Hi, I’m Dan! I am a writer and software engineer in Seattle, WA, USA.

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Greetings from Chicagoland

September 16, 2024

Greetings from Chicagoland. Dan’s MEGA65 Digest for September 2024.

EasyAsm

August 26, 2024

EasyAsm. Dan’s MEGA65 Digest for August 2024.

Let's paint!

July 17, 2024

Let’s paint! Dan’s MEGA65 Digest for July 2024.

MEGA65 Projects

MEGA65 projects

Greetings from Chicagoland

September 16, 2024

Greetings from Chicagoland. Dan’s MEGA65 Digest for September 2024.

Lab Notes

Experiments with computing, electronics, and maker crafts

Ladder on a Modern PC

December 21, 2022

One of my favorite home computer games from early childhood is Ladder for the Kaypro, an action platformer rendered entirely in text characters. Here’s how to play it on your modern PC.

Articles

Prose writing on general subjects

Bard on Lotto

April 19, 2023

I asked Google Bard, “What are the odds of winning the Washington State Lotto jackpot?” Its reply began with two sentences:

Projects

Larger projects, announcements, and updates

Dan's MEGA65 Digest

September 8, 2022

I’m starting an email newsletter for the MEGA65! Subscribe today!

Sketchbook

Explorations and ugly first drafts

P8SCII Rainbow

April 15, 2020

P8SCII Rainbow, a tweet cart