😺 u/k8quinn
Cat lover, retired developer & ham-radio operator (K8QN)
Posts
This Sunday's Sermon? — Another cautionary tale? [gemini link]
💬 View post · 2025-12-28 · 4 months ago
A Knightly Tale? — A knight on an English Sheepdog? Could this be a shaggy dog story? [gemini link]
💬 2 comments · 2025-12-28 · 4 months ago
Something different - a meditation on love and magic on my gemlog. [gemini link] Love is Magic
💬 View post · 4 likes · 2025-12-05 · 5 months ago
It's after Thanksgiving here in the US so it must be time for a Christmas-time story. Though I've slightly embellished the storytelling, this actually happened and my daughters (and granddaughter) have ever since asked me to tell it again. [gemini link] Wolfgang the Blue-nosed Reindeer
💬 View post · 1 like · 2025-12-01 · 5 months ago
New post on my gemlog: [gemini link] High School Programming (1965 Edition)
💬 6 comments · 4 likes · 2025-11-30 · 5 months ago
I now have a capsule in geminispace! Not much there yet but if you wish to visit [gemini link] I'll be adding stuff in the next few days and weeks. Things like: Once I was a switchboard operator. Yes, one of those. When "the net" meant USENET Learning to program in high school - 1965 edition Broadband network in 1975? Yes! An early industrial-control microcomputer A better version: 4 SBCs with a common memory The Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy And more!
💬 3 comments · 7 likes · 2025-11-29 · 5 months ago
Hello I'm Bill from Metro Detroit. I am a retired software development supervisor ("player/coach" since I did a lot of the development in my group). I've worked with a variety of minicomputers, microcomputers, and large servers in a multitude of different languages. Applications ranged from factory machine controllers to a large business-critical company-internal application with users worldwide. I love my family, my cats, classical music and .... Ham call is K8QN and I've been licensed...
💬 7 comments · 3 likes · 2024-10-22 · 2 years ago