Savage obsession

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Earlier this year, at TAM 6, my Close Personal Friend™ Adam Savage gave a really fun talk, where he rapid-fire presented his obsession with creating his own dodo skeleton model and then one of the Maltese Falcon. He gave this talk at other venues, and a video of one has surfaced at Fora.tv.


Mind you, this is him when he hasn’t had coffee. It’s really a very engaging talk.

December 21st, 2008 12:00 PM by Phil Plait in Cool stuff | 14 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

14 Responses to “Savage obsession”

  1. 1.   IVAN3MAN Says:

    Man, does he talk fast! Is he always like that, Phil?

  2. 2.   Tim G Says:

    If you played the embedded version, you’d have to click on the “watch full program” in the bottom right corner to view the final two minutes of the seventeen minute talk.

  3. 3.   davidlpf Says:

    Take a breath Adam.

  4. 4.   Jeeves Says:

    I guess he likes birds :)

  5. 5.   Mike Marsh Says:

    Please tell me that someone stole his replica of the Maltese Falcon and snuck it into his hotel room. He deserves to have the full effect of the object.

  6. 6.   mus Says:

    I have a sudden urge to sculpt something….

  7. 7.   Scott Smith Says:

    Eesh Adam is obsessed! But I must admit that he did some great work. HOWEVER, his assertion that the world can be divided into Chandler people or Hammet people is a little wrong. There are few of us that like both. ;-) Just look at my book case… why what do I see, a copy of “The Big Sleep” sharing space with “The Maltese Falcon” Gasp! ;-)

  8. 8.   Elmar_M Says:

    One just gotta love Adam Savage!
    But gee being on speed like that all the time cant be healthy ;) He is pretty much the same on Mythbusters, fast talking and all that. So I assume, he is like that most of the time.
    I love Mythbusters (who doesnt?)! Both and Adam and Jamie (who is also great!) are hosting the only entertainment TV show (it is certainly educational, but it is also very entertaining) that has never ever upset me (so far anyway). Pretty much every other entertainment- TV show has (stupid scripts, bad science, people acting stupidly, unoriginal plotts, boring, bad acting, etc).

  9. 9.   Jim1138 Says:

    Isn’t this Adam Savage getting healed by a Lureri? http://www.dagbladet.no/2008/12/19/nyheter/innenriks/helse/test/4084511/

  10. 10.   Naomi Says:

    God, he’s like the human personification of SPEED XD

  11. 11.   Noadi Says:

    While I am very far from as hyper as Adam I totally get what he’s talking about. When I get into a project I get so obsessed that I will not stop until I’m totally satisfied. I’ve also got GB worth of reference photos on my computer of everything from cuttlefish to fossils to medieval weaponry.

  12. 12.   Mike Says:

    Phil – If you are truely obsessed with Adam Savage, you should give him his own category.

  13. 13.   konezumi Says:

    Hyper or Caffeine either way his brain works in wonderful circles. I have a new appreciation for him.

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