Steampunk, Dieselpunk, etc.

[Feraud]

Hmmm not sure I am enjoying this surge in mainstream steampunk aesthetic.
I am seeing one too many vintage timepieces cannibalized for parts and stuck on to any inappropratiate common item.
A steampunk enhanced mechanical item is interesting but steampunk earrings, cufflinks, belt buckles, etc. make no sense.

Do not get me started on that disgusting steampunk taxidermy.

 

[Warbaby]

I really like the Steampunk aesthetic, but I'm with you in my loathing for things simply decorated with odd bits of clockwork and brass. If it's got gears, I expect them to do something; if it's got brass tubing, something better be flowing through it.

I think mobile phones would be a lot cooler if they looked like this field telephone from the late 20s-early 30s. The antenna is a particularly nice touch.

 

[Serial Hero]

I think mobile phones would be a lot cooler if they looked like this field telephone from the late 20s-early 30s. The antenna is a particularly nice touch.

Lets see someone try and talk on that while they're driving.lol

 

[Story]

The antenna is a particularly nice touch.[/IMG][/CENTER]

That reminds me of something else ... ever see the SOUTH PARK episode, where Cartman is kidnapped by Aliens? lol

 

[Feraud]

That reminds me of something else ... ever see the SOUTH PARK episode, where Cartman is kidnapped by Aliens? lol

Yeppers. lol

 

[Gaige]

Oh boy... lol

 

[jayem]

Nope.

 

[Warbaby]

Lets see someone try and talk on that while they're driving.lol

Just imagine hundreds of people on the city streets with phones like that, dodging each other while frantically twisting knobs to keep them tuned...

 

[Slim Portly]

I think mobile phones would be a lot cooler if they looked like this field telephone from the late 20s-early 30s. The antenna is a particularly nice touch.

I'm pretty sure Sprint has something like that. It comes with an Alexander Graham Bell ringtone. "Watson, come here! I need you!... Watson, come here! I need you!..."

 

[CharlesB]

I'm pretty sure Sprint has something like that. It comes with an Alexander Graham Bell ringtone. "Watson, come here! I need you!... Watson, come here! I need you!..."

i wantr that ring tone

 

[donCarlos]

Siemens P1914i
Weight: 3kg
Dimensions: 0,8x0,25x0,45 m
Standby time: 2 minutes
Talk time: 20 seconds
BULLET-PROOF, comes with operator

 

[RIOT]

http://gothamist.com/2008/05/22/telectroscope_t.php

Telectroscope to London Unveiled at Brooklyn Bridge /The Telectroscope, London's window on New York

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...lectroscope,-London's-window-on-New-York.html

Simple green striped pullover gives him a Jules Verne-ish look.

The Telecroscope. I went by it over the weekend, the lines it drew for a 5 minute glimpse through the other side was stunning. I had to pass, however it did look incredible. Definitely something out of Jules Verne's imagination.

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/telectroscope/home.php

 

[zaika]

The Telecroscope. I went by it over the weekend, the lines it drew for a 5 minute glimpse through the other side was stunning. I had to pass, however it did look incredible. Definitely something out of Jules Verne's imagination.

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/telectroscope/home.php

i'm kinda new to this thread...but holy cow!!! that is the coolest thing EVER. he should set up a whole bunch of those things around the world. lol

 

[RIOT]

heh..

The NYC-London FL'ers should try and set up a Coffee-Tea meet-up at the Telecroscope sometime before it closes. Though I am in hopes that it stays there permanently.

 

[Lolly B]

Okay I have never even heard of steampunk until this past week. I think there may be something addictive about it since I am now googling the heck out of it.

One thing I picked up on is that I have some old watches that the guts would make really nifty pendants.

Anyone see the movie "Hellboy"? That clock work man/machine was definitely steampunk and one of the creepiest, fascinating things (and obviously memorable since that movie was from 2004) that I can ever remember seeing.

So to answer the op's question: yes.

I deem steampunk cool until I get bored with it. lol

 

[Dr Doran]

I just a moment ago won these brass goggle-type sunglasses on Ebay, coming all the way from Tibet. They seem Steam Age. I imagine wearing them in a Chinese opium den around 1895.

 

[Feraud]

We attended the Renegade Craft Fair this past weekend in Brooklyn. One vendor was selling Steampunk jewelry. The items consisted of watch movements as earrings and pendants. Uninspired.

 

[BellyTank]

I think mobile phones would be a lot cooler if they looked like this field telephone from the late 20s-early 30s. The antenna is a particularly nice touch.

No telephone. That's a German Police 2-way Radio from 1935.
I prefer the Railway Zeppelin.

B
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[Story]

Although Otlet’s proto-Web relied on a patchwork of analog technologies like index cards and telegraph machines, it nonetheless anticipated the hyperlinked structure of today’s Web. “This was a Steampunk version of hypertext,” said Kevin Kelly, former editor of Wired, who is writing a book about the future of technology.

Otlet’s vision hinged on the idea of a networked machine that joined documents using symbolic links. While that notion may seem obvious today, in 1934 it marked a conceptual breakthrough. “The hyperlink is one of the most underappreciated inventions of the last century,” Mr. Kelly said. “It will go down with radio in the pantheon of great inventions.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/s...14280000&en=29db901ce982d83e&ei=5070&emc=eta1

 

[Story]

The Brass Lion

http://steubenswheelmen.blogspot.com/

Inspired.