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Hello cohost friends, here is a half-hour tribute to a former local celebrity, Bob the Weather Cat, complete with commercials. Things like this are of the utmost historical importance and must be preserved at all costs

I've always had an idea for creating a homebrew microcomputer kit with the intent to help teach children about how computers work at a much deeper level than, say, the Raspberry Pi. Kids could get the kit, sit down with soldering equipment (and parental guidance), and assemble the computer from parts, learning about how the computer works as they go along. The end result would be a solid understanding of the computer, the satisfaction of having something they made themselves, and have a computer that can do useful things while continuing to teach software and hardware concepts.

And good grief is the choice for microprocessors kinda shitty!

So now I'm going to explain my wish list for an ideal processor and explain the problems with the majority of the current market.

Massive thanks to @JillCrungus for uploading all the stuff to archive.org for all to enjoy!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mirlo/mirlo
(don't know why the preview isn't working, weird)

From the outset we’re focusing on our “exit to community,” where those who contribute to the platform will have a say in how it is run and managed. We guarantee that their livelihoods will not be part of a corporate buyout. Drawing on our deep shared experience with mutual aid organizing and collective self-governance models, as well as our developers’ skills in building and maintaining open source software, we are excited for Mirlo to be a space where people gather to share music and support musicians!