Archive for May, 2007

Cartoonist Conspiracy meeting Thursday
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Just a reminder for Bay Area artists.
The next meeting of the San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy will be on Thursday May 31st at Muddy Waters on Church Street (near Market).
The Cartoonist Conspiracy is open to all artists and is a great way to meet other illustrators and practice with new art exercises.
We usually try different methods [...]

Maker Faire: Day Two
Friday, May 25th, 2007

I never got around to talking about the second day of Maker Faire, so let me fix that now.
In a nutshell, it wasn’t all that fun. I didn’t really have any help at the booth, so I had to stay and draw all day. I did do a yo-yo performance on the main stage (while [...]

Don’t forget your towel today.
Friday, May 25th, 2007

Happy Towel Day everybody.
This is a scan of my autographed copy of Mostly Harmless. After signing it, Mr. Adams stamped it with one of his official stamps.
Actually, I scanned this book page as a favor to my friend Merideth. She’s always said that she would get a “42″ tattoo on a Towel Day some day, [...]

Day one, Maker Faire
Saturday, May 19th, 2007

It was a long day today, but I had plenty of help at the Cartoonist Conspiracy booth.
We had a bunch of people stop by and draw with us too. Here’s a preview.

I was worried that if I had to stay tethered to a table all day, I would feel trapped… but Maker Faire is so [...]

Happy Poyzner Day!
Friday, May 18th, 2007

w00t!
Today is Dave Poyzer’s birthday!
Dave is an uber nice yo-yo friend of mine from Iowa, and he’s the creator of Robot Friend.
Most of ya’ll know that I’m working on putting together a book of Robot Friend stories and stuff. So you know I’m a fan.
Anyways, my homeboy (and master paper crafter) Drew Tetz has made [...]

Cassette Jockey World Championships
Thursday, May 17th, 2007

I have a busy weekend ahead of me at this years Maker Faire. I will be teaching various workshops and running a Cartoonist Conspiracy table, but the single most exciting thing for me this year is going to be judging the Cassette Jockey World Championships.
The event, which takes place this Saturday, is being organized by [...]

My First Mojito
Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Made my first mojito before last week’s YoYoWiki Podcast with Josh, and it was damn good.
Now, I’m sure a lot of ya’ll are seeing the vlog death match pic in the background and saying, “Wow, this all must be a desperate ploy from Doc to get us to all vote.”
Well, I assure that is not [...]

It’s a death match… a match to the death
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

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Robots Versus Bunnies
Monday, May 14th, 2007

This is a panel I did from the upcoming Robots VS Bunnies book I mentioned here.
I think its neat, and you should too.

How to Mod a Bolt Yo-Yo… and Maker Faire
Sunday, May 13th, 2007

I sell a lot of modified Bolt’s through this site, but I always like to help teach folks how to modify their own yo-yos, so I’ve published How to Mod a Bolt Yo-Yo on Instructables.com.
Any feedback is always appreciated. I’d love to see more yo-yo instructables.
For those of you in the Bay Area, I’ll be [...]