Friday floobydust: The Hobbit, crocheted dinosaur skulls, and more!

Here is an audio interview with John Rateliff, author of History of the Hobbit. You can find this, along with a 70th anniversary edition of The Hobbit, at Amazon.

From Makezine: The 'Cloud' digital sculpture at Heathrow Terminal 5. This is a large, kidney-bean (sort of) shaped contraption incorporating thousands of small disks which can be flipped from a black side to a reflective side under computer control. Includes a video. A little disappointing, in that the animations are very ordered and repetitive - why not Conway's Game of Life?

Also from Make: if you've got a power screwdriver and a propane torch, you can make your own coffee roaster. (This is only the first page of the magazine article, but the picture is worth it).

Finally, the crocheted dinosaur skull.

Here is the home page for Makezine.