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@patricklooney.bsky.social

Computer science teacher - living on the Oregon coast. Interested in all things CS, Game Dev, AI/ML/LLM, Robotics, Etc

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A few years back Make-a-Wish reached out to me. There was a kid whose dream was to create a game inspired by The Mandalorian. I invited him over, and together we built a game fulfilling his dream! โœจ (The game can't be shared, for legal reasons)

Please be kind to each other!

28.05.2025 07:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1177    ๐Ÿ” 125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Restored Silicon Graphics Indy workstation running Photoshop 2.5.2

Restored Silicon Graphics Indy workstation running Photoshop 2.5.2

Silicon Graphics Indy workstation

Silicon Graphics Indy workstation

Another school IT closet rescue, a Silicon Graphics Indy Workstation!
I picked up a video adapter and it booted right up.
These machines were way out of my league when I was a kid, but now I finally get to tinker with one! It has Photoshop 2.5.2.

#RetroComputing #SGI #ComputerScience #VintageTech

16.05.2025 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meet Moxie, my new CS teaching assistant. We repurposed one of the now defunct Embodied robots using OpenMoxie. Iโ€™m going to encourage my students to reprogram him & add some new features. Itโ€™s using the OpenAI api to respond.

#openmoxie, #cteeducation, #robots, #AI, #computerscience, #openai

07.05.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Apple IIe being repaired showing the Terminal and DOS version 3.3.

Apple IIe being repaired showing the Terminal and DOS version 3.3.

Itโ€™s alive! Our IT department raided the closets and dropped off some vintage tech, including this old Apple IIe. Next step is loading Oregon Trail so my students can truly appreciate how far technology has come.

#vintagetech, #cteeducation

02.05.2025 03:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Meshtastic road trip map.

Meshtastic road trip map.

Roadtrip from the Oregon coast to Nevada with a Meshtastic device. I picked up over 90 nodes. #meshtastic

28.03.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking forward to trying this out on our LED matrix display after spring break. Thanks for the amazing work!

26.03.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Weed Heights Golf Course - Closed long ago

Weed Heights Golf Course - Closed long ago

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Abandoned mini golf course up above the Anaconda mine.

#roadtrip #abandoned #falloutvibes

24.03.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Abandoned drive-in near Yerington, Nevada. #djineo

24.03.2025 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Road Trip for Spring Break. Quick stop at Subway Cave.

23.03.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Airship Tug of War

22.03.2025 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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North Jetty of the Siuslaw River - #Home #DJINeo

09.03.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a HS game dev teacher, this is very inspiring & it will become required reading in my curriculum next week :) Thanks for creating such an innovative & amazing product.

07.03.2025 02:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I spent countless hours stumbling through Legacy of a Wizard, and Iโ€™ll never forget finally getting to use the son at the end. It definitely had those early metroidvania vibes. This is right up there with Crystalis, Faxanadu, and Destiny of an Emperor as some of my all-time childhood NES favorites.

09.02.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bottom one for me as well

07.02.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Working on lesson plans for an AI class with Stable-Retro, a retrogame tool with reinforcement learning. I gave it one incentiveโ€”points. Instead of beating the level, it figured out how to spawn the same mob & farmed points until time ran out. This will make a great lesson on incentives & outcomes.

01.02.2025 04:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I teach high school game development and enjoy creating examples for my students.

18.12.2024 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿพ Spotted this salamander wandering the Oregon woods. The forest is full of surprises. ๐Ÿ‚ #OregonLife

01.12.2024 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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