Glorified Plumbing – The Repo!
21st June 2025
A brief intro to the repo of examples associated with this blog. … More Glorified Plumbing – The Repo!
Author: Alex O'Donnell
More on Semantic Linebreaks/Linefeeds.
6th June 2025
A follow-up on my last post about semantic line breaks, or semantic linefeeds. … More More on Semantic Linebreaks/Linefeeds.
Semantic Line Breaks
21st April 2025
Last night GitBooks completely garbled my paragraphs because I’d added new lines in the middle of my paragraphs. Something that I always do, but last night it went very wrong. … More Semantic Line Breaks
RS485 Auto-direction
12th April 2025
Life is a continuous learning experience. I have been using RS485 for about 20 years, on and off. Despite all that experience, I found something new for my toolkit a few months ago. I suspect some of my audience has been using the same RS485 solution for decades. There will be a similar portion who … More RS485 Auto-direction
Am I now a published author?
4th March 2025
A short post to announce the soft launch of a book I’ve been writing. … More Am I now a published author?
Upcoming Technical Content
24th February 2025
A teaser of upcoming technical posts on my blog. … More Upcoming Technical Content
WYSIWYG? An Apology.
24th February 2025
What you see is what you get. A Helpful Tool There is a helpful type of text editing tool known as a WYSIWYG editor. They have been around so long that most of us don’t know that we used to do things in other ways. Microsoft Word is a great example. You type in text, … More WYSIWYG? An Apology.
A New Format!
24th February 2025
Hey everyone. I’m trying out a new format. It’s probably not going to be the long-term solution, but it fixes some short term issues. Contrast – readability. Code listing – character disambiguation. Contrast Some of us, as we get older, start having trouble with contrast; others have lifelong issues. As much as I liked the … More A New Format!
Moving Forward
23rd February 2025
I’m wrapping up my “gap year” and am contemplating what is next for me. … More Moving Forward
The Obligatory End of Year Post.
5th January 2025
I reflect on a year of challenges, successes, and adventures—from joining a startup and exploring debug toolkit ideas to writing a book and visiting the UK’s iconic landmarks. Looking ahead, I share my goals for 2025: job hunting, finishing my book, and resuming blogging about technical adventures. … More The Obligatory End of Year Post.
