Our april 2021 Issue
April 2021 News Wire
An Online Radio Station That Streams the Soothing Sounds of Forests from Around the World If you’ve walked…
The Small Internet
Last issue, I interviewed solderpunk, the creator of the Gemini protocol—an alternative to the web that’s focused on…
Soldering 101
Soldering is a fantastic skill that’s pretty easy to learn. Using a soldering iron you use the heated…
How Did Computers Get Here?
Computers today are amazing devices whether they are a smartphone or a VR headset or a laptop or…
The Imposters Among Us
There is an impostor among us. In the new online multiplayer game Among Us teams of astronauts, called…
What’s that Bird?
You go for a walk and see a bright red cardinal. The app called eBird wants to know…
Make Pixel Art
Have you ever played the original Super Mario Brothers? How about the original Zelda? If so you may…
The Emoji Generator
You can create programs that allow your users to get different results based on decisions they make, using…
The Double Slit Experiment
Earlier in this issue, we talked about quantum computing and how weird it can get. Did you know,…
Daemons in my PC
Did you know that every time you startup a Mac computer, daemons lurk in the background and watch…
Limor Fried
If you’ve ever been making something by yourself, whether you’re coding away or tinkering with electronics, you may…
What is Quantum Computing?
For the past few decades, scientists have been slowly working on a new kind of computer, one not…
BBC Basic
We’ve talked about old languages. We’ve talked about new languages. I don’t think we’ve ever talked about an…
Tour Your Art Museum!
Links from the bottom of all the April 2021 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.
Pixel Art History
Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for February 2018.