The Traveler's Steampunk Blog

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Steampunk Cakes

| 7. November 2010

For this article, I have to thank my friend Sarah. She pointed the blog Cake Wrecks to me. Their featured type of cake today are Steampunk themed cakes. Wedding cakes, to be precise. And what marvels Jen presents in the article, such as this one: This particular cake is by Christopher Garren’s Let Them Eat [...]

Steampunks congregate to Waltham, Massachusetts

| 5. November 2010

And once again it hurts to be on this side of the Atlantic, because there is another excellent Steampunk exhibition in the colonies, pardon me, my age… I mean, of course, the United States. New England, to be more precise and Waltham, Massachusetts to be exact. More details about the event: Steampunk: Form and Function [...]

Steampunk and Skepticism

| 4. November 2010

A few days ago I posted a recommendation concerning the podcast The Skepic’s Guide to the Universe. As you may have gathered from some of my posts and my repeated mention of Skeptoid in several posts, I am a skeptic myself. I am not really an atheist, in as much as I am a Cthulhu [...]

The Steampunk Drilling Machine

| 2. November 2010

Ladies and Gentlemen, through the combined efforts of the Steampunk community and other honorable citizens, Peter Montgomery was able to complete his epic Steampunk Halloween Project. This is, the finished thing: And here are the vital stats: 7 feet in diameter Total length is 25 feet Drill bit is 11 1/2 feet long by itself [...]

Steampunk Dice and a Gear Raffle

| 1. November 2010

Here is another fine example of how many skilled craftsmen are found among the ranks of Steampunk. This time, I want to point you towards Abraham Nedderman and his blog Brassfashion specifically his excellent Steampunk dice: Granted, Abraham has only started but what is there so far looks promising. I am quite enchanted by the [...]