Steam Powered Giraffe: Meet Toast
The robots are hiring again. Steam Powered Giraffe, San Diego's resident troupe of singing Victorian automatons, has commissioned a new unit: Toast, built 1896, rebuilt 2026, circus-style, plays flute, carries…
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Cogs & Clockwork: Fergus Steampunk Festival
Next weekend, September 11-12, downtown Fergus, Ontario gets the full SteamPunk treatment. Cogs & Clockwork is back for its 4th annual run, and the lineup is not playing around: Steam…
Weekend at the Asylum 16
It's here. Tomorrow. Weekend at the Asylum 16 descends on Lincoln, UK August 28-31, and if you're not already on a transatlantic flight with your brass goggles fogged from the…
Steampunk Music Video
There's an interesting story from some Steampunk universe in this video. It's certainly worth watching. It was created by Ben Lovett, a musician, composer, producer, and artist known mostly for…
Who is Doctor Steel?
Allow me to introduce you to Doctor Phineas Waldolf Steel. On the surface, Doctor Steel appears to be a humble mad scientist bent on world domination. However, upon scratching that…
A Worthy MP3 Player
Finally, something I would actually buy. Much as I love MP3 players, they're all too damn tiny. These MintCube MP3 players are only 2-in x 2-in x 2in; small enough…
Valve Amp for the Audiophile
There's a lot of buzz on the popular, tech blogs about the new T-2 amplifier from Neuhaus Labs. It's built on vacuum tubes and hand-wound transformers. I've got about 14…
Flame War: The Modern InterWebs
OMG, this is so funny. I love these College Humor guys, and this parody of Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" masterfully captures the modern internet. Also, I saw…
Semi-Mechanical Music Amazement
It's not SteamPunk, but it should be. What this guy did is very extremely cool, right down to the vintage "wait a minute to load" program. Sinclair ZX Spectrum…