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Atompunk Friday: ENIAC

| 10. Februar 2012

Today I feel like doing a bit of Atompunk, and since I am doing my blogging at a computer I guess it is time to remember the distant ancestor of all computers, the ENIAC. ENIAC is the acronym for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. There are several rather good articles on the web: English Wikipedia [...]

Mechanics for Dreams

| 7. Februar 2012

Steampunk is great. It never fails to surprise me. The sheer variety of things out there i the æthernet. Today ‘s featured artist is Daniele Napoli, alias Tana of Tana Creatures. Tana Creatures takes parts from industrial machinery and industrial processes and recycles them to create machinery producing music in surprising and wonderful ways. In [...]

The Technician – The Making Of

| 27. Januar 2012

Remember Luca Cerlini’s The Technician I featured a while back and the interview Luca was kind enough to give me? Luca has now released the Making Of of his epic project. Please enjoy: Part 1: Part 2 I would really love to see The Technician available for download or on DVD somewhere… People who looked [...]

This image needs no explanation

| 27. Januar 2012

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Iron Sky premiers at the Berlinale

| 26. Januar 2012

And hopefully, there will be a full-fledged release in selected theaters across Europe, followed by a Collector’s Edition DVD!     People who looked at this item also looked at… A Brief Introduction to Steampunk New Steampunk Home More Steampunk Interior Design Random Ætherweb Tomfoolery Teslapunk Related items Fun with Evil Germans: How to do [...]

Shoutout for Science! RED ALERT!

| 26. Januar 2012

Stop What You’re Doing and Explore Mars Right Now! Go here (klick) And since I initially posted this one on the fly (i.e. from my smartphone) here is a little image to beautify the article and to show you what you get behind the link:     People who looked at this item also looked [...]

Big Bad Locomotive

| 16. Januar 2012

Normally it pains me to see old, venerable steam-powered train engines stand somewhere, left to rot in disrepair. Yet, there is still some beauty that can even be distilled from them. The following image is ample testimony: The photographer responsible for this very powerful image is Beezqp, from Poland. The train engine is standing somewhere [...]

Lincoln had a Time Travel App

| 30. Dezember 2011

This image is proof enough… The people at Apple are true technomages. I did not think the IPhone was capable of this feat. People who looked at this item also looked at… Review: Escape the Clouds – Circumnavigator More Steampunk Interior Design Fun Dieselpunk Friday – Strange Tanks and Lame Jokes Gatehouse Gazette 18 – [...]

The Marionette Unit – A Project on Hold

| 19. Dezember 2011

While scouting the ætherweb, as I do when I have the time, always on the lookout for oddities, marvels and the odd cryptid, I discovered this: The Marionette Unit – Inception Trailer from Fun Size Studios on Vimeo. I was quite intrigued by this rather harrowing trailer. Mad scientist, evil industrialist and damsel in distress, [...]

The LHC just blew up the Universe

| 15. Dezember 2011

Actually, it did not, in case you did not notice. Inspired by Symphony of Science (see below) I dug around for the videos containing the lyrics. One particular enlightning one I discovered in the process is this presentation by Brian Cox: Beautiful! I say this again: Education was fashionable during the reign of Victoria and [...]