If you enjoy 3D printing with filament and are interested in something new, resin printing is a great option. There are some definite challenges–resin is notoriously messy and has more safety issues to think about. But the HALOT-X1 from PioCreat is a solid way to solve a few of the older issues and get started. […]
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After spending some time with xTool’s M1 Ultra, the other tools in my maker arsenal are feeling sorely neglected. This machine is a laser cutter/engraver, which it’s great at being. But it can also be a blade cutter (e.g. for vinyl), an inkjet printer, and a pen plotter, potentially replacing some other devices or eliminating […]
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Have you checked out Mission Unstoppable on CBS yet? Now in season 7, this show, hosted by Miranda Cosgrove, sends roving correspondents out to meet amazing women in STEM. One of those is Fig O’Reilly, a former Miss Universe Ireland and NASA Datanaut, and I recently got to chat with her about her five years […]
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I think most of us can agree that there is clearly a dimensional portal inside our washing machines that periodically takes socks from us to… somewhere. Right? You may even find that having bought a dozen pairs of the same sock, twenty-four socks, eventually you are somehow left with no matches. (Those five or so […]
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Flip through our snapshots from this year’s Dragon Con costumes here!
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Earlier this summer, I shared the history of badge and program artists at Dragon Con. But there’s another collectible that was added 20 years ago now–customized hotel keys in the host hotels. For the first six years, starting in 2005, there was a single piece of art used on all of the host hotel keys. […]
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During today’s Pokémon Presents event, Takato Utsunomiya, Chief Operating Officer of The Pokémon Company, announced the new mobile game Pokémon Friends would be available at the end of the event. Pokémon Friends is a plush-themed puzzle game set in Think Town, “a cozy corner of the world that’s famous for making Pokémon plush.” A machine called […]
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Like any con these days, there’s no shortage of cosplayers at MomoCon, and their game is top notch. Anime in general leads the pack, but notably popular this year were roving bands of Clair Obscur players toting baguettes, assorted Chainsaw M(e)n, Hazbin Hotel, and One Piece. Flip through the gallery below for a few of […]
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As someone who counts my Dragon Con attendance in decades now, it’s been fun to watch the con evolve and change over time, from the event tracks to the fan “cults” that seem to spawn every year, some lasting longer than others. Some easy (and “free”) pieces of annual memorabilia are your badge and program. […]
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Sunday afternoon as the end of this year’s MomoCon drew near, I was chatting with Darryl McDaniels–better known as DMC–in his booth when a mom approached announcing, “I didn’t think there was anything here for me, and then I saw you!” Over a career now approaching five decades, DMC has gone from learning mixing in […]
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Thanks to the internet making it easier to share and an increased distaste for disposable culture, the early 2000s were a great time to be a creator. Hackerspaces (and soon makerspaces, but we’re jumping ahead) exploded worldwide, and people were sharing more and more of their work and how-to knowledge online. There had long been hobbyist […]
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After exiting bankruptcy just last year, JoAnn Stores has filed Chapter 11 again, and it looks like this time they’re done. Gordon Brothers (the company currently liquidating Big Lots and some years back A.C. Moore) is the “stalking horse,” which means the company is open to other bidders, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. If […]
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I’ve been meaning to go on a personal field trip to a Pizza Hut Classic ever since I saw this blog post about them two years ago. In a world where nostalgia and immersive experiences rule pop culture, a combination of the two with a side of breadsticks sounded like a slam dunk of a […]
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As a longtime Dragon Con attendee now measuring my time there in decades, I’m at least as fascinated by the culture surrounding the event as I am any given year’s panels or biggest costumes.
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Even at the free tier, you’re able to get more and more help from chatbots with all sorts of tasks—including building your cosplays.
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This year emails with subjects like “shop Black Friday early!” are dropping in your inbox faster than your cousin grabbing all the rolls at Thanksgiving dinner. So should you shop now or wait a few weeks? What do I know? Maybe nothing. But I do love a sale and practically consider price-hunting a sport. I’ve […]
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You’re so over X/Twitter and can’t quite seem to entirely leave. You’ve got a few friends on Threads and a few on Bluesky. You’re pretty sure you also have accounts on at least five other social media networks and have forgotten most of them. And once in a while you hear the words “fediverse” and have a friend on something called Mastodon, but you don’t know where to start. Let me help!
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When it comes to hair-related products, you should know what kind of head is giving you the scoop. As a small child, I had solid 3a/3b ringlets. For the first chunk of my adulthood, I didn’t understand anything about curl types and suffered from attempting to apply advice from styling magazines clearly targeted at naturally […]
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A few weeks ago, I was looking for an audiobook to listen to in the car while driving a few hours to a college visit with my high school senior, and the library’s catalog suggested ‘It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs.’
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If you’ve got a young artist thinking about career options, put Dragon Con on next fall’s calendar.
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