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...
Now here’s something you could do if you had, oh I don’t know, maybe a million freaking dollars? You could renovate an old Victorian house into a shiny brass Neo-Victorian Steampunk House! This fantastic work was done by Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum of Modern Victorian Home Restoration. Way to go!...
As is apparent from my blog post a few weeks ago, I just built a new computer and it needed a new operating system installed on it. For this, I chose to install the latest, greatest, most powerful modern operating system on the planet. No, it’s not Windows 7, silly...
Well, it seems the steampunk band Abney Park has released their new album, Aether Shanties! Just based on the titles alone, it looks to be a very steampunkish album, perhaps more-so than Lost Horizons, which was pretty steampunk by anyone’s definition. I have not been able to find a good...
The Neo-Victorian, Jules Verne inspired, Steampunkish band, Vernian Process,has released (or are close to releasing) their new album, “Behold the Machine”. You can listen to their new album, or download it if you wish, on the band’s MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/vernianprocess. Seriously good stuff for the steampunk in us all!...
Well, this is truly unique. A steampunk haunted house, which was apparently open from Oct. 28th to Oct 31st in Abrons Art Center located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Those crazy artsy New Yorkers, what’ll they think of next? It’s creepy, cool, a extremely well done. Check it out:
