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2 min read 2022-07-11 23:46:17

A Non-authoritative history of Preemptive Multitasking in the personal computing world.

Back when machines only had one or two CPUs (still the case for embedded devices) the OS Kernel was responsible for making sure that the machine

4 min read 2021-02-07 01:55:00

I'm trying to rethink the way that I teach my students about coding. I've always been a fan of a project-based approach over any other, and this year

6 min read 2021-01-01 05:48:13

This article was discussed on Hacker News. I love when my current problem can be solved with a state machine. They’re fun to design and implement,

2 min read 2020-12-02 23:23:18

Supplied | Landon Garrison As the field of artificial intelligence grows increasingly complex, creating AI models can be a daunting task for

2 min read 2020-11-24 11:04:36

This article was discussed on Hacker News. Machine learning is a trendy topic, so naturally it’s often used for inappropriate purposes where a

5 min read 2019-12-29 00:23:09

This article was discussed on Hacker News and on reddit. Despite the goal of JSON being a subset of JavaScript — which it failed to achieve

4 min read 2019-05-04 22:18:00

Our first full Raspberry Pi project with all of the 2nd graders was a success-- well, mainly in that most all of the 2nd graders loved learning how

12 min read 2019-03-26 04:58:07

When I started writing The Imposter’s Handbook, this was the question that was in my head from the start: what the f*** is Big O and why should I

6 min read 2018-08-22 03:25:34

Get ready, here comes some fringe pedantry that could very well be the difference in an interview, or the thing that saves you from hours of chasing

1 min read 2017-06-09 21:52:00

I spent the last 6 weeks of school working with two 4th grade classrooms on an introductory physical computing and digital making project with

1 min read 2017-02-24 00:46:00

Recently I wanted to attached a Sense Hat to my Raspberry Pi without using all 40 GPIO pins. My plan was to attach an additional output device to the

1 min read 2017-02-12 12:13:00

I've been excited in the last year and a half to introduce primary-level students and teachers to programming and digital making with Scratch Jr.,

1 min read 2017-01-21 04:32:00

This week, TK students at one of my elementary sites became traffic engineers with the help of Scratch and some Raspberry Pi.Coding and digital

1 min read 2017-01-10 12:38:00

Several months ago I worked with one of our 3rd grade teachers to develop a multi-disciplinary computer science unit around government and the