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Jim Lawless

@jim-lawless.bsky.social
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Polyglot programmer, historical computing / hacking enthusiast, podcaster, and comic book buff. I'm just a dog chasing cars. Blog: jimlawless.net/blog Stray Pointers Podcast: straypointers.com

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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Must ... resist ... buying ... these ... tees ... #programming
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I had a pretty good time at the Quad Con in #omaha today. #comics #comicbooks jimlawless.net/cfriends/p00...
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Comics Friends - Quad Con Sep 2026
Comics Friends - Quad Con Sep 2026
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We just saw this guy flying well above our local grocery store this morning. #DIYAviation #HomebuiltAircraft
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Kate Fox (Macintosh Librarian) and Veronica (Veronica Explains) have a new podcast. I've put some links here: jumptable.net#13sep2026 #retrocomputing
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Jump Table - A Retrocomputing Site
Jump Table - A Retrocomputing Site
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kalawless.bsky.social @kalawless.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hawk seems to be surprised I'm taking his picture. Not sure he is fond of the idea. 🤭 #raptor #backyardbird #hawk #photography
Cooper's hawk sitting on a white fence.  His back is towards the camera.  He is looking over his right shoulder and his beak is open.  The background is very dark with some greenery on the right side.  It was a cloudy day and he was standing near a very shaded area when this photo was taken.
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Tom Brevoort @tombrevoort.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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FSC: E-MAN #2
One of the new mainstay players in the emerging Direct Sales market comprised of comic book specialty stories in the 1980s was First Comics. An outfit out of Chicago, First boasted an initial eclec…
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
jumptable.net is my humble, new #retrocomputing site. jumptable.net
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Jump Table - A Retrocomputing Site
Jump Table - A Retrocomputing Site
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A #Linux Clipboard to JPEG utility (with C source) : jimlawless.net/blog/posts/m...
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A Linux Clipboard to JPEG Utility
Several months ago, I made the switch to Linux Mint (Cinnamon) as my primary OS for my computing activities. One utility that I used often on my prior OS was a utility that would capture images as the...
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Ranjit Mathew @rmathew4bs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
#Odin might not be “noteworthy” according to grumpy Wikipedia editors 🙄, but its creator Bill “Ginger Bill” Hall sure is a cool, fun guy 🤩: “Odin 1.0 Announcement” (youtu.be/dLPAqXi9In0). On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/5rvgim/odi... On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4881... #Video
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Odin 1.0 Announcement
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Apparently, Ollie has a friend: #cats #squirrels
My cat, Ollie, notices a squirrel through the glass door to the outside deck.
My cat, Ollie, tries to get the attention of a squirrel who is outside the glass door.
My cat, Ollie, tries to engage in play with the squirrel who is outside the glass door.My cat, Ollie, tries to engage in play with the squirrel who is outside the glass door.
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I stood up a web-based message forum. I thought it'd be easier to converse with folks there. If you'd like to take a look, please stop by jims-bbs.com
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Jim's BBS
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We went to the car show at the SAC Aerospace Museum today in Ashland, Nebraska today. My brother-in-law had his Mustang on display under a B-52. jimlawless.net/blog/posts/c... #cars #planes
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SAC Aerospace Museum - Car Show
We went to the car show today hosted at the Strategic Air Command Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska. The cars were featured near the planes that are normally found in the museum. Bob’s Mustang My ...
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kalawless.bsky.social @kalawless.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
European Starling in flight. Wish I could say I planned this shot, but it was pure luck. I happened to get my timing just right. 🤭 #birds 🪶 #birdwatching #birdwatcher #photography #backyardbird #birdphotography
Clear blue sky - not a cloud to be seen.  The bird is a a European Starling.  In this shot you can't see the speckled body and various colors on this bird, his yellow beak does stand out.  The sun is shining to the left of this shot, which helps to get the lighting on the feathers.
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The Oasis BBS @theoasisbbs.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Archives BBS Revival: Run Stop Restored Rebuilds a 1980s Commodore 64 BBS #Commodore64 #C64 #BBS #RunStopRestored #Commodore64Ultimate #RetroComputing #DiskRecovery #VintageComputing theoasisbbs.com/archives-bbs...
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Archives BBS Revival - The Oasis BBS
Run Stop Restored begins an Archives BBS Revival on the Commodore 64 Ultimate using old disks, Maverick, and BBS memories.
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Atari BBS - Southern Amis Projects @ataribbs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The newest issue of Compute!’s Gazette is out, featuring my latest Dialed Back column about, the Atari BBS Written in BASIC This goes deep into the actual Atari BASIC code powering systems like AMIS, FoReM, Carina, and NiteLite - ATASCII Lives. #RetroComputing #Atari #BBS #VintageComputing #Sysop
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kalawless.bsky.social @kalawless.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Very excited!!! This bald eagle was perched in a tree not very far from my house. 😍 #Nature #photography #backyardbird #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdnerd #birdphotography #Raptors
A bald eagle is perched on a branch of a tree.  It is a cloudy day so the color is a little darker.  The background is blurred green leaves w/ gray sky.

I'm particularly excited about this photo and the bald eagle being so close to my home because of it's meaning to me.  My son passed away about a month ago.  He loved eagles.  When ever I was lucky enough to get a photo of an eagle, he was the one I would call to tell about the photo.  I like to think this eagle is my son visiting me.
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Andy Toone @lockfarm.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This is exciting part 1: the revised NanoBeast dev board is a full Z80 CP/M computer designed to fit in some interesting projects. 512K RAM, 512K Flash, RTC, Dual UART. Power and serial over USB-C, separate power jack. I2C, GPIO and keyboard matrix. MicroBeast compatible. Plug in and go.
The NanoBeast prototype being built. You can build your own MicroBeast if your main interest is in the hardware and how it works, or you can plug in and start coding with the NanoBeast.
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Tom Brevoort @tombrevoort.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Five years ago, I reposted this piece about how I edit a script: tombrevoort.com/2021/03/07/b...
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Blah Blah Blog – The Editorial Approach
A post from my decade-back Marvel blog focusing on my methodology in editing a particular comic book story. The Editorial Approach April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General The month …
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Tom Brevoort @tombrevoort.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Five years ago, I wrote about this issue of X-Men: tombrevoort.com/2021/02/28/b...
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BHOC: X-MEN #111
For some reason, my family wound up going to the South Shore Mall, which was a bit of a distance from where we lived. I don’t quite know what store they had in that Mall that drove my parents…
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kalawless.bsky.social @kalawless.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I spy with my little eye - food! Ready to jump at any moment. 😄 🪶 #Birds #SparrowSunday #Backyardbird #Birdwatching #Birdwatcher #Nature #Photography
This male house sparrow showing his beautiful brown, black and gray colors.  Down is back, wings and into his tail are subtle stripes of the many colors in this sparrow.  He is on one of the many leafless branches in a tree by my yard.
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Forth Langage Developpers @forth-developper.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
RMT 2.0 for ESP32forth, documentation and example clock with addressable LEDs controlled by FORTH github.com/.../ESP32fo....
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kalawless.bsky.social @kalawless.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Peek-a-boo! ❤️ 🪶 #Bird #NorthernCardinal #Backyardbird #nature #Photography #Birdwatching #birdnerd
Male Northern Cardinal peeking around the corner of the bird feeder.  Bright red feathers on full display. Kind of a portrait photo of the bird.  This is an extremely cropped photo.  I am happily surprised with how it turned out.
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Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
"This is to certify that I have this day (9-24-74) appointed Shel Dorf as MARVEL'S WEST COAST ART TALENT REPRESENTATIVE. He is to be afforded every consideration by prospective MARVEL artists.* —STAN LEE
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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 14/02/2026
This is probably more of a diary entry than a blog post, but it does have a link to the museum's video which'll give you more of an idea what went on over that weekend. Looking forward to the next one in Swindon in May.
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Retro Computer Festival 2025 - L Break Into Program, 0:1
The theme for RetroFest 2025 at The Centre for Computing History was “Gaming” with a related theme of “Games Development”. Tony Jewell, the organiser, set aside the museum schoolroom for games develop...
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kalawless.bsky.social @kalawless.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Male Downy Woodpecker resting on a branch before he takes off to get some suet. 🪶 #birds #birdwatching #backyardbird #photography #nature
Male downy woodpecker - his red bit of feathers on his head is barely noticeable.  The female does not have red feathers at all.  This bird is slightly bigger than a sparrow.  He has a few black and white stripes on his head.  One of the black stripes covered his eyes, almost looks like he is wearing a mask.  His back feathers and wings are black with whit dots.  Tail feathers are black and white.  The background is the clear blue day in the afternoon.
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A Smattering of DC's Science Fiction Comics #comics jimlawless.net/comicsblog/p...
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A Smattering of DC's Science Fiction Comics
When I was most actively reading comics in the 1970’s and early 1980’s comics with a space-bound characters or characters in science-fiction stories often piqued my interest. In the 1970’s, the variou...
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Geoff Wearmouth @warmtoffee.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Steve Vickers interviewed about his time at Sinclair, saving ROM space on the ZX81 and the ZX Spectrum and the new venture the Jupiter Ace. youtube.com/watch?v=kgWj...
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LOAD ZX 40: "Inside the ZX Spectrum" - Steve Vickers
YouTube video by LOAD ZX Spectrum
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Nick Rempel @nrempel.com · 31/01/2026
Silicon Valley was ahead of its time
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Good overview here from @benjedwards.com at @arstechnica.com arstechnica.com/information-...
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AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast
Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Here are some #Python scripts to build sitemap_index and sitemap files using lists of URL's as sources. github.com/jimlawless/s...
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GitHub - jimlawless/sitemap-tools: Generate sitemap and sitemap index
Generate sitemap and sitemap index. Contribute to jimlawless/sitemap-tools development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Just found out this dude’s store is called Dreamhaven Books. dreamhavenbooks.com
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Home - DreamHaven
Recent Additions
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kalawless.bsky.social @kalawless.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Two views of a red-tailed hawk. Yesterday there were three of these hawks flying around the small field behind our house, looking for dinner. Love the powerful beauty of the hawks. ❤️ #raptors #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdnerd #photography 🪶
The red tailed hawk was flying away from me and was about to turn in a different direction, so his head is not very visible.  However, this did give a great opportunity for a picture of his full reddish brown tail and his wings fully expanded.  Had to zoom in quite a bit for this photo and still had to crop significantly.  The sky is clear blue and no clouds.  The hawk was flying towards a patch of trees that have their winter leafless, light brown colors.  In this photo the hawk was flying over me as well, but he is closer and flying a different direction.  This is what the underneath of a red-tailed hawk looks like.  It has dark brown spots along his chest line, which is different than the tear drop shaped brown spots that cover the chest of a Coopers Hawk.  Sky is a perfect blue color with no clouds.
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Forth Langage Developpers @forth-developper.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
ESP32 C3: Your New Board for ESP32 Forth Here's a picture of an ESP32 C3 board. This board features a native USB port. But most importantly, it has PSRAM memory, which varies from 2MB to 8MB depending on the model!
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I've divided my primary blog into separate blogs by area of interest. The first is my #comics blog: jimlawless.net/comicsblog/
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Jim on Comics
Stuff Jim says ... about comics
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Juan Vazquez and Cameron Cunning rejoin the show to discuss how we fared with the 2025 Advent of Code competition. #rust #elixirlang #dlang #Aoc2025 #AdventOfCode #programming straypointers.com/e/s4e01.htm
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S4:E01 - 2025 Advent of Code Follow-Up - The Stray Pointers Podcast
S4:E01 - 2025 Advent of Code Follow-Up - The Stray Pointers Podcast
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Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 19/01/2026
Get online like in the 1980s but better! retrogamecoders.com/vice-c64-mod... #c64 #c64u
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How to Emulate a C64 Modem and Dial a BBS Using Vice
Configure Vice and install modem emulation so your virtual C64 can get online and dial Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)
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antirez @antirez.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Imagine writing a pure C, dependency free, fast enough Flux 2 Klein 4B inference library. In a weekend. Thanks to AI writing the code, and the human steering it towards the right direction. github.com/antirez/flux...
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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
On January 17, 1929, the character Popeye first appeared in the newspaper comic strip Thimble Theatre. He was created by Elzie Crisler “E.C.” Segar.
The first image of Popeye in the stripA black and white promotional image of the cast of Thimble Theatre.Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.
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Travis Street @travisstreet.com · 17/01/2026
credit: PERFECTL00P
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Happy birthday to Marvel's @tombrevoort.bsky.social! Celebrate his natal date by joining us for dinner on an episode of my Eating the Fantastic podcast, where you'll learn which prevailing Marvel ethos he disagreed with from the moment he was hired — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Tom across the table from me, knife in one hand, fork in the other, about to begin slicing his steak. He has a white beard, glasses, and fedora.
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Remembering the Batman TV series on it's 60th anniversary... #batman #batman66 jimlawless.net/comicsblog/p...
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60 Years Ago - The Batman '66 TV Series
Shortly after I arrived on the planet, a television series appeared featuring a comic book character who would grow to be my favorite of them all. My first recollection of this TV series is actually ...
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Another new story starring The Swede! This one doesn't disappoint. #comics #comicbooks
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Kay Savetz @savetz.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Here's my annual letter taking stock of the computer history archiving work I've done over the past year. Kay's 2025 Wrapped: three interviews, thousands of artifacts, and a surprising amount of computer history rescued one disk, page, and binder at a time. www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2...
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Kay’s 2025 Wrapped | Kay Savetz
Get more from Kay Savetz on Patreon
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Tegan O’Neil @teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
started this one this morning, it begins with literally thousands of people across the country suddenly dying of heroin-laced coffee prior to Remo being roped in - what scale! these really do read like greased lightning.
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Jim Lawless @jim-lawless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Rest in peace, Stewart Cheifet. He was the primary host and driving force behind The Computer Chronicles TV series. obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...
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Stewart Cheifet Obituary December 28, 2025 - Goldsteins Funeral
View Stewart Cheifet's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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Tim Holyoake @timholyoake.uk · 27/12/2025
Here's my account of solving this year's #AdventOfCode using #Fortran 77 (mostly). #RetroComputing ftw! z80.timholyoake.uk/advent-of-co...
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Advent of Code 2025 in Fortran 77 (mostly) – retrocomputing ephemera
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Neil Vass @neil-vass.com · 21/12/2025
#AdventOfCode reflections, mostly avoiding spoilers. neil-vass.com/advent-of-co...
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Advent of Code 2025: How did it Go? - neil-vass.com
I posted a few weeks ago about learning Go with Advent of Code. I’m a big fan of these puzzles — they’re still hard enough for me that it’s a fun challenge, and trying to do them in a new language rea...
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Tom Brevoort @tombrevoort.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
First State Comics: Introduction In 1981, when I was fourteen years old, my family relocated from the Long Island New York home that I'd known for most of my life to Delaware, the first state, which was becoming a hub of corporate activity thanks to its law regarding taxes. My father had been sent…
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First State Comics: Introduction
In 1981, when I was fourteen years old, my family relocated from the Long Island New York home that I'd known for most of my life to Delaware, the first state, which was becoming a hub of corporate activity thanks to its law regarding taxes. My father had been sent there to help set up a new division of the Chase Manhattan Bank corporation for which he worked--a big opportunity for him, an unwelcome disruption of a comfortable life for me. And especially disrupted was my comic book collecting. The area we lived in on Long Island had easy access to any number of outlets that sold comic books, including a recently-established Direct Sales comic book shop from which I'd begun to purchase all of my new books.
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Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · 28/12/2025
The guy who proved it's possible to be a high-achieving CEO in multiple, seemingly unrelated fields. But how many other examples are there? RIP. www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
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Louis Gerstner, CEO Credited With Turning Around IBM, Dies at 83
Louis Gerstner, who took over International Business Machines Corp. when it was on its deathbed and resuscitated it as a technology industry leader, died Saturday. He was 83.
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