Traveler | 30. Juli 2009
111 years ago today, Otto von Bismarck died. A controversial, reactionary but very influential and effective politician. Otto von Bismarck *April 1st, 1815 in Schönhausen; † July 30th 1898 in Friedrichsruh near Hamburg Related items Unapologetic Patriotism in Germany Bionade-Biedermeier お誕生日おめでとうございます福澤様! Let us never forget The United States of Greater Austria Bookmark It Hide Sites [...]
Traveler | 26. Juli 2009
The last British soldier who fought in the Great War has passed on. Let us remember. Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Let us not repeat history. And also, let me take this opportunity to remeber the last soldier of the German Army who died: Dr. Erich Kästner, who was born on March 10, 1900, [...]
Traveler | 25. Juli 2009
Another official Steampunk Holiday One hundred years ago today, French aviator Louis Blériot (very impressive mustache) succeeded in crossing the English Channel in a motor-powered airplane. Let’s raise our glasses and give three cheers to Monsieur Blériot. Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! And here are two images of the aviator and his plane: Related items Steampunk Diver’s [...]
Traveler | 22. Juli 2009
Here are some very nice images of artists’ imaginations about the future. Since these imaginations are from around 1900, their relative future is, well, now. So I can actually compare the artistic fancies with what the future turned out to be once it arrived. Here we go: An image I really like, the arctic Zeppelin [...]
Traveler | 21. Juli 2009
So the historic landmark was 40 years yesterday…Here’s an image: Related items The Mindset of the Times Happy Birthday Mister Armstrong The Difference Engine A Steampunk Tower in Augsburg Daily Travels Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d162′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Traveler | 17. Juli 2009
Just another footnote in the great, often not so great and most often downright dirty history of mankind: The United States of Greater Austria. If it had not been for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, this now unfortunately very fictional country would have risen like a Phoenix from the carcass of the rotting Habsburg [...]
Traveler | 16. Juli 2009
Hmmm… Just stumbled upon this game by accident… Here’s the trailer: And a video about the gameplay: Actually, I do not think that steamgunners is the sort of game I would enjoy much and so I am unlikely to purchase it, but still, it is definitely Steampunk so it is worth mentioning here on this [...]
Traveler | 15. Juli 2009
So, there was this concept of a nuclear powered Zeppelin brought forth by the mind of a Russian engineer. I am not sure if this was an idea that was at any time seriously considered or just some sort of Soviet Futurism, still… quite a cool concept I have to say… People who looked at [...]
Traveler | 8. Juli 2009
A friend of mine recently pointed an article on the Spiegel website out to me which concerned some rather sad and weird legal concerns hailing from the colonial era. The whole article is just one click away. A very strange story in deed. It is so sad when you look back now: We Germans did some [...]
Traveler | 6. Juli 2009
Well… I guess this post could develop into some sort of a rant, so I better start with what I consider seriously good news: The German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr, finally has a medal of valor again. The official statement on the Bundeswehr Homepage is as such: Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Angela Merkel und Verteidigungsminister Dr. Franz [...]
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