[E:67] OpenCircuits with Windell H. Oskay

Windell H. Oskay joins us to discuss his fantastic Open Circuits book, his work at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, and even shows off his gigantic house(?) cat! Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thecreativitypodcast RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:331308809/sounds.rss iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-creativity-podcast/id1281330349 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7nHfNJNICMHqZWo0HPCMeA Table of contents: 0:00 - Open Circuits * At Amazon: https://amzn.to/3OdvWkk (Pat's affiliate link!) * At No Starch Press: https://nostarch.com/open-circuits (printed book comes with free ebook) * https://opencircuitsbook.com/ 1:24 - Windell tells us about Open Circuits 2:12 - Windell runs a company called EvilMadScientist * https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/ 3:30 - Open Circuits needed to be interesting for both experts and novices 5:40 - Jeremy is excited about the glossary! 6:47 - Jargon can be important 9:45 - Often the active component is a tiny piece of the entire package 11:52 - Open Circuits is a fantastic coffee-table book 12:58 - Windell tells us about focus stacking lots of macro photos 17:38 - How do you clean fuzzies off of miniscule parts before photographing?! 21:09 - Is the Open Circuits book selling well?! OF COURSE IT IS! 23:17 - Where did you get the idea for this book? 25:41 - The Open Circuits book is jam packed with amazing photos! 27:12 - How long did it take to go from idea to publishing? 29:15 - Are you ready to work on another book? 30:24 - Coffee break! 32:38 - The MOnSter6502 * https://monster6502.com/ 37:26 - The MOnSter6502 opens up the black box that is the 6502 38:40 - Windell says we can simulate a 6502 CPU in our web browser! * http://www.visual6502.org/JSSim/index.html 39:04 - You need more than just a 6502 to make it do anything cool 41:33 - It is possible to plug the MOnSter6502 in place of a real 6502 CPU! 42:48 - Will EvilMadScientist.com sell MOnSter6502 boards?! 44:36 - When did EvilMadScientist start? Do you have a physical location? 46:10 - AxiDraw pen plotters! 47:20 - Meeting Windell's cats! 49:16 - Giant Arduino! 50:10 - Washing machine shenanigans! 54:17 - Pat broke his coffee grinder, and he ordered a new one 56:40 - cold coffee can dot com is not even available! 57:05 - Pat wants to know about Windell's coffee making gear! * Rancilio Rocky grinder * Quick Mill Silvano espresso machine 59:57 - Where can we find Windell Oskay?! 1:01:11 - Where can we find Pat? 1:01:55 - Why does Pat just keep going all by himself! * All alone Pat! * Where is friend?! Open Circuits book review: TBA Windell H. Oskay: Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories: https://www.evilmadscientist.com/ Open Circuits book: https://opencircuitsbook.com/ MOnSter 6502: https://monster6502.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EMSL Pat Regan: Twitter: https://twitter.com/patsheadcom/​ Website: https://blog.patshead.com/​ Tindie Store: https://www.tindie.com/stores/patshead/ Jeremy Cook: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jscook55​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​ Tindie Store: jcdevices.com Open Circuits book review: TBA Windell H. Oskay: Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories: https://www.evilmadscientist.com/ Open Circuits book: https://opencircuitsbook.com/ MOnSter 6502: https://monster6502.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EMSL Pat Regan: Twitter: https://twitter.com/patsheadcom/​ Website: https://blog.patshead.com/​ Tindie Store: https://www.tindie.com/stores/patshead/ Jeremy Cook: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jscook55​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​ Tindie Store: jcdevices.com