Comments on: What Boing Boing readers are doing

By: Metrophors

Metrophors — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:19:00 +0000

I build a snowclone twitter mashup that plots “x is the y of z” tweets:

By: Jim Stewart

Jim Stewart — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:30:00 +0000

I have a webcomic called “The Road to Xibalba.” It’s a contemporary urban fantasy based on the events in the Quiche Mayan creation epic, with graffiti, video games and street basketball mixed in. It updates every Sunday.

http://www.theroadtoxibalba.com/

By: jrishel

jrishel — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:28:00 +0000

I’m working with a startup developing 3D weaving to make nearly complete garments directly on the loom, our first product is soon launching at http://helixiabra.com

By: Robert Morris

Robert Morris — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Operating on the assumption that every think tank is biased due to its funders, I am trying to start my own solely through the sale of short broadsheets on the Kindle. Its fun. http://www.morefreedomfoundation.com

By: Alex Fitch

Alex Fitch — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:12:00 +0000

I present a weekly radio show about comics, with every episode featuring ten to forty min interviews with comic book creators. Recent guests have included Phil and Kaja Foglio (Girl Genius), James Moran (Torchwood – now doing an online vampire comic), Mike Carey (The Unwritten), Matt Fraction (Fantastic Four), Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay), Denise Mina (Hellblazer) and Steve Bissette (Swamp Thing).

You can find uncut podcasts of all 300+ previous episodes here: http://panelborders.wordpress.com
(A-Z index here: http://panelborders.wordpress.com/category/index
or listen live to the 30 min edit, Sundays at 6pm / Tuesdays at 4.30pm (GMT) on 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at http://www.resonancefm.com

By: cameron37

cameron37 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:37:00 +0000

I just published my first book, a sci fi novel called Clare-5

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/272516

By: Blunt Farce

Blunt Farce — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:57:00 +0000

Pictures/video please.

By: Blunt Farce

Blunt Farce — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:51:00 +0000

I like anything Tom Lehrer-esque.

By: Blunt Farce

Blunt Farce — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:50:00 +0000

Front-page worthy.

By: Blunt Farce

Blunt Farce — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:47:00 +0000

I write, animate & create the music and SFX for a surreal little stoner-cartoon for the cannabis-achiever generation… using not much more than online tools (such as ‘GoAnimate’ – which I discovered by reading BoingBoing and Audacity/Garageband etc) – 5 episodes so far, over 100,000 total views. Ep. 2 is our most-watched so far: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2k2ISz8jpQ&feature=share&list=SPF22950F1821B8D60

By: Scott Bartlett

Scott Bartlett — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:28:00 +0000

I’m promoting my self-published humour novel, Royal Flush, which is a recipient of the H. R. (Bill) Percy Prize.

To do so, I’ve held an ‘open-source’ book launch, created a free audiobook of the first part, held a blog tour, held a Goodreads giveaway, promoted on Twitter, sold at my local farmers’ market, and more. I’ve had what I’d call middling success with it.

The book is a medieval comedy that asks the question: can a King who throws his dates in the dungeon find a girlfriend?

More info can be found here: http://batshite.com/royalflush

By: Leela Rae Hein

Leela Rae Hein — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:15:00 +0000

Hello! I am an artist who makes unique gifts. I hand paint coffee mugs, sculpt unique light switch plates, make custom name paintings for you and those you love, wings you wear, jewelry, and fingerprint trees for weddings. I always love custom orders. Please check out my work, feel free to contact me with any ideas or requests, or just to say hello.

Thanks,

Leela Hein

My Online Art portfolio- http://rmdart.webs.com/

My Etsy- https://www.etsy.com/shop/RileyMicaDesigns

By: 4midori

4midori — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:38:00 +0000

I released an album of art-pop for sophisticates and fans of Peter Gabriel, Duran Duran, Rush, Dream Theater, Sondre Lerche, Soda Stereo and Jump.
http://welcometoflyovercountry.com

By: Annie Paladino

Annie Paladino — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:14:00 +0000

Currently rehearsing for a new play about time, modernity, melting glaciers, skyscrapers, and the Ouroborus (the snake of time that eats its tail). TIME SENSITIVE runs April 18-May 18 in Oakland, CA. More here: http://raggedwing.org/show/show_detail/28

It’s fast-paced, extremely physical, and weaves together several storylines into one epic performance. I’m extremely excited about it. Bay Area mutants, come check it out!

By: zoic

zoic — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:55:00 +0000

I started, and run, http://CampHacker.tv because of something that happened to me when I was 11 years old.

I was a REALLY nerdy kid. My whole life was wrapped up in reading books, but for one thing.

From the time I was 7 years old I was sent to a summer camp on the shores of Lake Huron. It was called Camp Kintail. Kintail was one place in my life where I felt like I could be myself and try out lots of new things. When I was 11 years old, my counselor said to me the thing that forever changed how I look at life. He pulled me aside during a quiet time in the day and said to me “Travis you would make a great camp counselor”.

That moment changed everything.

I worked for 6 summers as a counselor and then 15 years as a full-time camp director. Now I run a business (and blog and podcast) that helps make the process of running summer camp easier.

Summer camp used to be something that lots of kids did. Now with tons of competition from other summer activities, and parents’ increasing fear of letting go of their children, not as high percentage of kids go to camp.

I think that’s wrong.

I think every child should have the same experience that I did: an adult who saw my potential, a place to try new things, and encouragement to be creative, and a job with incredible responsibilities.

What makes my work worth it is helping camp directors find easier ways to do their job.

People in this industry are so passionate about what they do because it impacted each of us.

That is my great passion.

By: License Farm

License Farm — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:11:00 +0000

I’m in NYC’s premiere (& very probably only) nerdy a cappella group Choirfly (http://choirfly.com). We cover songs from various corners of geek culture, as well as adapt less overtly dorky songs into quite a bit more pointdextrous material. We’re booked for April 3rd at NYC’s premiere (though possibly not only) nerd bar, The Way Station http://waystationbk.blogspot.com/ and, should that be well-attended, we may be in residence there on the odd Sundays before nerd karaoke.

By: deraldart

deraldart — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:30:00 +0000

I make note cards, videos and music. Thanks for looking
!http://picturelawrence.com/

By: Cyn Leach

Cyn Leach — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:24:00 +0000

My partner and I create a webcomic called A Long Exquisite Darkness, aka ALED. It’s a futuristic story exploring the lives and interactions of an asexual/antisocial gun-for-hire, a bi male courtesan who moonlights as a contract assassin, an overly optimistic tech-head, and an overworked personal assistant with OCD.

Full-color. Updates at least weekly. Contains violence, sexual themes, adult language, and drug references. Probably not safe for most workplaces.

The artwork started out pretty rough when we first posted the comic online over a year ago, but it’s made huge improvements since.

Since I spend about 8 hours a week reading/viewing Boing Boing articles for inspiration, it would be great to get some new viewers for the comic!

http://aledcomic.com/ALED/Home.html

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:49:00 +0000

I write 140-character programs that generate music and post them (and the results) on twitter: https://twitter.com/headcube

Some of my earlier pieces were included in the album “SC140″, which was blogged on Boing Boing previously: http://boingboing.net/2009/12/09/computer-music-from.html

By: taugust

taugust — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:39:00 +0000

Maybe it’s a superposition! There needs to be a 1/sqrt(3) multiplying each state to normalize it, though.

By: Jay Bushman

Jay Bushman — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:48:00 +0000

I’m the Transmedia Producer and a writer for “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries,” a multiplatform web series modernization of Pride and Prejudice.

We’ve recently won Streamy and IAWTV awards for Best Interactive Show of the Year, and the series is coming to the end of it’s year-long run, with over 150 episodes across multiple YouTube channels and dozens of characters spread across Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, LinkedIn, Get Glue, This Is My Jam and other social platforms.

The main YouTube channel is at http://www.youtube.com/lizziebennet
And you can start watching from the beginning at http://www.lizziebennet.com/story/

By: tflemons

tflemons — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:03:00 +0000

I’m an inventor/tinkerer who has worked with the concept of tensegrity to make stuff for over 30 years. You may know my tensegrity toy Skwish for example.

For the last 14 years I’ve been building ever more precise models of human anatomy using biotensegrity principles. (the claim that biology is organized structurally as nested hierarchies of self assembling tensegrity systems).

What is the point? Well an overhaul of structural anatomy and biomechanics is long overdue. We’re still thinking about bones and muscles as levers and pulleys like they did in the renaissance. But researchers around the world have a new understanding of myofascial behavior they base upon a tensegrity paradigm and I’m exploring how this new biomechanics might work. Better description equals better prescription and new clinical treatments to manage joint and muscle pain is the result. Other applications include lighter, and cheaper prosthetic devices, exo-skeletons and Biomimetic robotic structures that are more robust, dexterous, and resilient. Checkout my site for progress and many links to key researchers in this new field.
http://www.intensiondesigns.com/

By: Santiago Casares

Santiago Casares — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:05:00 +0000

I make a webcomic called Chili’s World about a hoplessly romantic penguin, a philosophical lemming, a black/white cartoon cat in exile and Alice (sans Wonderland), that you can check out at:

http://www.chilisworld.com

By: Little Red Reviewer

Little Red Reviewer — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:04:00 +0000

my current project is this baby:

Bookstore Bookblogger Connection:
http://bookstorebloggerconxn.com/

Bookbloggers submit their “blurbs” out of their book reviews, and we make ‘em pretty and send them to indie bookstores so help booksellers sell more of our favorite things: books.

By: yikesbikes

yikesbikes — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:03:00 +0000

Bu-bubu-bump it up!

By: Boris Betteroff

Boris Betteroff — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:59:00 +0000

I am welding container lifts. It doesn’t sound like very much, comparing to what You guys are posting here, but still I am a BB reader and a metal worker and I weld a lot. Maybe my intellect suffers form it, maybe it gains, but You know, it’s really hot.

By: magneticwheels

magneticwheels — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:45:00 +0000

My 15-piece psychedelic-jungle-dance big band is getting ready to release a couple of albums.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/400845409/d-town-brass-1st-album

By: Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:57:00 +0000

My current play “Just One More Game”, a romantic comedy about video gamers in their 40′s, is playing at the Exit Theatre in downtown San Francisco. In the midst of the renewed national dialog about specious connections between video games and violence, I’m delighted to offer a story about video games and love.
http://www.theexit.org/web/just/

By: Chris Cummings

Chris Cummings — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:50:00 +0000

My Swedish friend Tintin Törncrantz writes incredible (and incredibly under-appreciated, in my opinion) long-form non-fiction pieces – like this one on the David Bowie exhibition currently showing at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London: http://blogs.colette.fr/tintintorncrantz/2013/03/05/these-fires-never-stop/

By: pauldrye

pauldrye — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:45:00 +0000

I’m about 3/4 of the way through writing a book about manned spacecraft and space stations that were seriously proposed by NASA/ESA/USSR and Russia/Japan, but that never quite made it. Russian moon rockets, alternatives considered to the Space Shuttle, a manned Apollo Venus flyby, a tiny monkey space station (really!), that sort of thing.

Sections are going on-line as I write them, and people are welcome to come and read any and all of it at their leisure:

http://falsesteps.wordpress.com