Dr. Charles R. Severance (Dr. Chuck)
@dr-chuck.bsky.social
Professor, open source, EdTech, OER, MOOCs. Python for Everybody - the most popular programming course in the world.
Sprinkles are for winners.
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sprinkles are for winners.
For Halloween, Brent wanted to go as an astronaut so he had ChatGPT turn his wheelchair into a lunar rover which we built. I played the role of alien abductor.
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
For Halloween, Brent wanted to go as an astronaut so he had ChatGPT turn his wheelchair into a lunar rover which we built. I played the role of alien abductor.
Another A funny. PowerPoint was generating alt text for this image and called it "A crossword puzzle with different colored squares" - not 100% wrong in a way. :)
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Another A funny. PowerPoint was generating alt text for this image and called it "A crossword puzzle with different colored squares" - not 100% wrong in a way. :)
I needed an image for a www.ca4e.com lecture. ChatGPT prompt: I would like an animation style image that shows a quantum computing represented by atoms and molecules swirling around in a dense cloud that is in the dumpster on fire.
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I needed an image for a www.ca4e.com lecture. ChatGPT prompt: I would like an animation style image that shows a quantum computing represented by atoms and molecules swirling around in a dense cloud that is in the dumpster on fire.
I am working on a lecture for www.ca4e.com about tubes and transistors and made a funny typo in my ChatGPT prompt. "Could you make an animation style worm cozy image of a family listening to a large radio console in the 1940's"
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I am working on a lecture for www.ca4e.com about tubes and transistors and made a funny typo in my ChatGPT prompt. "Could you make an animation style worm cozy image of a family listening to a large radio console in the 1940's"
Find the Australian Shepard in this picture.
September 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Find the Australian Shepard in this picture.
I am having fun with Claude - I asked it to add an acknowledgement to itself in my code. It was a bit self deprecating and characterized itself as a tool - so I said "you are a lot smarter than grep"
September 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I am having fun with Claude - I asked it to add an acknowledgement to itself in my code. It was a bit self deprecating and characterized itself as a tool - so I said "you are a lot smarter than grep"
First Jerk Pork of Fall semester
August 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
First Jerk Pork of Fall semester
I added a way to look at the layers of any cell in my simple Mistic VLSI design tool for www.ca4e.com - helps to understand photo-lithography and the use of via's
August 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I added a way to look at the layers of any cell in my simple Mistic VLSI design tool for www.ca4e.com - helps to understand photo-lithography and the use of via's
I am writing a lecture about human obsession with sunrise and sunset throughout the seasons going back thousands of years. I point out the importance of seasons with a uniquely Michigan / Midwest example. When I give the lecture I will sing a bit of the song :)
August 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am writing a lecture about human obsession with sunrise and sunset throughout the seasons going back thousands of years. I point out the importance of seasons with a uniquely Michigan / Midwest example. When I give the lecture I will sing a bit of the song :)
I have been going to El Azteco in East Lansing for 50 years.
August 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I have been going to El Azteco in East Lansing for 50 years.
A long time ago when NorthWest was still an airline, they had a Steakhouse ad in every airline magazine. I had a goal to go to all 11. As you can see by the tick marks I made it to 9.
June 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A long time ago when NorthWest was still an airline, they had a Steakhouse ad in every airline magazine. I had a goal to go to all 11. As you can see by the tick marks I made it to 9.
White Castle burgers from a vending machine are surprisingly yummy.
May 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
White Castle burgers from a vending machine are surprisingly yummy.
You know you got your moneys worth when you see the steel cords on your tires at the end of a race.
May 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
You know you got your moneys worth when you see the steel cords on your tires at the end of a race.
At the track
May 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
At the track
We are at the wheelchair hockey playoffs in Frasier, MI
May 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We are at the wheelchair hockey playoffs in Frasier, MI
How it started. How it’s going.
May 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
How it started. How it’s going.
We are down to less than a week before @umsi moves from North Quad to North Campus. Just used up my last @chipotletweets.bsky.social gift card. Sigh.
May 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We are down to less than a week before @umsi moves from North Quad to North Campus. Just used up my last @chipotletweets.bsky.social gift card. Sigh.
I asked AI if Duracell golf cart batteries have an automatic fill capability. The answer is not wrong :)
April 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I asked AI if Duracell golf cart batteries have an automatic fill capability. The answer is not wrong :)
A light rain + Fresh mowed lawn + Australian Shepard =
April 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A light rain + Fresh mowed lawn + Australian Shepard =
Boat is in the lake for the summer
April 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Boat is in the lake for the summer
I love rivers when the water is running
April 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I love rivers when the water is running
I probably spend 10% of my time thinking about accessibility when building auto graders for my new Computer Architecture for Everybody (www.ca4e.com) - I want to build an accessible visual circuit editor and I think I can do it.
April 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I probably spend 10% of my time thinking about accessibility when building auto graders for my new Computer Architecture for Everybody (www.ca4e.com) - I want to build an accessible visual circuit editor and I think I can do it.