Islington’s Scion
A hitman for hire is a cheap trick, and I'm still listening. Azure is an engineered contract killer in the megacity of Themis, where murdering the biologically immortal is legal…
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Aviator Helmet and Respirator
Brass filters on a hand-stitched leather helmet is a WIN from me. The Vasilaches in Bucharest took the WWI aviator's cap as the base, which is the right ancestor.
The Arsonist Offers to Mediate
Oh good, the fire department's here, and it brought its own gas can. On Sunday the regime occupying Iran had its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, phone Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal…
Teapot Racing and Three Other Weekends
"A Steampunk Story Set in a Truly Steampunk World!" That's how TeslaCon bills itself, and it runs November 12 to 15 at the Marriott in Middleton, Wisconsin. Steampunk the Thames…
Hydrogen Queen Takes Off
Hydrogen burns, and Victor Sierra named their airship the Hydrogen Queen anyway. Imperfect Meridians is the fifth album from Victor Sierra, a Paris steamgoth duo, Commander Bob and The Legendary…
Neuromancer Series
Forty-two years for a screen version of the root of CyberPunk, and I'm skeptical anyway. Apple TV starts Neuromancer on January 22, 2027, ten episodes, with a teaser of neon…
Tamura Lumitime Clock
A player piano for neon, and I want one... The Tamura Lumitime looks like a digital clock: a red 7-segment display, glowing. Mark Furneaux took one apart, and Hackaday covered…
Splash-Free Urinals Beat Cockroach Milk
Splash-free urinals take the only A+ on this year's Ig Nobel list, and a snake-stepping study takes the F. Kissing, defined as lip movement with no food changing hands: exact…
Hindenburg: The Gas Nobody Would Sell
In 1937 the largest aircraft ever to fly, with its sister ship, crossed the Atlantic with a dining room, a promenade, and a smoking lounge. It had been planned around helium, the gas that lifts and cannot burn. It flew on hydrogen.
Honest Hardware in Pine and Iron Pipe
Pine boards and black iron pipe, and I'd still call it the most honest PC I've seen this year. Dante Mutti spent two years on Hydropower, and three decisions earn…