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Re:MythBusters Co-Host Adam Savage on Obsession by brandong on Saturday December 20, 2008 @01:07PM (#404665)
These are the type of projects that are picked up and dropped repeatedly. And as such, they are years in the undertaking.

I'd go so far as to say an ADD-type personality (the kind who is always in the midst of a million projects, but completing none) is the most likely candidate for pursuing these type of projects. It might not even be something you realize until years in-

Re:MythBusters Co-Host Adam Savage on Obsession by speek on Saturday December 20, 2008 @02:11PM (#404716)
I believe that's called Nerd ADD (even if you're a geek).