**Karl Anderson** (@karlanderson) is a hardware and software experimenter who is good at thinking up projects, but bad at predicting whether or not they will be practical. As director of Futel, he runs Portland’s fastest-growing payphone network. With C.H.U.N.K. 666, he has created amphibious human-powered vehicles out of discarded bicycles and construction debris. With the Church of Robotron, he has built a post-apocalyptic training facility, indoctrination center, and reading room based on the tenets of a coin-operated video game.