Get Inspired By These Community Made PocketC.H.I.P. Hacks!

C.H.I.P.s, DIPs, and PocketC.H.I.P.s are arriving in mailboxes throughout the world, and C.H.I.P.sters and Pocketeers are sharing their first impressions.

Whether it’s taking a quick pic for twitter, writing a post on our forums, or creating a project on Imgur, we love seeing what you’re doing with your rewards!

Family Time Becomes Hacking Time with PocketC.H.I.P.

PocketC.H.I.P. might not fit in every young Pocketeer’s pocket just yet, but that doesn’t mean they’re too young to to start hacking. Use PICO-8 to teach a bit of programming, compose music with SunVox, or learn how to hack hardware and add a speaker.

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Links We Like: The Prehistory of AI, An Abandoned Ferry Boat with Games, & Forgotten Hand Tools

Duck via wikimedia.org

Crossection of Jacques Vaucanson’s “Defecating Duck” automatavia wikimedia.org

This week’s Links We Like trace the mechanical prehistory of artificial intelligence, scope out an abandoned ferry boat jam-packed with arcade machines, and peruse the Museum of Old Technology in Belgium.

Thanks for all the feedback from last week’s post, especially the fun discussion about Dwarf Fortress. As always, make sure to share with us the links you’re reading. Have a great weekend! \(•◡•)/

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Resources to Help You Learn PICO-8 Game Development

Kurtz and Joseph White Working on PICO-8 for PocketC.H.I.P.

Joseph White, the creator of PICO-8, Chatting with Kurtz at the NTC office

PocketC.H.I.P. comes with a free copy of PICO-8, an 8-bit game console perfect for developing your own custom video games. Unlike most game consoles, all the games for PICO-8 are free to download and open source ready to be hacked.

Of course, you’ll need to learn a bit about programming to take advantage of access to the source code. Here are a few resources to get you started programming for PICO-8.

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Links We Like: Phill Tippett Monsters, Dwarf Fortress, & Emoticons

This week’s Links We Like visit Phil Tippett’s workshop, decypher the allure of Dwarf Fortress, and get emotional with Dr. Scott Fahlman, founder of the emoticon.

Thanks for all the feedback from last week’s post. I made sure that all the links this week cover things that still exist. As always, make sure to share with us the links you’re reading. Have a great weekend! \o/

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Links We Like: the Kowloon Walled City, Infobar Phones, and the Plimsoll Line

Kowloon city cross section via spoon-tamago.com

Kowloon city cross section via spoon-tamago.com

This week’s Links We Like examine the astonishing Kowloon Walled City, admire mobile phones worthy of being in MoMa, and uncover exactly what those cryptic hull markings on cargo ships mean.

As always, these links give you a glimpse on what we’re sharing around the office and are an invitation to a forum discussion. Got better links? Share them with us! And thanks for all the great comments, images, and links from last week’s post. Keep ’em coming!

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