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« Reply #150 on: November 14, 2007, 04:16:38 am » |
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...For every act that makes one feel that the human race doesn't deserve to survive,
we are in equal messure supplied with another reason why that extinction would be a crying shame.
Nothing quite like seeing an artisan at work to restore ya faith in the human race.
What he said. I'm also a new member due to someone sending me a link to datamancer.net, and from there to this site. Incredible work, and quite a restorative to my faith in the human beastie. My taste runs a bit post-victorian, and I'd like keys in sandstone, and in a layout not designed to make one type slowly (QWERTY). I've been dreaming about building my own keyboard for years, and just got a big kick in the pants... many thanks... |
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« Reply #151 on: November 15, 2007, 02:01:29 am » |
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this makes me a sad panda becuse i know i will never make something like that grrr
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« Reply #152 on: November 15, 2007, 02:10:52 am » |
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You almost have me conviced that Victorians used laptops. I mean, those cogs actually look like they might do something....
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« Reply #153 on: November 15, 2007, 02:22:47 am » |
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Beautiful work, inspired me to work on a pair of steampunk headphones!  |
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« Reply #154 on: November 21, 2007, 11:04:41 am » |
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I was thinking of the same thing for my mp3 player. I want to get hold of an old pair of radio operators headphones and integrate modern speakers into them, however such a thing is not easy to come by unless you really look. I once found a wonderful scrap place on my travels to Devon, however I was unable to take advantage of it. I would love to try to go again one day. *sigh*
I lack technical expertise, so my modifications are down to asthetics I am afraid, but I hope to have somewhat of a better understanding of things like Tesla technology, and perhaps a few things inspired by Robert Rankin's 'The Witches of Chiswick' (which I recommend, wonderful book). I do go to steam rallys every now and then and one can pick up a fair bit, if one is willing to haggle, or pay ludicrous prices of the jumble sellers.
I wouldn't min'd getting hold of a laptop myself, but due to lack of funds this is currently impossible. Also, I would probably make an external case that it could be placed in, and taken out of, as I would fear losing the warranty, and this is probably the only way I could do it.
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« Reply #155 on: December 16, 2007, 10:50:49 pm » |
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Looks like you got slashdotted. Congratulations, well, sort of!. It doesn't look like your server survived the experience. I've had my servers (work, not personal) slashdotted a few times; one time we were averaging 150Mb/s for about six hours straight. Good job I wasn't paying for the bandwidth. - Fzz |
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« Reply #156 on: December 16, 2007, 11:58:31 pm » |
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Looks like you got slashdotted. Congratulations, well, sort of!. It doesn't look like your server survived the experience. I've had my servers (work, not personal) slashdotted a few times; one time we were averaging 150Mb/s for about six hours straight. Good job I wasn't paying for the bandwidth. - Fzz Thanks Fzz, yeah Jake von Slatt called me this afternoon and brought it to my attention. I went in there and did some quick hacks to lighten the load. The page is sort of limping along right now, but it's up. You may have to refresh the page a few times to get to it. Thanks for the Gizmodo links too. I just got around to reading through the comments a minute ago. -~D~- |
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« Reply #157 on: December 17, 2007, 03:58:16 am » |
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Such is the price of fame! Where else but "The WEB" can one inspired individual create so much enjoyment and envy. I applaud your skills once again. Enjoy the well earned fame. Beautiful work.
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« Reply #158 on: December 17, 2007, 04:59:28 am » |
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When I first posted my brother's Steampunk Lightsaber, it crashed Stardestroyer.net, and then again 3 months later when it got slashdotted. Good for you for riding it out.
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. And it'll look really cool, too.
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« Reply #159 on: December 17, 2007, 10:55:40 pm » |
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I was thinking of the same thing for my mp3 player. I want to get hold of an old pair of radio operators headphones and integrate modern speakers into them, however such a thing is not easy to come by unless you really look. I once found a wonderful scrap place on my travels to Devon, however I was unable to take advantage of it. I would love to try to go again one day. *sigh*
I lack technical expertise, so my modifications are down to asthetics I am afraid, but I hope to have somewhat of a better understanding of things like Tesla technology, and perhaps a few things inspired by Robert Rankin's 'The Witches of Chiswick' (which I recommend, wonderful book). I do go to steam rallys every now and then and one can pick up a fair bit, if one is willing to haggle, or pay ludicrous prices of the jumble sellers.
I wouldn't min'd getting hold of a laptop myself, but due to lack of funds this is currently impossible. Also, I would probably make an external case that it could be placed in, and taken out of, as I would fear losing the warranty, and this is probably the only way I could do it.
re: headphones: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PAIR-OF-VINTAGE-ERICSSON-HEADPHONES-WITH-BRAIDED-CABLE_W0QQitemZ160189102691QQihZ006QQcategoryZ29833QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
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« Reply #160 on: February 20, 2008, 08:42:56 am » |
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man.... that fucking crazy... how much would it cost to get one and where to get one...  !!! |
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« Reply #161 on: February 20, 2008, 09:02:23 am » |
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How much? Materials. Where? Your own workshop, of course.
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« Reply #162 on: March 16, 2008, 07:03:25 pm » |
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great work, I'm in love with it...
would you be so kind to tell us about the cooling system - was it modified?
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« Reply #163 on: March 18, 2008, 04:57:19 pm » |
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Dear Richard,
Great to have you back and hoping that your journey to Ca. was a happy one.
Wishing you and yours good health, prosperity and much joy!
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« Reply #164 on: March 23, 2008, 11:03:07 pm » |
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found this site for feet--$18 for four. http://www.horton-brasses.com/products/clockboxmirror/189New member here. Been a Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs fan forever. Loved stuff like this. Never knew it had a name. Mentioned it the other day. Of course, my 16-year-old said, "Steampunk. Well, yeah. Duh!" Guess I'm getting old  Love the laptop. Inspired me to start work on a "laptop box" for my 1880s style study to hide my hideously modern Inspiron E1705. No cogs under glass, no brass borders (yet). I have to be able to get my laptop out to haul around for work. But just having a music/jewelry/cigar box to put it in on the desk (and use while it's in there) will be a great step forward for me. I'll post pix as it gets closer. Made bottom box and top box (lid) today. Sanded and stained. Waiting for it to dry. What I really want is to make one of the steampunk keyboards and flat monitors to use at work (I teach English at a ... imagine this... technical college). Would that be too cool or what? But first just the little box... |
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« Reply #165 on: June 28, 2008, 01:04:32 am » |
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congrats on that fine piece of art, it's exquisite. After checking the thread I haven't found any suggestions for a suitable theme, may I suggest Enlightenment DR17 (currently under development) with the steampunk theme for your linux, it should fit like a (velvet) glove  http://bp3.blogger.com/_YrbNc9WBBBc/SGV6hmS65ZI/AAAAAAAAAiA/0fpT9OPr0UI/s1600-h/Screenshot.png |
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« Reply #166 on: July 24, 2008, 07:22:42 pm » |
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How do you achieve the copper effect on the keys and touch pad? Mind boggling, that.
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« Reply #167 on: August 01, 2008, 09:32:53 pm » |
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Sir, this marvelous contraption leaves me nearly speechless. Obviously, were I actually speechless, you wouldn't be reading this. I simply must know: would you mod another computer on commission? I already realize this would be phenomenally expensive, but I love what you've done so much, I just had to ask.
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« Reply #168 on: August 06, 2008, 09:08:23 am » |
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Datamancer does this sort of stuff for a living, so I guess he probably would. It might be worth contacting him via his web page.
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« Reply #169 on: May 20, 2009, 03:40:20 pm » |
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Dude, this is quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen.
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« Reply #170 on: May 22, 2009, 02:30:32 pm » |
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Dude, this is quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen.
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« Reply #171 on: May 22, 2009, 10:37:15 pm » |
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Thanks! I've been here since the beginning of the forum, but you may not have seen much of me lately. I'm a real live "working artist" now, so I've been spending a lot of time out in the workshop and don't get as much time to wander the 'net as I'd like. I still pop in every now and again though.
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« Reply #172 on: May 23, 2009, 02:18:30 pm » |
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Thanks! I've been here since the beginning of the forum, but you may not have seen much of me lately. I'm a real live "working artist" now, so I've been spending a lot of time out in the workshop and don't get as much time to wander the 'net as I'd like. I still pop in every now and again though.
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« Reply #173 on: June 08, 2009, 08:28:38 am » |
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I was admiring the one at maker faire... so pretty... I am trying to steampunk my new laptop, it's an Acer Aspire One, but I'm probably just going to do some decals, as I got the copper colored one... but I wish I could do something as awesome as yours^_^ (right now, I'm just steampunking my go ped, LOL)
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I am the Captain of an excellent airship... I just don't know where it went... I left it somewhere... I actually think a flying kraken with the mindset of a magpie took it... cause my ship is always shiny... and you know flying krakens with the mindset of a magpie.... nothing to do about it...*sigh*
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« Reply #174 on: August 05, 2009, 12:12:33 am » |
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Greetings - although I have been reading Steampunk as part of my Sci Fi regimen for many years, I only just realized it's an actual organized genre and community and began delving deeper.
Your Laptop is truly a work of art; I'd say worthy of a museum except that I feel it would be a shame if it were never used.
One question if I may, admittedly an amateur one since I'm new to all this - I noticed that instead of just settling a complete laptop into a wooden case, you actually removed the original laptop case and mounted the innards. Given the higher insulating properties of wood, did you have any cooling issues, or find the need to mount an additional cooling fan?
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