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Sunday, May 11, 2008
7:57AM - Clack!
Here's a neato bit of Anachro-Tech fun:
TheCharles Babbage's Difference Engine #2 that somebody built in 1991 is going to be on display at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, for a year.
-J
Thursday, May 8, 2008
9:29AM - Fashion advice needed!
Can anyone point me toward what keen highwheel cyclists - racing and touring - around 1885 wore? Have pennyfarthing, need outfit. Or at least, outfit ideas to bastardise in the same way that the wheel is getting a luxeon/carbide lamp anachrofusion. Authenticity be damned, but it's a starting point. There are some nice caps inna Yehuda Moon style over at Etsy...
12:44AM - firefox gear theme
Probably been posted here already, but if you use firefox there is a theme called old factory that is quite fun. For one thing the loading icon (the "throbber" I think it's called)are two gears moving, and the rest of the menu buttons are also switches that move when you press them and other little details like that.
If there are other themes that are geared or anachrotech in style that I haven't come across, let me know. I saw this one and kind of stopped searching...
2:29AM - Steampunk in the news!
Fantastic news everyone! Thanks to the ninja moves of ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
jaborwhalky, we and our beloved subculture have received national (indeed, international) attention! An article by the magnificent and charming Ruth La Ferla will be appearing in tomorrow's edition of the New York Times. However, you can see it online tonight at the New York Times website.
The article hits all of the major points of the subculture, and links it to the steampunk, vintage and neo-Victorian trends that are already taking place in the mainstream world. I highly recommend that all of you take a look tonight, and if you can... tomorrow, grab a copy of the paper. This is a piece of history
Also, there is an online photo gallery that you can find here with some very steampunk and (I feel) very lovely pictures. I may be slightly biased, though: I'm the tall skinny guy in the red coat and black vest.
Yours, etc.,
G. D. Falksen
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
10:52AM - Iron Sky
Not sure is this is anachrotech or net - or just fun ;-)
"In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. In 2018 they are coming back."
Website: http://www.ironsky.net/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/v/4KEueJnsu8
curiousMonday, May 5, 2008
12:06AM - To make MR Lake feel better.
jaylake is not feeling well so to help make him feel better and so you know you can get the book a great deal cheeper,
Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon thb
oh and look at this very pretty site I found http://www.dreamhours.com/
Sunday, May 4, 2008
7:51PM - T-shirts
Very cool.
http://www.printfection.com/retro-future
Saturday, May 3, 2008
11:20AM - Practical Gears on Display
(Cross-posted)
A video of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine #2 in action.
Friday, May 2, 2008
9:22AM - Anime Month at Voyages Extraordinaires
May. Anime. That is all...
Thursday, May 1, 2008
7:23PM - Music by the Electric Arc
Duddell's 'Oscillograph' audio frequency recorder
Found here:
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machi
And a timeline of this development can be found here:
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/nav.h
It all looks dry, but when you get into it there's all these crazy ideas about how to pipe music between hotels and crazy organs that basically use something like a Jacob's ladder with a megaphone attached.
4:29PM - Modding information requested
Yesterday was Queen's Day in the Netherlands and it is traditionally celebrated by music, drinking and selling things on the street (free markets? I don't know the correct English term)
The beverages were cold, the music horribly loud and on the free market I hit paydirt:
( Read more... )
X-posted on Steamfashion and Anarchotech
10:19PM - The Black Widow
The Black Widow by =artistm0nk on deviantART
My first attempt at making a steampunk time piece. Done in one sitting, about a couple of hours. However, the hunt for materials took all day because I was constantly composing the design in my head while wandering around the crowded mall.
Details may be viewed here: [link]
Thanks for looking! 
12:04PM - Suitably Steamy...
This is why i love LRP.
-=R286=-
Edit: the pic is a link to the shop that sells them.
cheerfulWednesday, April 30, 2008
4:37PM - "Victorian" Treehouse
Once again StumbledUpon and pretty nifty.
http://www.treehouseworkshop.com/port_p
Enjoy!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
10:11PM - The Tea Rap
Don't know if any here have seen this; it was linked to me by a friend.
amusedWednesday, April 30, 2008
12:08AM - What May Happen In The Next Hundred Years
StumbledUpon.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/RiR
Some of it is hopelessly optimistic (flies), accurate (photos) or loopy (Foods). Hope you enjoy.
Monday, April 28, 2008
2:55PM - I made a list of neat stuff going on add to it if I missed something.
Who's doing what
Stop by the Maker Faire http://www.makerfaire.com
For
Appearing in the Lounge will be Datamancer (http://www.datamancer.net/), some of the staff of Steampunk Magazine (http://www.myspace.com/steampunkmagazi
DEF For flickr
Originally uploaded by slurkflickr
Buy a print for charity here.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?li
( Even more here )
"The Strange Case of the All-Seeing Ear" is a supernatural mystery thriller set in a steampunk world where great airships fly between floating cities in the unending Ether. Here, steam and gaslight mark the heights of humanity's progress, and industrial order struggles for survival against the the tireless forces of anarchy and the occult. When murder and witchcraft join forces, what can law and reason do but soldier on into the very heart of darkness?
More info can be found here http://www.thewillowsmagazine.com/curre
You can still get part one of "The Strange Case of the All-Seeing Ear" via January's issue here: http://thewillows.myshopify.com/product
And part two of "The Strange Case of the All-Seeing Ear" via March's :http://thewillows.myshopify.com/produc
The Willows (http://www.thewillowsmagazine.com/
comes out Bi-monthly and has a great deal of good things to read.
Lots going on and more to come.
amusedSunday, April 27, 2008
11:29PM - Nice
Best thing this weekend
http://community.livejournal.com/steamf
amusedMonday, April 28, 2008
12:59AM
Steampunk is getting more and more popular, as you can see - winner of the "Layout of the year" contest
Sunday, April 27, 2008
5:41PM - Fan Video: The Time Machine
I loved the Art Direction in the 2002 movie version of The Time Machine, based on the classic novel by H.G. Wells.
I've made a fan video using clips from the movie, set to the song "If You Know Time" by Robyn Hitchcock.
Here's the link to watch the vid on You Tube:
The Time Machine: "If You Know Time"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XitszJ3_X
Cheers, Pyrate Anny
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