I was inspired recently, by something a friend was doing. It was an art project; one that really grabbed me because, well, in its way it was a piece of lore. I mean it seemed to tell a story and it seemed like a glimpse into at a larger, deeper world. I'm sure some art critic somewhere would tell me it's not really art, blah blah blah, but it inspired me to take on something I've never tried before and that's pretty rare.

So what did it inspire me to do?

It inspired me to learn how to build electronics projects -- to tinker out here, in the physical world instead of in the game worlds I sculpt for a living. Read more»