I’ve launched a new Youtube channel called “8-Bit Show and Tell”. The first video is about the various errors that C-64 BASIC will display, and can be watched here: https://youtu.be/9V1wFXKHTgw It was suggested that this information would be useful in text form, so I’m presenting it here in my blog. Most of this information can […]
I heard about Charles Mangin’s hack to make the Apple II version of Karateka a 2-player game and I wondered if I could do the same thing with the Commodore 64 version. The C64 version of Karateka has notorious levels of copy protection. In fact, I remember trying to run a pirated copy of it […]
I should start this by saying I love the book 10 PRINT; reading it was a great way to start 2014 and inspired some creativity in me that you can read about here. It was written by ten or so people, a smart bunch it seems. So I was really surprised when I was reading […]
“10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10” is a BASIC program that will run on all Commodore 8-bit computers including, most famously, the Commodore 64. It’s also the title of a book released in 2012 that can be purchased in hard copy, or downloaded for free from the official website: 10print.org I got a copy of […]
I spent quite a bit of time the last two weeks consolidating my various websites and email servers together so I’ve got a single host and more importantly, a single hosting bill! It was fairly fun to do a bit of database and web work, so I don’t get too rusty at it. And doing […]
Well, that was a terribly long absence. Back in March I couldn’t keep up with my Game of Life due to working two jobs at once, and that got me out of my blogging habit too. But I think I’ll at least catch you all up on the major happenings this year, and then maybe […]
94/100. I got exercise in 5.5 of the days. I find it easy on the days I’m working at that telephone place: I’m quite eager to take my break, and since I’m sitting around, stuck to the phone the whole time, I really feel like moving and go for a walk. When I’m at home […]
77/100. Oh well. I got off to a good start with exercise the first 4 days, but a bunch of midnight shifts allowed the cold I had been dodging for more than a week to finally get me, and I just didn’t have the energy after that. I’m mostly over the cold now; feeling pretty […]
88/100. Getting back there! I exercised every day this week, except was really slack one of the days, so I lost a point there. Mostly VRT, and got some walking in 3 days. All week I practiced the same 3 Midnight Oil songs: River Runs Red, Arctic World, and Sometimes. Then on Sunday night I […]
78/100. Big drop! 7 points were lost in exercise. I hurt my shoulder during VRT early in the week; it wasn’t enough to affect regular life, but it made further VRT too painful to do until the end of the week (I had a really good workout last night again). Work, weather and a bit […]