• I just posted another free Carl & Jerry story as a PDF. It's one of my personal favorites, as the boys are working at microwave frequencies this time-just about where Wi-Fi is now. And the old farmer, well, he knows more than we might think. Enjoy.
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• I posted another Carl & Jerry story as a free PDF right before we left Colorado Springs, and completely forgot to call attention to it here. It's "Trapped in a Chimney" and the MAKE Blog featured it yesterday.
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I just posted a 2 MB PDF containing one of the Carl & Jerry stories; in this case, the February 1957 entry, "Electronic Cops and Robbers." It's a free download, and the copyright page explicitly gives people permission to redistribute it however they want. No DRM, no nags, nothing ( Read more... )

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I love waking up to nice surprises. This morning's was finding that the Make Blog had posted a cover shot and pointer to Carl and Jerry, Volume 1. I've been having an email conversation with Phillip Torrone, the editor over there, and he's asked me to do some additional material ( Read more... )

• Quite a few people sent me an interesting way to remap keyboard keys under Windows, for which I'm thankful, but (because it's a Registry tweak) it will need some time and care to test. I will report here as soon as possible.
• The most recent Atlantic tells us that eighteen ( Read more... )

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