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

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Screenful of BASIC 2025 compo

February 19, 2025

Dan’s MEGA65 Digest for February 2025. A new BASIC code competition for the MEGA65 10th anniversary!

Hosting Update 2025

February 11, 2025

Greetings MEGA65 fans! I am updating the hosting situation of this newsletter. Hopefully this will be automatic for nearly everyone, and you don’t need to do anything. Here’s what you need to know.

Disassembling Crossroads, part 2

January 31, 2025

Disassembling Crossroads, part 2. Dan’s MEGA65 Digest for January 2025.

Dan's MEGA65 Digest

What's new with the MEGA65 personal computer

Screenful of BASIC 2025 compo

February 19, 2025

Dan’s MEGA65 Digest for February 2025. A new BASIC code competition for the MEGA65 10th anniversary!

Lab Notes

Experiments with computing, electronics, and maker crafts

Building a Sega game controller adapter

November 13, 2024

Thanks to the sega-adapter project by Eyvind Bernhardsen and the 8bitDo Retro Receiver, I can connect my Nintendo Switch Pro game controller to my MEGA65.

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