From Twitter 09-30-2010

• Enjoying Knotts Berry Farm Halloween Haunt with the fabulous @flipper01 & @flipper02 http://bit.ly/dcD54K #boo #eeek #in #fb
  

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NERDS OF A FEATHER

Here's why the internet is awesome.

About three weeks ago, I posted about an amazing steampunk-and-time-travel-themed horror show staged in a suburban garage by techy Brit twin brothers Gavin & Jason Fox (with sinister Jack-the-Ripper help from their neighbor & longtime pal Peter Robelou).

Their incredible "Engineer's View" behind-the-scenes video quickly made the rounds through blogs like Boing Boing, The Escapist, Dvorak, and Nerdcore, and rightfully so -- it's staggeringly beautiful, ingenious and truly creepy to boot. Indeed, a piece of Nerd High Art of the awesomest degree.

I wrote a gushing fanboy letter to the lads via their website, which turned into some friendly email chitchat about theme parks, their previous yearly Halloween attractions (collectively called "Fangoria", which are all worth checking out), and our respective creative careers. Like true nerds, their horror shows are just a hobby (!) -- they also do some great professional work and have a cool day job designing awesome stuff at Poke London.

Lo and behold, they told me that they were planning a trip to the states just a few weeks later (part of an ongoing documentary project they're doing about roadside attractions here in the states), and said they were interested in seeing some of the local Halloween events, Knott's in particular.

A few Tweets later, we met up for dinner, proceeded to get our Haunt on, and had a deliriously geeky night of hanging out, talking shop, and generally carrying on like we'd known each other forever. That's the way nerds roll -- we find people we "get" and who "get" us in return, and let the mind-melding commence!

It's also the best part of teh intarwebs -- getting the chance to meet and be inspired by people that, in an unconnected life, you would probably never have the chance to know. From email to reality, between London and Los Angeles, in three short weeks. It's kind of amazing, actually.

Thanks, guys! Safe travels back home across the pond, and here's to more geekery in the future!