Hobby Horse

Episode 20: Steven Masuch is a pog slammer

Steven Masuch is a "character actor of the web," with a variety of projects under his belt and a day job building iOS apps. He hosts the Slam for Hope Pog Tournament [http://slamforhope.com/] each year in Vancouver BC, Canada, with the 5th one coming up (and still accepting players and donations) on November 22nd. We go deep on something I completely missed while growing up (because I was 20 years old already). It's everything there is to know about pogs. Some pogs: smasuch-pogs [https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/4iV6GHPn.jpg] The Canadian (evil) Justin McElroy: canadian-mcelroy [https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/OkxjTHao.jpg] Last tournament's surprise champion: pog-champ [https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/02KVyuRi.jpg] Links: * Steven Masuch [http://www.smasuch.com/] * S (@smasuch) | Twitter [https://twitter.com/smasuch] * s mazuk [http://smasuch.tumblr.com/] * Sprinkles [http://electricmilk.com/junk/sprinkles/sprinkles.html] * Peach [http://peach.cool/] * The Fridge for iPhone [http://thefridgeapp.com/] * echo2video - YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/echo2video/videos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_id=0] — Hi Chew reviews * My Brother, My Brother and Me | Maximum Fun [http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/my-brother-my-brother-and-me] * Spartacus Books – Explosive titles since 1973 [http://spartacusbooks.net/] * Slam For Hope [http://slamforhope.com/] — November 22nd, 2018 in Vancouver BC * Pogman | Advertisements Time Forgot [https://forgottenadvertisements.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/pog-man/] * Slam For Hope 2014 Finalist Match - YouTube [https://youtu.be/iHhqGA1_fCs?t=102]

Episode 19: Erin McKean has sewn hundreds of dresses

Erin McKean is a lexicographer, writer, speaker, and maker that started Dress A Day about 13 years ago to chronicle her sewing projects. If you've ever seen Erin at a conference, chances are you've seen her in a really cool print fabric dress she made herself. We talk about her career, how she sews her dresses, as well as tips on how anyone can learn to sew their own clothes too. One of Erin's dresses, complete with bright red piping: erin-piping [https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/Rv6ddF3c.jpg] Links: * Erin McKean - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_McKean] * Erin McKean (@emckean) | Twitter [https://twitter.com/emckean?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] * Wordnik [https://www.wordnik.com/] * Urban Dictionary [https://www.urbandictionary.com/] * Adopt a Word at Wordnik! [https://www.wordnik.com/adoptaword] * A Dress A Day – A dress, nearly every day. [https://dressaday.com/] * Pockets: Articles of Interest #3 - 99% Invisible [https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/pockets-articles-of-interest-3/] * The perfect airplane dress – A Dress A Day [https://dressaday.com/2017/10/29/the-perfect-airplane-dress/] * Calling all creative people! | Craftsy [https://www.craftsy.com/] — how-to sewing videos * Patternsy [https://patternsy.weebly.com/] — PDF-to-pattern prints * Sewing Pattern Review Online Sewing Community [https://sewing.patternreview.com/] — "There's a forum for everything"

Episode 18: Dan Benjamin knows what time it is thanks to his watches

dans-watch [https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/PXgP6FFi.png] Dan Benjamin is the creator of the 5by5 podcast network [http://5by5.tv/] and the podcast hosting service Fireside.fm [https://fireside.fm/] and he is really into mechanical watches. We talk about his career in podcasting and how he got started, when he fell in love with watches, and how he wears and collects them today. Links: * Dan Benjamin [http://danbenjamin.com/] * 𝙳𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗 (@danbenjamin) | Twitter [https://twitter.com/danbenjamin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] * 5by5 | Dan Benjamin [http://5by5.tv/people/dan-benjamin] * 5by5 [http://5by5.tv/] * Hivelogic [http://hivelogic.com/] * 5by5 | Pipeline Classic #9: Matt Haughey [http://5by5.tv/pipelineclassic/9] * Pulsar Time Computer LED Watches of the 1970s [http://www.led-forever.com/html/pulsar_led_watch.html] * Watch Winders: Handmade Watch Winder Boxes & Watch Rotators | WOLF [https://www.wolf1834.com/category/watch-winders/] * Seiko Quartz Astron (first quartz watch) [https://global.epson.com/company/corporate_history/milestone_products/05_35sq.html] * Unwound Podcast (about watches) [http://5by5.tv/unwound] * Seiko Men's SKX007K2 Diver's Automatic Watch [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B5OD4I/matthaughey-20] * Seiko men's Diver watch (note the tiny arrows on the inside bottom right) [https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/050089cf-f6d7-461a-9d63-7fe900e1b7fe_1.527335da6d705629247613a21bc01ab6.jpeg?odnWidth=undefined&odnHeight=undefined&odnBg=ffffff] * watchuseek.com - Watch you seek is Watch you get! [https://www.watchuseek.com/] * Watchuseek forums [https://forums.watchuseek.com/forum.php] * Rolex Submariner Watch [https://www.rolex.com/watches/submariner.html?ef_id=WPo3BAAAAILl9x2U:20181020015130:s] * OMEGA Seamaster Watches [https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/watches/seamaster] * Seamaster Watch 210.30.42.20.03.001 [https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/watch-omega-seamaster-diver-300m-omega-co-axial-master-chronometer-42-mm-21030422003001]

Episode 17: Darius Kazemi explains his love of anime

jojos [https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/RGrq6Pg3.jpg] Darius Kazemi is a programmer and bot author and all-around internet artist that has a podcast with two fellow cohosts about an anime series they all love. Darius explains how he got into programming, gaming, bot authoring, and the social network mastodon, before we dive into the ins and outs of anime, what kinds of shows he likes and how one would go about getting started. Links: * Tiny Subversions | Darius Kazemi [http://tinysubversions.com/] — Darius Kazemi * Feel Train [https://feeltrain.com/] * Metaphor-a-Minute! (@metaphorminute) | Twitter [https://twitter.com/metaphorminute?lang=en] * Ian Bogost (@ibogost) | Twitter [https://twitter.com/ibogost?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] * Wordnik [https://www.wordnik.com/] * Roof Slapping Bot (@RoofSlappingBot) | Twitter [https://twitter.com/roofslappingbot?lang=en] * ConceptNet [http://conceptnet.io/] * Queer Eye Bot (@QueerEye@botsin.space) - botsin.space [https://botsin.space/@QueerEye] * GitHub - dariusk/corpora: A collection of small corpuses of interesting data for the creation of bots and similar stuff. [https://github.com/dariusk/corpora] * wordfilter - npm [https://www.npmjs.com/package/wordfilter] * Glitch Logos (@GlitchLogos) | Twitter [https://twitter.com/GlitchLogos?lang=en] * Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows [https://advocacy.mozilla.org/en-US/open-web-fellows/overview] * Beaker Browser [https://beakerbrowser.com/] * JoJo's Bizarre Explainer [https://explainjojo.com/] * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Watch on Crunchyroll [http://www.crunchyroll.com/jojos-bizarre-adventure] * Watch JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 01 Episode 01 | Hulu [https://www.hulu.com/watch/996205#i0,p0,s1,d0] * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Adult Swim [http://www.adultswim.com/videos/jo-jos-bizarre-adventure/] * Yowamushi Pedal - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowamushi_Pedal] * Slice of Life - Anime - MyAnimeList.net [https://myanimelist.net/anime/genre/36/Slice_of_Life] * My Love Story!! - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_Story!!] * Love Kome: We Love Rice (Love Rice) - MyAnimeList.net [https://myanimelist.net/anime/34402/Love_Kome__We_Love_Rice] * Shirobako - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirobako] * The Japanese Military Is Getting Offensively Cute | VICE News [https://news.vice.com/article/the-japanese-military-is-getting-offensively-cute] * Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you think | The Independent [https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hollywood-cia-washington-dc-films-fbi-24-intervening-close-relationship-a7918191.html] * Yuri!!! on ICE Series Marathon | Fathom Events [https://www.fathomevents.com/events/yuri-on-ice-binge] * Too Much Not Enough by Too Much Not Enough on Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/too-much-not-enough/id1414537575?mt=2] — (we ran out of time to talk about it, but worth checking out)

Episode 16: Todd Hamina is a winemaker that raced his bike across America

winery [https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/6mnuB4ZI.jpg] ☝️Todd's winery todds-bike [https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/8/8902c1c9-f2fa-4d62-89a4-5ff690afde35/zHzoY4wb.jpg] ☝️Todd's bike for the Trans Am Race Todd Hamina has been making wine under different labels for 26 years in the Pacific Northwest, from farming his own grapes to owning his own winery. We chatted a bit about how the wine industry works in Oregon before transitioning to bikes. Todd's been riding his whole life, but in June of 2018 he decided to participate in the Trans America (self-supported) bike race from the coast of Oregon all the way across the US to the Atlantic Ocean in Virgina. He pulled out of the race in Colorado after nearly 1800 miles over the course of a couple weeks riding over 130 miles per day all on his own. He had to quit due to cramping in his hands and shoulders that took away his ability to use his brakes. We talk about how he trained, what his setup was like, and how he attacked each day of the race. Links: * Biggio Hamina Cellars of McMinnville, OR [http://biggiohamina.com/] * Maysara Winery | & Momtazi Vineyard [https://maysara.com/] * Trans Am Bike Race [https://transambikerace.com/] * Todd Hamina - Trans Am Bike Race 2018 [http://trackleaders.com/transam18i.php?name=Todd_Hamina] — Todd's tracker from the race, where he covered about 1,700 miles before having to quit * Route Maps | Adventure Cycling Association [https://www.adventurecycling.org/cyclosource-store/route-maps/]