Times Like These

About this episode

Paul and Tod discuss various technology topics including nostalgia archives, Web Serial in Firefox, and a follow-up on Parachord.

Paul and Tod are back and discuss a nostalgia archive on the web, Web Serial in Firefox, real time OSes, a follow-up to last episode’s story on Parachord, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . We have stickers! Request a free sticker here. (US Only, sorry!) Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 00:20 FreeMediaHeckYeah “freemediaheckyeah“ 3:34 Flipper One Flipper Zero All the fun things to do with a Flipper Zero Flipper One Collabora’s work on the Flipper One 8:55 You Don’t Need an RTOS You Don’t Need an RTOS Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 15:22 Web Serial comes to Firefox Mozilla WebSerial announcement Mozilla engineering blog post about WebSerial 17:40 USB Probester USB Probester GitHub repository 23:17 Achordion, a Parachord follow-up Parachord Achordion announcement Achordion Community Layer Paul’s Achordion profile MusicBrainz Last.fm goes independent Paul’s SongMatrix project Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com . Thank you for your support!

People in this episode

Hosts: Paul Cutler, Tod Kurt

Topics covered

• nostalgia archive
• Web Serial
• real time OSes
• Parachord follow-up
• Flipper devices

Keywords

• nostalgia
• Web Serial
• Flipper Zero
• real time OS
• Parachord
• Achordion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mozilla, Collabora, GitHub, MusicBrainz, Last.fm

Products: Flipper Zero, Flipper One

Books & works: SongMatrix

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