Instructables contributor Nylanan put together this amazing tutorial on how to transform an old silver lamp into an homage to our favourite comedy sidekick droid, R2D2. lets have 3 random facts about R2D2: The actor that played him (Kenny Baker) actually REALLY didn’t get on with the actor that played C3po (Anthony Daniels). In-fact to … Continue reading Tutorial Tuesday: R2D2 Lamp
I wrote about Sock Summit coming to town last weekend, and there was a pretty amazing element this year: a live-action race to card and spin a batch of freshly shorn wool and knit socks from it! From the article: Three lambs huddle in a makeshift corral inside Portland’s Convention Center Sunday morning. In a … Continue reading Race from Fleece to Foot at Sock Summit
I am not the hippest kid at the LOLCat convention by any stretch, so it is fair to say there are “internet memes” I miss completely, and plenty I just do not understand. Nyan Cat is some odd mix of both. I stumbled on Nyan Cat a few days ago, only to discover that Nyan … Continue reading READER SUBMISSION: Nyan Cat Costume
If the San Diego Comic-Con is the arena rock star of the convention world, then San Francisco’s WonderCon is the concert-hall favorite. It’s not nearly as big, but much more manageable, and (in my humble opinion) just as much fun. I attended two days of this year’s Con, where I met numerous writers, artists, and geek icons. My … Continue reading Crafts of WonderCon 2011