No regretsy with Etsy for me

December 12th, 2011

No regretsy with Etsy for me

I decided to try and sell some of my handmade goods recently and rather than go with eBay I tried Etsy, which specializes in homemade items but I had some doubts about the reach of Etsy. However, those doubts were quickly squashed.

June 10th, 2011

Building beyond Lego

When it comes to building toys, Lego is king. Lego will always be king. But I grew up with more than just Lego bricks and each one served a different purpose. I take a look back at some of my other favorite building toys.

May 9th, 2011

When work and hobby collide

Turning web development into a career from a hobby has been a blessing and a curse. One on hand, doing it all day at work makes it the last thing I want to do when I get home. But on the other hand, everything I learn and see at work I can take home with [...]

March 18th, 2011

Becoming a professional blogger

Everyone is a blogger. I’m a blogger, you’re a blogger. If you have a Tumblr or Wordpress and in some cases, Facebook, you’re a blogger, right? And I know when you hear the phrase, “I’m a blogger” you roll your eyes. I do. But that being said, I am now officially a professional blogger.

October 13th, 2010

Geeking out to help a good cause

It’s not often you create something that people enjoy enough that you can turn it into a vehicle for helping others. Much to my surprise and joy, Redline Derby Racing (my Hot Wheels project) has done just that, and I’m now using good-hearted geek fun to help a good cause - fighting breast caner.

March 31st, 2010

Big time, I’m a guest blogger

I’ve been writing/blogging for quite a while now, upwards of 10 years or more. Writing is just something I like to do. It doesn’t matter who, if anyone, reads it…it’s just a way to empty my brain in a fun way. I never expected my blogging to result in much, and it hadn’t until just [...]

January 25th, 2010

Build it up, blow it up

What goes up, must come down. And that old addege applies to toys as well. When it comes to building toys, you almost guarantee that any sort of giant structure is going to come down, usually in a most spectacular way. At one point during my childhood I had a toy that was a little [...]

January 15th, 2010

Never take me to Hong Kong

Philip who runs a favorite toy blog of mine, Battlegrip, is currently on a trip in Hong Kong for some sort of toy convention. He’s writing about it as he goes and more so he’s posting photos. All I can say is never take me to Hong Kong.

January 14th, 2010

Toys in the office

If you’re a person that works in the same spot 8-hours a day for five days a week, then work is pretty much a second home. All in all, you probably spend more time awake at work than you do at home during the regular work week. That means work needs to be as comfortable [...]

December 14th, 2009

Legions of Power, a toy lost to time

My mother wasn’t very good at buying brand name toys. She understood that they were toys and that they’d get lost, broken, or both. Of course, at the time I didn’t care, I wanted what I wanted just like any good kid. In this case, what I wanted was a Capsela building set, but what [...]

December 1st, 2009

Is that Burt Reynolds?

Lets start with the basics…action figures. I had so many action figures as a kid I just can’t even begin to count. If I had some sort of check list in front of me I could tell you which ones I had, but safe to say I had dozens upon dozens from various franchises, GI [...]

November 29th, 2009

Time to talk toys

It’s no secret that I love toys. Who doesn’t? But while some people “grow out” of toys, I’m not ashamed to be a fan of toys even as I enter my 30s. Like the rest of us, I’ve lost many toys since I as little. They were either out right lost, sucked up in the [...]

October 23rd, 2009

Use your blog to get free stuff

I’ve been writing on the web, most call it blogging, for probably over 10 years now. And if you ask one friend I came damn well close to inventing blogging…although I won’t quite claim that title (but wish I could!). I’ve always enjoyed writing about the things I enjoy, and if you’re truly passionate about [...]

October 3rd, 2009

New domain, new blog for Redline Derby Racing

As threatened in a recent post, I launched a new blog last week that is focused around my hobby of Hot Wheels collecting and racing. This new venture is one of the few that require active management.

September 16th, 2009

Plans for a new project, more Hot Wheels

Recently, friend of The Toast and unofficial sponsor of CAVEradio, Alex White, author of The Gearheart, was interviewed about his writings, jobs, design, and all around life. And Alex, in the fashion by which I’ve gotten to know him, rambled on for nearly an hour but one part of the interview really struck a chord [...]

September 9th, 2009

My Hot Wheels race track debuts

For those of you that have followed my Hot Wheels race track project, you know I’ve been a lot of talk without much action. Eh, that’s how it goes sometimes. But it is with great pleasure that I can say the track will make its first public appearance at the CAVEradio Picnic next weekend. Time [...]

June 11th, 2009

Dog Toy Survivor

It’s time for a little summer fun…I present to you Dog Toy Survivor! We’ve given our dogs five toys and only one will outlast them all. Which one will it be? Make your pick now!

May 17th, 2009

Hot Wheels restoration, lessons learned

When I found an old childhood Matchbox car I saw it as a challenge. A restoration challenge, to see if could bring back this toy’s former glory. It was pretty well beat up as it was a much loved car back in the day, but it was not beyond repair. And honestly, it turned out [...]

May 3rd, 2009

Hot Wheels restoration, bringing back childhood

I’ve modified Hot Wheels to race, and I’ve modified Hot Wheels to repaint them, but not until recently did I think of or have a chance to restore them. I was looking through a box of old toys to find some for Jen’s kids when I discovered some of my own childhood Hot Wheels and [...]

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