Back to the Future Java is a Java Virtual Machine planed down until it fits on 8-bit computers (i.e. the Commodore 64). It's based on a port of Java made for Lego Mindstorms, lacks a few key features of the language (such as garbage collection), but is quite an astounding feat. Previously: Java on a Sega Genesis; Java on Apple II.
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Java ported to Commodore 64
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Voxel computer art
Ciara Burkett is making wonderful voxel computers and such; bookmark their Ello page for more. [via Jay Allen] Above, an Apple ⫻. Here’s a Compaq portable:
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Men have been pushing women out of tech since the beginning
Programming was women’s work: the six who ran Eniac, America’s first digital computer, were women. But not for long. They were systematically pushed out of the field, says technology historian Marie Hicks, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who wrote about it in her recent book, “Programmed Inequality (Amazon).” Sexism was so extreme in […]
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Perl is the most hated programming language
What do computer programmers not want to code in?
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Make your keyboard obsolete with Dragon dictation software
Whether conventional keyboards don’t really work for you, or spelling is the bane of your workday, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 gives your computer powerful voice dictation abilities. We’ve got the basic version in the Boing Boing Store for $19.99. This software works on Windows 7 or higher to provide speech recognition with up to 99% accuracy. […]
