While Adam Savage was in DC recently for the Apollo 50th Anniversary celebration (and to do the final assembly on the wonderful Project Egress NASA escape hatch project), he visited… Read the rest of the article: Adam Savage goes behind the scenes at the Smithsonian's Exhibits Central
Macabre artist and crafter, Christine McConnell, has a new YouTube series, From The Mind Of Christine McConnell. I felt robbed when her Netflix series, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell,… Read the rest of the article: More fun, macabre crafts "From The Mind Of Christine McConnell"
It is perhaps in the spirit of our anxious, rickety age that antique tool, machinery, and toy restoration videos are becoming increasingly popular. There is something oddly comforting and therapeutic… Read the rest of the article: The existential endtime pleasures of watching silent restoration videos
In this new 14-minute mini-doc from Noisey, Brian Eno, his music-therapist brother Roger, and producer/musician Daniel Lanois, discuss their 1983 writing and recording of Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks, their soundtrack… Read the rest of the article: Brian Eno, Roger Eno, and Daniel Lanois discuss the recording of "Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks"
The wonderful comedienne, Tig Notaro, doesn't watch a lot of TV or films and doesn't really keep up with popular culture. As a result, she doesn't recognize celebrities. She's turned… Read the rest of the article: Tig Notaro flaunts her ignorance of pop culture and celebrity in new Funny or Die series
As you may have heard by now, news began to break Friday night that Maker Media, home to Make: magazine, Maker Faire, and Maker Shed, was folding up their big… Read the rest of the article: Thinking back on the special magic of Make: and Maker Faire
Writer Nicole Tersigni posted this amazing meme thread on Twitter where she juxtaposed well-known classic art images with the sort of common and clichéd sexism that modern women are all… Read the rest of the article: Epic Twitter thread uses classic art to illustrate the everyday sexism that women endure
I love it when really smart people, especially those well-versed in science, technology, and DIY, sit down and ramble on about whatever's currently tickling their proverbial fancies. In this video,… Read the rest of the article: Kevin Kelly, Adam Savage, Norm Chan discuss continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and how tools open up possibilities
There are so many things to love about Stephen Colbert. For me, his unapologetic nerdiness is high on that list. His obviously large and tender heart is, too. These two… Read the rest of the article: Stephen Colbert plays D&D with Matt Mercer for Red Nose Day
Battletech: A Game of Armored Combat BattleTech Beginner Box Catalyst Games, $60 (core set), $20 (Beginner's Box) Catalyst Games was kind enough to send me a bundle o' new BattleTech… Read the rest of the article: What's new in tabletop gaming (April 2019 edition)
I have a new piece on Better Humans exploring some of the main considerations when planning, designing, and outfitting your own home shop or personal makerspace. In the piece, I… Read the rest of the article: My guide to building a personal makerspace/workshop at home
David Kaufman wanted to create a design tool that would make it easy to create repeating patterns that could be used in laser-cut (or other CNC or 3D printable) designs.… Read the rest of the article: The Polygonia Design Suite, a web app for easily creating symmetrical, repeating patterns and designs
Our friend Donald Bell put together an excellent little tour of some of the game designs from the alt.ctrl showcase at last week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. And… Read the rest of the article: Donald Bell reports on the DIY game goodness from the alt.ctrl showcase at GDC
This is so wonderful. Hikaru Davis is the son of the late session drummer, Dennis Davis, who died in 2016. Among many others, Davis played with Stevie Wonder, George Benson,… Read the rest of the article: Ten year old son of the late, great drummer, Dennis Davis, interviews Tony Visconti about his father's work with Bowie
Two years ago, I reviewed Andy Partridge and Todd Bernhardt's highly-recommended Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC, a collection of deep-nerding conversations between these two musicians about beloved XTC… Read the rest of the article: Review: What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book
Barb Noren, of the highly-recommended YouTube maker channel, Barb Makes Things, has a fun and easy new project video. In it, she turns a Rainbow Dash My Little Pony toy… Read the rest of the article: Barb Noren makes soldering iron unicorns
Rudy Rucker shared a link to this wonderful and idea-rich piece from Stephen Wolfram's blog. In the article, entitled "Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure," mathenaut and… Read the rest of the article: Stephen Wolfram explains his "personal infrastructure"
Here are some recent game releases of note and some of what I've been up to in hobby gaming over the past month or so. Android: Shadow of the Beanstalk… Read the rest of the article: What's new in tabletop gaming (February 2019 edition)
As we have written about before, the game crafting (or dungeon crafting) scene has exploded over the past few years. There are dozens of websites and YouTube channels devoted to… Read the rest of the article: Checking out Bexim's Bazaar, a wonderful new zine for tabletop game crafters
Yesterday, we paid tribute to the 42nd anniversary of David Bowie's iconic album Low by featuring The Brothers McLeod animation of comedian Adam Buxton's hysterical radio tribute to Bowie from… Read the rest of the article: LEGO Bowie contemplates post-Ziggy Stardust character ideas: Cobbler Bob? A Mad Deus? Viscount Jizzmark?
