Kevin Boone
Kevin Boone
Kevin Boone
Musing on computing, math, electronics, de-Googling and the small web, from an old warhorse of the IT industry.
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The Raspberry Pi has a bunch of GPIO pins we can use to connect push-buttons. But how do we interface push-buttons to an application that expects only keyboard input?
This article is part of a series on building a custom Linux installation for a Raspberry Pi-based appliance. It explains how to make a bootable SD card with Pi firmware, a Linux kernel, and a shell. It's about as minimal as a Linux...
Was there ever a golden age of the apostrophe, when everybody used it the same? No.
You think Apple was an innovator in the world of personal media players? Think again.
ActiveMQ and Kafka are both open-source, Java-based, message brokers with applications in inter-process communication. But can they be used interchangeably?
This simple analog computer has served humanity for more than four centuries. Shouldn't we try to preserve it?
People are increasingly using smart watches and fitness watches for tracking health metrics. Is it wise to do so? (Short answer: probably not.)
Why an expensive smart watch is still less good than a cheap Timex, when it comes to telling the time.
Using simple file and string handling techniques in the Bash shell.
This question is not particularly easy to answer, but understanding the implications helps.
Despite its low initial price, the Shield K1 continues to put modern Android tablets to shame.
The screen resolution of smartphones has increased dramatically over the last ten years. Have we reached a point where further improvement is just a waste of money?
Is it possible to live without Google and the like, and still use modern, portable computing devices? I still don't know.
This is a landing page for my various articles on building a period-appropriate CP/M system using the RC2014 bus.
Using an RC2014-based retrocomputer with genuine RS232 peripherals requires support for voltage level conversion. Although converter modules are inexpensive and widely available, I wanted to design something that would plug into an...