Explainer: Baker & Taylor is the name of a major book vending company that services libraries.

She was just trying to sell Girl Scout cookies.

This would have to be done very carefully because there's a fine line between giving a challenging interview and being a jerk.

So how many points is a skateboarder on the freeway worth?

I wonder how the immobility of Mjolnir could be monetized.

This is neat!

This is excellent!

This is actually a good explanation of how a 3d printer works. It even has (bleeped out) swearing, which is a major part of the experience of using and repairing a 3d printer.

One of the challenges of demonstrating and teaching 3d printing is that it's science fiction technology, but is not yet up to the level of science fiction. People who see it at my library often get really excited, then disappointed when it doesn't work like a Star Trek replicator by building objects instantly or operating without 3d files.

But over all, it's a lot of fun. Right now I'm trying to build a series of files that will let me recreate maps of every electoral college result in party-specific colors and heights representing the relative number of electoral votes by state. I'm currently not aggravated by my 3d printer, just SketchUp and MakerWare.