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Stranger Things and the Amiga 1000

datagubbe.se

They clearly had all the makings of accuracy right there; the OS screenshots, icons, mouse pointer, even the block cursor. When it’s that close, fumbling with the details is somehow more annoying than just phoning it in completely. If there was a reason for it, it completely escapes me. Would Topaz and standard window titles have been terribly boring? Would C, BASIC or Assembly code look less appealing than HTML? We may never know.

Luckily, I believe in being constructive. Hence, I hereby offer my services to any television and movie producers in need of them. For a very reasonable fee, I’m available as a Computer Accuracy Consultant on any forthcoming projects. And if it’s going to feature an Amiga, I’ll even write the necessary programs myself.

What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround?

tedgioia.substack.com

Of course, there’s a lesson here. And it’s not just for books. You could also apply it to music, newspapers, films, and a host of other media.

But I almost hate to say it, because the lesson is so simple.

If you want to sell music, you must love those songs. If you want to succeed in journalism, you must love those newspapers. If you want to succeed in movies, you must love the cinema.

So true, and something Apple (or at least, Steve Jobs) said for a long time. I feel like Apple is losing their way here too. But I’m glad to see B&N do things right and not just scramble for the cash.

pkivolowitz/asm_book

github.com

A book teaching assembly language programming on the ARM 64 bit ISA. Along the way, good programming practices and insights into code development are offered which apply directly to higher level languages.