Alun Jones [email protected]

The official account for RC2014, a Z80 based retro computer kit.
Posts probably include retro computing or hobby electronics related content but may include other cool stuff.

Posting about my life ∩ maths. I teach maths at university in the UK — including modelling, combinatorics, game theory, history, programming — and research university-level mathematics education practice. And I play maths with my son.

I edit @aperiodical with @christianp & @stecks, co-host podcast Mathematical Objects, volunteer for the Institute of Mathematics & its Applications, and do various other things.

#academia #highered #math #maths #mathematics #education #university

I follow science, especially #SynBio and open source lab equipment as I am married to a Biochemist and find it fascinating. 

However, my main activity on here is the #Maker community. Like many I would make a living out of it if I could, for now it is a chaotic side hustle. I have 3D printers back to the Cupcake, and an industrial robot arm, but I only turn them on a few times a year. 🙄

Him/doofus/Mr. Wolowitz
Coventry, UK

Professional maker, in wood and metal, from miniatures to museum installations. #MakersHour #ActuallyAutistic and a #Carer. He/Him #LGBTQI ally.
Currently building a community workshop in Salford, and writing the story of Harriet Board and Daisy Bell.
https://www.makerofthings.org.uk/theraton-back-story/

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Been on Mastodon.social since 2017.

In the 1980's, Z80 assembler, later DEC assembler (RT-11, RSX-11), Fortran, etc

Currenrt employment :Composer, musician for over 56 years.
Published a SF novella in 2022, StingerBots.

Original music tracks, at least 180 of them online at https://ffm.bio/randulo

Free streaming on Bandcamp: https://randulo.com

Some things I like: #dogs #books #reading #information #history #privacy #outdoors #hiking #wildswimming #kettlebells #OpenStreetMap #learning #studying #science #coffee, #lowcarb food, #FOSS, #RSS #fedi22.

I’m here because I want to learn things and connect with people.

Wondering about my username? In a story by Kipling, Kolokoko Bird advised Elephant’s Child to go find out for himself. I like that sentiment. I am always trying to find stuff out.

The International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) is the Internet's oldest contest that started in 1984.

IOCCC purpose:

* To write the most Obscure/Obfuscated C program within the rules.

* To show the importance of programming style, in an ironic way.

* To stress C compilers with unusual code.

* To illustrate some of the subtleties of the C language.

* To provide a safe forum for poor C code. :-)

Science must be opened — because science opens everything else! Sapere aude!

Boosts are most welcome 👍

#science #openscience #openaccess #opendata #reproducibility #opensource #foss #privacy #UnrestrictedFreeSpeech

Nature loving Geek from South Wales in the UK. Normally seen out and about with a camera. Born a while back and still here. Please remember that we need nature, nature doesn't need us.
#fedi22 #Music #photography #nature #wildlife #raspberrypi #camel #progrock

FOSS person. Gamedev for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX and other shiny things.

Also #Scala, #C, #Python, and others at some point (#Z80 #asm, #Go, #haskell).

Not made of actual Lego.

Toots have TTL.

A tiny shop in Wales that still runs retro machines and makes allsorts