Paul Cutler

@paulcutler.org

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Vinyl music lover. Python student. Maker. Host of The CircuitPython Show and co-host of The Bootloader podcasts. 🎵 Listening to: Mando's Back by Ludwig Göransson

My top 5 artists on ListenBrainz last month (Jun 1 – Jun 30): 1. Romanticize the Dive — Metric (167 plays) 2. Middle of Nowhere — Kacey Musgraves (111 plays) 3. Mutiny After Midnight — Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds (92 plays) 4. Nine Inch Noize — Nine Inch Noize (45 plays) 5. Light, Dark, Light Again — Angie McMahon (33 plays)
My top 5 artists on ListenBrainz last month (Jun 1 – Jun 30): 1. Romanticize the Dive — Metric (167 plays) 2. Middle of Nowhere — Kacey Musgraves (111 plays) 3. Mutiny After Midnight — Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds (92 plays) 4. Nine Inch Noize — Nine Inch Noize (45 plays) 5. Light, Dark, Light Again — Angie McMahon (33 plays)
The scoreboard at Target Center showing the Lynx vs Sun
A screenshot of RV Circuit Studio. It shows the code editor running a CircuitPython program to get the current temperature and below it is the serial plotter plotting out the results
My top 5 artists on ListenBrainz last week (Jun 8 – Jun 14): 1. Middle of Nowhere — Kacey Musgraves (63 plays) 2. Romanticize the Dive — Metric (55 plays) 3. Light, Dark, Light Again — Angie McMahon (33 plays) 4. Nine Inch Noize — Nine Inch Noize (23 plays) 5. Ill Communication — Beastie Boys (20 plays)
My top 5 albums on ListenBrainz last week (Jun 8 – Jun 14): 1. Middle of Nowhere — Kacey Musgraves (63 plays) 2. Romanticize the Dive — Metric (55 plays) 3. Light, Dark, Light Again — Angie McMahon (33 plays) 4. Nine Inch Noize — Nine Inch Noize (23 plays) 5. Ill Communication — Beastie Boys (20 plays)
My top 5 albums on ListenBrainz last week (Jun 1 – Jun 7): 1. Romanticize the Dive — Metric (58 plays) 2. In Times of Dragons — Tori Amos (32 plays) 3. Middle of Nowhere — Kacey Musgraves (22 plays) 4. Your Favorite Toy — Foo Fighters (19 plays) 5. Dancing on the Wall — MUNA (11 plays)
A view from a hotel room from the 4th floor it features two big building about 6 floors high split by a street below. A number of tourist buggies are on the street.
A picture of the steelbook case for the movie Speed Racer. It features a front facing shot of the racer, with the words Speed Racer over it.
Sitting on top of my bookshelf are many different copies of the Star Wars trilogies on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K Blu-Ray
A screenshot from Bambu Labs Studio showing a print at 98% and that the filament has run out with 15 minutes to go on a 3 hour and 45 minute print
A picture of two tote bags, a t-shirt, and three records: This year's #RecordStoreDay haul: (from left clockwise) A free tote bag from 89.3 The Current, our local public radio station, another tote with stickers and freebies underneath that, Down in the Valley's RSD t-shirt, Johnny Blue Skies 7", Bob Mould - Body of Song 20th anniversary, and a Taylor Swift 7" for my daughter.
A screenshot of a macOS terminal with output from a CircuitPython microcontroller. It shows printer stats including: State, File, Job, Progress, Remaining, Layer, Print speed, print error, Nozzle temp, Bed temp, Chamber temp, part fan, aux fan, chamber fan, nozzle type, nozzle diameter, wifi signal, light state, and firmware version - all printed out nicely on the screen with the stats next to the category. Below that is the raw JSON.
A screenshot of the Reaper DAW featuring audio tracks for myself + 3 guests - Dan, Cooper, and Tim
a 4 inch by 4 inch display that shows Bambu Printer printing at the top, followed by 0.16mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill. under that it has 3% ETA: 4h 3m with the Nozzle and Bed temperatures under that as well as fan speed (which isn't working yet, shows blank)
A picture of my monitor with the game Pac-Man about to start.
A picture of television with 2 shows side by side. On the left is the NFL game and on the right is college basketball
A black cat laying down with a 2" x 2" sticker propped against its chest. The sticker reads "The Bootloader Podcast"
An introductory clip to a video clip with transcript of Tod learning to sew
The steenbok case for the movie Dogma. It features "Buddy" Christ, a play on Jesus pointing at you with one hand and giving you a thumbs up with the other.
A 12" cast iron pan full of Mac and cheese with venison bacon, arbol peppers, and breadcrumbs over the top.
15 caramel sticky rolls with pecans sprinkled on top
A Tupperware container full of gingerbread cookies
Sitting on a counter is a large bowl full of gingerbread batter. In front of it is a gingerbread person cookie cutter. To the right is a rolling pin.
A view from my hotel window. It features a tall skyscraper to the left in the foreground. Behind it and to the right a ways off is downtown Manila with a number of high rise buildings in the background.
A picture of my Kindle ereader with an error message telling me I need to be on WiFi to read the latest short story from John Scalzi
A picture of my 75 inch TV with SteamOS displayed on the TV featuring six games to choose from across the top row and five news items across the bottom row
In the foreground is an Xbox game controller. Behind it on a monitor is Steam running in Big Picture mode showing game tiles of games that can be installed.
A soundclip, with transcript, from the next episode of The Bootloader
A picture of a Zoom PodTrakP4Next - it has 4 inputs on its rear for XLR microphones. On the front are four knobs for mic gain and 4 knobs under those for headphone volume
The logo for The Bootloader podcast, which it says in the middle, with a microchip behind it and circuit like lines coming down from the top
Above a large picture window just under the ceiling are 6 picture frames with autographed flats from Lissie, Gordi, Polica, Jenny Lewis, The Staves, and Garbage.
A screenshot of the digital audio workstation, Reaper. It shows 2 main audio tracks, 2 tracks for the intro / outro, and 2 tracks for the music.
A picture of 2 Steelbook cases for the movies Tron and Tron: Legacy in 4K UHD Blu-Ray.
On the left standing up is the album sleeve for Garbage's self-titled debut. It features the word garbage across the center and below that in the center is a big G. My copy is autographed by the band, one in each corner. On the right, my record player plays a red record.
A picture of a 128x32 LED matrix in a 3D printed case sitting in front of a monitor arm on my desk. It is scrolling the song title Summer Girl in the top row and the band name, HAIM, in the bottom row.
A picture of a monitor filled with text - the text is the introduction when joining the Libera Chat server. It shows me connected to it and joining the fruit-jam channel in IRC
Sitting on top of some bubblewrap is a credit card sized PCB labeled "Adafruit Fruit Jam". It's amicrocontoller mini-pic with DVI out, stereo out, 4 buttons, and USB host.
A sound clip, with transcript, of John Park on this Monday's new episode of The Bootloader
On the left standing up is the album sleeve for Doomtree's No Kings album. It features a hand drawn crown with a circle and line through it. On the right my record player spins a black record.
A picture of my tv showing the title card to Dr. No. Bond is in a small circle shooting a gun as blood covers the screen
The 4K Blu-Ray case for the first six James Bond movies starring Sean Connery.
One shelf of my 4x4 Kallax that is empty. In the back is a piece of wood approximately 1.5" tall with a foam insulation strip in the middle to protect my records.
An IKEA Kallax with 16 shelves, 4 x 4, full of records
But back to other topics. Goggins is the “most enthusiastic man ever,” Wood says — something I didn’t need to hear. When he came in for the 10 a.m. photoshoot, his energy was contagious. “Let’s have some fuckin’ fun,” he told our crew as he walked into the photo studio in West Hollywood, carrying his own speaker and asking to connect his own music. First, he played Soul Coughing’s “Screenwriter’s Blues,” and followed up with Led Zeppelin.
A picture of the 4K Blu-ray of the movie Tombstone. It features Kurt Russell holding a six shooter with Val Kilmer in front of him.
Two 4k Blu-Ray cases standing up. On the left is Sneakers. On the right is Tombstone featuring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer on the cover
A framed picture with a comic from Bloom County 2015. Binckley to Milo: First Star Wars Triler about to debut. Where's Cutter John? MIlo: Not here. He says today's trailer spoil every great movie. Binckley: The man is a monument to mature self-discipline. Milo: Thank god for adults in this world. Cut to a scene of Cutter John and his girlfriend, Cozy. Cutter John and his wheelchair are chained to a tree. Cutter John: Cozy, I was kidding. Give me the key. I wasn't really serious. GIMME THE W@*$& KEY!! Cozy: The key to my heart? You already have it honey.
Laying down in front of my record player are albums from the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bon Iver, Momma, and Craig Finn.
A sound clip, with transcript, from the next episode of The CircuitPython Show
A screenshot from the digital audio workstation, Reaper. It shows 3 audio tracks for the speakers and two audio tracks for the intro and outro music.
A new logo for The CircuitPython Show - the logo has each word on its own line and splits Circuit and Python to its own lines. There is a line drawn through the two Cs in Circuit, as if it had a circuit. The O in Python features a snake head embedded in the O
A picture of the 4K UHD Blu-Ray case for the movie The Princess Bride. It features Wesley and Buttercup drawn facing each other.
The book, When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi, standing up with more John Scalzi books behind it
A picture of an Adafruit Macropad with 12 buttons lit up in various colors. The small OLED screen shows keyboard shortcuts for the Reaper DAW.
A picture of 256 neopixels in a 32x8 formation. There are wires running out of the back of it to a Pimoroni Tiny rp2350 with a mic attached to the StemmaQT port
A picture of an Adafruit box. The box contains a Tiny2350 microcontroller from Pimoroni, a StemmaQT Rotary Encoder from Adafruit and cable, and a small OLED screen.
The 4k Blu-ray case for the movie Heat.
A sound clip, with transcript, from the next episode of The Bootloader podcast