Sentences with phrase «of a tinkerer»

While the twisted wires and apparent brush strokes of the painted boxes evoke a bit of the tinkerer at work, Bruso manages to coax harmony and ennoble his simple treasures.

But alas, I am more of a tinkerer in the kitchen.

That doesn't address the burgeoning group of «garage biologists» who are helping drive innovation in a way similar to a previous generation of tinkerers who developed computer technologies.

DJ does not have the reputation as much of a tinkerer, unlike Tiger Woods, who wants to know every little detail and can feel even the slightest change in a club.

When the Boxtrolls are targeted by villainous pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher, who is bent on eradicating them as his ticket to Cheesebridge society, the kindhearted band of tinkerers must turn to their adopted charge and adventurous rich girl Winnie to bridge two worlds amidst the winds of change — and cheese.

It's essentially a sandbox for a huge group of tinkerers and inventors.

Within a generation, hordes of tinkerers were fiddling with crude radio sets; two generations after that, Drake had access to a radio dish that could pick up signals from light - years away.

A recent hacking conference in Germany saw a team of tinkerers take advantage of a quirk of the console's off - the - shelf Nvidia Tegra chip, allowing them to use a feature that Nvidia's own engineers and developers use to access deep - level functions of the chipset not usually accessible to the public.

She draws inspiration from the adaptive sensibility of the tinkerers, patchers, and foragers in her neighborhood.

When bitcoin was first stretching past a small enclave of tinkerers and coders, the first major exchange, Mt. Gox, was based in Tokyo.

Anglepoise Lamp Like many design icons, the Anglepoins began life on the workbench of a tinkerer, as automotic engineer George Carwardine searched for a way to use a new type of spring he had invented that remained in position after being moved in any direction.

He's a bit of a tinkerer — he's got a ham radio in the basement, listens for signs of life elsewhere, and works to devise a hearing aid for his hearing - impaired daughter (Millicent Simmonds).

The narrative supports more of a tinkerer - God than a meticulous - micromanager - overplanner - God, a God who says, «let's try this,» then after trying it evaluating it (good, very good), then after a while finding something wrong and changing it (the flood, for example).

They are, he says, «a generation of tinkerers.»

I don't do target fund investing because I'm too much of a tinkerer and actually enjoy rebalancing myself, as well as considering other tilts when it's time to rebalance.

When the Boxtrolls are targeted by villainous pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher (Mr. Kingsley), who is bent on eradicating them as his ticket to Cheesebridge society, the kindhearted band of tinkerers must turn to their adopted charge and adventurous rich girl Winnie (Ms. Fanning) to bridge two worlds amidst the winds of change — and cheese.»

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.

The gaming world's favorite photojournalist is also a bit of a tinkerer and he loves turning useless junk into badass weapons.

Once you overcome the initial frustration engendered by Super Mario Maker's refusal to give you all its tools at once, it provides a wondrously moreish experience that will enthral a generation of tinkerers.

Being a bit of a tinkerer, I messed with my model until...