Written by Remy Sharp
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on Aug. 31, 2020
It should be obvious from the title, but I thought that the CLEAR routine cleared out memory - obviously not fully understanding it.This seemingly benign routine kept complaining that there was NO DEFPROC - i.e. an ENDPROC was called but currently the state wasn't in a routine.Here's a sample of th…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Aug. 31, 2020
In trying to blanket copy a block of the Spectrum's ROM using PEEK$ it turns out that in using PEEK$ the ROM isn't actually available to be copied.This was the code:REM system font position @ 15616 / 0x3D00%b=%15616REM using string peek because it can read variable lengthf$= PEEK$ (%b,768)REM poke…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Aug. 30, 2020
A well told tale of magic and adventure. And more of a starting point for its movie counterpartThe Stardust film is amongst one of my favourite of the modern films I've watched in my lifetime, and so I've seen the film a number of times and know it well. I was a little wary of pre-expectations but…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Aug. 30, 2020
I'm fascinated by old photographs, in particular ones from my own family and my own history. There's something that draws me in to the moments frozen in time, before anything changes. That "something" is what takes hold of me on this particular day: the day before Tia's birthday.I write this becaus…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Aug. 28, 2020
Usborne were the book publishers that as a kid, were strangely distributed via school parents' front lounge.I remember rarely being able to afford these books though they were, and are, rife with great educational material.I've since bought a few of these for my own kids, the modern books that is,…
Written by Remy Sharp
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on Aug. 26, 2020
This one line of CSS solves the problem of a focus ring appearing when the mouse interacts (visually annoying) whilst importantly keeping it for keyboard navigation::focus:not(:focus-visible) { outline: none; }Nice and simple, and bookmarking because I've been using it in more and more projects.Sou…