nMediaPc, the self-proclaimed leading Home Theater PC component manufacturer, has released a retro-looking PC case which should have every steampunk enthusiast oohing and awing… not only over the appearance of the case, but also its affordable price. Although the retail price is $120, it is currently selling for around $89...
I just stumbled across this book on Amazon.com and haven’t been able to stop laughing for the past two hours (I may need to call my doctor… although he might die of laughter too). I love irony. Yes, it is a real book. Excuse me. I must get back to...
Here’s my obligatory steampunk post of the month, since I’ve not posted anything steampunkish since December. It’s a large collection of 24 steampunk guns, blades, and other wonky weapon things. Check it out at walyou.com!
It is now the year 2010. Looking back at my childhood, I recall how excited I was about this year. In the 1980s, the year 2010 was envision as the beginning of brilliant era of manned space exploration and scientific discovery. We would have numerous orbiting space stations, a permanent...
Last week, Publisher’s Weekly reported that book publishers may be loosing $3 billion a year due to online book piracy. Piffle. The same absurd arguments have, of course, been used by the MPAA and RIAA about online movie and music piracy. $3 billion is nothing, NOTHING, compared to the trillions...
Windowed user interfaces have remained the dominate, all-pervasive interface since the mid to late 1980s for all but the most specialized computer systems. Irreverently donated “WIMP” type interfaces (window, icon, menu, pointer), they are indeed versatile, flexible, and more-or-less intuitive, to say nothing of their 25+ year establishment as the...
“Doctor Who” ranks pretty high on my list of ultimate sci-fi series–in fact, it is probably the ultimate Steampunk sci-fi series of all time, hands down. And well it should be, as it has been running for over 45 years, albeit with a sizeable gap between the classic and the...
Looks like there is a nice little article on Steampunk in Times magazine. Steampunk is still far from mainstream, and I dread to think about what would happen if it were to become mainstream, but it is still nice to see a little press every now and then! And wow,...
Check it out. Gizmodo has an excellent article on what the real physics of space combat would be like. As you might imagine, Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Gate, Star-whatever-sci-fi-show-you-like, have got it completely and utterly long. A movie or TV show that tried to portray realistic space combat would...
It seems like every day there’s just a bit more steampunk in the world. The latest addition to the steampunk genre is “War of the Worlds: Goliath”. It’s an animated movie, but it seems to be rated R for language, violence, and possibly sex and nudity. It’s, after all, produced...
