Tod Kurt (todbot)

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Whatcha doing on a Friday, Tod? Oh just fixing one of our busted HomePod Minis, which requires Torx screwdrivers and NEEDLE & THREAD

This is good! This is how you support the open web! Yay for this!

Did you catch the latest episode with @whykay.bsky.social? Vicky shares the early days of the Python community in Ireland, the #CircuitPython workshop she co-teaches, and starting PyLadies Dublin. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit circuitpythonshow.com/episodes/Sea...

My "bedazzLED" denim jacket tutorial is up on Make magazines's site without a paywall now! It's a remarkably practical wearable project that's looks cute even when it's not illuminated. makezine.com/projects/bed...

Special and very musical night last evening as @adafruit.com engineers Liz Clark & Noe Ruiz drop by and drop knowledge on #CircuitPython & MIDI. My @bostoncollege.bsky.social Physical Computing students were rocked! Huge thanks!

ahahah *this* is what's going on inside your chatbox www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjMw... #vibecoding

Time to do some vibe coding… youtu.be/maAFcEU6atk

Just got my copy of Pulp Circuit music circuit zine from Ha! Labs. Print only! Contains a free PCB! Full of circuits! I'm very excited. huntingtonaudio.com/products/pul... #synthdiy

New episode of The CircuitPython Show! Meet @whykay.bsky.social - she shares her start with computers, the early days of Python in Dublin, the Introduction to Electronics and Python workshop, and more. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit circuitpythonshow.com/episodes/Sea...

New episode! @todbot.com and @paulcutler.org share cheap music gadgets, CircuitPython Turbo, an open source ambient TV lighting project, and more. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit: www.thebootloader.net/episodes/202...

Coming tomorrow: Stay for the last item, a fun and silly topic that made @todbot.com laugh out loud:

+20°F. This is good and normal I’m sure.

oh boy, another way AI will make our lives harder daringfireball.net/2026/10/appl...

Coming Monday on a new episode of The Bootloader: Paul and Tod chat about ambient TV lighting, CircuitPython Turbo, Lora radios, and @todbot.com shares the Livtra Nanocore:

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I turned down two sponsorship opportunities for the podcasts last month and now qualify for ads from my podcast host. I’m not going to enable them, but I’d love it if you supported the show: www.thebootloader.net/support/

hey @somafm.com have you seen the neat little SomaFM player app for the $30 M5Stack Cardputer? No relation to it, just thought it was neat. Source: github.com/dr3d/SomaFM-... & install with bmorcelli.github.io/Launcher/ The Cardputer ADV even has an audio out jack! #m5stack #cardputer #esp32

You can count my CBD business among these other casualties. Republicans killed them all. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/09/29/n...

Shipping out some stickers for The Bootloader! Rep the show and get your free sticker here: forms.gle/Mf4jPcAXyx6B...

New episode! Meet Andrew from @keepeverythingyours.com. We discuss his goals with Keep Everything Yours, the interactive CircuitPython tutorial he built with WebSerial, & his CircuitPython powered desk pets. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit circuitpythonshow.com/episodes/Sea...

Looking for a fun time in LA tomorrow? Come to the 12th Annual Bob Baker Day all day carnival! Cirque School LA will be there with our outdoor aerial rig performing at 11AM, 12PM, 1:30PM and 2:30PM, I'll be doing my aerial straps act along with other variegated shenanigans. bobbakerday.com

Coming Monday on a new episode: Meet Andrew from KeepEverythingYours.com. He shares how he got started with computers, his goals with Keep Everything Yours, and the interactive CircuitPython tutorial he built with WebSerial. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit circuitpythonshow.com

New blog post - HyperHDR Part 5 - LEDs: www.paulcutler.org/blog/2026/09...

Catch @todbot.com and me live tonight at 7:30 pm EST / 4:30 pm PST (about 8 hours from now) in our Discord channel. We'll be chatting about the podcasts, what we're working on, and more. Be there or be square: discord.com/events/15345...

I ported #Zork / #ZMachine to @circuitpython.org . In addition to a green screen, it also has amber, b&w and Amiga blue options. learn.adafruit.com/zork-and-the...

A 40-year-old kernel bug got discovered while on stage at DEF CON and the writeup is glorious

New blog post: HyperHDR Part 3 - The HDMI Splitter: www.paulcutler.org/blog/2026/09...

Join our small - but growing - community on Discord. @todbot.com and @paulcutler.org are planning their first livestream Q&A and it will happen soon in Discord. Join here: discord.com/invite/e2Ue5...

New episodes of The CircuitPython Show and The Bootloader are out! Both shows feature The Bootloader's CircuitPython Day 2026 live stream from the Adafruit YouTube channel. @todbot.com and I share some of our favorite CircuitPython things from the last year. www.thebootloader.net/episodes/202...

In China, robots which are also solar panels, clean the other solar panels. Original post

Here are a few #Colecovision screen shots from the #ColecoJam emulator, running on the credit card sized #FruitJam from @adafruit.com. More info at danthegeek.com/colecojam/

Coming Monday on a new episode of The Bootloader AND The CircuitPython Show: It's a #CircuitPythonDay2026 replay! @todbot.com and I share some of our favorite CircuitPython features and projects from the last year. If you missed the livestream, catch the podcast!

So glad a BlinkM photo I took 16 years ago ends up being the poster child for "your router spies on you". At least they attributed me! #BlinkM

I’m a fan of these dumb edits www.instagram.com/reel/DcSMJ9S...

Updated the CircuitPython Board Viewer to let you compare boards. For instance, here’s ESP32-S3 vs ESP32-C3 QTPys. S3 has two I2C busses, C3 has a B00T0 button! todbot.github.io/CircuitPytho...

New episode of The CircuitPython Show is out! CircuitPython project lead @tannewt.org stops by the show and we discuss Zephyr, ten years of CircuitPython, & creating a CircuitPython powered GameBoy cartridge. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit circuitpythonshow.com/episodes/Sea...

A big shout out to @anneb.bsky.social (and everyone who has contributed) for 400 issues of the Python on Hardware newsletter! Huge congrats! us10.campaign-archive.com?e=fb896a60b6...

this is super helpful, check it out of you need a pin name reference for any CircuitPython board!

I use many boards in CircuitPython. Remembering how each board names its pins is a pain. So I slop-ily made a tool to help todbot.github.io/CircuitPytho... With it you can see how three ESP32-S3 boards differ: - board.IOx - ESP32-S3 DevKitC - board.Dx - QTPy ESP32-S3 - board.GPIOx - YD-ESP32-S3

Here is my blog post on my new Colecovision emulator for the Adafruit Fruit Jam. @Adafruit.com #FruitJam #ColecoJam #Colecovision

In the most recent episode with @todbot.com, he mentioned the Synthiota and now you can pre-order one! smallrun.net/shop/todbot/...

In this live episode of the Bootloader podcast, @paulcutler.org and @todbot.com talk about highlights of CircuitPython from the past year, including my #Zork and Moon Miner games for the @adafruit.com #Fruitjam (link below is now live).

"circuitpython 2026 project: every baochip has a 64-bit factory uid. firefox web serial reads it, deterministic javascript turns it into music, web audio plays it, and you can export real midi. same chip = same song, forever. chip already had its song. made the machine that lets you hear it. -pt"

My latest blog post: Extending CircuitPython with Native Modules - Part 3 mikecoats.com/extending-ci... For CircuitPython Day 2026, I wanted to write a module in C that I could call from Python. Part 3: Bundling everything inside a class. #circuitPython #circuitPythonDay #circuitPythonDay2026

As you all know, today is #circuitpythonday! To celebrate, you can get 10% off your order on the Tindie shop by using CIRCUITPYDAY at checkout. Good for two items. RPGA Feather is CircuitPython ready as is BREAD ESP32-S2! www.tindie.com/products/oak...