Archive for April, 2009

Updates tonight, and through the weekend

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Your friendly site admin here, with an advisory note.
There are several security and performance-related patches that have been tested against the various bits under the bonnet of the BrassGoggles blog and forum, and we’ll be installing these starting tonight, and extending through the weekend.
We’re also taking this opportunity to perform a little maintenance and retooling [...]

The Spark Museum

Monday, April 20th, 2009

 My we direct your attention to Mr. John Jenkins marvellous collection of vintage radio and scientific apparatus, also known as The Spark Museum.
To quote from the introduction to the site:
 “Welcome to my “virtual” radio and scientific instruments museum where I display the radios and other items I have collected over the past 35+ years. I [...]

House of Secrets Incorporated

Monday, April 20th, 2009

House of Secrets Incorporated is the independent designers identity of a Miss Hilde Heyvaert from Belgium, who specializes in original and custom-made steampunk outfits that should agree to any type of steampunk enthusiast!
The lovely photograph above show several items from her “Steampunk Adventurer” wardrobe. Besides the goggles (“Girl Genius”), aviator hat (“‘t Amerikaantje”), belts (“Moda [...]

The terror of Weird Science

Monday, April 20th, 2009

On November 5th, the Daily Mail reported that, “Students in ‘Weird Science’ Halloween party [were] arrested under anti-terror laws.”

A group of students had their ‘Mad Scientist’ party brought to an abrupt end when police mistook them for terrorists.
The private party, held in Hackney, north London, was organised by a group of friends dressed in white [...]

The Mikiphone: Precursor to the i-pod?

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Courtesy of Mr. Marrock on the forum, this marvellous piece of field equipment has been brought to our attention, more information from earlytech.com:
“The Swiss Mikiphone, circa 1930, is probably the best of all the miniature gramophones produced in the first half of the twentieth century. The folding pocket gramophone when closed resembles a large pocket [...]

Nautica

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

We presume that “Nautica” is the name of the mysterious lady depicted here against the backdrop of a dirigible inspired by the airship from the 2005 animated short film, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Japser Morello. While the dirigible is positively steampunk, the lady herself appears like she would be better in place in some [...]