Issues of The Lunduke Journal are available for purchase here on LBRY, or via subscription at: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/241707/current-perks-for-becoming-a-supporter-at-lunduke-locals-com Hello all you lovely smelling nerds! Here we are. Issue number three of The Lunduke Journal. And, as is becoming tradition, it is bigger (and, somehow, nerdier) than any issue that came before it. This issue is focused on pairing the old with the new. Taking older computers (we're talking 30 and 40 years old here) and getting them onto the World Wide Inter-tubes. Transferring files between a computer made in 1982... and one made in 2020. Which is both crazy and... downright wonderful. Then, to show how this could be useful in practice, we spend a little time talking about building websites -- using plain text, on even some of the oldest Personal Computers -- in Hugo. And, of course, we've got comic strips, Color-by-Number (this time of a Commodore Pet), and some new outfits for Paper Doll Tux the Penguin. Fun, nerdy, goofy stuff. Stuff to make us smile. Smiling is good. Two things you won't find in this issue: A news section and a cross stitch pattern. I've used my editorial power and axed the "Tech News" portion of The Lunduke Journal. Felt... out of place. Who needs news, anyway? The Nerdy Cross Stitch section, however, that baby is coming back in Issue #4! I've got a pattern that's a bit bigger in store. So if you've been working on patterns from the previous issues, you've got two weeks to get those bad mama jamas done before the new pattern drops! As always, I hope the pages that follow bring nerdy joy into your life. A happy, nerdy respite from whatever less-than-happy things may be out there. You deserve it. Yours in nerdiness, Bryan Lunduke

This show is a perk for Supporters at https://lunduke.locals.com. It is available to all of you right here: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/555399/ask-lunduke-april-3rd-2021-supporter-exclusive You can also purchase it here on Odysee/LBRY (DRM free) for a couple LBC. Think of it like throwing pennies in the hat to tip the piano player. ;) Topics today: Are managed work VMs a good thing? Best April 1st joke? What would computing be like if civilization collapses? What was holding FOSS back before the mid-90s? Will government agencies come after FOSS again? Did the loss of some hardware platforms change computing in general? Should we play retro games together? YES! Do differences between Linux Distros matter anymore? Why can't computers do fractions? Have I ever thought about building my own ( computer platform)? I missed a few good ones (got lost in the scroll). Ask again next week. :)