Don't call it a comeback

Don't call it a comeback

From The Bootloader by Paul Cutler and Tod Kurt

December 1, 2025 · 34 min · Season 3 · Episode 27

About this episode

Tod and Paul discuss the Hackaday Supercon, Microsoft open sourcing Zork, and the resurgence of 80s style computer magazines.

Show Notes In this episode, Tod and Paul discuss the recent Hackaday Supercon, including a talk and a workshop, Microsoft open sources Zork, the return of 80s style computer magazines, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . We have stickers! Request a sticker here. 00:23 Supercon Recap Supercon 2025 YouTube playlist 2:10 Tod’s favorite Supercon talks 3:57 Arduino Uno Q Workshop (Tod #1) Jeff Geerling’s video review Using arduino-app-cli on Uno Q by Shawn Hymel Uno Q user manual Radxa X4 SBD w/ RP2040 MCU 13:21 Covert Regional Communication with Meshtastic (Paul #1) Covert Regional Communication with Meshtastic by Daryll Strauss 17:18 Supercon 2025 Badge Supercon 2025 Badge Solder Party Keebdeck 20:07 Ultrawideband (Tod #2) Makerfabs ESP32 UWB Getting started with ESP32 UWB Build UWB Position system w/ ESP32 & Qorvo DWM3000 24:30 Microsoft open sources Zork 1 - 3 (Paul #2) Microsoft announcement Andrew Blotkin’s blog: Zork is now open source GitHub repository with source code Z-Machine for CircuitPython Guide 27:18 How to buld a dev board (Tod #3) Let’s Design an RP2040 Devboard! by Kai project github repo Hackaday discussion 30:03 DocType magazine (Paul #3)…

People in this episode

Hosts: Paul Cutler, Tod Kurt

Topics covered

  • Hackaday Supercon
  • Microsoft open source
  • 80s computer magazines
  • Arduino
  • Ultrawideband
  • Zork
  • Dev board design

Keywords

  • Hackaday Supercon
  • Microsoft
  • Zork
  • Arduino
  • Ultrawideband
  • DocType magazine
  • dev board

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hackaday, Microsoft

Products: Arduino Uno Q, Radxa X4 SBD, ESP32 UWB, Qorvo DWM3000

Books & works: Zork, DocType magazine

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