Jason Heuser has created some truly epic “what if” concept art for (the best way to describe it) “Epic Presidents” — some with a nice steampunk flare to boot. Check it out (all pictures link to his deviantART gallery). (George Washington: Zombie Hunter) (Andrew Jackson: Alien Slayer) (F.D.R.: Battle for...
I know it’s the wrong season for this, but I just came upon this video of a fellow dressed like Ben Franklin playing “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” on a glass armonica. For those who do not know, the glass armonica is a musical instrument invented by old Bennie...
After having missed Dragon*Con two years in a row (Bad geek! Bad! No Firefly for you!) my wife and I will at last be heading down to Atlanta this year to revel in all that is most geeky, nerdy, and awesome. If you’ve never heard of Dragon*Con, you’re probably reading...
Argh! The Stock Market has crashed yet again! Would some one please fix it so it will stop doing that? I mean really — how am I supposed to get that 45% annual return that I need to actual retire when I’m at retirement age if the global financial market...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies magazine has just announced that they will be publishing the Mammoth Book of Steampunk sometime next year. The book will include “A Serpent in the Gears,” by Margaret Ronald, from BCS #34,as well as stories authors Genevieve Valentine, Cat Rambo, Matthew Kressel, and Megan Arkenberg, and new...
This is a rather fantastic steampunk music video — it’s not a fan piece, but rather is the actual music video for Ben Lovett’s “Eye of the Storm”, from the album Highway Collection, and directed by Christopher Alender. So turn up the volume, click the HD resolution setting, blow it up...
As shocking as it may seem, the maker of the iPhone, iPod, iPad, iMac, iTunes, iWhateverTheMarketingDepartmentCameUpWithThisWeek has more cash and securities than the United States Treasury. As of Wednesday, July 27, the US Treasury had $73.768 billion in cash, while Apple Corporation had just over $76 billion in cash and...
A shocking report from scientists at the University of Leeds has revealed that Medieval knights were encumbered by heavy armor, and expended more energy than they otherwise would when not wearing heavy armor. http://vimeo.com/26667250 The study was performed on medieval reenactors for the Royal Armouries in Leeds, who donned full...
This is perhaps the greatest tribute to America’s Space Shuttle program that I have yet seen. An 8 minute video from Nature Videos (of the Nature science journal), it highlights every mission in the 30 year program–it’s good times and bad times, it’s triumphs and it’s tragedies. So turn up...
The Space Shuttle Atlantis landed this morning at 5:56am EDT on July 21, 2011, bringing to a close the halcyon days of Mankind’s exploration of space. Okay, I suppose it is a bit too harsh to say that this end’s the human exploration of space. The point is simply that,...
