Traveler | 15. Mai 2013
Strangeness is great. After all, we Steampunks are a pretty strange bunch. Now listen to this: Strangeness is a great thing, triggering innovation and change, as Maria Bezaitis will tell you: So people: Stay strange and help humanity! Oh, and by the way: Have you noticed the Steampunk decor in the background? Yes, it seems [...]
Traveler | 1. Mai 2013
Every dot in this stop-motion animation by IBM is a single atom, how cool is that! A few facts: The dots in this 90-second film are so small they can only be seen when magnified 100 million times. The ability to move single atoms is vital for research into data storage at the atomic level [...]
Traveler | 7. April 2013
In today’s episode I introduce you to the most splendid newly discovered organism which bears the name of my favourite Great Old One, please enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes Further reading: Eukaryotes in general The Parabasalia Cell structure in general Most importantly, the paper describing Cthulhu macrofasciculumque and his daughter Cthylla microfasceculumque: Cthulhu Macrofasciculumque [...]
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Traveler | 9. März 2013
Today’s episode of the Non-Euclidean Æthercast is about cryptozoology, the pseudoscience concerning itself with the Loch Ness Monster, the Almas, and the Bigfoot, among others. I think despite its scientific shortcomings, cryptozoology is a very worthwhile leisure time interest for the more adventurous Steampunk lady or gentleman. Listen in and hear for yourselves, and please [...]
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Traveler | 18. Februar 2013
Today’s cigarette-break sized science podcast is all about research into evolution, specifically the evolution of birds and placental mammals. All squishy science! Subscribe on iTunes Further reading: Transitional Fossil Denial and Feathered Dinosaurs Dinosaurs with stubby feathers Placental Mammal ancestors after the K-Pg extinction event BBC article on mammalian ancestors Multituberculate Mammals Podcast (minutes-at-the-edge-steampunk-science-podcast): Play [...]
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Traveler | 30. Januar 2013
Today marks the first episode of the mad science mini-podcast of the Traveler’s Steampunk Blog: Minutes on the Edge. This podcast will bring you short news from the cutting edge of science (but not the fringe) whenever I discover something I find intriguing. Today’s episode is about quantum biology, please enjoy! Further reading: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/02/08/1012293108.abstract http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21150046 [...]
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Traveler | 28. Januar 2013
As a skeptic Steampunk, it would be wrong of me not to point your attention to this Kickstarter project. Please consider a donation: More about James Randi can be found out at his own site, the James Randi Educational Foundation.
Traveler | 29. Dezember 2012
The 2013 New Year Honour List of Queen Elisabeth II is a great one for nerds and geeks everywhere! Among the laureates are: Professor Higgs, who predicted the boson which bears his name is now a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour and (and this is even more splendid): Ian Livingstone, yes, Ian “Fighting [...]
Traveler | 10. Dezember 2012
Today we celebrate the birthday of a truly remarkable Lady (capitalisation intended): Lady Ada Lovelace was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron and the first person to ever write a computer program. Yes, all the old school geeks and nerds out there probably have a moment of blindness right now, but yes, the [...]
Traveler | 8. Dezember 2012
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) and Google
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