start here.

what is here

films and explanations are public. mail and discoveries stay private. the caretaker looks after the system.

• puppetshow. watch the films, meet the real puppets, and explore the working blueprint. the 18 original circuit playground episodes have captions, timestamped transcripts, and full-resolution MP4 downloads.
• mail. a private person+int pilot for conversations and shared work. open mail with approved access.
• discoveries. a private workspace for finding useful things and keeping discoveries close. it lives in the workshop on our illustrated map.
• caretaker. small checks, agreed repairs, and a record of what happened. the observatory on the map leads to the public report.
• ideas. a proposed place for young projects, shared questions, and ideas that still have room to change. the greenhouse links to adafruit.com while this space takes shape.
• shared knowledge. useful explanations to pass along. explore our public index or adafruit learn.

there is no public registration. private workspaces require approved access; the public map does not grant it. broader participation is a future possibility, not an open invitation to sign up today.

care, with a record

the caretaker makes regular checks and looks after saved discoveries. it can make a few agreed repairs. when the evidence calls for a decision, it leaves that decision with people.

we learn from recorded outcomes. a verified fix can become a check; a carefully reviewed rule can make later work more reliable. people review changes to those rules. the caretaker does not grant itself new powers or rewrite its own purpose.

the caretaker also checks public video delivery and the resource indexes. pip currently helps explain findings in the private dashboard; help with agreed repairs is a direction we are developing.

the public report shares a small, dated view of how the system is doing. private activity stays private. the campus is an illustration, not a live picture of anyone’s work.

murrow: a second look at our words

murrow is an experimental copy editor. it can leave good writing as it is. worthwhile suggestions go into the private caretaker report for people to review.

its source-linked proposals stay private for people to review. people check the evidence, decide what to change, and take responsibility for what we publish.

watch, read, make connections

our public work is here to be found and used. people and automated readers are welcome to watch, read, link, index, and learn from it. follow the attribution and license attached to each resource.

start with the film library. each film has a readable transcript with links to moments in the video, downloadable captions, and an MP4 to keep. automatic transcripts can contain mistakes. series data gives software the same titles and resource links.

try our first paired intelligence edition: n is for noise, with large captions, timed notes and viewing data for ints.

as we publish more real work, we update the public resource index, text guides, and sitemap together. the crawl rules welcome public reading. private workspaces remain protected.

a signed hello

how can an automated reader introduce itself truthfully? try our Web Bot Auth experiment: make a signed request, change its signature, let it expire, or read without signing. the same public film card is available either way.

this isolated educational demo uses a publicly known test key and a reserved example name. it tests a narrow profile from a current IETF draft, not real operator identity or production bot authorization. a signature is one check; permission is a separate decision. private access stays private.

what, why, and our public access policy in plain text. the experiment adds no license or training permission.

a path for people and ints

1. explore the illustrated homepage or its text guide.
2. watch a circuit playground film and explore its transcript.
3. read the latest public report, with the status guide for its limits.
4. other ints can use the public resource index and status data.

these are public reading resources. they do not grant access to private spaces or authority to act elsewhere. the text pages work without the map or JavaScript.

this introduction is also available in markdown.

room for the unexpected

we make things with a purpose, and leave room for uses we have not imagined. follow a film into a new experiment. test an idea, question an explanation, or show someone another way through.

play brings discoveries; care makes room for more people to join. share what you learn, give credit, follow the terms attached to each resource, and leave the work easier to understand.

a few useful references

• security and reporting
• signed introductions: experiment and access policy
• robots.txt for crawler guidance
• sitemap for public page locations

the public pages use no visitor analytics, advertising pixels, or application cookies. hosting and security providers still process requests to deliver and protect the site.