Comments on: Swamp Kirin coming to Maker Faire http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504865 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504865 Go fayetteville! Go fayetteville!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504359 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504359 Well, it is a cool costume--a legs and arms stilts rig--but I'm not sure why the video is titled "halo's mechanical swamp kirin," but since I don't play Halo, I supposed I'm missing a reference. Well, it is a cool costume–a legs and arms stilts rig–but I’m not sure why the video is titled “halo’s mechanical swamp kirin,” but since I don’t play Halo, I supposed I’m missing a reference.

]]> By: tuktuk http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504362 tuktuk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504362 ok. dude in a stilt outfit. cool-lookin, but i still say that the landstriders from dark crystal were a better version of the same idea ok. dude in a stilt outfit. cool-lookin, but i still say that the landstriders from dark crystal were a better version of the same idea

]]> By: Guesstimate Jones http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504373 Guesstimate Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504373 Is that really the Rave 'Raff, covered in shag carpet? Is that really the Rave ‘Raff, covered in shag carpet?

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504378 Tom Hale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504378 Tuktuk - agreed, but I had assumed I was the only one that remembered Dark Crystal - There is a disturbance in the force... Tuktuk – agreed, but I had assumed I was the only one that remembered Dark Crystal – There is a disturbance in the force…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504383 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504383 Yay! Dark Crystal! It's so sad when it goes over that cliff while fighting that crab-thing. Yay! Dark Crystal! It’s so sad when it goes over that cliff while fighting that crab-thing.

]]> By: tuktuk http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504389 tuktuk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504389 au contraire, mon frere! boingboing has a history of skeksi/gelfling infestations: http://bit.ly/Jsz2K au contraire, mon frere! boingboing has a history of skeksi/gelfling infestations:

http://bit.ly/Jsz2K

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504400 Tom Hale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504400 Awesome - how did you do that custom search? is it site: www.boingboing.net "dark crystal" -? or some similar google foo? Awesome – how did you do that custom search? is it
site: http://www.boingboing.net “dark crystal” -? or some similar google foo?

]]> By: tuktuk http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504408 tuktuk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504408 see that search bar up there on the upper right of this very page? no, not the browser bar... yeah, that one. that one right there. type "dark crystal". now copy the resulting url, and shorten it. AMAZING DARK MAGIC!!! see that search bar up there on the upper right of this very page? no, not the browser bar… yeah, that one. that one right there. type “dark crystal”. now copy the resulting url, and shorten it. AMAZING DARK MAGIC!!!

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504409 Tom Hale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504409 Oh, OK thx - I guess... Oh, OK thx – I guess…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504665 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504665 That thing is so awesome! That thing is so awesome!

]]> By: alowishus http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504425 alowishus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504425 Okay, the things in Dark Crystal totally freaked me out. This is worse. Much worse. It looks like it would paralyze you with its vacant stare, then lumber awkwardly over and suck your soul out through your nose. Okay, the things in Dark Crystal totally freaked me out. This is worse. Much worse. It looks like it would paralyze you with its vacant stare, then lumber awkwardly over and suck your soul out through your nose.

]]> By: nck wntrhltr http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504430 nck wntrhltr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504430 Cue the poodle in a Fizzgig suit. Cue the poodle in a Fizzgig suit.

]]> By: FreakCitySF http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504431 FreakCitySF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504431 Reminds me of the wheelers! Reminds me of the wheelers!

]]> By: Mister Moofoo http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-505200 Mister Moofoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505200 Way way back in the early '90's, I had an idea about making some 4-leggity stilts for cheap personal transportation, theorizing (incorrectly, perhaps) that the longer stride would make me able to go faster than regular walking. Never got around to even making test-rigs, but now I feel like I should try my hand, so to speak, at making one of my oldest dreams a reality. Sure, I'm 35 now instead of 19, but why should that stop me? Way way back in the early ’90′s, I had an idea about making some 4-leggity stilts for cheap personal transportation, theorizing (incorrectly, perhaps) that the longer stride would make me able to go faster than regular walking. Never got around to even making test-rigs, but now I feel like I should try my hand, so to speak, at making one of my oldest dreams a reality. Sure, I’m 35 now instead of 19, but why should that stop me?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-505204 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505204 Actually it's not a 'dude' in the costume, she is a very talented and beautiful lady named Haley (hence the "halo") Another Fayetteville artist is joining her with some great kinetic iron sculptures, we have a plethora of great artists here in Fayetteville, others have been featured on BB before more on the story here <a href="http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2009/05/28/fayetteville-artists-headed-to-san-francisco-for-maker-faire/"> http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2009/05/28/fayetteville-artists-headed-to-san-francisco-for-maker-faire/</a> yay Fayetteville AR! Actually it’s not a ‘dude’ in the costume, she is a very talented and beautiful lady named Haley (hence the “halo”)

Another Fayetteville artist is joining her with some great kinetic iron sculptures, we have a plethora of great artists here in Fayetteville, others have been featured on BB before

more on the story here

http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2009/05/28/fayetteville-artists-headed-to-san-francisco-for-maker-faire/

yay Fayetteville AR!

]]> By: Tonamel http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504442 Tonamel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504442 Kind of reminds me of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Dl-QUJ9c8">this video of a guy in a Klingon targ costume</a>. These videos kind of make me want to get some srot of quadripedal costume going for next Halloween. Kind of reminds me of this video of a guy in a Klingon targ costume. These videos kind of make me want to get some srot of quadripedal costume going for next Halloween.

]]> By: cory http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504443 cory Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504443 "halo seabat" seems to be the moniker used by "Haley", the woman who (I assume) is leading the Kirin in the video. I don't think that's two guys on stilts, I think it is autonomous, but I've been wrong before. “halo seabat” seems to be the moniker used by “Haley”, the woman who (I assume) is leading the Kirin in the video.

I don’t think that’s two guys on stilts, I think it is autonomous, but I’ve been wrong before.

]]> By: mackenzi http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504444 mackenzi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504444 Hey Cory, what the hell are you trying to say? Hey Cory, what the hell are you trying to say?

]]> By: Chrs http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504453 Chrs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504453 Definitely not mechanical. Watch near the shoulder joints, you can see the in-out slipping that is typical of trying to control stilts. That degree of freedom shouldn't be present in a mechanical design for walking, unless you want to control six degrees of freedom at the shoulder (and that sucks). The position of the joints in the hind legs is appropriate to hide legs. Definitely not mechanical. Watch near the shoulder joints, you can see the in-out slipping that is typical of trying to control stilts. That degree of freedom shouldn’t be present in a mechanical design for walking, unless you want to control six degrees of freedom at the shoulder (and that sucks). The position of the joints in the hind legs is appropriate to hide legs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504456 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504456 "I don't think that's two guys on stilts, I think it is autonomous, but I've been wrong before." Not two people on stilts, one person bent over on 4 on stilts, "crawling." At the very end of the video you can see the stilt waker from behind and you can see their knee bend at the exact point where it would be on a person bent over at the waist. “I don’t think that’s two guys on stilts, I think it is autonomous, but I’ve been wrong before.”

Not two people on stilts, one person bent over on 4 on stilts, “crawling.” At the very end of the video you can see the stilt waker from behind and you can see their knee bend at the exact point where it would be on a person bent over at the waist.

]]> By: Uptumble http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/swamp-kirin-coming-t.html#comment-504463 Uptumble Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504463 Nope, that's not Haley on the side. She doesn't wear glasses. If you go to seabatstudios.com you'll get the chance to read some weird stories about all of the stuff posted. I like the last post with the interactive mermaid fossil piece. Nope, that’s not Haley on the side. She doesn’t wear glasses. If you go to seabatstudios.com you’ll get the chance to read some weird stories about all of the stuff posted. I like the last post with the interactive mermaid fossil piece.

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