Вопрос: Маврики́йский дронт, или додо́. Чтот о нём известно?

Man, I’ve loved him for years, but hearing him talk about more ‘real’ topics was pretty inspiring. I’m sure gonna miss watching him and Jamie every week.

And then maybe, then I’ll achieve the end of this exercise. But really if we’re all going to be honest with ourselves, I have to admit that achieving the end of the exercise was never the point of the exercise to begin with, was it?
Thank You Adam!

I love Adam’s Ted talks. The energy and amazing personality colliding with his gift of story telling and need to create make for an excellent experience.

I know what this feels like. A story: I’m a drummer who plays a bit of guitar. I love the Beatles like crazy. I love George Harrison and especially his solo work. I love his psychedelic painted 60’s Fender Stratocaster he named «Rocky» that he played until his death. I can’t own the original, nor would I want it. It’s in the hands of Olivia and Dhani as it should be. But being a Beatlemaniac I wanted one. So I decided to replicate my own. Other have done one so why couldn’t I? Plus my bother had the infamous «Guitars of the Sixties» book that had a three page photo spread of the guitar all blown up and even a back view. Knowing I could screw up painting an electric guitar, even though I’ve done lots of painting in art classes, I bought the cheapest Squier model (Fender’s affordable import line) Stratocaster I could get. The one I got came from a pawn shop on Ebay. It was in rough shape. Rusted screws, replacement parts, and a punk sticker all over the back. But it had a rosewood fretboard and the small headstock and a full width body the new beginner models don’t. I stripped the red paint off of it right down the wood, which took forever. I sanded for even longer. I got acrylic paints (another fan had painted one using craft store acrylics so why not?). I mixed the colors and tried to get the right day glo brightness ( I didn’t). It turned out okay, but the electronics were crackly and the tuners wouldn’t stay put. Plus nicks and gouges I couldn’t smooth over. It looked rough. The clear coat yellowed. (ugh!) And the colors looked to dull and flat.If someone wanted play it, they would not be digging it. So I recently re-did it. I bought a still stock newer Squier SE model. It is the last model Fender did that had full thickness body and neck, and had the small headstock shape. Got the whole thing all shiny and well taken care of with barely any wear on it. I used Testors model paints with a glossy sheen. I took much more time painting it. Dhani Harrison even did an iPad app with George’s guitars you can view 360 degrees! And on someone’s build page they screen grabbed every angle!! I was in heaven and put it all to good use. But I’m still not satisfied. I think I want to age the hardware with rust, nick and relic and wear the guitar body, and get period correct tuners and rust those as well. Use period correct sounding pickups. But that’s for another day.. heh.. This guitar is my Maltese falcon.

If the Maltese falcon is what dreams are made of The Dodo skeleton must be what nightmares are made of! At least for the Dodo?
I have wanted a Maltese Falcon for years but have you seen the shipping costs to the U.K.?

I don’t know what it is…this speech has no real point, but man does it inspire me. It’s just so incredible to see someone with such awe-inspiring drive.

One of my favorite things about the Maltese Falcon movie prop is that there is one that is damaged. It was dropped by Bogart on set and forced them to make a new one. It’s on display at Warner Bros. and has a wonderful feeling of authenticity because of that very damage.

Damn, Adam just went straight up my ladder of appreciation. His focus on details is so amazing it’s almost obscene. However was wondering about the complete Dodo skeleton/mummie. Adam mentions this to be from the British Museum, however Wikipedia says it belonged to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Anyone knows the correct details?:P:D

The passion Adam has for just the process of perfection is amazing. Its not about the end result, its about getting to that end and this is awe inspiring to me, the want and vigorous attention to detail. Fantastic is an understatement for this attitude. Thank you Adam Savage for the inspiration to achieve this enthusiasm!

Have watched this before and knew that when starting to watch this for the second time but it is just so inspiring!:) So true the way to the goal is more satisfying than the actual end result! 

he actually does a lot of youtube photos, he actually doesnt have really that much time, he is actually really busy. got to testcom, he does a lot of videos on that. most of the stuff he does take him years cause he doesnt get that much time.

Having recently finished my first DIY prop replica (also my first DIY project ever),
I had never considered the impact the process could have on me.
Stretching my actual limits in woodworking as well as my perceived limits. Then coming to terms with NEW limits. Dealing with my strive for perfection. Needing to work within a set time limit.
But also the joy of discovering things for the first time, techniques as well as simple joy from just holding something I created.
Giving it away, while part of me wanted to keep it for myself:P
Seeing the joy it brought to the person I made it for.

All this makes it so much more gratifying then buying (even a perfect) thing on ebay or wherever.
Not to say my project is perfect, because it’s actually pretty crappy.

It’s weird now that I think about it: For me, Adam explains away some of the magic of creating things, by showing how it’s done, but replaces that with a new magic, of enthusiasm and understanding.

Adam and i have a lot in common, we both obsess over things we want to do and saturate ourselves in the known knowlege of said subject, have many random useless or obscure skills, and have a deep love for the dodo bird hahaha

I don’t understand why people down-vote videos like these. You knew what it involved just by the video title. If it doesn’t interest you, don’t open it.