Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about

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Episode 100: Wow! Episode 100! Animal Farm, Python & Fonts... Oh My!

Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about Special Guest: Jason Soliday.

Episode 99: Jason Soliday is our guest! (and also our awesome editor!)

Michelle Chandra is our guest this episode! Welcome Michelle! Michelle makes awesome artworks using a pen plotter! Rob and Taylor ask her a lot of questions about her process and history with programming, software, pens and the fun of converting the digital to the physical. We also talk about waveform modulations, fractals and other cool stuff! Taylor's Art Assignment: Pick a memory with a place that is very important to you. Then think of an album you associate with that place and then listen to the album and draw that place from memory. Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about

Episode 98: Generative Art Maker Michelle Chandra is our guest! (re-post)

Yes! Sidney Fernandez is our guest this episode! Sid is a LARPer, fencing enthusiast, seamstress, cyberdeck builder and maker of many wonderful things. We talk about Épée sabre, SCA and Amtgard battle gaming. Sidney shares her process of wire-brushing woodgrain into L200 EVA foam for her creation of a foam macuahuitl for a friend. We also learn about Sid's cyberdeck build. A shout out to Frank, Stanley, Katie, Albee and Mr. Bojangles! (sorry for any misspellings). Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about

Episode 96: Sidney Fernandez: a maker of many awesome things!

Happy New Year Everybody! No guest today! Just Taylor trying to play F chords and Rob getting weapons thrown in his yard. Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about

Episode 95: Happy New Year and F Chords for Everybody! (recorded 12.28.2020 which was 500 years ago)

Woo! Liz Mason is our guest this episode! Liz has been self-publishing for over twenty years. Recent published works include Caboose #12 and Cul-de-sac #8, Awesome Things #3 and the wonderfully titled Prizes Zine: Things My Dad Has Had to Take Out of Animals and Dance Dance Party Party Zine Zine We talk about zines, the coolness of independent radio (shout out to WZRD!), Quimby's bookstore, reluctant capitalism, Winston Smith, Chicago, Most Wanted and Most Unwanted, collage, Martha Quinn's Group Hug, consentacle, Herman Li, reaktorplayer and Hacker Noon. Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about

Episode 94: Zine maker extraordinaire Liz Mason is our guest this episode!

Judith and Rushali are our guests this episode! California and India in tha house! You can check out their hotnew podcast over at http://hotnew.tech! (insert reggaeton airhorn blast here!) We talk about weird work titles, resumes, match making, God, menstrual cups, olafur eliasson, and genuine laughter. And community is weird, hard and awesome. You can check out our website at http://opposablepodcast.com Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about

Episode 93: Judith and Rushali from the hotnew.tech podcast are our guests!

You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Jason Soliday is our awesome editor. He is friendly, conscientious and a master of the craft. Hit him up if you need an editor or soundwizard of any kind. http://www.jsoliday.com/about Special Guest: Emily Velasco.

Episode 92: Emily Velasco is our guest!

You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs

Episode 91: Please Vote That Fucking Asshat Out! (We're assuming you did and are decompressing with us for this episode.)

You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs Thanks to Jason Soliday! Our new audio editor! If you're in need of an audio editor, hit him up! https://www.jsoliday.com/

Episode 90: Rob shares Liz Mason's wonderful zines

Rob and Taylor check out our brains and talk about how to deal with awkward situations. Is it good to feel awkward? Or is that just misplaced bro-weirdness? How does that affect our work as podcast-people? You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs

Episode 89: Awkwardistics

Episode 88: Emily Velasco and Lydia Cambron

Taylor and Rob talk about their projects inspired by the amazing electronic constructions of Mohit Bhoite. Check out Emily's work! And make something inspired by the cool things she's making! You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs

Episode 87: We check out creations by Mohit Bhoite and Emily Velasco

Taylor and Rob talk about the new format. This episode we're talking about the amazing electronic constructions of Mohit Bhoite, Peter Vogel and Jiří Praus. Check em out! And make something inspired by the cool things they're making! You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs

Episode 86: New awesome format! (kinda like the old awesome format!)

Rob dives into the a big chunk of his COVID-19 life. Taylor shares some amazing work by artists making really cool things with felt. You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com Props to Wesley Ellis, Blondihacks, Nik Kantar, Walter Kitundu, Federico Tobon, Kelly Martin, Luke Noonan, Mike Tully, Adam Mayer, David Bellhorn, Tim Sway and Charlene McBride! They're our top Patreon supporters! Join 'em at: https://www.patreon.com/opposablethumbs

Episode 85: Ventilators, felt sculptures, and making your body do strange things.

We (Taylor Hokanson and Rob Ray) assign ourselves (and a guest) a new creative challenge every two weeks. We then talk about our discoveries, problems, solutions, failures and successes and.... try to steer clear of catastrophic shop accidents.