Stephen Smith

Playing with Ubuntu 25.10 Introduction Ubuntu released 25.10 back on October 9. Now that I’ve sent my two books off to production, I can have a look at a few non Assembly Language things of interest. I’ve always liked Ubunt…

Blogged about my first look at Ubuntu 25.10. smist08.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/p...

RP2040 Assembly Language Programming: Including the RP2350 and Raspberry Pi Pico 2 RP2040 Assembly Language Programming: Including the RP2350 and Raspberry Pi Pico 2: Smith, Stephen: 9798868822018: Books - Amazon.ca

The second edition of my RP2040 Assembly Language Programming book is now available for pre-order. www.amazon.ca/RP2040-Assem...

Finished the final edits on the second edition of my RP2040 Assembly Language Programming book. So off to production now!

Elbows up, time for more!

Back to Blogging Introduction I haven’t posted a blog post since April, mainly because I’ve been working on the second editions of both my Raspberry Pi Assembly Language Programming and RP2040 Assembly Language Pro…

Back to blogging on the upcoming 2nd edition of two of my books along with the orange one's latest tantrum. smist08.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/b...

I wouldn’t know since I deleted my thread’s account.

Raspberry Pi Assembly Language Programming: ARM Processor Coding Raspberry Pi Assembly Language Programming: ARM Processor Coding: Smith, Stephen: 9798868818738: Books - Amazon.ca

Looks like the second edition of my Raspberry Pi Assembly Language Programming book is up for pre-orders. www.amazon.ca/Raspberry-As...

Sun soakin bulges in the shade

If I had my little way

They were put there by a man

I’m fine with him staying out of Ottawa and not voting on things.

Local bear, not a winner yet, but he’s working on it.

Sechelt gears up for second annual Car-Free Day on Cowrie Street Downtown street closure invites residents to celebrate sustainable transportation with music, food, and family-friendly fun

Sechelt gears up for second annual Car-Free Day on Cowrie Street

I’m finding eliminating Google and Amazon harder.

Left near the election, took a little time to receive the useful content bit, but now all good and way better. Not going back.

I knew it as a planet on Space 1999.

How come there are a variety of flea and tick prevention medications for dogs and cats, but none for humans?

Good riddance?

Guess the replacement will be demanding quite the golden parachute.

Sadly he’s on the way to Canada. Usually we don’t allow convicted felons into the country.

VisionOS is still getting updates? Bit of a surprise. #wwdc25

Pet translation would be a great real app. #wwdc25

I wonder if workout buddy will be the most annoying Apple feature ever?

I wonder how many SAR calls will result from the Alltrails - Apple Intelligence integration?

People asking directions from AIs can be interesting. For hiking trails it leads to a lot of Search & Rescue calls as most of them just make stuff up.

Facebook Pirated my Books Introduction The Atlantic has an interesting story on all the books Meta/Facebook pirated to train their Llama 3 AI model. The story includes a tool where you can enter an Author’s name and get a l…

He’s not the only one: smist08.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/f...

Facebook Pirated my Books Introduction The Atlantic has an interesting story on all the books Meta/Facebook pirated to train their Llama 3 AI model. The story includes a tool where you can enter an Author’s name and get a l…

He’s not the only one: smist08.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/f...

So as a Canadian, I can fly one way to Vegas then Trump will give me $1000 and a plane ticket home?

Untangling the Reach of US Companies Introduction Trump continues to threaten Canada with a takeover, so people continue to boycott US companies and products as much as possible. Choosing Canadian apples over US apples, Mexican packag…

Blogged on untangling from the influence of US companies.

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Boycotting US Companies Introduction With the ongoing US tariff battle against Canada and the rest of the world, people are looking to boycott US companies as much as possible. As the US imposes tariffs on other countries…

Blogged some ideas on boycotting US companies and services to help fight the trade war. smist08.wordpress.com/2025/04/16/b...