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Report from the darker, dirtier side #5

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Good Day steampunks! It is time for another report from the “darker, dirtier side” of the alternate history genres we hold so dear.
First things first: there is lots of snow out in these parts of the world and if, like your correspondent, you rather not venture outdoors, know that there is plenty to read online. [...]

Report from the darker, dirtier side #4

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Hello, Brass Goggler! It’s been a while, I’m afraid, but fear not, I’ll get you up to speed in no time.
The newest steampunk fanzine Exhibition Hall released its fourth issue earlier this week. The publication continues to cover recent events, reviews, even a bit of fashion now, and original fiction.
Both Dieselpunks and The Gatehouse have [...]

Report from the darker, dirtier side #3

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Good day, visitor! We have an update again for you today on what has been going on in the darker, dirtier corner of our ‘punk genres.
The website Dieselpunks has an interview with Ghostfire, a band “Unmistakably British and unmistakably steampunk,” according to SteamPunk Magazine. “We live in dark, oppressive times and what we do is [...]

Announcing the “UK Steampunk Network”

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

From Dylan comes this:
” The UK Steampunk Network is an entirely un-exclusive club house for anyone involved in, wanting to get in involved in, curious about or entirely unaware of the Steampunk scene in the United Kingdom.
The idea is that you come along, tell us about anything Steampunk-esque you’re involved in, organising, attending or [...]

Report from the darker, dirtier side #2

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! After our first report there is, of course, more than enough left to discover in the realm of dieselpunk so let me share another good bunch of links with you today.
The website Dieselpunks has the pulp works of George Gross and the high flying adventures of Laurent Negroni and [...]

2D Goggles: The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

We all know about Charles Babbage, creator of the Difference Engine, the predecessor to the modern computer, and Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer. Did you know that they built mammoth difference engines the size of  buildings, fought crime, encountered salamander people, battled with the economy, fought off the alien invasion of 1898, raced [...]

Report from the darker, dirtier side #1

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Brass Goggles has always celebrated the lighter side of steampunk: the cheerful and bright aspects of the genre, the goggles and the zeppelins and the brass; the sort of steampunk that we can all blissfully enjoy in colorful reminiscence of times past.
But there is more to the genre and to the movement than that. [...]

Robert Shuttleworth’s shuttlewerks

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Mr Robert Shuttleworth from Toronto, Canada makes some excellent steampunk machines and miniature robots too!
The creation depicted here is a “remake of a heater to a web cam with 1890s optics yields Alice Through the Looking Glass style view,” according to the artist. Combined, it makes for sheer brilliance, don’t you agree? It goes to [...]

“9″ Another Sneak Peak

Friday, June 26th, 2009

The nice people producing the motion picture “9″ have given us another morsel from the forthcoming film:

 
About 5
Voiced by Academy Award nominee John C. Reilly, 5 is a caring, nurturing engineer – the loyal, big-hearted “common man” who always tries to play the peacemaker. He is also an apprentice of 2, with whom he shares [...]

“10 scientific objects that changed the world” Poll

Friday, June 12th, 2009

 Pheobsky writes:
 

The Science museum (London) is running a poll to decide which out of “10 scientific objects that changed the world” is most favoured in the world- All of the things have a little spiel on them, and inventions include items such as Stevenson’s Rocket, the model T ford and the electric telegraph. It also [...]