionnovel writing+3 | Angela Sylvaine | Cold Snap | — | Angela Sylvainehorror novelist+3 | — | 34m 14s | |
| 9/7/25 |  Nick Andrew Discusses the System-80 Including His Zeta BBS✨ | telecommunicationsBBS+3 | Nick Andrew | System-80TRS-80 Model I+1 | — | System-80TRS-80+5 | — | 47m 24s | |
| 8/6/25 |  Leor Zolman, Creator of the First Commercial C Compiler for Microcomputers Joins the Show✨ | C compilermicrocomputers+4 | Leor Zolman | BDS (Brain Damage Software)The C Users Journal+1 | — | C compilermicrocomputers+5 | — | 1h 00m 04s | |
| 6/25/25 |  International Tech Speaker Christine Seeman Joins the Show✨ | programming languagesinternational speaking+3 | Christine Seeman | NDC London.Net Rocks Podcast | — | programmingJava+4 | — | 43m 37s | |
| 5/16/25 |  Text Adventure Author and Paleontologist Mike Taylor Joins the Show✨ | text adventurespaleontology+3 | Mike Taylor | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the WeekReinvigorated Programmer+4 | — | text adventurepaleontology+3 | — | 29m 35s | |
| 4/4/25 |  Atari BBSing with Rob Sherman✨ | BBSingAtari+4 | Rob Sherman | SyncTermAtari+2 | Atari 130XEAtari Corporate 8Bit BBS | BBSAtari 8-bit+5 | — | 27m 38s | |
| 2/19/25 |  Gunnar Gustafson Discusses Audio Synthesizers✨ | audio synthesismusical gear+3 | Gunnar Gustafson | — | — | audio synthesizerssynthesis+3 | — | 1h 04m 28s | |
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| 11/22/24 |  The Hosts of "ANTIC - The Atari 8-Bit Podcast" Join the Show | Brad Arnold, Randy Kindig, and Kay Savetz join the show to discuss their long-running podcast "ANTIC - The Atari 8-bit Podcast" ANTIC web site: https://AtariPodcast.com Kay's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/savetz.bsky.social Kay's web site: https://www.savetz.com/ Randy's Podcast (Floppy Days - Vintage Computing ) https://floppydays.libsyn.com/ Randy's Twitter: @floppydays Randy's Mastodon: @floppydays@oldbytes.space ANTIC Discord: https://discord.gg/XB5SpA9fuC The list of Antic interview episodes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1neIlWZQQYo_rdJO7XtcPrCtf_zgSquBzL9TA51Bocas/edit?usp=sharing Book reference: "Endless Loop: The History of the BASIC Programming Language" https://amzn.to/40XWn3C The BASIC 10-liner Games List https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/games-list-2024 | — | ||||||
| 11/14/24 |  Niels Haedecke discusses BBS software, Forth, and the RC2014 System | Retrocomputing enthusiast Niels Haedecke joins the show. We talk about his telnet/SSH access Wintermute BBS, FidoNet, the RC2014 Z-80 CP/M computer and the telnet BBS he's running on it, the Forth programming language, and the My4th Computer. Niels' GitLab Repo: https://gitlab.com/users/ufud-org/projects Niels' drivers for My4th are published here: http://mynor.org/my4th_software.htm#uart The Wintermute BBS entry in the Telnet BBS Guide: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/wintermute-bbs/ The RC2014 BBS entry in the Telnet BBS Guide: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/rc-box/ You can follow Niels on Mastodon as @Wintermute_BBS@oldbytes.space | — | ||||||
| 11/9/24 |  Discussing Perl with Jay Hannah | Jay Hannah joins the show to discuss his long-time use of the Perl programming language. We also discuss Jay's prominence in several Omaha-based programming groups including the Omaha chapter of the Perl Mongers. Jay's GitHub repo is here: https://github.com/jhannah | — | ||||||
| 10/30/24 |  Preparing for the 2024 Advent of Code programming competition with Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning | Software engineers Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning join the show to discuss the Advent of Code, an annual programming competition that takes place every December through the 25th of the month. Website for the Advent of Code competition: https://adventofcode.com/ Cameron's Github Repo for AoC 2024: https://github.com/ccunning2/AoC2024 Jim's Github Repo for AoC 2024: https://github.com/jimlawless/aoc2024 Here's the code for Jim Lawless' Stray Pointers Leaderboard, if you'd like to join in the local competition with us: 1178690-6f8a271f | — | ||||||
| 10/26/24 | Discussing the Villisca Axe Murders with Daryn Richardson | Daryn Richardon rejoins the show to discuss the 1910 axe murders in Villisca, Iowa and how the event tied to similar events in the same era. We discuss the book The Man from the Train: Discovering America's Most Elusive Serial Killer. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Train-Discovering-Americas-Elusive/dp/1476796262 | — | ||||||
| 9/30/24 |  Horror Novelist Angela Sylvaine Discusses Her New Book and Exchanges Urban Legend Stories with Jim | 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 | — | ||||||
| 6/7/24 |  A chat with Commodore computing enthusiast Bo Zimmerman | 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 | — | ||||||
| 5/17/24 |  Horror novelist Angela Sylvaine rejoins the show | 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 | — | ||||||
| 4/27/24 |  The TechnoGals Join the Show to Discuss Their Podcast | 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 | — | ||||||
| 4/19/24 |  Retrocomputing with Jim Brain | 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 | — | ||||||
| 4/6/24 |  Gunnar Gustafson Discusses JavaScript and Web Development | 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 | — | ||||||
| 3/24/24 |  Hijinks and Practical Jokes in IT | 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. | — | ||||||
| 3/1/24 |  Bob Fulkerson discusses the Endless Forest BBS and Computer Science Academia | 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 | — | ||||||
| 2/21/24 |  Hardware / Software Engineer Thomas Cherryhomes Discusses his Fujinet Retrocomputing Projects | 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 | — | ||||||
| 2/14/24 |  A Chat with Software Engineer and International Speaker Christine Seeman | 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: @christine@ruby.social 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). | — | ||||||
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