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Abby_Normal
05-05-2005, 07:01 AM
OK, I will say up front, I have no idea where I am going with this. It was just a thought that popped in to my head.
I know I do a bunch of crafts when not at the keys. I knit, crochet, tat and a bunch of other things. I just finished knitting a cover for my Treo, and am eyeing the ipod now.
Anyone else out there making monitor cozys or something?
Like I said, no point, but I'm working on one. Maybe have people bring computer junk and yarn and see what people whip up with them?
Siviak
05-05-2005, 12:46 PM
cool... I'll darn some mouse warmers :biggrin:
I taught myself how to knit because I wanted a Harry Potter scarf and wasn't about to pay the huge price that they were going for on eBay.
I also do hand bookbinding, and have for many years.
I guess you could also consider analog electronics a 'craft' or 'art' ;)
LosT
Siviak
05-05-2005, 01:27 PM
oh I can quilt too if that helps at all
lil_freak
05-05-2005, 03:01 PM
:biggrin: I love Glue Guns!!! I can sew, knit, and have some real fun with the glue gun, but only when I have time.
cindy
05-05-2005, 03:04 PM
I also do hand bookbinding, and have for many years.
LosT
I have never meet another hand bookbinder. I was also taught to bind books from hand, when I was young and told my parents I was quiting school. My father said "fine", and he could get a job for me. Book binding in a factory. Well needless to say, I went back to school, but I cherish my gold leafed springback that I made for myself.
hackajar
05-06-2005, 01:49 AM
Speaking of Computers to Sewing stories. I'm a big fan of the BSD Wall Flag (http://bsd.ee/~olev/) that was made. That was just too cool
DJ Jackalope
05-06-2005, 07:54 AM
I can mix drinks, but no crafty stuff for me.... i'm in the middle of working on sewing together a Star Wars Amidala costume tho...but I can barely sew!
astcell
05-06-2005, 11:06 AM
...but I can barely sew!
Real geeks use staples.
I have never meet another hand bookbinder.
Me neither! That is really cool. I've started adding my tech interests into my bookbinding for some experiments, like hiding small batteries in the spine and running el Wire around the outside edge of a hardback binding.
I find it frustrating that all the hand bookbinding tools are so expensive and hard to find - Hardly anyone makes a *quality* binding anymore...
You can see some of the weaker bindings I've done here:
www.artconspiracy.com/conspiracy_physical_gallery.asp?id=2144110806
Working on a halloween scarf right now, using one of those knit-in-the-round things..(have never used one before)-
LosT
hackajar
05-06-2005, 04:26 PM
Real geeks use staples.
Is that the red swingline style or the industrial stainless steal? Or even the Air gun roofer stapler. That's tough, cause red swingline is ....Well a red swingline! And the other two are Time "the tool man" Taylor certified to be used in place of everything, which is what geeks are all about!
Floydr47
05-06-2005, 08:33 PM
I recently acquired 6,000 lbs. of steel wool...now if I could just find someone to knit me a new car...
drdank
05-09-2005, 09:47 AM
Real geeks use staples.
Don't real geeks use duct tape?
big chopper
05-09-2005, 09:53 AM
I make soap.
I make soap.
Cool. I got a book on soapmaking a while back (www.lindsaybks.com fucking rules) but havent tried it yet.
Evil and I can our own fruits and vegetables and make jams/preserves. I brew my own beer and rootbeer. I reload my own ammo too (not sure if that counts as an Art & Craft or not)
lil_freak
05-09-2005, 12:18 PM
<snip>I reload my own ammo too (not sure if that counts as an Art & Craft or not)
I would call that an art & craft, but then again that's me.
DigitalEar
05-09-2005, 08:20 PM
Noid:
Lindsay Books reprints some gems thanks for the link.
Rumor has it that I brew a nice stout and IPA..
TheCotMan
05-09-2005, 10:16 PM
Rumor has it that I brew a nice stout and IPA..
It's no rumor that you make good beer.
OB Craft:
Stone tool construction: spearpoints, arrowheads, etc
Have built a spear, hatchet, sinew-backed wooden recurve bow, and arrow, pump drill with bit, sling, and other assorted items commonly found in hunter-gatherer societies through history.
No, I am not a survivalist.
Salem
05-10-2005, 09:43 PM
Crafty stuff...?
I do chainmaille, leather working, and decorative knot tying
Thats sorta crafty eh?
highwizard
05-11-2005, 02:25 PM
Don't real geeks use duct tape?
Always Duct Tape... If there's Duct tape over their mouth, they can't say no.. This is geek rule number 12.
TheCotMan
05-11-2005, 03:52 PM
Always Duct Tape... If there's Duct tape over their mouth, they can't say no.. This is geek rule number 12.
But it is all about consent. Not saying no is not the same thing as saying yes. O:-)
highwizard
05-11-2005, 03:55 PM
But it is all about consent. Not saying no is not the same thing as saying yes. O:-)
That's why rule 11 is, talk about something that the person will give an affirmative response to and quickly slip in "have sex with me" under your breath.
After they say yes, proceed to rule 12.
TheCotMan
05-11-2005, 03:58 PM
...After they say yes, proceed to rule 12.
Now that is crafty, but is that your hacker craft?
Deviant Ollam
05-12-2005, 03:09 PM
I would call that an art & craft, but then again that's me.
you would not be alone in that designation.
i realize that this thread was started without agenda or direction, but i have to say i've found it very meaningful and relevant. it is a perfect example of a phenomenon that i've been somewhat unable to put my finger on in the past, despite the fact that it resonates deeply with me.
how many people would agree with the following statement... so many individuals that one encounters on a day to day basis are, despite being wonderful human beings, unbelievably ineffectual citizens?
i'm not trying to make a knock against them personally, you understand. but i mean... how many times in our lives have we encountered people that just make us want to exclaim out loud "how the hell have you managed to live to your current age?!?"
this thread is a perfect example of why i feel so at home with the creative, techy community. we are, on the whole, a group of people who are willing to go beyond the basics in life and try to do things for ourselves instead of relying upon the services of others to get by. i don't know how many times i've described working on project of my own around the house when friends or co-workers have said something like "you know you could just hire a professional to do that for you and have it done in one day instead of making a whole weekend out of it."
i like making a project out of tasks that others seem so keen to just ignore. i feel validated by my distrust of products at face value and my inclination to take them apart and see why they perform (or don't) according to their advertised specifications.
like the original poster who started this thread, i don't exactly know where i'm going with this... other than to say that i'm really happy to have friends like the ones that i get to hang with at DefCon every year... friends who make me feel like less of an outsider when i choose to do things with my own hands in lieu of calling a contractor or expecting “more qualified” people to step in for me.
Siviak
05-12-2005, 05:12 PM
I couldn't agree more... as a matter of fact during recent stint in Seattle Noid and I were talking about just this thread as well as the fact that we both believe that there are few other "communities" that could be anywhere near as self-sufficient as ours.
hackajar
05-12-2005, 06:17 PM
Always Duct Tape... If there's Duct tape over their mouth, they can't say no.. This is geek rule number 12.
I leaned this rule first hand at DC11
Abby_Normal
05-16-2005, 07:38 PM
I couldn't agree more... as a matter of fact during recent stint in Seattle Noid and I were talking about just this thread as well as the fact that we both believe that there are few other "communities" that could be anywhere near as self-sufficient as ours.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Lazarus Long
Nice knowing between all of us we cover that list and then some!
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Lazarus Long
Nice knowing between all of us we cover that list and then some!
I'm not changing a diaper or pitching manure (at least not in the physical sense).. but sign me up for planning an invasion! :smile:
Floydr47
05-16-2005, 09:13 PM
I'm not changing a diaper or pitching manure (at least not in the physical sense).. but sign me up for planning an invasion! :smile:
/me having spent my misguided youth on a farm have pitched manure and butchered hogs, trust me it's no picnic. Now, in my older and wiser years, I confine my specializations to trying to drink Budweiser dry, organizing orgies and converting virgins, I leave the planning of revolutions, quelling of uprisings, and planning of invasions to those with more energy... :evil:
Data Hunter
05-17-2005, 03:46 PM
This is Defcon why are we talking about butchering hogs etc.
Voltage Spike
05-17-2005, 04:32 PM
This is Defcon why are we talking about butchering hogs etc.
Because it is a metaphor for the manner in which the Defcon attendees tip over the sleeping sheep.
("If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate." -- Zapp Brannigan, Futurama)
Either that or this is pre-planning for the Toxic BBQ.
Abby_Normal
05-17-2005, 05:12 PM
This is Defcon why are we talking about butchering hogs etc.
Gee Sparky, you must be new here...
We are talking about hog butchering (as well as knitting, book binding, home repair, cars, butt sex etc) because the average Defcon attendee has a wide variety of interests and hobbies outside of computers. It makes us more interesting people. It gives us something to talk about with non geeks, and sometimes it even gets us laid.
You should try it sometime, why don't you start by looking into punctuation?
TheCotMan
05-17-2005, 05:23 PM
This is Defcon why are we talking about butchering hogs etc.
Well, not "hogs" but "long pigs (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&oi=defmore&q=define:Long+pig)" ... Does it make more sense now?
Well, not "hogs" but "long pigs (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&oi=defmore&q=define:Long+pig)" ... Does it make more sense now?
Aren't long pigs where footlong hotdogs come from? :)
LosT
TheCotMan
05-18-2005, 03:33 PM
Aren't long pigs where footlong hotdogs come from? :)
If they are made of "mystery meat" they might be!
I don't think I've seen sausage, hot dogs, or other wurst made in person before. Any people with that craft? Where did you learn?
lil_freak
05-18-2005, 04:16 PM
I don't think I've seen sausage, hot dogs, or other wurst made in person before.
Um, I might have to fix that for you.
Any people with that craft? Where did you learn?
Yes, my grandma taught me. She was the one women who no matter what you always paid attention to when she was showing you how to cook something.
I like to make breakfast and Italian sausage with beer. I love this site due to it's great product line and the fact that they have all the types of casings I like to use: Sausagemaker (http://www.sausagemaker.com/)
/me wonders if Siviak will let me borrow his kitchen before piecon and the bbq so I can do some cooking? Beer would be supplied to host of kitchen and food if they wanted something special made.
Siviak
05-18-2005, 04:43 PM
/me wonders if Siviak will let me borrow his kitchen before piecon and the bbq so I can do some cooking? Beer would be supplied to host of kitchen and food if they wanted something special made.
hrm... chick cooking food in my kitchen some of which I get to eat... and she is bringing beer? TWIST MY FUCKING ARM!!!
oh and what is piecon?
lil_freak
05-18-2005, 04:46 PM
hrm... chick cooking food in my kitchen some of which I get to eat... and she is bringing beer? TWIST MY FUCKING ARM!!!
Okay :biggrin:
oh and what is piecon?
It's where you eat pie and drink good beer and whatnot, ask Gruffy or H3 for more information.
Siviak
05-18-2005, 04:52 PM
Okay :biggrin:
so wait... you're BOTH gonna cook in my kitchen... AND bring beer... AND feed me sausages AND pie?!?!?!?
It's good to be Teh Siv
hackajar
05-18-2005, 06:44 PM
AND feed me sausages
Wait, who's feeding you sausages again?
lil_freak
05-18-2005, 11:48 PM
so wait... you're BOTH gonna cook in my kitchen...
That's funny, I cook for them so no it will be just me cooking
AND bring beer... AND feed me sausages AND pie?!?!?!?
That's a big ten-four there
It's good to be Teh Siv
:cool:
Abby_Normal
05-22-2005, 06:15 PM
hrm... chick cooking food in my kitchen some of which I get to eat... and she is bringing beer? TWIST MY FUCKING ARM!!!
oh and what is piecon?
How do you feel about cuban food? I was thinking about bringing a deep fryer so I could whip up some tostones and chicharrones. But a kitchen would be eaiser.
Data Hunter
05-22-2005, 07:03 PM
OK Thanks, and by the way abby i am a newb to defcon. sry lol
Abby_Normal
05-22-2005, 08:43 PM
OK Thanks, and by the way abby i am a newb to defcon. sry lol
That's ok, we were all new once. Find me at con and I'll buy you a drink.
Siviak
05-23-2005, 12:44 AM
cuban is cool with me.. if I can eat it and it doesn't contain any sort of "various animal part" type additives then I am in. By the way, we have a fry daddy already if thats what you ment by a "deep-fryer"
Abby_Normal
05-24-2005, 04:10 PM
cuban is cool with me.. if I can eat it and it doesn't contain any sort of "various animal part" type additives then I am in. By the way, we have a fry daddy already if thats what you ment by a "deep-fryer"
The fry daddy would be perfect. Cuban food relies heavily on deep frying. But it's really good!
Siviak
05-24-2005, 04:19 PM
The fry daddy would be perfect....
then it's all yours
veruus
05-31-2005, 12:09 PM
I would like a cashmere penis cozy. And some homebrew. :)
alklloyd
06-04-2005, 10:25 AM
then it's all yours
Siv, looks like you've got "kitchencon" a'brewing...
Al
veruus
06-07-2005, 11:25 AM
I also do hand bookbinding, and have for many years.
LosT
http://www.livejournal.com/users/tobycraig/29223.html
http://www.livejournal.com/users/tobycraig/29223.html
Excellent! I love to see hand-sewn signatures instead of just a cheap glue job...
LosT
Abby_Normal
07-13-2005, 01:22 AM
I would like a cashmere penis cozy. And some homebrew. :)
Easy enough, but how do you keep it on when not errect? I think the only option is to get a penis piercing.
Dallas
07-26-2006, 05:35 PM
I can craft drinks. And containers for Drinks...sign me up, I love to sew.
veruus
07-27-2006, 06:54 AM
Zombie Thread!!! Kiliit Killit!! Get An Axe!!
TheCotMan
07-27-2006, 07:52 AM
I can craft drinks. And containers for Drinks...sign me up, I love to sew.
Zombie Thread!!! Kiliit Killit!! Get An Axe!!
I did not even notice the year until you pointed it out.
Mixitup: if you want to discuss the latest incarnation of the craft-thing, the 2006 discussion han be found here.
Being a year too old, and having a more recent thread on this topic, this thread is now closed.
If the Craft idea takes off, newer threads should be used.
...The value of content you provide to existing threads should be proportional to the age of the thread.