Our first in-person show

Chris and Dave record from the same room! Weird!

There will be a Sydney meetup, on Tuesday April 11th at 6 pm. More details here. You can also RSVP via meetup.com.
Chris will be doing a meetup in Melbourne on Tuesday the 18th, with details to follow. He also may get to tour the Syncrotron as Dave did a few years back.
Another sci-fi book recommendation, Chris just finished the first book of The Expanse (which is also a show now)
They were ordering pizzas via computers all the way back in the 70s!
Dave has played with voice chips in the past, like the SP256AL2.
The Octavo chip is the main package on the BeagleBone these days. Someone made a version that fits inside the small version of the altoid mint tin.
Microchip used to be called General Instruments.
Potato Semiconductor sells super fast 74 series chips.
Chris wrote about Continuous Integration in hardware.
There was a really good post about the depth of the Hardware Development Process.
Sandsquid is no more.
Dave needs to restock his microcurrent, but each time is re-figuring out the order process.
Amazon now has FPGA instances available via AWS.
If you're looking to learn FPGA stuff, we recommend things like the Arty board, the Papilio or the Xess boards.
Chris was amazed by the tenacity of Pete during this talk about building a VNA.