Nibbles and Bits

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The Nibbles and Bits line popped into my head the other day when I thought about the 8-bit characters and how I haven't used them in a while. It wasn't until I started typing the dialogue that I suddenly started channeling Sheldon Leonard from It's a Wonderful Life. It wasn't on purpose, but I played into it. To the point that I nearly forgot to make a "nibble" reference.

For those who don't know (FTWDK), a nibble is a four bits, or a half byte of data. I thought my Comp Sci teacher was making a joke way back when. Nope. Someone else made that joke long before, and it stuck.

The witch seemed to be the appropriate character to mention nibbling on the little ones and the little zero.

Now I have to think of some new 8-bit characters, and then find the tools I used to create the ones I have.

And maybe name them.

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