December 11, 2022 AT 10:00 am ‘Weird’ is in the eye of the beholder, eh? The Berg Collection at the New York Public Library is home to some very interesting literary paraphernalia. Declan Kiely, the Director of Exhibitions at NYPL, spoke to The New Yorker about some of these artifacts in this video on Vimeo. Read more about the Berg Collection and visit the NYPL! via Kottke.org Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm
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The NYPL's Collection of Weird Objects – Adafruit Blog
