Oct 8, 202640 minS4
The YouTube (audio only) version of this episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/oxz77qF6HtQ Angela Sylvaine makes her fifth appearance on our 50th podcast! We discuss her recent writing efforts, we talk about the...
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Stray Pointers
Hosted by Jim Lawless · technology · EN
About this Podcast:
Stray Pointers is a podcast where seemingly ordinary people join us for extraordinary discussions.There are a lot of amazing people out there. I thought that it would be interesting to interview people accomplishing or having accomplished amazing things in a variety of subject areas including computing, BBS's, hacking, health care, music, comic books, writing, illustration, education, journalism, podcasting, startups, electronics, video games, astronomy, agriculture ... you name it.For more information about the podcast, please see Jim Lawless' Stray Pointers page at:https://straypointers.comIllustration is © 2023 by Rick J. Lundeen. Please visit Rick's sites : https://rickjlundeen.wordpress.com/https://www.teepublic.com/user/rick-lundeen
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What is Stray Pointers about?
Stray Pointers is a podcast where seemingly ordinary people join us for extraordinary discussions. There are a lot of amazing people out there.
Who hosts Stray Pointers?
Stray Pointers is hosted by Jim Lawless. The show has published 53 episodes to date.
What has Stray Pointers covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Horror Novelist Angela Sylvaine Rejoins Us For Our 50th Podcast!" (8 October 2026, 40 minutes), "2025 Advent of Code Follow-Up" (19 January 2026, 32 minutes), and "Forth Systems Creator Tom Zimmer Joins the Show" (2 December 2025, 59 minutes).
How often does Stray Pointers publish?
Stray Pointers publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 43 minutes across 53 episodes.
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Jim Lawless hosts Stray Pointers, a technology podcast with 53 episodes published.
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Episode #1
2025 Advent of Code Follow-Up
Jan 19, 202632 minS4<p>Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning rejoin the show to discuss how we fared with the 2025 Advent of Code competition.</p> <p>Website for the Advent of Code competition:<br /> https://adventofcode.com/ </p> <p>Cameron's...
Dec 2, 202559 minS3<p>Tom Zimmer has implemented a variety of Forth compiler systems ranging from 8-bit commercial Forths to more modern implementations. Tom discusses his background with electronics, computing, and Forth.</p> <p>Tom's...
Episode #11
Advent of Code 2025 Pregame Show
Nov 11, 202526 minS3<p>Cameron Cunning and Juan Vazquez rejoin the show to discuss our approaches to the forthcoming Advent of Code 2025 coding competition in December.</p> <p>#rust #elixirlang #dlang #Aoc2025 #AdventOfCode...
Oct 21, 202534 minS3<p>Angela Sylvaine returns for her fourth appearance on the show. She and Jim recap the story of her first three novels and her future works including her forthcoming book Cold Snap.</p> <p>Please visit Angela's...
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Sep 7, 202547 minS3<p>Telecommunications and BBS pioneer Nick Andrew talks about the TRS-80 Model I workalike known as the System-80. With many hardware modifications, Nick wrote and operated his own BBS on the System-80 in the 1980's. As...
Aug 6, 20251 hourS3<p>Leor Zolman, creator of the BDS (Brain Damage Software) C compiler for CP/M ... the first commercial C compiler for microcomputers ... joins the show. We discuss his compiler, tech writing, the genesis of The C Users...
Jun 25, 202544 minS3<p>June 25, 2025 ( recorded on February 13th, 2024)</p> <p> </p> <p>This episode is a reissue of an earlier audio-only episode with added video.</p> <p>Christine Seeman joins the show to discuss a variety of programming...
May 16, 202530 minS3<p>May 16, 2025</p> <p>Mike Taylor, author of the VIC-20 text adventures Magic Mirror and Nosferatu as well as the Commodore 64 game The Causes of Chaos joins the show. We talk about those early adventure games, his...
Episode #5
Atari BBSing with Rob Sherman
Apr 4, 202528 minS3<p>Rob Sherman joins the show to discuss his early years of BBSing in the 1980's and his current telnet bulletin-board systems running on Atari 8-bit gear.</p> <p>Rob's telnet BBS's are as follows:</p>...
Feb 19, 20251h 4mS3<p>Gunnar Gustafson rejoins the show to discuss audio synthesis in musical gear. He discusses family ties to some very early audio gear and he draws parallels to the evolution of musical synthesizers and the evolution...
Feb 2, 202547 minS3<p>This is a video-added re-release of my interview with Rob Swindell. Rob is the author and sysop of the MS-DOS and telnet versions of the Synchronet BBS. He joined the show to discuss the genesis of the BBS, running...
Episode #2
Interview with Jeff Duntemann
Jan 29, 20251 hourS3<p>This is a re-release (with video!) of my interview with software engineer, writer, and publishing entrepreneur Jeff Duntemann. Jeff was the first editor of Borland's In-House Magazine "Turbo Technix" which was...
Episode #1
6502, Z-80, and Forth in the 1970's
Jan 20, 202536 minS3<p>Bruce Hoyt and his son Ben Hoyt discuss 70's-era home computing including the MOS KIM-1, The Ohio Scientific Superboard II, and the Ferguson Big Board CP/M machine, BASIC, assembly language, and Forth. Bruce's...
Dec 31, 202437 minS2<p>Writer/illustrator Rick Lundeen rejoins the show to discuss his comic book series "The Bombardier" and his graphic novel adaptation of the classic Doctor Who story "The Daleks' Master Plan"</p> <p>Rick's Ko-Fi page...
- Dec 27, 202449 minS2
<p>With video! Software engineers Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning rejoin the show to discuss the 2024 Advent of Code, an annual programming competition.<br /> <br /></p> <p>Website for the Advent of Code...
Nov 22, 202441 minS2<p>Brad Arnold, Randy Kindig, and Kay Savetz join the show to discuss their long-running podcast "ANTIC - The Atari 8-bit Podcast"</p> <p>ANTIC web site: <br /> https://AtariPodcast.com </p> <p>Kay's BlueSky: <br />...
Nov 14, 202428 minS2<p>Retrocomputing enthusiast Niels Haedecke joins the show. We talk about his telnet/SSH access Wintermute BBS, FidoNet, the RC2014 Z-80 CP/M computer and the telnet BBS he's running on it, the Forth programming...
Episode #17
Discussing Perl with Jay Hannah
Nov 9, 202438 minS2<p>Jay Hannah joins the show to discuss his long-time use of the Perl programming language. We also discuss Jay's prominence in several Omaha-based programming groups including the Omaha chapter of the Perl Mongers.</p>...
Episode #16
Preparing for the 2024 Advent of Code programming competition with Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning
Oct 30, 202450 minS2<p>Software engineers Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning join the show to discuss the Advent of Code, an annual programming competition that takes place every December through the 25th of the month.</p> <p>Website for the...
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