| 单词 | tinkerer |
| 例句 | I ain’t seen the tinkerer since the day of my whipping, and I owe him a hearty thanks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I mark time by the flares the tinkerer fires, and the third one has just gone up when to my left one of the roughnecks goes down, screaming as the dead begin to devour him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As a teenager he prowled the flea markets of Mountain View, where electronics hobbyists and tinkerers sold spare parts. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The burning in my back settles into a steady throb, the salve the tinkerer brought actually helping. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “You can repay me by convincing the tinkerer to fix my bath, since you seem to have his ear.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Lying in a bed, arms hanging over the side, is the tinkerer I met on the first day, Mr. Gideon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Once when I was little, my grandmother, in her usual logic-defying fashion, answered my request for another cookie by saying that my grandfather had been a tinkerer. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I turn back to the tinkerer, who is very calmly reholstering his pistol. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The family then moved back to Britain, where Mack grew up in Aberdeen, and became a scientist, a tinkerer, a great piano player, with a bit of a short attention span himself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I turn out into the abyss before us, still lit softly by the tinkerer’s firework. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Flare’s up!” the tinkerer calls, and the night is lit once more. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He was an inveterate tinkerer and inventor, a lover of gadgetry and mechanical devices, a designer of machines and contraptions of all sorts, a dreamer of big dreams. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “We’ve tried that before. He beat the poor girl something fierce, nearly killed her,” she says, low enough that the tinkerer doesn’t hear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Ain’t nothing good going to come from losing my head over the tinkerer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I know why the tinkerer is frustrated, but I don’t have an answer to his question, and just shake my head. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The tinkerer puts his revolver away and gives me a wry smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The tinkerer quickly assesses the situation before nodding. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was a dismal settlement, but to Harry it was a tinkerer’s paradise and the perfect place to try to forget Spokane. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One wall was crowded with tacked-up plans and schematics; another was piled high with tinkerer junk; the bench TimeStar occupied was littered with snipped wires, and tools, and computer equipment. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z For some mysterious reason I find it difficult to lie to the tinkerer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “The tinkerer. Gideon. Most of the fancy gadgets you see around town are his creation.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The tinkerer sighs, running his hand through his hair, and I see the telltale glint of a bracelet on his wrist. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The electric lights, the various mechanical pieces spread across the worktable, the shelf of neatly labeled solvents—the tinkerers laboratory is a completely different world than the one I was used to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Asked whether he believes that a “post-racial society” — a phrase often invoked after Obama’s election — was desirable, Coates — ever the tinkerer — offered an alternative wording. With Atlantic article on reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates sees payoff for years of struggle But designer Gustave Eiffel — an inveterate tinkerer — happened to include a radio antenna and telegraph transmitters at the top, and the French government decided they made the tower too useful to tear down. How to get the most from your Eiffel Tower visit 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z How did tinkerers traditionally influence American industry and society? “The Tinkerers”: How corporations kill creativity 2012-12-30T17:00:00Z Brass players are tinkerers at heart, always exploring the possibility that a minute change in lip or tongue placement might unlock new sonic worlds. Philip Smith, Master Trumpeter 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Often, his works seem to be the product of a hyper-intellectual tinkerer, who relishes his time at the soldering bench as much as he enjoys producing unexpected conceptual and auditory resonances. An Artwork for an Age of Anxiety and Ayahuasca 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Whatever he delivers, audiences can trust it’ll be meticulously crafted and engineered to perfection – Greenwood earned a reputation as an obsessive studio tinkerer from his earliest Radiohead days. Solo performance: who should score Star Wars once John Williams quits? 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z But he also studied mechanical and electrical engineering, and he was an inveterate tinkerer. Walter Sear, an Audio Engineer With a Passion for Analog, Dies at 80 2010-05-07T03:11:00Z There were commanders and soldiers, creative thinkers and slow tinkerers. Want to be an adventure tour leader? You have a better chance of getting into Dartmouth. 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Indeed, these new-age tinkerers now outrank traditional tinkerers in both numbers and economic influence. “The Tinkerers”: How corporations kill creativity 2012-12-30T17:00:00Z And then in the early '80s, being a lifelong tinkerer and amateur inventor, he eased into special effects, creating his first effects at a groundbreaking ceremony for a supermarket in his hometown, Milwaukee. Hollywood's winter weather man 2010-12-30T06:00:00Z Jason Crusan wasn’t much of a stargazer when he was a kid — instead, he was a tinkerer. Journey to Mars: Meet Jason Crusan, NASA’s director of Advanced Exploration Systems 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z An inveterate tinkerer, Mr. Cruise typically plays with ideas, characters and scripts, developing his slant on stories that are ultimately written by others. Development Yields ?Knight and Day,? Cruise-Diaz Film 2010-04-14T21:58:00Z And my father was a tinkerer, too, making things, fixing things. Paul and Justin Theroux on Eccentric Patriarchs and ‘The Mosquito Coast’ 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Lastly, tinkering is a disruptive act in which the tinkerer pivots from history and begins a new journey that results in innovation, invention, and illumination. “The Tinkerers”: How corporations kill creativity 2012-12-30T17:00:00Z In a workshop hung with shards of scrap metal, a Gepetto-like tinkerer called Little Pete assembles a special treat: a girl's dress stretched over a wire frame that spins and twirls in giddy circles. The relentless whimsy of "Micmacs" 2010-05-28T00:20:00Z One of the strangest and most affecting songs here is “Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967,” about a basement tinkerer who set off in a homemade submersible despite the advice of everyone close to him. New Music: New Albums by John Mayer, Haley Reinhart and Linda Oh 2012-05-21T22:24:29Z Like a mad scientist from one of her futuristic novels, Margaret Atwood is an avid tinkerer who seems willing to experiment with almost any digital technology. Margaret Atwood, Digital Deep-Diver, Writes ‘The Heart Goes Last’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Zuk is especially good at explaining how evolution is a tinkerer, an opportunist; it isn't going anywhere and it never gets there. Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live by Marlene Zuk – review 2013-04-24T06:30:03Z Clockworker, magician, filmmaker — each, at his best, is an inspired handyman, a tinker and tinkerer of genius. Hugo: Scorsese's Magnificent Dream Machine 2011-11-22T20:39:54Z Within a year of Louis Daguerre’s announcement of his namesake photographic process in 1839, scientists, tinkerers and adventurous amateurs were reproducing the technique in the United States. Review | Before the West, there was the East, and it was wild 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Advertisement Picasso was more completely himself in three dimensions: a magician, a magpie genius, a comedic entertainer and a tinkerer with superb reflexes. Review: Picasso, Completely Himself in 3 Dimensions 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Cline is a tinkerer inspired by the ethnic grocery stores around him: there’s cinnamon-scented Mexican chocolate or ube, which is infused with the purple-red Filipino yam and tastes mildly of butterscotch. | Choice Tables: A Trail of Sweets to Guide You Across Seattle Area 2010-05-12T18:39:00Z I’m an irredeemable tinkerer, endlessly working to achieve dishes that are both exciting and balanced. I didn’t like grandma’s brisket — but here’s why I’ll always love it 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z He’s among the most productive figures of jazz’s last 40 years, a worthy luminary with the instincts of a tinkerer, more committed to inquiry than to resolution. Critic?s Notebook: Chick Corea, Jazz Chameleon, in All His Colors 2011-10-31T22:28:02Z Speaking about today’s young fiction writers, for example, he notes how “the parodists, inventors, miniaturists, and tinkerers are now coming into prominence, taking over from the arid metafictionists.” Review: David Salle’s ‘How to See,’ a Painter’s Guide to Looking at and Discussing Art 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z For Hatch, a lifelong tinkerer, operating the machinery scratches an itch. A printing press operator and a snail expert? These museum workers have become unlikely TikTok stars. 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Lange, a notorious perfectionist and sound sculptor, found perfect foils in the studio tinkerers of Def Leppard and never skimped on details. It’s time for the critical reappraisal of Def Leppard, whether you like it or not 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Bayro C. is an artist, but also something of an tinkerer. In the galleries: Rooted in nature but not always natural 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z And Bach was himself an inveterate tinkerer, with both his own pieces and those of other composers. Music Review: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at Zankel Hall ? Review 2011-11-21T23:08:19Z The important word here is “might,” because I’m an incorrigible tinkerer. Tinker and tailor your way to a hearty French shepherd’s pie 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z That means more rules broken, more corporations pushed beyond their comfort zones, more opportunities for tinkerers to be given the opportunity to disassemble and rebuild. Louis Vuitton Meets Nike in Virgil Abloh’s Dream Sneaker 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Where do we draw the line between tinkerers and hackers? “The Tinkerers”: How corporations kill creativity 2012-12-30T17:00:00Z He makes the old tinkerer a crackpot who carries on conversations with himself, Gollum-style. 'Wrath of the Titans' has a little fun on its way to Hades 2012-03-28T20:11:16Z It’s often assumed that somewhere in the late 1800s, at the turn of the century, tinkerers went the way of the horse and buggy. “The Tinkerers”: How corporations kill creativity 2012-12-30T17:00:00Z He takes a tinkerer’s joy in breaking apart syntax and putting it back together. The Hedonic Appeal of “Dreyer’s English” 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Balanchine was a notorious tinkerer; his final thoughts were not always his best. Dance Review: Boston Ballet Offers ?Ultimate Balanchine? 2010-05-10T22:08:00Z She liked the tinkerers, the thieves and the magpies, and she fell in with those jolly pirates. Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z A Healing House A tinkerer’s ode to a tinkerer, and a romantic’s tribute to a romantic, Brent Green’s “Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then” radiates an oddball homemade charm. | 'Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then': A Healing House 2010-05-07T01:52:00Z Drake is an invincible god of the Internet, a puckish tinkerer of its tropes. How Pusha T’s “The Story of Adidon” Viciously Undercuts Drake’s Celebrity 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z So your artistic soul joins an art class or dance or theater group; your dynamo plays a high-energy sport; your tinkerer takes robotics or joins a scout group; your intense thinker takes martial arts; etc. Carolyn Hax: Mean girls making things tough for 10-year-old social butterfly 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z But the actual advent of the solid-body electric guitar, sometime in the 1940s, was a tangled tale of tinkerers, craftsmen, musicians and businessmen who hardly realized what they had unleashed. Behind the Guitar Heroes 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z This man had the look of a gentleman tinkerer, someone who might do a bit of scribbling in his spare time. In Roald Dahl’s Car 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Though he may see himself as more of a tinkerer than a visionary, Mr. Zemeckis frequently uses the novelty of special effects in the service of an aesthetic idea that is also a moral ideal. Review: ‘The Walk,’ High-Wire Bravado at World Trade Center 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z In Brazil, Mr. Zé, 80, is known as a pioneer, a tinkerer, a jokester, a deep thinker and a gadfly. Review: Tom Zé Brings Brazilian Songs With Breezy Tunes and Sly Jokes to BAM 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z A notorious perfectionist and tinkerer, Mr. Geisel took work to Random House only when it was complete. Dr. Seuss Book: A Discovery in a Box, and Then a Reconstruction 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Tristan Perich is one of the most innovative tinkerers in electronic music, creating works of vibrant mystery. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z But historically, American tinkerers were a relatively eclectic bunch who hatched extraordinary, life-changing innovations by sheer will and forward momentum. “The Tinkerers”: How corporations kill creativity 2012-12-30T17:00:00Z The Internet’s output tells us that the band was never building a thesis against its forebearers; tinkerers like them are composing by recombination. Review: The Serene, Funk-Drenched Sound of the Internet’s “Hive Mind” 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z For a tinkerer like Charlotte, this “human-shaped pillow” is a disappointing gift. A New Technology Age: When the Technology Is Books, and the Age Is 3 to 7 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Many of Henry’s fellow tinkerers were scientists and mathematicians who added mechanical arms to computers to guide pens across the screen or sheets of paper. Design: When Desmond Paul Henry Traded His Pen for a Machine 2011-02-27T19:00:05Z The master tinkerer became a star in the 1950s, scoring a pair of No. 1 hits, “How High the Moon” and “Vaya con Dios” with then-wife Mary Ford, and a regular television spot. The Holy Grail of the electric guitar? Not exactly. 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z In the decades before Yugoslavia's dissolution, Danilo and his wife, Stoja, raise two sons, the elder an ill-tempered tinkerer, the younger brawny and dutiful. Reif Larsen's 'I Am Radar' transmits narrative magic 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Set five years after "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," the new film introduces a new hero — a small-town single dad and tinkerer, played by Mark Wahlberg — but is otherwise indistinguishable from the earlier "Transformers" pictures. A semi-happy ending for 'Once Upon a Time' 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z There are the tinkerers who spend their weekends with soldering irons, trying to build the perfect R2D2. Review: ‘How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,’ by Chris Taylor A gentlemanly tinkerer, van Afferden will charmingly talk up his dandyish linen suits or the ingenious sofa he made of stuffed antique German flour bags. | D?sseldorf, Germany 2012-05-11T16:18:27Z After publicly releasing chatbots last fall, the generative AI industry has had to repeatedly plug security holes exposed by researchers and tinkerers. Don’t expect quick fixes in ‘red-teaming’ of AI models. Security was an afterthought 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z From the tinkerer to the fine artist, the mailbox makers harbor a sincere wish that their quirky creations will brighten someone’s day, add levity to a morning walk or good-naturedly ruffle a few feathers. The fabulously creative (and personal) mailboxes of Bainbridge Island 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z He described Rush as a tinkerer who tried to make do with what was available to carry out the dives, but in hindsight, he said, “it was a bit dubious.” Looking back, sub tourist calls himself ‘naive’ for taking 2021 dive to the Titanic 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z But Mr. Smith, of Bridlington in East Yorkshire, England, and known as an “imaginative tinkerer,” could not stop tinkering. With a New, Improved ‘Einstein,’ Puzzlers Settle a Math Problem 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z I’m also a chronic tinkerer and immediately knew that I had the answer to that problem in my pantry: wonton chips. I love a good egg roll. This bowl turns those flavors into dinner. 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z They described him as a tinkerer who taught himself how to use a hang glider, and did not believe he was breaking the law by possessing the Hawk Innovative Tech devices. Nazi-admiring Jan. 6 rioter sentenced to 3 years in separate weapons case 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Smith’s investigations were mostly by hand; one of his co-authors described him as an “imaginative tinkerer.” Elusive ‘Einstein’ Solves a Longstanding Math Problem 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z In other words, these are the type of tools that set our species on its evolutionary course to become ever more productive hunter-gatherers and technological tinkerers. What Stone-Wielding Macaques Can Tell Us about Early Human Tool Use 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The tin-eared tinkerers who rewrote Dahl might have made his books marginally less offensive, but also significantly less engaging. Opinion | Why it’s wrong to rewrite Roald Dahl’s children’s books 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Nearby, Ph.D. student Matthew Stromberg, an avid angler and tinkerer, fiddled with the controls of a purification chamber, a shoulder-height blue metal tank. Oceans away: Is raising salmon on land the next big thing in farming fish? 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z “There’s this shift from the view of the chef as the macho, womanizing Marco Pierre White brute to, like, ‘Hey, I’m a nerdy tinkerer... and I love taking things apart and putting them back together.’” Former Noma cooks dish on grueling work, experimentation at restaurant 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Erickson is among a small but expanding group of tinkerers, racers, engineers and entrepreneurs across the country who are converting vintage cars and trucks into greener, and often much faster, electric vehicles. Racers, mechanics, tinkerers converting classic cars to EVs 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z But the energy they ultimately unleashed — along with their fellow tinkerers on steam engines — made possible humanity’s greatest period of flourishing. Opinion | Historic advance in nuclear fusion is truly something to celebrate 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Entrepreneurs such as Dane Miller, in the grand tradition of American tinkerers, invented and steadily improved these products. Opinion | It’s good to run into an optimist these days. A roomful is even better. 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z “Evolution is a tinkerer. Illuminating what workable molecular programs have evolved tells us what is biologically possible and where the constraints are,” he says. Strange Tree Fern Has a Surprisingly Enormous Genome 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Almost 15 years ago, Indian tinkerers and small businesses began importing electric motors and lead-acid batteries from China to assemble cheap vehicles. India’s Electric Vehicle Push Is Riding on Mopeds and Rickshaws 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z I’d glimpsed the mysterious underbelly of computing, and I thought I wanted to join the ranks of the pirates and tinkerers who could bend the laws of software to their will. Pirates of Khadda Market 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z His son Willy took the reins and transformed the winery from an artisan tinkerer’s laboratory to a thriving business, focusing on the vinifera grape varieties that were most commercially viable. This 60-year-old winery changed the way America grew grapes 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The Steam Deck is a tinkerer’s dream device. iFixit’s Steam Deck fan and battery replacement kits are finally in stock 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Behind the ordinary façade of an RAF veteran and panel beater, Ken was an eccentric British technological tinkerer, the documentary shows. Studio Electrophonique: The council house that launched top British bands 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z There’s something understatedly lovely about these formerly teenage tinkerers facilitating the next generation of game makers with a suite of digital tools that streamlines aspects of a notoriously complicated creative and technical process. The game makers who found careers as asset store creators 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge After Google abandoned the hardware, tinkerers and mod developers spent a few years trying to give the Nexus Q a new lease on life. Google’s worst hardware flop was introduced 10 years ago today 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z “They are jamming everything their systems can reach,” said an official of Aerorozvidka, a reconnaissance team of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle tinkerers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of safety concerns. Deadly secret: Electronic warfare shapes Russia-Ukraine war 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z But now with electric crate motors becoming available from big automakers like Ford, it’s a hopeful display of support for smaller shops and tinkerers that would like to modify their own vehicles. The future of electric vehicles is this 44-year-old pickup truck 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “He’s a guy who’s not necessarily a tinkerer but he can make adjustments,” Roberts said. Takeaways: Dodgers work to resolve winning almost everywhere except the scoreboard 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “My husband grew up here and we’ve always wanted to to come back,” said Mr. Opsahl, who described an affinity between Beta engineers and Vermonters as “passionate tinkerers.” The Battery That Flies 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z A tinkerer by nature, Mr. Walker mastered a power screwdriver when he was 3, shocking his parents by using it to remove the deadbolt from the front door of his family home. This Is What Happens When Globalization Breaks Down 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z It is a tinkerer’s dream workshop, with machining tools for making parts, welding equipment and a 20-ton hydraulic shop press to pack parachutes as densely as oak. Dreaming of Suitcases in Space 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z But that hasn’t stopped tinkerers like Rich Rebuilds on YouTube from repairing the cars himself. The future of electric vehicles is this 44-year-old pickup truck 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z To prosecutors, he is a chemical tinkerer who has preyed on horse racing’s ineffectual patchwork regulatory system. As his doping case goes to trial, a veterinarian says it’s horse racing that’s corrupt 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Laurie Anderson could be considered a modern Renaissance woman but she would humbly say that she's "just a dabbler and a tinkerer". Laurie Anderson's 'heartbreakingly beautiful' art 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Amaya, 48, approaches his work managing 300 hectares with a tinkerer’s curiosity and an appreciation for science. Mexico’s wheat fields help feed the world. They’re also releasing a dangerous greenhouse gas. A professional violinist, singer and general tinkerer, Hart typically layers his own personal style of playing into a full string ensemble. Medieval 'weirdness' in the score taps into the otherworldly feel of 'Green Knight' 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z His father, he said, was as an inveterate tinkerer, including with a “cherished 1962 Impala” that did not survive Mr. Powell’s long weekend of work on the engine. At Colin Powell’s Funeral, Washington Unites to Pay Tribute 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z She sounded careful and lawyerly — like a tinkerer rather than a warrior. Opinion | It’s Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Now 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z A lifelong dreamer and tinkerer who designed small dirigibles as well as athletic shoes with interchangeable soles, Morey died Thursday in a Laguna Hills hospital, his son Sol Morey announced on Facebook. Tom Morey, Boogie Board inventor who opened the waves to the masses, dies 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z They said a tinkerer with YouTube access could learn the needed skills. AP: Military units track guns using tech that could aid foes 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z An inveterate tinkerer, he worked for and formed several companies over his long career that developed, marketed and sold toys and other products. Reuben Klamer, toy inventor who created the Game of Life, dies at 99 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z For most of the recent past, electric cars were relegated to the fringes of the automotive industry, the domain of fuel-crisis tinkerers, retrofitters and automaker skunk works departments. Perspective | Five myths about electric vehicles 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z At 87, the first sub-Saharan author to be honored by Stockholm remains a brilliant thinker and tinkerer. 'At long last, Idunit!' Wole Soyinka on his first novel in nearly 50 years 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z I’m a tinkerer by nature, so I tweaked the proportions for an airier batter and a more tender crumb. 3-ingredient blueberry muffins from TikTok’s favorite grandma are a true delight 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z He remains a seeker and a tinkerer, hard-wired to optimize at the peril of trying to fix what may not be broken. Novak Djokovic Is Sensitive, Even When the Crowd’s Not Against Him 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z After founding his own company, Ronco, Popeil branched out to flog his own inventions and those he bought from less extroverted tinkerers. Opinion | Ron Popeil was an incomparable huckster — but wait! There’s more! 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z There is still room in his plan for backyard tinkerers and mechanics. An Australian inventor wants to stop global warming by electrifying everything But Philip was known as a tinkerer and champion of engineering. Prince Philip’s coffin will be carried in a Land Rover he designed 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z It all means the New Model M isn’t the best keyboard for tinkerers. Unicomp New Model M review: back to brilliant basics 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z My neighbour, a talented tinkerer, repaired the blender. Cold comfort: how cold water swimming cured my broken heart 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z So I experimented with how to minimize the costs of doing video-instructed workouts at home, talked to tinkerers, and assessed the pros and cons. How to get a Peloton-style workout without splurging 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z So I experimented with how to minimize the costs of doing video-instructed workouts at home, talked to tinkerers and assessed the pros and cons. How to Get a Peloton-Style Workout Without Splurging 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z But the Beach Boys’ resident tinkerer does seem motivated to ask new questions of the old work; at the very least, he’s open to the idea that somebody’s happy memories might be a sham. Review: Rock nostalgia (which rhymes with MAGA) at a drive-in Beach Boys concert 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Speaking to Popular Mechanics in 2015, Eddie said he had "always been a tinkerer" and started modifying his own instruments out of necessity. 'He scared the hell out of a million guitarists' 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z IFTTT, a perennial favorite of smart home tinkerers everywhere, is going Pro. IFTTT introduces Pro subscriptions, limits free version to three applets 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Check the website XDA Developers to see whether tinkerers are building custom software for the Android phone you intend to buy. How to Buy Tech That Lasts and Lasts 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z The innovative journey, as he shows us, goes back to Jacquard looms and the step-by-step advances of a number of early tinkerers. Review | An exploration of ‘How Innovation Works’ 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z A tinkerer with two patents to his name, including a safety device that prevents falling ice from hitting pedestrians, Mr. Faldetta created what he calls a “fogging station” to sanitize everyone entering the building. Lobby Heroes of the Lockdown 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, some are hanging gloves in the sun, while tinkerers are creating their own UVC gizmos. Sunlight’s ultraviolet wavelengths have strengths, limitations in disinfecting against the coronavirus 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The swift spread of the new coronavirus is rallying countless scientists and tinkerers to address the grave shortage of medical equipment. Hive Mind of Makers Rises to Meet Pandemic 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z At last year’s DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas, it took tinkerers less than eight hours to hack two older ballot-marking devices that organizers obtained. Reliability of pricey new voting machines questioned 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z At last year’s DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas, it took tinkerers at the ‘Voting Village’ not even eight hours to hack two older ballot-marking devices. Reliability of pricey new voting machines questioned 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z This is for the tinkerer and the techie. Tech review: 2019 tech gift ideas for the holiday shopper: MacBook, Chromebook and other computers and accessories 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Dipoto is an inveterate trader and tinkerer, as we all know. The Mariners were admittedly ‘an awful team’ last season and fans need to brace for more drudgery in 2020 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z An electrical engineer and longtime tinkerer, Dybwad got to work on creating a sensor from scratch that uses a laser to count the number of particles in the air. When the power went out during California’s wildfires, the air quality monitors turned off, too 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Based on my experiences at Tino’s, which debuted in early September in a former Chipotle outlet, Griffith is a relentless tinkerer of pizza dough. Review | Tino’s is a neighborhood pizzeria with a fine-dining heart 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z “We fully understand the desire of tinkerers, and do-it-yourselfers, to repair broken appliances and devices,” said Dusty Brighton, executive director of the Security Innovation Center, a coalition of tech companies that has opposed the measures. Tech giants fight digital right-to-repair bills 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z On Ultima Online, players choose an alternate identity, an “alt”; you can be a wizard or a warrior or a tinkerer or a thief. Review: Edward Snowden and the Rise of Whistle-Blower Culture in “Permanent Record” 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “I’m just a tinkerer. I love building stuff.” A millionaire day trader, the secret bunker under his home and a murder conviction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z So instead of encouraging disruptors, our economy and also our political institutions may be better off with a few more toilers and tinkerers. Disruptor has become a dirty word. And not just when applied to Donald Trump | Andre Spicer 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z A racetrack veteran compares the Self Racing Cars contest in California to hot-rod modders of old: “This event, with its hackers, tinkerers and engineers, is just like that.” Gentlemen, Start Your Algorithms 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Brighton said tinkerers and amateur repairers could expose devices to hacks that might divulge personal information or increase the risk of fires. Tech giants fight digital right-to-repair bills 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Toyota tinkerers have created a robot that rarely misses free throws or three-point shots. Pro rasslin’ can trace its roots all the way back to 267 A.D. Egypt 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z A lot of the specialized equipment Bob installs was invented by tinkerers who were inspired by necessity. Perspective | ‘It just changed the way he lived’: The shop that helps put drivers with disabilities on the road 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z A tinkerer and collector of flat sticks—Ancer owns more than 40—he put a new Odyssey one in the bag this week. Abraham Ancer's backstory makes him a golfer to root for come Sunday at the Players - Golf Digest 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Arnold Palmer was a renowned club tinkerer, so much so that his personal collection of golf clubs that he housed in Latrobe, Penn., was north of 10,000 clubs—including more than 2,000 putters. At the Arnold Palmer Invitational, players such as Phil Mickelson and others made like Arnie with equipment changes - Golf Digest 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Independent repair shops and home tinkerers would have a much easier time if Apple provided them with parts, instructions and software. Tech giants fight digital right-to-repair bills 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z After switching schools when he was twelve, he made friends with other tinkerers. A Grand Plan to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z “A lot of the first teachers that started using 3D printing, they were those early adopters and tinkerers,” says product marketing director Johan-Till Broer. MakerBot’s new 3D printer shows how much it’s changed in nine years 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Like his father, whose inventions included a cheese press and a washing machine, Marvin was a tinkerer. Perspective | Good to the last drop: The drinking straw was invented in Washington 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z The average member in the Cast Bullet Association is a 55-year-old man, typically mathematically-inclined tinkerers from professions where they used their hands, such as dentists, mechanics or surgeons, Mr. Reiss said. Inside the World of D.I.Y. Ammunition 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z He is a consummate tinkerer, tapping, soft-shoeing, a man adrift in bars and meters. 'Burlesque,' a new Lincoln Jones ballet, a new collaboration with Charles Wuorinen and why it works - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Every government is a machine, and every machine has its tinkerers — and its jams. Opinion | The Hacking of America 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z And while Abode is great for deep smart home tinkerers, its setup and hardware is not as easy to use as our main picks. The best home security system you can install yourself 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Others credit Britain’s capital markets, communities of skilled tinkerers and cultural habits that encouraged disciplined effort and entrepreneurial ambition. The Industrial Revolution could shed light on modern productivity 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z One solution to the problem of semi-educated tinkerers is to educate them properly in the language’s arcana. Python has brought computer programming to a vast new audience 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Bales is a lean man of 79, with a pencil-thin mustache and the hunched frame of a lifelong tinkerer. The Water Wars of Arizona 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Anderson, one of the game’s great tinkerers, focused for much of the past year on being more demonstrative on court to keep himself in the moment. Wimbledon: After Many, Many Hours, Kevin Anderson Beats John Isner in the Semifinals 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Besides that, Stanton also is known as an tinkerer — a technician always making sure his equipment will help him go “farther, further under water, in the dark.” British divers bring experience to Thai cave drama 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Another community-made ad blocker is Pi-hole, designed for use on devices built using Raspberry Pi—a small, single circuit board computer popular among hobbyists and tinkerers learning how to program. Where Will the Ad versus Ad Blocker Arms Race End? 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Carbon appeals to theoretical tinkerers like Cranford because the element's atoms bind to one another in multiple ways. A scientist calculated the ludicrous strength of Marvel villain Thanos 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z A tinkerer, who by definition frequently changes lineups and tactics, is a bold affront to a sport hidebound by tradition. Mexico and coach Juan Carlos Osorio heading for breakup no matter what happens at World Cup 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z If anything, the game reminded me that it’s often better to be a tinkerer than a perfectionist. Review | ‘Frostpunk:’ The stressful thrill of being a leader in tough times 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z But I wouldn’t mind living in a world where Microsoft loved tinkerers a tenth as much as it loves enterprise salespeople in business suits. How a Silicon Valley episode can help explain the future of Windows 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z He was this middle-class guy born and raised in Lakewood, Colorado, grew up a bit of a tinkerer. This Storm Chaser Risked It All for Tornado Research 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Just weeks before the Classic West, he and McVie released an excellent duo record that demonstrated how much juice he still has as a songwriter and a studio tinkerer. Why leaving Fleetwood Mac may be a smart move for Lindsey Buckingham 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z From the early 1800s, tinkerers tried to find ways to mechanise typesetting, which would require less motion to pick and arrange type in order, and sometimes to distribute it back into its cases. When newspaper compositors were sporting heroes 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z But in soccer terms Osorio, 56, is a “tinkerer,” a label given to tireless experimenters unable to leave well enough alone. Juan Carlos Osorio may have been caught sleeping on latest attempt at innovation 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Do the tinkerers understand how annoying they are? Column: Rules tinkering by baseball bosses ruining sport 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z A lifelong tinkerer who first immigrated to the U.S. three decades ago, he readily admits he is more driven by inspiration and creativity. Camas inventor learns hard lesson on protecting patents 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z But I wouldn’t be surprised if Telma, a constant tinkerer and taster who spends most of her time monitoring the back of the house, may have already detected and resolved the problem. Review | Benito’s Place restaurant: A fantastic food tour of Latin America 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z He’s often referred to as the father of the movement, which promotes everyday creators from basement tinkerers to inventors of talking robots. China's 'sexy cyborg' took on Silicon Valley bro culture — and won 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z I think this article is talking about true experts with Ph.D’s. The number of tinkerers is vast. Building A.I. That Can Build A.I. 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Labour politicians now position themselves as the harbingers of a new society, not mere tinkerers with the existing order. We should all be working a four-day week. Here’s why | Owen Jones 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Of course, Olympus isn’t going to stop normal folks and tinkerers from buying it. Olympus made $1,500 open-source smart glasses 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z That means the logical person to use a Four Thieves plan would be a cash-poor, uninsured patient who desperately needs an expensive drug — and who is also a sophisticated and supremely competent tinkerer. An Anarchist Is Teaching Patients to Make Their Own Medications 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z It’s an industrial designer’s playground and a paradise for the tinkerers and engineers now responsible for both the Xbox and Microsoft’s Surface business. How Microsoft built the world’s most powerful game console 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But it was the demand for labour-saving innovation, prompted by Britain’s relatively high wages at the time, which gave tinkerers a strong incentive to develop and hone the steam engine and its applications. The cost of innovation has risen, and productivity has suffered 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z So Eugene Vidal sparked a competition among the nation’s tinkerers, engineers and aircraft makers. Contest seeks to make those ‘Jetsons’ dreams a reality 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Volunteering at Equipment Connections means being a bit of a tinkerer. Perspective | The right stuff: Maryland charity matches special-needs kids with vital gear 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Steinman lives with her husband, Lloyd Hamrol, a sculptor and a tinkerer with a magpie’s eye and a mischievous garden. Louise Steinman, through the library's Aloud program, invites writers and thinkers to ponder L.A. and the world 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Twenty or even 10 years ago, career options for technology tinkerers were mostly limited to security firms, handfuls of jobs inside mainstream companies, and in government agencies. Flush times for hackers in booming cyber security job market 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Knowingly or not, Garcia joins a sizable group of tinkerers who’ve been re-creating Falcon 9 landings in all sorts of mixed media. SpaceX is even landing rockets in augmented reality 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z The game studio, one of Sweden’s first, drew developers from the country’s “demo” scene, early groups of mostly young video-game tinkerers who would get together to show off what they could build on early computers. An early-morning tweet and ‘farmer talk’ leads to Microsoft-Mojang deal 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z While Hanley has a tinkerer’s mentality—there’s a hyperbaric chamber stuffed behind his couch—he’s a dedicated researcher. Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z She described him as a tinkerer and said that years ago he sharpened some lawn mower blades for her and she ended up giving him the lawn mower. ‘Catastrophic’: Explosion levels Montgomery County home; 1 person unaccounted for 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Twenty or even 10 years ago, career options for technology tinkerers were mostly limited to security firms, handfuls of jobs inside mainstream companies, and in government agencies. Flush times for hackers in booming cyber security job market 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Dr. Drever’s colleagues described him as a genius tinkerer, a persnickety scientific Mozart who spewed new ideas every day, sometimes leaving confusion and indecision in his wake. Ron Drever, Physicist Who Helped Confirm Einstein Theory, Dies at 85 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Now an international enterprise with the potential to transform our lives, synthetic biology crosses age and organizational boundaries, and involves large corporations, small start-ups, academics and tinkerers. Synthetic biology: Enter the living machine : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Crowdfunding has allowed basement tinkerers like Jason to actually produce their creations. Perspective | A board game boom inspires a D.C. man to roll the dice and invent his own 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z He says Xinova’s strength largely lies in the diversity of its network; the company’s brains-for-hire range from metallurgists to molecular biologists, home tinkerers to professional scientists. At Xinova, a network of brains is the mother of invention 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z “Modi has turned out to be more of an economic policy tinkerer than the radical reformer some optimists had expected,” The Wall Street Journal said in a news story last May. Editorials from around New England 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z This is Zuckerberg the tinkerer and family man, not the guy accused of building algorithms that played a roll in the US presidential election. Mark Zuckerberg out-robots his AI robot in saccharine holiday video 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z He’d like to connect with those fellow tinkerers, and invites them to email him at hrhofmann@att.net. Naperville man brightens Christmas by fixing lights 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z It does not feature people who think that everything will be unrecognizably different tomorrow or the next day because of some restless tinkerer in his garage. The Great A.I. Awakening 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z “This is for tinkerers. These are people who, if they wanted to do bad things, they already could.” Why a hacker is giving away a special code that turns cars into self-driving machines 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Conte spends up to an hour a day working with his players on shape; Guardiola is a perpetual tinkerer, forever adjusting positions on the pitch looking for the best disposition to expose the opposition’s weakness. Pep Guardiola v Antonio Conte: a tactical showdown of brooder against extrovert | Jonathan Wilson 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Gathered under a giant tent were tinkerers from rural and small-town India — farmers, metalworkers, students — showing off things they built to solve their problems. How an Indian Innovator Reverse-Engineered the Making of Sanitary Pads 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Her husband, a curious tinkerer, opened a garage to fix vehicles. At a Loss for Meds, Venezuela’s Mentally Ill Spiral Downward 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z “Arnold was the biggest club tinkerer I've ever known,” she wrote in an email to Golf Digest. The King and his clubs: "Like a kid in a candy store" - Golf Digest 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z For decades, tinkerers have tried to send internet signals inside the power lines themselves, but the technology hasn’t panned out well. AT&T to Test Broadband Over Power Lines 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z The tinkerers and inventors who struggled for decades to develop a Chinese typewriter were taking on a fascinating engineering puzzle, Mullaney said. Before the computer, there was something almost as complex: the Chinese typewriter 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Pyszczymuka is part of a prolific community of Echo tinkerers who are using the smart speaker for much more than playing music. Alexa, What Else Can You Do? Getting More From Amazon Echo 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Then, as a self-described tinkerer, he brings it back to the warehouse, pops open a beer, turns up the music and sets about restoring, rewiring and cleaning up those items in need of TLC. Man shows off staggering New Orleans memorabilia collection 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z His name was attached to other brands over the years, but in the course of that time, Palmer’s nature as a tinkerer led to some noteworthy designs. The King and his clubs: "Like a kid in a candy store" - Golf Digest 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Maker Smith, a group that provides space and equipment for high-tech tinkerers and inventors, also helped O’Connor with the project, donating an expensive, flexible material that forms the joints of the fingers. Using a classroom 3-D printer, a teacher built a little boy a prosthetic hand 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z But if you’re not a tinkerer and the idea of the Runcible holds some appeal, it’s worth knowing that the device has been significantly upgraded from the version we saw last year. Monohm's wonderfully weird circular phone is now available for preorder 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Echo tinkerers have been putting the speaker to work in their kitchens. Alexa, What Else Can You Do? Getting More From Amazon Echo 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z While collaborating with Lewis on a device to sequester microbial colonies in nature, he became the chief tinkerer. Miracle Microbes? 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z “Arnold was the biggest club tinkerer I've ever known,” Davis said. The King and his clubs: "Like a kid in a candy store" - Golf Digest 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z He’s now in a tough spot: if he shakes up his starting XI and the changes backfire, he’ll risk reviving the old criticism that he’s an indecisive tinkerer. What options does Jürgen Klinsmann have? The brutal truth: not many 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z They were both confirmed tinkerers, Wilson on the software side, Bernstein on the hardware side. The Ball that Teaches Kids to Code 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Many are born tinkerers and spend hours customizing their drones with new parts or building them from scratch. Drone Racing Seeks Attention With a Speedy Flyby 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z This opportunity arrived in April of 1837, when French tinkerers named Gonon and Serval arrived in the U.S., promoting a new method of long-distance communication. What the Digital Age Owes to the Inventor of Morse Code 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Around that time, inventors and tinkerers were locked in an international competition to build the first truly efficient carpet cleaner. The Second Life of Troubled Inventions 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z It is a well-known story: A quirky tinkerer rolls a rusted old car into his workshop, casts around for some parts, and emerges — honk, honk! — with a magical motorcar. Sgt. Pepper Builds a Real-Life Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Long Island 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Faster, more powerful, and packing on-board connectivity options, this next generation microcomputer will alleviate many pain points for innovative tinkerers. This New $35 Computer Is Absolutely Mind-Blowing 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z A lifelong tinkerer, and one of eight siblings, he spent his adolescence taking apart old cars with his brothers; he now has a collection that includes seventeen vintage motorcycles, most of which he restored himself. The Stem-Cell Scandal 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z So he had a light-bulb moment and decided to develop and start a so-called makerspace, a local community workshop for tinkerers in the Maryland suburban town. Business Rx: He wanted to create a makerspace. First, he needed to settle on a business model. 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z In Silicon Valley I see echoes of the Scottish Enlightenment because the geniuses of Silicon Valley were and are tinkerers. Can the Right Geographic Conditions Help Create Geniuses? They are great quarterbacks, yes, but they are better tinkerers and tweakers. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning: A Theory of Evolution 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Crowdfunding, a trend popularized by artists and tinkerers, is now so hot that corporate giants are looking for a way in. Global Brands, Taking Cue From Tinkerers, Explore Crowdfunding 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The electronic building kits developed by littleBits are popular among young tinkerers. Tech Toys to Inspire a Child’s Imagination 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z I get a lot of it from old widows whose deceased husbands were tinkerers; these women are so happy to get rid of it. Never Has Steam Been So Cool 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z But lately, these tinkerers face too many obstacles to truly generate economic growth. The Importance of Garage-Style Thinking 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z To avoid detection, experts say, tinkerers reprogram car software settings or use “defeat devices” to try to fool emissions testing equipment. For Auto Enthusiasts, the Right to Tinker With Cars’ Software 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Clinton is a methodical reformer, a pragmatic tinkerer, by virtue of both personal temperament and political necessity. Bernie Sanders highlights a critical division within the Democratic party 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z His father, Bruce Parker, was an industrial engineer at IBM during that company’s creative heyday, as well as an avid sailor, competitive state-level runner and constant tinkerer who could fix anything. WSJ. Magazine’s 2015 Brand Innovator oversees his global business with one goal in mind: Serve the athlete 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z It’s the sound of a born tinkerer — a lab rat with a cluttered studio and a knack for taking things apart and putting them back together — rummaging through his musical history for inspiration. Talking to Floating Points' Sam Shepherd, neuroscience PhD turned electronic musician 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Rather, it's all about tinkerers who ultimately drive scientific discoveries. The Importance of Garage-Style Thinking 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z As a geriatrician at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Ken Covinsky often hears from Silicon Valley tinkerers with big ideas. To Reach Seniors, Tech Start-Ups Must First Relate to Them 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z One of rugby’s great tinkerers, Saint-Andre has kept alterations in personnel to a minimum this World Cup but he said that could change ahead of the quarterfinals. France, All Blacks on for Cardiff reunion at Rugby World Cup 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z There is a community of computer car tinkerers who tweak code to improve performance. Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot Under the Hood 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Like his father before him, Mr. Thompson was a tinkerer. Daniel Thompson, Whose Bagel Machine Altered the American Diet, Dies at 94 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The chips are used in applications that include smartwatches, fitness devices and circuit boards for electronics tinkerers known by the name Arduino. Dialog Semiconductor to Buy Atmel for $4.6 Billion 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Battles are tinkerers, loosening and tightening their mechanics minute by minute, using a haphazard system of trial and error to see if they can get their inventions to walk in a circle. Battles built a new world for their music on La Di Da Di 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z These manufacturers’ policies harm tinkerers, as well as mom-and-pop repair shops that don’t pay for an authorized designation. We Need the Right to Repair Our Gadgets 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z But to Dr. Patel, it is the entry point for the modern car tinkerer — the gateway to the code. Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot Under the Hood 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Angle, who grew up near Schenectady, N.Y., is a born tinkerer. IRobot Fends Off Activist Investor 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z It's the rustic domain of a tinkerer, a man with a feel for nature and unfinished chores. In the company of Nick Nolte, master storyteller 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Spurred on by their own curiosity and coached by hobbyist groups and online courses, thousands of day-trading tinkerers are writing up their own trading software and turning it loose on the markets. Algorithmic Trading: The Play-at-Home Version 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The list of male superheroes starring in their own big-screen escapades is bigger than Tony Stark’s ego, and the billions of dollars these films have generated rival the fortunes of the well-off tinkerer. Invisible Women? Hollywood’s female superhero problem 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Located on the top floor of an office building near downtown Nairobi, iHub is a gathering space for technology geeks, tinkerers, hackers and would-be entrepreneurs. Kenya’s Startup Stars 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The only people who would obey these laws are aboveboard professional and amateur tinkerers. Auto Makers Try to Stop the Gear Heads 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The company uses open-source hardware and software, meaning it doesn't patent its technology and welcomes garage tinkerers. California's commercial drone industry is taking off 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z It’s a game of endless small adjustments, a sport for tinkerers, perfectionists. Federer and Me: ‘I hadn’t known such excellence was possible. And the effect upon me was instantaneous’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z At the recent MakerCon festival in San Francisco, inventors, tinkerers, and entrepreneurs displayed the latest connected devices that might be showing up soon in a store near you. OracleVoice: At MakerCon, Java ME 8 Fuels the Internet of Things 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z General Motors is leading the charge against car tinkerers, filing comments against the proposed Class 21 exemption in the DMCA. Car Hackers Hit L.A. To Fight DMCA And Automotive Lobbyists 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Better to allow many outside experts and tinkerers to study the software. Auto Makers Try to Stop the Gear Heads 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z While no one has yet reported making morphine in the laboratory from scratch, some experts are calling for regulations to prevent garage tinkerers from making do-it-yourself morphine, which can be converted into heroin. Discovery opens door for homemade morphine, painkillers 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z That customizable realm is usually where software platforms like Android Auto live, but tinkerers hoping for a deeper reach into the car's systems may end up being left in the cold. Automakers are trying to stop you from hacking your car 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z About half the items were repaired on the spot by tinkerers whose backgrounds ranged from self-taught to a field engineer for Lockheed Martin. Repair Fair offers free fixes for gadgets on the fritz 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z BoatUS and the Personal Flotation Device Manufacturers Association have invited all manner of tinkerers and inventors to the competition that closes April 15, including designers, engineers and high school students. Boating group seeks input on building a better life jacket 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Sure, some drone fliers are just harmless tinkerers, as was the man who accidentally crashed a drone onto the White House lawn this year. Beware not an all-powerful Big Brother but many Little Brothers 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z “I think maple syrup producers are tinkerers. They really are, and there’s no one way to do what we’re doing that is necessarily right or wrong other than using food-grade equipment,” Peterson said. Maple syrup producers get to work before the sap runs 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s still hard to say whether tinkerers will have more or less power as cars grow more electronic and less mechanical. Automakers are trying to stop you from hacking your car 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Like Microsoft in the very early days, Cyanogen rose from the community of software hobbyists and tinkerers trying to build something better than what was available from the establishment. Upstart Cyanogen aims to tackle Google’s Android 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z A small engine tinkerer since fifth grade, Bernard said the SMV course allows him to work in an area he enjoys, and learn new skills from his classmates. High school students push soapbox-like cars to get 500 mpg 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Guilty of short circuiting its brand image, its business model, its leadership choices, and its customer outreach strategy, RadioShack lost the pulse of GenY tinkerers and the pioneering spirit it had championed. Rewiring RadioShack: 3 Strategies For Saving An Icon Of American Ingenuity 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The guitar, known as Black Beauty, originally belonged to Les Paul, a guitarist, inventor and inveterate tinkerer. A Les Paul Six-String Brings in Six Figures at Auction 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z For fans of Raspberry Pi, a British-made computer aimed at children, hobbyists and tinkerers, the answer is quite a lot. Raspberry Pi Computer Gains More Horsepower 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Growing up with tinkerers: Pipkin's parents both worked with their hands. For wealthy tech entrepreneur, a timely connection 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z The Media Lab was devised as a refuge for tinkerers. We Know How You Feel 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Noel describes himself as an inveterate tinkerer. 50 Years Ago, the Turbocharger Was a Disruptive Technology 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The tinkerers, then, create recipes for new applications of the technology. Key To Internet Of Things: Consumer Empowerment 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Isaacson comes from a family of engineers and tinkerers, so he comes by his deep understanding of technology naturally, and is uniquely skilled to give these brilliant men and women their proper due. Walter Isaacson's 'The Innovators' Reveals The Job-Creating Genius Behind Job Destruction 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Curiosity leads to science, science leads to technology, technology leads to innovation, and innovations leads to progress. Aksu is a thinker, tinkerer, but most importantly a doer. Leveraging Innovation Today for Tomorrow's Company 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The kit costs $20,000 and runs on an annual subscription, meaning you're paying that every year, something that puts it well outside the range of tinkerers. Lytro's first developer kit lets people make their own cameras, for a price 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z For the last 25 years, garage tinkerers, physics professors and top engineers at Google have been trying to make one. Hoverboard? Still in the Future 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Dr. Collen, a tinkerer as a teenager, did not set out to pursue medicine. Morris Collen, Computerized-Medicine Pioneer, Dies at 100 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z A masterful tinkerer, the design of Edison’s labs reflect the hands-on nature of his innovative mind. Epic Innovation Mojo: Legacy-Making With Steve Jobs And Thomas Edison 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Byrd Institute CEO Charlotte Webber says the event is expected to attract “tinkerers and hobbyists of all ages.” Inventors compete for prizes at W.Va. festival 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Kessler, an adventurer and technology tinkerer who's gone from being an Alaskan fisherman to building button-making machines in Ecuador, liked the idea of adding transparency to shipping. Cargomatic's mobile technology connects truckers to short-range jobs 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z On stage, the rabbi made an ambitious appeal to his audience, whom he knew to be composed of astute tinkerers and serial entrepreneurs: He asked them to join him in his mission to innovate religion. This Is Why Religion Is Just a Technology 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, the White House hosted its first-ever Maker Faire, bringing together tinkerers and entrepreneurs of all ages to share their creations and find areas of collaboration. Op-Ed: Bringing Innovation to Classrooms 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z But would such a hybrid—scion of an Asian elephant mother and genetic tinkerers—count as a true woolly mammoth? Can woolly mammoths be brought back from extinction? 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z But would such a hybrid—scion of an Asian elephant mother and genetic tinkerers—count as a true woolly mammoth? Fact or Fiction?: Mammoths Can Be Brought Back from Extinction 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The Maker Movement, where inventors, tinkerers, and entrepreneurs test and realize new ideas, is gaining momentum. OracleVoice: Maker Movement Fuels Apps, Robots, And Internet Of Things 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z In spite—or perhaps because—of his learning challenges, he was always resourceful and creative, an out-of-the-box thinker and tinkerer, with a knack for electricity. How Two Former Roadies Created A Billion-Dollar Energy Company 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Over the past generation or two we’ve gone from being producers and tinkerers to consumers. Opinion: Civilization’s Starter Kit 2014-03-29T19:44:29Z We are a nation of tinkerers, of do-it-yourself types, of two people in a garage planning to change the world. 3D Printing in the Home: 1 In 3 Americans Ready For 3D Printer 2014-03-19T11:24:00Z “Every young person is a designer, engineer and tinkerer, but eventually, unfortunately, we lose that wonder,” said Matt Barinholtz, an educator with the group FutureMakers. In Reston, Mini Maker Faire encourages creativity 2014-03-16T23:12:27Z Technology doesn’t make big leaps and bounds without tinkerers and risk-takers and today, those folks are affectionately known as entrepreneurs and more recently, hackers. Move Over Hackers, Biohackers Are Here 2014-03-15T11:57:00Z The tools are normally used for mocking up products from foam or wood, but they offer a tempting distraction in an office that employs about a dozen engineers, designers and tinkerers. Light-Bulb Moments for a Nonprofit 2014-01-11T16:09:25Z Literally thousands of years of inventions and theorizing by unknown tinkerers and savants has produced modern engineering - who are you as a factory owner to really claim a piece of that as your own? Inequality: A defining issue, for poor people 2013-12-16T18:23:07Z “This is the world’s greatest job. Being an engineer and a tinkerer, you start thinking about what you would want to build for yourself.” Google Puts Money on Robots, Using the Man Behind Android 2013-12-04T05:37:08Z Don’t Underestimate The Future As I shake Warwick’s hand I can’t help thinking that it’s lone tinkerers like these who generate more innovation than the typical Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur. Innovation Isn't Safe: The Future According To Kevin Warwick 2013-09-30T15:56:00Z If athletes are compulsive tinkerers, it is because there is no such thing as standing still in sports. McIlroy Trying to Salvage a Season of Lost Confidence 2013-09-12T01:10:20Z His evolution from a small-town tinkerer to an industry titan reflects greater shifts of Taiwan and its economy. The Saturday Profile: A Maker of Bikes Now Makes a Point of Riding Them 2013-08-31T03:30:13Z ‘Literally thousands of years of inventions and theorizing by unknown tinkerers and savants has produced modern engineering - who are you as a factory owner to really claim a piece of that as your own?’ Inequality: A defining issue, for poor people 2013-12-16T18:23:07Z The libertarian billionaire, who earned degrees from Stanford University, countered that his isn’t for everyone: It’s meant for elite tinkerers trying to better themselves and society through entrepreneurship. Caffeine Spray, Brought to You by Peter Thiel’s College Dropout Challenge 2013-08-21T09:47:56Z That doesn’t mean the potential isn’t there however, as aftermarket tinkerers have managed to make the device do anything from perform surgery to aid in creating virtual reality. The U.S. Navy Will Use Kinect To Combat Sexual Assault 2013-07-27T12:45:00Z Mr. Green spent several years after college as a kind of master tinkerer, forager and activist among homeless anarchists in Philadelphia. Mott Green, 47, Dies; Founded Grenada Chocolate 2013-06-10T02:37:00Z I spent more of my personal time as a tinkerer, training myself. The Evolution Of The World's Most Influential Technology Critic 2013-05-27T11:35:48Z As promising as that might seem to some, critics are alarmed at the idea of tinkerers creating living things in their garages. A Dream of Glowing Trees Is Assailed for Gene-Tinkering 2013-05-08T01:24:08Z The Geeksphone handsets are going to be bought by the curious, the tinkerers, and the dreamers. Geeksphone Sold Out In A Few Hours, That's A Good First Step for Firefox OS 2013-04-23T23:33:51Z But in his spare time, Rubin is a tinkerer - specifically with robots. Larry Page hints at Andy Rubin's new project - with outside help? 2013-04-22T13:45:08Z Or is it all right for it to be billionaires, backyard tinkerers and oil companies? No, we should not just ‘at least do the research’ 2013-04-10T17:20:06.243Z This is why the Nobel laureate François Jacob described evolution as a tinkerer, not an engineer. Evolution's Next Stage: How Humans Are Changing Much Faster Than Ever Before. 2013-03-22T17:20:38Z I grew up a mechanic's son and a tinkerer. Insight: Community colleges' cash crunch threatens Obama's retraining plan 2013-03-05T06:04:57Z Programmers, designers, hobbyists and tinkerers … these were the inhabitants of "user space", and we built computers with them in mind. iPad and file systems: failure of empathy 2013-02-25T12:41:19Z Maybe I’m just sentimental about the crazy handheld PCs that Paul Allen and others tried to develop a decade ago, before smartphones took off and PCs were still the gadget tinkerers’ platform of choice. i-mate’s eye-catching phone to debut at Barcelona show 2013-02-24T22:23:17Z In Anderson's brave new world, everyone is a creative-geek tinkerer but no one does the boring stuff. Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson - review 2012-12-07T22:55:01Z But increasingly tinkerers and hobbyists are proving they are more than equal to the corporate world, and their efforts are challenging the traditional methods of manufacturing. The revolution will be home-made 2012-09-25T23:10:05Z A Steam Box that is designed to be less moddable and more compact than most gaming rigs won’t appeal to the tinkerers. Steam's Big Picture Mode Looks Awesome - But It Won't Replace Consoles 2012-09-10T16:02:08Z Hype the game by giving eager tinkerers access to the skill trees from . Borderlands 2 Skill Tree Unveiled Ahead Of Launch 2012-09-09T05:00:26Z Tesla here is the hero not just for his undoubted vision and talents, but for being "a tinkerer" and "a geek". Geek mythology and Nikola Tesla 2012-08-20T12:37:26Z Amateur hardware hackers, makers and other tinkerers will show off their creations at the event. Homemade tech at Mini Maker Faire 2012-07-27T23:13:47Z He, too, is a renowned tinkerer whose Catholic faith played a significant role in his career. Faith Is Central to Marathoner Ryan Hall’s Approach 2012-07-14T19:38:31Z A new product may result from a tinkerer who sees an opportunity to transpose an existing concept to a totally new context. How to Create a World Class Business Idea--in Six Easy Steps 2012-07-10T12:24:17Z There’s a large segment of us who identify ourselves as life hackers, wellness-and-wealth tinkerers, lifestyle design enthusiasts by nature. The Transformational Consumer: The $30 Billion-plus Opportunity Most Entrepreneurs Have Never Heard Of 2012-07-09T14:58:42Z The tinkerers, the developers, the people constantly pushing the platform, the users always in the settings finding a bit more oomph… they’re in that ten percent window. Ice Cream Sandwich And iOS 6 Hit 10% And Confirm The 1% Rule 2012-07-03T21:43:32Z The legions of tinkerers using the MakerBot printers are happy to modify their machines to their own preferences though, using chocolate and other materials to print as their hearts desire. MakerBot: 3-D Printing For Your Living Room 2012-06-06T16:14:04Z They began with tinkerers and innovators, just like, say, the Internet today. Disruptions: For the Internet, No More Innovation for the Fun of It 2012-03-04T18:24:36Z “He’s kind of a tinkerer, tinkering with this, tinkering with that,” Johnson said. Ryan Zimmerman contract deadline looms, plus notes from Thursday?s workout 2012-02-24T13:17:00Z Critics on the right see something different: a tinkerer more committed to avoiding political risk than to fundamental changes in the role of government. Political Memo: Romney Facing Risks Left and Right 2012-01-06T01:48:55Z The men and women behind these companies often started as tinkerers wanting to improve their own equipment. DIY Electric Bike Kits 2011-12-13T19:46:44Z He’s also a tireless tinkerer, with 14 patents to his name. Crestron Electronics: A Made-In-America Success Story 2011-11-16T17:00:16Z But that hasn’t stopped tinkerers from finding workarounds and turning Siri into everything from a bartender to a bank teller to a fun way to send a tweet. Hackers Find Quirky Uses for Siri 2011-10-27T21:00:23Z It is such sociological tinkerers that often de-Americanize more immigrants than the others can Americanize. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z A technical wizard who was in and out of college, Wozniak liked to make machines to show off to other tinkerers. Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs dies at 56 2011-10-06T00:00:00Z The “appropriate technology” field, he argues, is “dominated by tinkerers and short of entrepreneurs.” A Conversation With Paul R. Polak: Dr. Paul Polak Invents Devices to Help the World?s Poorest 2011-09-26T22:14:35Z Most were the creations of Gary Vermeer, a farmer, tinkerer and inventor who died two years ago, at the age of 91. Is Manufacturing Falling Off the U.S. Radar Screen? 2011-09-10T17:27:25Z He works from his home office and he did what a good enterprising tinkerer does: he ran experiments with his own power usage putting together available technologies in new ways. The eBay of Electricity 2011-08-09T12:53:24Z The oldest tinkerer in town has named one unchanged side in the last three seasons. Manchester United Premier League 2011-12 team guide 2011-08-07T23:05:44Z The governor, a collector of muscle cars and a tinkerer with engines, is trying to teach his teenage daughters how to drive. Next on Cuomo?s Agenda: Preparing His 16-Year-Olds for Their Driver?s Licenses 2011-07-26T05:21:12Z From the day it was released last fall, the Kinect captured the imagination of experimenters, starting with programmers, roboticists and tinkerers. Kinect Hacking Finds a Wider Crowd 2011-07-20T21:39:13Z “The interest in weird electronic sounds goes way back,” he said, adding that his grandfather was also a tinkerer. | Westchester: For Creating Eerie Music, Cousins Have Market Cornered 2011-06-18T01:27:52Z The motto of the tinkerer is “Do whatever works.” Wordplay: Numberplay: Tinkering with Ladders 2011-05-23T20:40:10Z You’ve got to be a hardcore technophile, a would-be inventor or at least a dedicated tinkerer to truly appreciate the wonders offered on Inventables.com. Names You Need To Know: Inventables 2011-05-20T21:03:48Z The annual event celebrates the work of tech tinkerers and professional researchers. Digital doodles and electric bees 2011-05-19T09:15:01Z Mr. Anderson was among the enthusiasts here recently attending the third annual Autonomous Vehicle Competition, where teams of software programmers and robot tinkerers from across the country faced off in robot races. In This Sky, the Planes Fly Alone 2011-05-16T01:09:21Z At the time, Internet tinkerers and historians worked to keep the site’s millions of pages from disappearing forever. Friendster to Erase Early Posts and Old Photos 2011-04-27T01:03:01Z Nor are the Watts Towers the grandest such monuments to tinkerers. Wordplay: Numberplay: Tinkering with Ladders 2011-05-23T20:40:10Z Not just in the literal sense—the original Macintosh computers were sealed tight, so tinkerers couldn’t fool around with the guts—but in the licensing sense. An Open Question: Is Open Source Better? 2011-01-31T14:15:02.133Z A tinkerer obsessed with making things with his hands, Browne became infatuated with the stainless-steel tanks and plumbing contraptions of winemaking. California cult-wine makers pursue label of exclusivity 2011-01-29T22:15:03Z Andy Rubin is a tinkerer, as adept at creating mechanical marvels in his home as he is writing the software that runs tablets and mobile phones. Larry Page's Google 3.0 2011-01-27T04:30:38Z The solution here is to open up the hardware, welcome tinkerers and create loyalty to your brand. PS3 hack: what it means 2011-01-07T13:13:23Z Rodia was the consummate tinkerer, who used chicken wire, pipes, broken bottles, seashells, cracked china — anything the neighborhood children brought him — to construct his masterpiece. Wordplay: Numberplay: Tinkering with Ladders 2011-05-23T20:40:10Z Jack Zylkin of Philadelphia made one as a novel way for people to sign in when visiting Hive76, a Philadelphia communal studio for electronics tinkerers. High-Tech Electronics Dressed Up to Look Old 2010-12-22T21:15:27Z Now a number of entrepreneurs and Web tinkerers are hoping to spin that concept into business opportunities — while keeping the creep factor to a minimum. Chatroulette Gives Rise to a Genre 2010-11-22T03:00:00Z A mad tinkerer and devotee of duct tape, Salazar tried to alleviate the pain by constructing various pads and cutouts in the inserts of Ritzenhein’s shoes. Top American Runner Leaves the Pain Behind 2010-10-16T18:03:00Z Vader is a tinkerer," explains Torres, "he loves to mess with machines and gene pools, and he's created some creatures that will support his intensions – and he gives these to Boba. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II ? hands-on and story details 2010-10-06T18:44:00Z The same basic technique is evident in both the Helms and Angle spots: portraying the Democratic candidate as a politically correct social tinkerer who is more interested in helping undeserving minorities than "you." Sharron Angle's Jesse Helms moment 2010-10-06T14:30:00Z So why is he pitching his latest idea—a portable system to convert food scraps and other waste into ethanol—on a website frequented by basement tinkerers and dorm-room startups? Ideas Wanted: Multinationals Open Doors to Entrepreneurs 2010-08-26T19:48:00Z The man in Bedford Park, a gifted repairman and tinkerer, is consumed by a need to salvage broken castaways. In a Hoarder?s Home, Going All Out to Find the Floor 2010-08-26T01:56:00Z British scientists and tinkerers made groundbreaking discoveries in electricity and chemistry; William Perkin effectively invented the modern chemical industry when he made the first artificial dye – Perkin's mauve – from coal tar. From financial crisis to sexual panic 2010-07-02T11:00:00Z They do mean, though, that the tinkerers have more to tinker with—and that, ultimately, is how new technologies really develop. Quantum computing: A quantum hop 2010-06-24T11:19:00Z Such people resemble computer tinkerers from a generation earlier, attendees note, except now they’re fiddling with the genetic code of organisms rather than software. In the Singularity Movement, Humans Are So Yesterday 2010-06-12T18:27:00Z "Surging Interest in Robotics" Evans is part of an inveterate tradition of Silicon Valley tinkerers whose fixation with computers and electronics often exceeds the boundaries of the workday. For Silicon Valley Exec, His Wish Is Robots' Command 2010-06-02T03:50:00Z Nick Stock, who builds custom bikes, pointed out that there is another advantage to having motorcyclists around: many are obsessive tinkerers. Volunteering for Duty to Keep a Party Spot Open 2010-05-31T05:49:00Z But Dr. Ridley argues that they’ve both got it backward: traders’ wealth builds empires, and entrepreneurial tinkerers are more likely to inspire scientists than vice versa. Findings: Doomsayers Beware, a Bright Future Beckons 2010-05-17T22:33:00Z To attract a community of tinkerers, iFixit is using its website to host repair manuals for devices ranging from minivans to phones. How To Fix Your Cellphone 2010-05-12T22:45:00Z There’s no shortage of kits and online how-tos to guide adventurous tinkerers. For iPhones, Unauthorized Repair Shops Flourish 2010-04-14T19:05:00Z David Roberts described his father as a tinkerer who surveyed his friends before building his personal computer. H. Edward Roberts dies at 68 2010-04-05T04:00:00Z Amid the controversy over Toyota's runaway cars, an automotive Web site is offering a $1 million prize to any tinkerer who can figure out the cause of the phenomenon. Auto Web site Edmunds offers $1 million for cause of runaway Toyotas 2010-03-02T20:56:00Z Instinctively, they would seem a blessing, especially for backroom tinkerers. 2010-02-05T11:46:00Z Had she recognized him as the smudged tinkerer of the stalled car? The Valiants of Virginia It was standard for the tinkerer, for the would-be designer of robot bodies. Tangle Hold The stupid tinkerers with the road had sought to prevent it running down into the stream by laying a log at the edge of the water. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran He was something of a tinkerer, and he enjoyed adapting his environment to himself. Beside Still Waters The Bill Bakers would have laughed out of existence the great tinkerers like Franklin and Lincoln and Jefferson. The Great Gray Plague Ranger brushed away the wrangling tinkerers and examined the machine. The Second Generation He would be able to remain the itinerate tinkerer; designing and building the most inane creations that regularly had little purpose beyond satisfying technical creativity. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel One such inventor was a speech teacher and electrical tinkerer named Alexander Graham Bell. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Maybe Melbourne's personality as a city of suburban homebodies and backyard tinkerers produced a culture conducive to BBSes. Underground It was not only every gentleman's privilege, it was also his duty to be a tinkerer and amateur scientist, no matter what else he might be. The Great Gray Plague We have a report that it was used in a sense close to this entry's by teenage radio hams and electronics tinkerers in the mid-1950s. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 He was a natural mechanic, a maker and tinkerer of machines; he lisped in blueprints for the blueprints came. Babbitt |
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