Evolution has been famously described as a tinkerer, building new structures out of old parts. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Atheism as a Stealth Religion IV: The Transformation of the Obvious] Reference
Better still, he realizes it needs to go a lot further to get this technology past the 'tinkerer' phase which it is in now. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-06-19] Reference
What really gets me about Ancelotti is that he's not a "tinkerer" in any sense. From Wordnik.com. [Chelsea Blog] Reference
He was a "tinkerer" who loved electronics and mechanics and could take anything apart. From Wordnik.com. [The Chronicle Herald - Maintenance Feed] Reference
Well, for the garage tinkerer, that is priceless. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now] Reference
William Brattain was a farm boy and a born tinkerer. From Wordnik.com. [The Transistor] Reference
Fortunately, she knew a terrific carpenter/tinkerer. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 14, 2006 - May 20, 2006 Archives] Reference
I am one of his very satisfied customers (not a tinkerer). From Wordnik.com. [You Always Hurt the Gun You Love] Reference
Suppose you are a tinkerer who wants to know how a car works. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists arguing about the scientific method] Reference
All the basic things that a well equipped tinkerer should have. From Wordnik.com. [DIY Tazer Gloves | Impact Lab] Reference
Lendle was the Perechon's cook, engineer, and resident tinkerer. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons of Chaos]
SIMON: His father is a retired schoolteacher and inveterate tinkerer. From Wordnik.com. [Ruben Blades: In 'Spoken Word,' A Certain Wisdom] Reference
A tinkerer named Mr. Jalopy practices and preaches the Maker philosophy. From Wordnik.com. [Making a Revolution] Reference
Both projects were self-funded by myself and a fellow tinkerer/engineer. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: November 2005 Archives] Reference
The tinkerer in him has stuffed some extra elements into the final package. From Wordnik.com. [Novelist Neal Stephenson Once Again Proves He's the King of the Worlds] Reference
He liked the machines — the meters and the test tubes — he was always a tinkerer. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
But she is also an example of that American type, the born tinkerer, like Ben Franklin. From Wordnik.com. [New York Review: The Collected Stories Of Lydia Davis] Reference
He was a mediocre actor, but he was a great tinkerer, and he invented the sewing machine. From Wordnik.com. [The Business of America] Reference
Or like some renaissance tinkerer, content to work for any prince as long as he gets paid?. From Wordnik.com. [Moonwar]
It discusses the matter of distinguishing Rational Design from the design of the tinkerer. From Wordnik.com. [Blurring the Line] Reference
One such inventor was a speech teacher and electrical tinkerer named Alexander Graham Bell. From Wordnik.com. [The Hacker Crackdown]
Young Mr. Ford was a tinkerer working away in his barn, but he dreamed of building race cars. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghosts of Detroit] Reference
But what if you're a tinkerer yet you're not interested in safety or multiple hand positions?. From Wordnik.com. [Odds and Bar-Ends: Cannibal Time Trials, Vegan Bikes] Reference
So what's to stop any old piano tinkerer with a minidisc from selling digitally doctored music?. From Wordnik.com. [Grand Theft Piano] Reference
He lives in Los Angeles, where he is a tinkerer and artist and writes for the Onion News Network. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Now, a tireless tinkerer is at the forefront of a growing movement to overthrow salt's long reign. From Wordnik.com. [Today's WSJ in Photos: Feb. 25, 2008] Reference
If an engine tinkerer in Wichita, Kan., can turn out "mean and green" vehicles, why can't Detroit?. From Wordnik.com. [Informed Reader] Reference
The decision suggests that on civil rights issues, Barack Obama might be more of a tinkerer than a leader. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Feldman: On Civil Rights, Obama Must Lead, Not Tinker] Reference
Bowden is a classic case of a tinkerer: he can make some great deals, but seems to be content to do just that. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Remington: Ranking Baseball's General Managers From Best to Worst] Reference
Coleman is a tinkerer with no real job and, from the look of his scrawny frame, no real nutritional sense, either. From Wordnik.com. [For The Love Of Robotics] Reference
VELSHI (voice-over): For someone who runs a guitar string manufacturing business, Jim D'Addario is also a bit of a tinkerer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2009] Reference
Orion is the brainchild of an inveterate tinkerer, Neal Verfuerth, who was raised in a small town an hour south of Manitowoc. From Wordnik.com. [Export Boom Fuels] Reference
(Soundbite of jazz music) ASHLEY KAHN: Steven Bernstein is a bandleader by trade, but by nature he's really a tinkerer at heart. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Bernstein: Mixing the Strange and Familiar] Reference
It was not only every gentleman's privilege, it was also his duty to be a tinkerer and amateur scientist, no matter what else he might be. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Gray Plague] Reference
As a longtime tinkerer, I realized that an open source product would suit me better, so I knocked up a WordPress blog on one of my servers. From Wordnik.com. [The Facial Expressions of Dumb Terminals] Reference
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