Learning technical stuff from books can be fun...

Usborne books were a great childhood favorite when it came to pretty much anything.  They were filled with cool drawings and the way they visually showed how things worked was a great way to teach all kinds of fascinating stuff for kids (and adults for that matter).

When it came to computing, they were a great resource to coming to grips with all that new technology!

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Rejuvenating my geriatric childhood friend

I was really happy a few years ago to get my first home computer back in my hands from a friend who'd kept it safe.  It was one of those 'worked when I last used it' machines, and I had made the assumption all would be good...

I had broken the ends of the keyboard membrane when I decided to open it once, but I knew I could replace that as there were new replacements available.

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Let Python be with you... Always...

What do you call acquiring  a new Atari 2600?  Well, how about an excuse to recreate a classic console Star Wars game in Python - both riding on the current Star Wars hype, as well as getting that retro-nerd fix at the same time.

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