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Porch pirate caught in the act!

Bunny stealthy approaching Amazon packages left on the step.

Did a bit of lab decorating in advance of my interview for CircuitPython Day, conducted by the incomparable @blitzcitydiy@mastodon.social! It’ll be up Friday at 2pm on Adafruit’s YouTube channel. Such a treat to share the great things our students are involved with (and to get a chance to community thanks).

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Was telling my kids that a cartoon that I grew up with had a character named O.G. written Ogee). Hanna-Barbera was so gangsta. Reboot with “O.G.” Ogee has such possibilities. Wu-Tang crossovers, Scooby Doo / Harlem Globetrotter-style! Hollywood, call me!

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I was in the H-Mart this morning and the store music starts playing Tom Jones, “It’s Not Unusual”. I did that double shoulder shake, two right then two left as I think is required when said song plays. I then noticed the woman working across from where I stood, she saw me and smiled shyly like she saw something she was not supposed to. I then shot her the double finger guns and she threw her head back and laughed. I love for moments of spreading unexpected mirth.

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BC First, the campus program for first generation college students, dropped by the Hatchery. As someone who was the first in my family to ever go to college (mom and oldest brother never graduated high school) I always let the first gens know how proud I am of them. I also gave them all some of the posters I made up. If you’re on campus & want some, lmk. I have lots in my closet in the prototyping lab in 245 Beacon, and in my office behind Neon Baldwin. Welcome, New Eagles! Soar! 🦅

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Consolidated a bunch of in-process projects I’m doing for our students in anticipation of speaking with @blitzcitydiy@mastodon.social for #CircuitPythonDay on #csed and #makered.

Lots of flashy projects including led matrices, three distance reactive LED towers, a Bluetooth LED scarf, a joystick-controlled robot arm, and lots of oled and TFT displays among them.

gallaugher
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Now LinkedIn has a “Top Colleges” list. While I’m proud of my university and we repeatedly appear well-placed in such lists, I’ve got to tell you these “rankings” are all such clickbait or sales ploys. Always remember: not everything that counts gets counted and not everything counted counts.

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It even includes many exercises on "vibe coding". (2/4)

gallaugher
@gallaugher@mastodon.world

The text has been used at over 450 institutions, remains my publisher's best-seller, and is available in low-cost formats that undercut traditional, much higher-priced textbooks. Most importantly: students & faculty rave about the up-to-date content, compelling examples, and fun, readable style (meant to mimic Wired & the Business press, rather than stuffy, traditional texts, all while underscoring key concepts vital to business & tech students). (3/4)

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Business/Tech Faculty Friends! Version 11 of "Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology" has been released & is ready for your Fall course! This version includes an appendix chapter with "Hands-On with AI" exercises. This new appendix covers things such as choosing an LLM, designing effective prompts, and has lots of ideas for individual and group assignments that encourage collaborative sharing of the ever-changing landscape of model capabilities and concerns. (1/4)

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It even includes many exercises on "vibe coding". (2/4)