{"id":9984,"date":"2016-10-08T16:27:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T23:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=9984"},"modified":"2016-10-08T16:27:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T23:27:49","slug":"ccatp-458","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/ccatp-458\/","title":{"rendered":"CCATP #458 Allister Jenks on Programming as a Hobby and a Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"Casio_PB-100.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Casio_PB-100.png\" alt=\"Casio PB 100\" width=\"432\" height=\"249\" border=\"0\" \/>Allister Jenks joins us to talk about how he uses programming as a hobby and as a tool for solving problems. <\/p>\n<p>In his always delightful way, he talks about early experiences programming and how they sparked such joy in him. We&#8217;re talking a TRS-80 clone here and a programmable calculator! He tells the story of how just last week he and I were talking about the relative weights of the iMac models vs. their screen dimensions and how he solved the ratio equations using Swift.<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9984-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nosillacast\/traffic.libsyn.com\/nosillacast\/CCATP_2016_10_07.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nosillacast\/traffic.libsyn.com\/nosillacast\/CCATP_2016_10_07.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nosillacast\/traffic.libsyn.com\/nosillacast\/CCATP_2016_10_07.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/chit-chat-across-the-pond\/id1052401094?mt=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/podfeet.com\/NosillaCast\/artwork\/itunes_subscribe_button.png\" alt=\"itunes\" width=\"125\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"mp3 download\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nosillacast\/traffic.libsyn.com\/nosillacast\/CCATP_2016_10_07.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">mp3 download<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drawing circles and lines with the Dick Sith System 80 (TRS-80) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classic-computers.org.nz\/system-80\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classic-computers.org.nz\/&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Night Clock \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/zkarj.me\/night-clock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zkarj.me\/&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>High school maths with the Casio PB-100 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-computers.com\/museum\/computer.asp?c=1000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">old-computers.com\/&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Preventing plane crashes \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caa.govt.nz\/safety_info\/vector.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caa.govt.nz\/&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RPG II \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_RPG_II\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_RPG_II<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find Allister <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/zkarj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@zkarj<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Xcode Swift Screen Shot.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Xcode-Swift-Screen-Shot.png\" alt=\"Xcode Swift Screen Shot\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allister Jenks joins us to talk about how he uses programming as a hobby and as a tool for solving problems. 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