Every month is #Shacktober month. Here is something I found at the bottom of my cable box: a #RadioShack cigarette lighter splitter.

Fruit Jam, Zork and the Z Machine in CircuitPython #Gaming #AdafruitLearningSystem @adafruit.com blog.adafruit.com/2025/10/30/f...

My Learn Guide about #Zork and my CPZ Machine running on the #FruitJam has just been released at the @adafruit.com site. learn.adafruit.com/zork-and-the...

Seeing the @adafruit.com #FruitJam Mac emulator, I am reminded of that time I won 2nd place at the MacPaint Olympics in college. The prize was an Apple mug, which I still have. From the June 4, 1984 issue of InfoWorld. books.google.com.fj/books?id=vi4...

We put a man on the moon 50 years ago, but we can’t design a foolproof power strip.

Diversion for the week: from some spare and repurposed parts, 3d printing, #Arduino programming and a bit of @adafruit.com magic, I made this remote controlled wagging raccoon tail in a lunch box.

Lots of progress on my @circuitpython.org game for the @adafruit.com Fruit Jam. Premise is you mine for minerals on different moons. Have a title screen, mechanics working, multiple page game working and a few animations. Next up is to fix bugs, add additional levels and animations.

One of my early @circuitpython.org projects and still one of my favs. The EZ Make Oven is a reflow oven for soldering surface mount components to PCBs built from @adafruit.com parts with no high voltage wiring. I've been using it for over 5 years. Learn guide here: learn.adafruit.com/ez-make-oven

Fun fact: The first #shareware program I wrote was a blackjack game for the #Amiga. It was distributed using Fred Fish disks in computer clubs and BBS’s and people would send me money in the mail for the deluxe version and I would mail the game to them. Pre-Internet times seem like a lifetime ago.

I am this years old. #Amiga Fred Fish disks.

WIP: This week for my @circuitpython.org game running on the @adafruit.com #FruitJam, I worked on some physics, created a ship graphic, added text to the display and updated the screen graphics. I think it is coming along nicely.

WIP: New project. Starting simple, I'm working on the mechanics/physics of a re-imagined #retro game from the past. @circuitpython.org @adafruit.com #FruitJam

Fun fact: text stored in a story file for a #ZMachine game (i.e. #Zork) is encoded as 5 bits, so 3 characters could be stored in 2 bytes(16 bits). Every byte counted back in the day. Didn't know there was a history using 5 bits for text. Thanks @anneb.bsky.social ! blog.adafruit.com/2025/09/30/s...

My college years saw big changes in computer technology. As a freshman we used punch cards for computer assignments. Later years we switched to terminals and in my senior year the Apple Macintosh 128K arrived on campus.

I wrote a brief history of the making of the CPZ Machine. #Zork #ZMachine @circuitpython.org @adafruit.com #fruitjam. danthegeek.com/2025/09/29/c...

I have fixed all the known bugs to date and I have all the initial features I want so I have released the first production (i.e. non-beta) version of the CPZ Machine. #Zork #ZMachine @circuitpython.org @adafruit.com #FruitJam github.com/ZContent/CPZ...

Finally I have a video captured screen shot of my CPZ Machine playing #Zork. The font can be changed in the program. The included fonts allow screen sizes from 64x22 (this screen shot) to 106x40 characters.

My next t-shirt. #Zork

Lots of updates and fixes recently for the CPZ Machine, the #ZMachine emulator for #CircuitPython and the @adafruit.com #FruitJam. Latest version is 1.0.5. If you have had trouble running it, download the latest version here: github.com/ZContent/CPZ...

A blinking cursor adds a retro look to my #Zork #ZMachine running on #CircuitPython and the @adafruit.com #FruitJam

Version 1.0.1 of my CPZ Machine project was just released to fix a bug where the program would no longer listen to you after entering a blank line (how rude!).Recommended update. @circuitpython.org @adafruit.com #FruitJam #Zork #ZMachine (edit: link now shows all versions) github.com/ZContent/CPZ...

Did you know that the CPZ Machine has 5 retro color themes to choose from for your #ZMachine #Zork adventures? This one is called “Amiga”. @adafruit.com @circuitpython.org

I just published the first release of my @circuitpython.org Z Machine emulator for the @adafruit.com Fruit Jam. It can run #Zork and other version 3 #zmachine games. Works with Fruit Jam OS too. Download the release here: github.com/ZContent/CPZ...

My epaper weather station project from a few years ago was mentioned today in the @adafruit blog. blog.adafruit.com/2025/09/12/w...

Hey @adafruit.com , if you are looking for ideas for a quad-color #eink image, this Maryland native has one...

This past month I have been working on a Circuit Python version of Zork and the Z Machine. Still much work to do but making progress. #zork #zmachine @adafruit.com @circuitpython.org

Article Alert: I see my article "ePaper FeatherWing Quote Display" was recently mentioned in an Adafruit blog post. @adafruit.com blog.adafruit.com/2025/07/18/e...

I like the added 2nd board to the Fruit Jam. I think I am gonna start calling it the Fruit Jam Sandwich. @adafruit.com www.adafruit.com/product/6200

There was not a single reason why I became an engineer but looking up at the moon when I was a kid 56 years ago and saying to myself, “there are people living up there”, was one of them.

Not my typical project, but I created this magical #storytelling bag about the story of #noah. There are a total of 10 story panels and 5 bag changes. I used #inkscape for the drawings and printed it on custom fabric. I’m making a few so pm me if interested in one.

My minimalist autostereogram I created for an @adafruit.com learning guide a few years ago. Do you see the image? learn.adafruit.com/tiny-autoste...

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