Get it here! So in the olden days, the very first personal computers came with a programming environment built-in. In fact, it was the thing you started in after the computer had fired up. That sounds like a hassle, and maybe it was because manufacturers started taking these programming environments out and replaced them by … Read More

I cannot remember much of how I ended up fulfilling my military service, except that I very much would have liked not to. As the oldest of three brothers, it was clear in the mid-1980s that I would have to go. The rule was that a third (and fourth and so on) brother would get … Read More

(Big Thief’s 2016 NPR Tiny Desk concert.)