Opposable Thumbs

By Rob Ray and Taylor Hokanson

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... more

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December 20, 2019Episode 69: Breathing
Kay Dartt is our guest this episode! West Virginia in tha house! Kay is a 3D fabrication badass so we're really excited to hear more about her work and see what she's created!
Rob puts the idle in paradiddle. Kay makes our weird bodies even weirder. Taylor toots his own horn.
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
Special Guest: Kay Dartt.
Links:
Kay Dartt (@kmkdartt) • Instagram photos and videos
Kay Dartt | Franconia Sculpture Park
Paolo Pedercini Personal Home Page
Simplify3D Software | All-In-One 3D Printing Software
Opposable Thumbs - J Stephen Lee
Spin casting - Wikipedia
All You Need to Know About Rotocasting - Jaycon Systems - Medium
Movement! Ear! Lung! | Rob Ray
Listening as (a) movement | Elana Mann
(130) Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Official Video) - YouTube
Tesla valve - Wikipedia
Rhino 6 for Windows and Mac
Grasshopper - New in Rhino 6
Cocoon – bespoke geometry
Janelle Monáe Official Website | DIRTY COMPUTER OUT NOW
Lizzo - New Video For Hit Single "Good As Hell" Out Now
Music | Liturgy
How to work within power structures that don't work for you — I used to want to live the artist’s life. I imagined this meant being unfettered by a 9-5 job and spending my days in my studio and my nights meeting friends at gallery openings. This is a naïve but common image of The Artist. I imagine if you’re reading this you already know it is a fantasy.
Angela Sheehan Is Developing Wearable Tech With Whimsy | Hackaday
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58min
December 08, 2019Episode 68: Future Nostalgia
Jen Hofer is our guest this episode! Los Angeles in the house!
Taylor fondly reflects on future millennial-turned-boomer maladies. Remember back when our insect protein crumbs would get stuck in the keys of our keyboards?
Jen asks Taylor and Rob to make connections and draw conclusions.
Rob stitches the 1846 to the 2019.
Thanks to David Picciuto for the Future Nostalgia challenge!
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
Special Guest: Jen Hofer.
Links:
Jen Hofer | Poetry Foundation
Antena
Jen Hofer | Otis College of Art and Design
Jen Hofer | NEA
the dictionary of obscure sorrows - Google Search
What does “OK boomer” mean? The meme, explained - Vox
Make Social Graphics, Short Videos, and Web Pages To Stand Out—In Minutes | Adobe Spark
Matthew Shenoda
F. Douglas Brown
TC Tolbert
Fady Joudah | Poetry Foundation
Performancer Violet Harlo
Sawako Nakayasu | Poetry Foundation
(129) Interrupt V: Sawako Nakayasu, Charles Shields, Judd Morrissey & Abraham Avnisan - YouTube
Opposable Thumbs Episode 13: Make a Flag
Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts
Read-o-Meter | Estimate the reading time.
Antena Los Angeles
The Operating System
TRIPWIRE | a journal of poetics
Litmus Press
SMFA at Tufts | School of the Museum of Fine Arts | Tufts University
Atari Middle Age Riot - Atari Middle Age Riot
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59min
November 20, 2019Episode 67: Gridlock
David Picciuto is our guest! Toledo, Ohio in tha house! Gridlock is our challenge! Thanks to Liz from Blitz City DIY for tha challenge! We talk about about local businesses, making something through making mistakes, and "Art" (We sipped wine and held our pinky fingers in the air during this part of the discussion.). We got David's rule #6! We also sand in the place where we live.
Rob takes a trip down guano lane. Yikes. That sounds horrible. David's finishing moves are both infinite and... non-existant. Dude... Taylor puts the Living in living hinge.
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
Special Guest: David Picciuto.
Links:
Make Something
Make Something - YouTube
Woodworking Project | Kitchen Drop Leaf Table - YouTube
Getting Started in Screen Printing. How it Works and What You Need! - YouTube
Batseeker Ultrasonic Bat Detectors
KenCraft CompanyKenCraft Company
Terminology | KenCraft CompanyKenCraft Company
Counting of the Omer - Wikipedia
@opposable_podcast • Instagram photos and videos
Bon Appétit - YouTube
Watch It's Alive: Goin' Places | Brad Makes a Custom Outdoor Grill Part 1 | Bon Appétit Video | CNE
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Mentos | Gourmet Makes | Bon Appétit - YouTube
"Love, Death & Robots" Zima Blue (TV Episode 2019) - IMDb
LACC: Lasercut ATX Computer Case
Amazon.com: Lenink AA Battery Eliminator Power Supply Adapter,Replace 2 AA Battery(1 Pack): Home Audio & Theater
Amazon.com: USB Rechargeable Lithium AAA Batteries Triple A Li-ion Battery with Micro USB Charging Cable 1.5V 450mAh 1h Quick-Charge Fuvaly (4pack): Home Audio & Theater
Amazon.com: Whizzotech Parallel AA to D Battery Adapters Holder 1.5V Output Case Box 3 AA to 1 D Converter Pack of 8 (Yellow): Electronics
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1h 4min
November 08, 2019Episode 66: Marathon
Rob and Taylor tackle the Marathon challenge! They dig into the complexities of data storage and archiving. We creative people who document our work in photos, videos, and text. It's a huge pile of digital stuff! We decided to converse three separate times as we tackled the worlds of atx, microatx, minitx, drive shucking, mdfind, RAID, NAS, DAS, VPN, and file recovery! Taylor got called a FIP.
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
Links:
The Best NAS for Plex - QNAP
TS-228A - Features | QNAP (US)
How to Get Premium Hard Drives for Cheap by “Shucking” External Drives
Amazon.com: QNAP TS-228A-US 2-bay NAS, ARM Quad-core 1.4GHz, 1GB DDR4 RAM, 3.5" SATA HDDs, 1xUSB3.0, 2xUSB2.0, 1x GbE LAN: Computers & Accessories
The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Data Protection Strategy
FIP
Amazon.com: Mediasonic ProRaid USB 3.1 10Gbps 2 Bay 2.5” & 3.5” SATA Hard Drive Enclosure – USB 3.1 Gen 2 10Gbps / USB-C/USB Type C (HUR5-SU31C): Computers & Accessories
It's A Digital Disease!
GitHub - robdeadtech/giant-piles-of-data: Creative people have Giant Piles of Data
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50min
October 24, 2019Episode 65: Soil
Antonio Garcia is our guest! Chicago in tha house! Soil is our challenge! Thanks to Bamanya Brian for tha challenge!
Taylor puts his Panteras on one NPN transistor at a time. Antonio pays tribute to 16-bit fart jokes most American's didn't get to enjoy in 1987. Rob has his patience tested by a very chill fly.
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
Links:
Dadwell & Co.
Surge Coffee Bar & Billiards
Tony Junior | Mixcloud
TurboGrafx-16 - Wikipedia
J.J. & Jeff - Wikipedia
Kato-chan & Ken-chan - The PC Engine Software Bible
Bamanya Brian
Ciat-Lonbarde
Sounds Of Insects | Albro T. Gaul
CEC — eContact! 17.4 — The Oval Synthesizer by Peter B
(7) s⚯paq⚯t (@soopaqoot) / Twitter
A.M. García on Behance
SHUDDER | Stream Horror, Thrillers, and Suspense Ad-Free and Uncut
Hereditary (2018) - IMDb
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1h
October 07, 2019Episode 64: Vulnerability
Bamanya Brian is our guest! Kampala, Uganda in tha house! Vulnerability is our challenge! Thanks to Antonio Martinez for tha challenge!
Taylor takes us on a chemically induced dive into surrealisms!
Brian hacks the system with light and radio!
Rob tackles function = toSyllabus(hangup, weeks, feedback) { //lots of work. }
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
Links:
Bamanya Brian
Bamanya Brian
(83) Un Chien Andalou (1929), de Luis Buñuel - YouTube
Modular synthesizer - Wikipedia
Chris Beckstrom's Homepage – My home on the internet
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54min
September 27, 2019Episode 63: Scale
Antonio Martinez is our guest! Carbondale, IL in tha house! Scale is our challenge! Thanks to Deborah Maris Lader for tha challenge!
Rob shows some lurve to tha curve. Antonio shows how to train your basement. Taylor may have formed a new industrial band.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to 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
Links:
Videos | Mysite
How to Hug and Other Sublimations of Men | Mysite
Welcome to Marwen - Wikipedia
The Devil's Circle: The Legend of the Tramping Ground - IMDb
Call for Models
Google Slides as a Pedagogical Tool — I am Beck Tench
Nutraloaf - Wikipedia
Opposable Thumbs Episode 29: 10x Bigger
vilhelm scream - Google Search
Opposable Thumbs Projects – We tackle a new creative challenge every two weeks and talk about our accomplishments, failures and lessons learned.
@opposable_podcast • Instagram photos and videos
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54min
September 13, 2019Episode 62: Capital
Deborah Lader, artist and founder/director of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative is our guest this episode! Chicago in tha house!
Capital is our challenge!
Deborah, Taylor and Rob dive into the joys of music playing and project longevity. Chicago Printmakers just turned 30! We also talk about working in groups (Shout out to the art-making and publishing group Temporary Services) and the creative power of collectivity.
Taylor adds value. Deborah dreams with the fishes. Rob might have the cable you're looking for.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to 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
Special Guest: Deborah Lader.
Links:
Deborah Maris Lader
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative - Classes - Gallery - Memberships
Sons of the Never Wrong | “Literate, Witty Folk Music!” Chicago Tribune
Group Work (pdf) by Temporary Services
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative on Instagram • Photos and Videos
Little Free Library | Take a Book • Share a Book
Amazon.com: Cricut Explore Air 2 Mint
Julia Evans - Julia Evans
NetNewsWire: Open Source RSS Reader for Mac
Airpup | Crowd Supply
Spotify – Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
Latino-Owned Discount Tool Store Replaces Logan Square Quinceañera Shop: ‘I Want To Be Here To Stay’ – Block Club Chicago
The Overstory - Richard Powers
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1h 3min
August 06, 2019Episode 61: Summer Road Trip!
Summer Roadtrip! No guests or challenges this summer but we're well prepared for Back to School this fall! Taylor is headed to the Franconia Sculpture Park iron pouring residency in Minnesota. Rob is breaking his brain while building a vanity. We talk about Duck Duck Go, wood warping and things going sideways.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to 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
Links:
Deborah Maris Lader
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative - Classes - Gallery - Memberships
Sons of the Never Wrong | “Literate, Witty Folk Music!” Chicago Tribune
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11min
June 29, 2019Episode 60: Five Questions
Taylor and Rob ask each other five questions.
And they talk about the end, and maybe return of, artisanal desktop software. Finding and having your community really helps.
Also, a shout out to Vance Maker, Tim Sway and the Reclaimed Audio podcast.
You can check out our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com
Props to 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
Links:
Rocksmith® - Learn to Play Guitar & Bass | Ubisoft® (US)
(17) Bullet Journal - YouTube
Sade - No Ordinary Love (Official Music Video) - YouTube
All Together Now! by Molly Allis » Thank you! — Kickstarter
All Together Now! | Molly Allis on Patreon
Tiled Map Editor | A flexible level editor
0.0.23a_01
Learn - Bullet Journal
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49min

FAQs about Opposable Thumbs:

How many episodes does Opposable Thumbs have?

The podcast currently has 99 episodes available.