hello_world.asm

“Everybody should blog,” said nobody, ever. And yet here we are. Posts will focus on software development, particularly C#, .NET, Azure, and Unity games, with the occasional foray into weird stuff I’m doing at the office like IBM ODM business rules (I can’t believe some people actually like using Eclipse). I suppose I should add web development to that list. I’m not especially fond of web development – I consider HTML, CSS, and Javascript three trainwrecks that just never seem to end – but it pays the bills better than most things I can do from the comfort of an air-conditioned office. Non-software topics are bound to show up, too. Electronics, AI, old cars, and motorsports come to mind, although I’ve been out of the racing loop for a few years. Heck, maybe even beer, guns, and small dogs. You never know.

http://about:jonmcguire

This post is a test-run for hosting a blog using a GitHub “personal page” site. This approach to content-management was inspired by Marc Duiker’s post detailing how he streamlined his own blogging process, thereby avoiding the headaches of owning and operating a real CMS. Avoiding HTML is just icing on the cake. I’m not overly fond of this template, but it works well enough for the moment. Did I mention I hate CSS?

So what’s this “mcguirev10” thing all about? For nearly 20 years, it has (mostly) been my username, sometimes abbreviated to “MV10”. We bought a Viper in 2001 and kept that for 16 years, so most people assume it’s that V10, but the reality is my mudding days preceded my track days. Back in October of 1999, I decided towing our big boat with a Dodge Durango was no fun, so I placed an order for a Dodge Ram 2500 with a V10. The Facebook guys were still in high school, and discussion forums were the social media of the day. I had a question about the truck, but someone else already had the username “mcguire” on the truck owner’s forum, so I added the V10 and the rest is history.

Anyway, as I mentioned, this post is really a test for sorting out the templates and styles and other browser-mandated arcana, but since I’m making all this noise about code, here’s some 8086 assembly to spice things up before we leave.

DATA SEGMENT
     MSG DB "hello, world$"
ENDS
CODE SEGMENT  
    ASSUME DS:DATA CS:CODE
START:
      MOV AX,DATA
      MOV DS,AX
      MOV DX,OFFSET MSG       
      MOV AH,9H
      INT 21H
      MOV AH,4CH
      INT 21H      
END START
ENDS