@gallaugher
Tech & Business professor @ Boston College. Teaches SwiftUI, iOS YouTube.com/profgallaugher, Physical Computing with CircuitPython, Electronics, robots, YouTube.com/@BuildWithProfG, advisor to collegiate entrepreneurs. Textbook https://gallaugher.com/book
Diplo on your Pico! Build a polyphonic multi-sound DJ board on a sheet of paper using CircuitPython and a RaspberryPi Pico! bit.ly/pico-dj-board a super fun classroom build for the #CSed fam.
Yeah this is a really terrible list. Rutgers? BU? The those are fine institutions. I’ve spent quite a bit of time at each. But “most beautiful”? apple.news/APvmKjyd-RPe...
Iceland, the Nordic nation, has prevailed over Iceland, the British supermarket chain specializing in frozen foods, ending a decadelong legal dispute over the supermarket’s exclusive rights to the “Iceland” name.
Re: comps
- Information Systems
- International Business
And curiously had my first macular hemorrhage during comps. Second during dissertation defense. Didn’t kill me, but scarred.
I was forced to watch TV news when I had breakfast in a diner recently and I strongly resonated with the sentiment that being an intelligent person in America today is like being awake during a surgery.
a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”
Russian word for snow is “sneg” which to me carries the same energy. I switch to it when we’ve had plenty and it’s March. All the sneg is finally melting now that temps are above freezing here.
I appreciate your work! Is there a lot of heavy lifting? Had no idea. I often check it to get a sense of what's happening in the community. I've abandoned X a while back, so this & the CircuitPython newsletter are my primary ways of getting pinged for coolness. I do check Adafruit Discord, too. Thx!
If you see the feed from my profile I think I have CircuitPython in the message. There have been others. I see this message in the feed but not the prior one - dj board asking for feedback - in case that’s useful in helping your diagnosis.
I was going to message @gadgetoid.com to see if there is anything special one needs to do to get into the MicroPython feed since I haven’t see my CircuitPython posts go through but they don’t have messages open. Ideas?
Latest CircuitPython Raspberry Pi Pico DJ board. Some crashes (30 sec) but watchdog restarts & more reliable. Repo has current code, files, wiring diagram. Would love feedback especially. if you have improvement/fix ideas #CSed :
www.youtube.com/shorts/b_Bwa...
Repo: github.com/gallaugher/p...
That was great advice. Seemed to fix things. Thank you!
I had not expected an iPhone and MacBook Pro announcement BEFORE the special event in Wed. #Apple arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
Bald man with ample gray beard smiling as he poorly works a bow at a pottery wheel.
Trying something new today. Don’t tell my wife - it’ll be a Mother’s Day gift. Good thing I’m an undesirable troll man, or coming home with my wedding ring off and jumping right in the shower would be sketchy.
Thanks! I’m sure you’re right. I need to be more comfortable with frogging. When I’ve tried before I seem to have always made things worse but I’m sure practice helps. I’m nearly the end of a blanket (it’s now about 4.5ft long) so I’m trying to find a “low potential damage” approach.
Oh, neat. So I’d use a short piece of yarn, knit that through while keeping working yarn where it is. Then return to the working yarn and continue but it should have a repaired row now below it? Do I have that right? Kind of you to offer advice. Thanks!
That second pic, where the badness began, likely means I should have somehow worked backwards to the right & added that lost row, but I have no idea how I could have done that. Thanks for your wisdom!
I don't want to tink or frog - it's an 85 stitch-ish blanket row. I can likely knit through & it won't be too noticeable, but I'm wondering if there is an easier recommended fix. And any idea what I did wrong & how I should have fixed things? Below is when I started losing the row I think. 2/3
New & seeking knit fix advice: ~6 stitches slipped off my blanket & my working yarn looked about 6 stitches in. I put those stitches on the right needle and continued knitting. Now that I turned around I can see that those stitches (now on the left) are one row lower than the ones on the right. 1/3
Fun lesson - Build a @raspberrypi.com pico DJ board while learning to use the @adafruit.com $8 Adalogger Cowbell to expand file storage to 32GB, & add a STEMMA-QT port with no wiring! My students built this in the MakerSpace last class & it was a blast! youtu.be/yZdR7oGbTX8?... #CircuitPython #CSEd
Looks like AirDrop broke with the latest macOS upgrade. I'd never used the Image Capture app on the Mac to drag & drop files from my iPhone to my Mac, but this is a temporary quick fix when attaching a USB-C cable.
Tabs is enjoying the big fluffy snowflakes this Boston Sunday AM.
Kitty’s gonna nap. ‘Specially on #Caturday.
Working on a pico dj board using CircuitPython and the Adalogger CowBell. 128bpm wav files are mixing without crashing. DJs & beat-bosses, point me to a slot of 12 beats that mix well & get students slappin’! Will post code & build vid when thoroughly texted.
“Low key” is the new “like”. It’s in almost every sentence a person under 20 says. If I had a transcript of conversations I overheard in the lab this week and had to black out every sentence with “low key” or “bro” it would look like an Epstein file.
Spent the day prepping a dozen kits for our MakerSpace CircuitPython on the Raspberry Pi Pico workshops. In 90 mins we’ll copy & paste then describe code as we wire & run NeoPixels, sound, a potentiometer, and servo.
I neither drive nor partake in “the herb” but am shocked at how many toke drivers there are. Every time I walk down Hammond Street there are one to five cars that absolutely reek. Makes me wonder how many are driving drunk. I know it’s not the same thing, but it’s clearly not ideal public safety.
Yell-mumbled at by the neighborhood wanderer again. Only thing I could make out was “…on vacation from the North Pole!” He remains committed to the idea that I look like Santa. He’s sad, harmless, and I must admit this is weirdly flattering, as being mistaken for Santa carries a bit of cachet.
This is the casting we need
