Now he’s looking for new people to learn the old craft. Mr Thompson is one of only a handful of smiths still forging metal by hand in Victoria, but he wouldn’t do anything else. “I love it ...

Blacksmith shops can carry excellent goodies, including obsidian blocks, food items, iron ingots, weapons/tools/armor, and sometimes even diamonds if you are particularly lucky with the loot table.

“it’s not about seeing computing as a tool in service of a particular discipline, or a discipline in the service of computing, but asking: How can we bring these things together to forge ...