[E:44] Tommy Trebuchet Launches Projectiles Into the Sky!

Create/Invent Podcast

SlingFest on the news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kacsOd8f__Q A broken trebuchet almost hits Tommy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=302&v=4asvcKgXML0 The Dallas Makerspace's trebuchet breaks an arm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml0N7nycgIA 0:00 - Intro 1:04 - Wikipedia says a trebuchet is a type of catapult 2:00 - How did Tommy start flinging pumpkins for fun? 6:31 - How did Tommy and his friends start competing with trebuchets? 8:42 - SlingFest?! 12:32 - A really close calls at SlingFest 17:55 - Pat manned a trebuchet one year at SlingFest! 19:40 - Tommy tells us about the SlingFest funky fling 26:40 - How far were people throwing pumpkins at SlingFest? 28:28 - Are there different classes of trebuchet at SlingFest? 32:43 - Coffee break! 34:38 - The coffee break is over 35:38 - Pat's first SlingFest memories 38:08 - Can I throw something smaller than a pumpkin? 39:49 - Everyone misses Pat referencing The Office 40:16 - MURLIN trebuchets are awesome 41:09 - Tommy was on an episode of Dude Perfect on Nickelodeon 44:00 - What does Tommy do for a living? 47:24 - Tommy is VP of TheLab.ms makerspace 49:21 - Clippy is now your Google Assistant 53:13 - Gilbert Gottfried was once the voice of Clippy 55:25 - Talking about Tommy's toys in the background 61:02 - Where can we find Tommy Falgout/Trebuchet? 62:27 - What's everyone watching on TV? 65:48 - Where can you find Jeremy? 68:22 - One more trebuchet catastrophe story?! On YouTube with video: Pt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EiVoJqRHWs Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1rXYCp3-Yw Tommy Falgout: Twitter: https://twitter.com/lastcoolname Websites: https://www.lastcoolnameleft.com/ https://thelab.ms/ Pat Regan: Twitter: https://twitter.com/patsheadcom/​ Website: https://blog.patshead.com/​ Jeremy Cook: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jscook55​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​ Website: http://jeremyscook.com/