Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 29/09/2026I've searched for these for over 15 years. Today I got the blessing of the mushroom gods right in my own backyard! Behold #fungifriends , Laetiporus sulphureus aka Chicken of the Woods! 🐔🍄🟫 28012
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 21/09/2026Bears Head Tooth mushroom, a close cousin of the Lion's Mane. Also delicious, makes an excellent "crab cake". 🍄🟫 #fungifriends 3230
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 17/09/2026Look at these #retrogaming arcade beauties! Still working after 40+ years. Photos from Emporium San Francisco. 👾🕹️ 040
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 06/08/2026Giant Puffball aka Calvatia Gigantea. This one's about the size of a cantaloupe. It got so top heavy it rolled over onto the grass, you can see the step sticking out on top. 🍄⚽#fungifriends 120
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 25/07/2026Remember kids, always wear your eye protection. AI slop can cause blindness! 000
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 21/07/2026Didn't have NWS radio going offline on my collapse bingo card. A storm system is coming so I turned on one of the handheld radios and got complete silence. Somehow we can drop billions of dollars worth of bombs on the middle east but NWS can't get budget to repair the weather radio. 100
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 11/07/2026We're finding tons of Golden Oyster (Pleurotus Citrinopileatus) this year. Chicken fried golden oyster mushroom by chef @plantbasedpacific.bsky.social #fungifriends 🍄 0180
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 21/06/2026A mama Robin just moved in, the nest is in a tree right next to the house. I sneaked a photo while she was away. 🐦 010
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 19/06/2026Discovered these on a hike today. Golden Oyster aka Pleurotus Citrinopileatus. Technically an invasive species, these escaped from farmers markets and Asian grocery stores into the wild. Now they are found all over the Northeast US. #fungifriends 🍄 0404
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 18/06/2026The developers found that Claude Code made them more productive. Their managers decided to shove AI into everything, expecting the same results. It's failing miserably. 100
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 31/05/2026Ganoderma sessile, aka Eastern North American Reishi. In Chinese medicine it is known as 灵芝 - Ling Zhi - "Mushroom of Immortality" #fungifriends 🍄 0281
Reposted by Sean CarolanKenney @kenney.nl · 30/05/2026Update; I've managed to remove the last 3 cookies. There's now 0 cookies! 🍪 1029013
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 26/05/2026Wine cap, aka Garden Giant, Stropharia Rugosoannulata. Best picked small before the veil separates. These can get as large as dinner plates if you let them. #fungifriends 🍄 0184
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 23/05/2026This is the RobCo TV-o-Matic - a 1980s Sony Trinitron TV converted to play cartoons, late night infomercials, B-movies and other retro videos. You can channel surf with the remote, and every channel keeps playing in sync. Powered by a Raspberry Pi 4 and HDMI-to-RF converter. 📺 010
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 15/05/2026Me: I'm vegetarian Friend: But you eat fish right? Me: 🙄 - no, I haven't eaten fish, or any other animal for over 30 years Friend: Ok but what about chicken Me: sigh 010
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 14/05/2026This cube would make an amazing movie prop. The pixel density is incredible. 010
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 29/04/2026Noto Color Emoji - a free emoji font from Google that you can use in your own apps and UI elements. The Noto stands for "No Tofu", a reference to the blocky glyph □ that appears when a symbol or character is missing. fonts.google.com/noto/specime...fonts.google.comNoto Color Emoji - Google FontsNoto Color Emoji is an open source font that has you covered for all your emoji needs, including support for the latest Unicode emoji specification. It features 000
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 27/04/2026Beautiful animated weather icons for your dashboards and apps: meteocons.com All open source and free!meteocons.comMeteoconsAnimated weather icons for the modern web. 500+ icons in SVG and Lottie. 110
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 16/04/2026Look at this delightful pocket sized e-reader, it's about as big as a small calculator. Flashed it with the Crosspoint Reader firmware, patched with Sanskrit diacritics support. www.xteink.com/products/xte... 010
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 18/03/2026The BBS is back! I set up a #meshtastic node with a BBS system, much like the classic electronic bulletin board systems of the 1980s. Instead of dialup you access it with a tiny mesh radio! If you want to try it send a Meshtastic DM to node !8488880c 092
Reposted by Sean Carolancircuitpythonshow.com @circuitpythonshow.com · 23/02/2026New episode! Sean Carolan ( @sean.carolan.io ) joins the show and shares how he built a Pac-Man clone in CircuitPython in just one day with an assist from Claude. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpyth...circuitpythonshow.comSean CarolanIn this episode, Paul is joined by Sean Carolan. Sean shares how he used CoPilot with Claude Opus to create a Pac-Man clone in CircuitPython in just one day. Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:32 Sean’s start with computers 1:34 Choosing Pac-Man 2:30 Seeed Wio Terminal 4:04 Coding Pac-Man in CircuitPython 5:17 The game’s art assets The Spriters Resource Assets · Kenney 6:51 Re-creating the sounds of Pac-Man 8:29 Pac-Man on the Fruit Jam Port to Adafruit Fruit jam by relic-se · Pull Request #1 · scarolan/pac-wio 9:51 What worked well when using Claude Opus for Ai 12:50 The challenges in using AI 14:14 Recommendations for someone just starting to use AI to code 16:38 Learn more about Sean Sean Carolan’s Github Site Sean on LinkedIn 17:01 Which board? 18:36 Wrap-up 022
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 16/02/2026#rpg and #gaming folks I need a few more beta testers for my Android RPG dice rolling app. The app is free and there are no ads. If you're interested shoot me a DM and I can email you the invite link! #tabletop #gaming #rpg #dice #android #app 010
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 12/02/2026Neon Shadows - a short cyberpunk noir text adventure. You can play right in your browser! Also included: Zork I, the classic interactive fiction dungeon crawler. #retrogaming #interactivefiction #cyberpunk #noir scarolan.github.io/shellys-codex/ 051
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 11/02/202613 games you can play in your terminal. All you need is Python. There's also a short cyberpunk noir interactive fiction game called "Neon Shadows". 👨🏼🎤🤖💃🏻🍸 github.com/scarolan/she...github.comGitHub - scarolan/shellys-arcade: Terminal games and interactive fiction built by Shelly (AI agent) + Claude CodeTerminal games and interactive fiction built by Shelly (AI agent) + Claude Code - scarolan/shellys-arcade 100
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 08/02/2026TFW your dog will only poop on grass and its 5 degrees out #shibainu 020
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 07/02/2026The snowstorm from January 25th completely entombed these raised beds creating little igloos. The outside temperature is 3°F, but inside the raised bed it's a cozy 21.3°F (-6°C). This year's experimental winter greens include lettuce and arugula and herbs like catnip, Italian parsley, and oregano. 000
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 04/02/2026Got my first board approved for @circuitpython.org: circuitpython.org/board/m5stac... The process was easy and the automated test gates let me know exactly what I needed to fix before approval. Everything works but the SD card which needs some upstream fixes before it can be functional.circuitpython.orgCircuitPython - CoreS3 SE ESP32S3 IoT DownloadCoreS3 SE is a streamlined version of the third-generation M5Stack Core series. Powered by the ESP32-S3, it features a dual-core Xtensa LX7 processor running at 240MHz with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetoot... 022
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 03/02/2026Claude Code writes the code and flashes the device, and it can even read logs and diagnostic data from the serial port! No IDE required. 🤯 000
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 02/02/2026Retro screensavers on an ESP32-S3 microcontroller. This is an m5stack CoreS3 SE using the most excellent LovyanGFX SPI LCD graphics library for sprites and animations. github.com/scarolan/cor... 1130
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 27/01/2026"You know nothing, Sean Snow!" #shibainu #winter #houseshibe 000
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 27/01/2026Shibe In Boots 🐕🥾 When temps are in the single digits Mikan wears his booties 020
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 24/01/2026Mikan the Shiba Inu loves fresh snow. 🐕☃️🌨️ #shibainu #snow #dog 130
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 24/01/2026What causes these blobs of cold to reach so far south? The arctic polar vortex is normally like a fast-spinning top. As the earth warms up the top starts to get wobbly. Some names for the blob include: Arctic Outbreak Sudden Stratospheric Warming Bomb Cyclone Daughter Vortices 002
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 20/01/2026Screenshot from 1983 of an AI playtesting multiple WWIII scenarios. 💥🌎 010
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 08/01/2026The Seeed Wio terminal is an awesome dev board. You've got a joystick, 320x240 display, and a piezo buzzer for the beeps and boops. Runs CircuitPython like a champ! 030
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 03/01/2026Telecommunications may be your ticket to personal success! ☎️🖥️ 010
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 29/12/2025Replayed Fallout New Vegas yesterday, noticed this in the opening intro. So long 2025! 🥳🥂⚛️ 000
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 24/12/2025Indie game devs are still pushing the limits of the Commodore 64, over 40 years after its release! Look at this beautiful platformer, Sherwood 🏹 010
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 24/12/2025"How about a game of Pazaak, Republic Senate rules?" 🎴🚀 This is a web-based version of the Star Wars Old Republic card game, Pazaak. Similar to blackjack, the goal is to get as close to 20 points as possible without going over. #retrogaming #starwars scarolan.github.io/pazaak 001
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 24/12/2025It's not Christmas until Hans falls off Nakatomi plaza...💥🎅🏼 000
Sean Carolan @sean.carolan.io · 19/12/2025Claude Code works great for retro game development! Here's an ATARI Breakout clone that runs from a single HTML page. 🕹️🧱 scarolan.github.io/breakout 010
