Traveler | 25. Mai 2012
And today, on Towel Day and the 35th anniversary of Star Wars, space flight history has been written. I leave you with this image I captured from the NASA video feed. Click it to learn more about it and the historic mission. People who looked at this item also looked at… Towel Day and Star [...]
Traveler | 24. Mai 2012
Eugene Polley, the inventor of the TV remote control has passed on. His 1955 invention, the flash-matic was a comparatively simple device in view of what modern remote controls can do, but it was a first step. Today, a lot of people would not know how to switch off their TV or stereo if it [...]
Traveler | 21. Mai 2012
Happy Dieselpunk Holiday everybody! Today is the 85th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s crossing the Atlantic in his plane Spirit of St. Louis. So today, get into your Dieselpunk gear and raise your glasses to Charles Lindbergh, his trusty Spirit of St. Louis, his legend and the spirit of adventure! Related items Lakehurst 75 Years ago [...]
Traveler | 15. Mai 2012
Everybody who knows anything about the Illuminati (especially if your primary source of information is the noted scholar Dan Brown), knows, they are a secretive organization. They are pretty much underground. How deep underground they really are has thus far been a matter of speculation. Up until now. Believe me, it took quite some effort [...]
Traveler | 9. Mai 2012
Today, one of the greatest archeologists in history would be 138 years old. Alas, he died in 1939, the Curse of Tutankhamun having passed him by completely… Why the curse? If you had to ask, please go away now and feel ashamed for yourself. Howard Carter is remembered because he discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun. [...]
Traveler | 6. Mai 2012
75 years ago, the Golden Age of Zeppelin Cruises came to a catastrophic end with the explosion of LZ 129 Hindenburg. 35 people perished. Never forget! People who looked at this item also looked at… Steampunk Oz Dieselpunk Rocking Horse Electric Cars are so Dieselpunk Steampunk is Sexy Steampunk Alice Related items Reichsflugscheibe and Zeppelin [...]
Traveler | 3. Mai 2012
I found this great shot while browsing through some pages containing photographs of the Bundesarchiv. I.e. the central register of photographic images (mostly historical) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Now I have a little challenge for you: Caption this! But beware! “Obvious” captions are not permitted. If I get more than 10 captions, [...]
Traveler | 20. April 2012
George Takei, a.k.a. Captain Hikaru Sulu, has graced this planet for 75 years today. Apart from being one of the most recognisable sci-fi icons ever, Mr. Takei has also been active in politics. For his work concerning Japanese-US relations, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, one of the [...]
Traveler | 19. April 2012
This came in over night via Twitter. It is too good not to share. Predicting the future… “cartoons, westerns and love stories will still constitute the predominant hits of the twenty-first century” (1982) — Matt Novak (@paleofuture) People who looked at this item also looked at… SteamUp Festival Vol. III Travel Log Part III: No [...]
Traveler | 11. April 2012
Now this is something genuinely beautiful and inspired. A Super Mario themed Steampunk Cosplay: There is more cosplay and related photography in Ashley Anderson’s gallery on DeviantArt. I think Steampunk and Super Mario combines rather well. For one thing, Mario is a plumber, a craftsman with a rather dirty and gritty job and he has [...]
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.
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