Archive for January, 2010

A New Steampunk Novel available for download.

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

From the pen (or keyboard) of Robert C. Rodgers , with illustrations by  Tod Wills-( Ninja Hijinx) , comes a new novel that includes, mechanical spiders, insidious rogue mathematicians, and an incident involving steam-powered cutlery.

The  novel (70,ooo words and 14 illustrations) is available from  Arcadia Snips .

What do you do with old computer stuff? – Steampunk it!

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Here’s a good re-purposing of some older technology – a steampunked HP320LX..
The story :
“Story: I had this little computer for over a decade and it had not seen much use. I had recently rediscovered interactive fiction on my iPod touch. However, playing text adventures on a touch screen was ultimately unsatisfying. I [...]

Recognize any thing?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

See the video here : Steamed or Whos art is who
Tonight it was discovered that the promotional video for Katie MacAlister’s new book “Steamed” (a steampunk romance novel now on the shelves at your local bookstore) included images by various artists who were not credited. Whoever put the video together failed to give [...]

We brew Tea in a Yellow Submarine.

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

“In the town where I was born, lived a man who drank a lot of tea, and he told us of his life, in the land of tea-infusing submarines”
Well, there you have it, Tea is Steampunk, Submarines are Steampunk, so how could this not be?

The question now becomes – What tea would Nemo drink? [...]

The Nautilus One-Man Band.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

The Music Artist, Arthur van Poppel, a Dutch entertainer with more than twenty years experience, has created his  latest invention, The Nautilus , complete with an arsenal of wheels, handles, chains, gears, connections and complicated transmissions, this Music Artist has again been able to create an amazing insturment for his one-man band [...]

Steampunk Horology

Monday, January 25th, 2010

The Steampunk Lab has a page devoted to watches in the Steampunk Style.  They include a few of my favorites, including the Vianney Halter “Perpetua Antiqua”

They might be a bit short in info, but its a very successful  attempt at creating a collection of watches a la Steampunk.
Steampunk Lab – Watches

Tractors redux – but this time, Steam

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

In keeping with yesterday’s post, we present a few more tractor, but unlike those previous, these are true steam tractors.
Foden Type “C” Estate Tractor:

Foden Type ‘D”  Timber Tractor:

Lastly, Sentinel GB Timber Tractor “Brutus”

If only they were Steam..

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Steam-powered that is.  Those who know me know that I’m a sucker for steam locomotives (the result of the last 6 years of my railroad career having been involved with the restoration and running of a Class 1  mainline steam  loco), and even more of a lover of streamlined steam locos. That’s why these, although [...]

The Official Launch of the Antiquitarian Guild of Inventors & Engineers

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

The new official AGIE website has now been launched into Beta testing. Our latest newsletter is available here: http://eepurl.com/gG0l
A big thank you to the Brass Goggles blog and forums for getting us of the ground! We couldn’t of done it without you!
Leonardo Wolfe – AGIE Founder (www.theagie.org)

New Steampunk MMPORG – “Pervagus”

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

“After the destruction of the earths surface during the last War of Domination, not much was left of humanity as it was known. With only scrap metal and wood remaining, the few survivors have learned to adapt to their new way of life. As the years pass on, only a handful of the original survivors [...]