Traveler | 16. Juni 2011
Again it’s skepticism and not Steampunk… I just wanted to give a shoutout for skeptic, educator and all-over great guy Brian Dunning. I have mentioned him here before, he is the host of Skeptoid (click!), one of the finest science podcasts around. In May, Brian gave a presentation of his famed Sounds from Beyond at [...]
Traveler | 15. Juni 2011
Just wanted to share the following episode of the Angry Robot Podcast, since it is an interview with Lavie Tidhar and not sharing it would be an abomination. I am really looking forward to the release of The Great Game and am currently reading Ossama. Very different, but also highly recommendable. Theme song courtesy [...]
Traveler | 14. Juni 2011
Today is international Steampunk Day and it is really easy to participate: …dress up like Steampunk Characters, watch steampunk movies, play steampunk video games, read steampunk books and just bask in the glory that is the steampunk genre. So bust out your goggles and your ray guns, your felt vests and your steam gaskets and [...]
Traveler | 12. Juni 2011
Remember Claudia Christian a.k.a. Commander Ivanova of Babylon 5? She is now involved in a Steampunk project. Yes, you got that right. Another Sci-Fi icon has picked up the Steampunk banner. The project in question is Æther Dancer, an independent production by a crew based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. But there is one catch: Since [...]
Traveler | 11. Juni 2011
This post is brought to you courtesy of Dirk de Beer who wrote to me in response to my Creative Uses for Airships post. I mentioned the need to develop aircraft detection technology real fast and Dirk pointed me towards a site that has splendid examples of just that. To be more precise, the examples [...]
Traveler | 10. Juni 2011
Well, it has been a while since I stated this but today I exclaim: TGIF! And since we all need to have a laugh once in a while I thought I share this little geeky gem with you: Roll a D6 from Connor Anderson on Vimeo. Yes, some role players out there have far too [...]
Traveler | 9. Juni 2011
As I have already posted over on my German blog, I attended a 1930′s themed party in Munich in April. Among the features of the event was a casino and I actually won enough at the blackjack table for me and my friends to win a bottle of whiskey after we pooled our chips but [...]
Traveler | 9. Juni 2011
My friends from the Vienna Steampunk Pub Moot have made the following discovery: Yes, it is an Italian Steampunk movie! I wonder if this is going to be a full length feature or something short… Hmmm… I guess I should put myself on the trail of the team behind The Technician. Oh, this is so [...]
Traveler | 8. Juni 2011
Today is Shavuot, the day God, according to Jewish tradition, gave the Torah to his people assembled at Mount Sinai. Now this was a long time ago and according to common wisdom, Judaism has not changed much… Well, think again. There is a rather active modern Jewish community on the ætherweb and in the world [...]
Traveler | 6. Juni 2011
June 6th 1944 – Operation Overlord I guess it would be futile of me, going into great detail about this momentous event. Most of my readers will be familiar with it and have also seen this iconic photograph before: Quite obviously it is “Into the Jaws of Death” by Robert F. Sargent. If you have [...]
I am an anthropologist and in this capacity a minor scholar of the Cthulhu Mythos and H.P. Lovecraft. I am also quite obviously heavily into Steampunk and Dieselpunk and like travelling.
More about me can be found here and also here (in German).
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