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 | 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 | 7. Mai 2012
Before the scientifically inclined readers of my blog get too excited, Phil Plait will not appear in Steampunk garb, sorry. Felicia Day gives him a shout-out at the beginning of the video below, which features Felicia in a Steampunk outfit during a spontaneous photo shoot at Clockwork Couture! Glorious! Please enjoy! And lest I [...]
Traveler | 3. Mai 2012
Today’s feature is for mad scientists and other future overlords of a more intellectual persuasion who do not have the funds to get started on their own. If the description above is all about you (yes, you!) then you should pay RocketHub a visit. This is all because RocketHub is currently partnering with the SciFund [...]
Traveler | 24. April 2012
The future has just become more Steampunk and Cyberpunk at the same time. Various billionaire entrepreneurs have come up with plans to go and mine asteroids. This is fabulous. This is so Space Opera/Mad Scientist pulp coming true. Read for yourselves: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17827347 People who looked at this item also looked at… Stand up for your [...]
Traveler | 29. März 2012
Something you do not find every day: A quantum physics-dieselpunk-history joke! People who looked at this item also looked at… The Skeptic Steampunk Iron Sky Review – Watch this Movie! New Steampunk Home A Brief Introduction to Steampunk Another Zeppelin Image Related items The Cryptozoology Perspective The Steampunk Approach to Science Lakehurst 75 Years ago [...]
Traveler | 26. März 2012
You know, so many people say this world is beautiful. Look at it: It is filled with life. There is life everywhere. Is life not beautiful? Well, I guess I have news for you: 99% of all species that have ever, ever, lived on earth, have died out. Some of the one’s that survived a [...]
Traveler | 20. März 2012
Well, well, what can I say. This truely is a triumph for science and technology. Space science has helped archeology spot new potential sites of ancient habitation. More details in this article by the BBC. And it is not only about science: Every dig is also an adventure, every new discovery is an adventure. The [...]
Traveler | 17. März 2012
This has been on Youtube for how long? Why did I not find it earlier? People who looked at this item also looked at… Zeppelin Artwork Happy Birthday, Mr. Tesla And then my mind was blown out Sandman – The Graphic Novel of the Good Times The Secret Police is hard at work Related items [...]
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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