A sorta backwards-looking list for you, this week.

• IBM PC-XT Emulator on an ESP8266.  The hardware is basically a wifi USB plug.  (via)
• Leak Mitigation Checklist.  “If you just leaked sensitive information in public source code…”  (also via)
• @Play 87: Interview with Josh Ge, Creator of Cogmind.
• C Portability Lessons from Weird Machines.  Wierd, wierd systems.  (via)
• What I really miss when I don’t have X across the network.
• For a brief period, the kernel tried to deal with gamma rays corrupting the processor cache.  Not … impossible?
• So tonight I’m gonna blog like it’s 2002.
• Learn Git Branching.  (via)
• Hardware effects.  (via)
• Fun tip #1: Apply a diff with ed.
• Moving away from Emacs, 130 days after.
• “please don’t “disrupt” my dotfiles, tech industry”  (via)
• Why Aren’t There C Conferences?  (via)
• sr.ht, the hacker’s forge, now open for public alpha.  BSD-friendly, too.  (via)

Unrelated video of the week: Mashups are a mental dead end in most cases, but this “Benny Hill/Slayer Mashup Disaster” tickled me.  (via)