The Traveler's Steampunk Blog

Musings from a travelling Steampunk

Hobbies and Jobs for Steampunks

Traveler | 5. September 2010

Granted, the topic of this post pushes against the boundaries of what is healthy quite violently, but I guess more than a few of us have thought about really appropriate jobs and hobbies for Steampunks (and obviously Dieselpunks). It is all a question about how far you want to carry your lifestyle. The trouble is, [...]

Recommended Podcast: The Gearheart

Traveler | 3. September 2010

Last night, while once more being on the site of my favourite educational podcats Skeptoid, I read Brian Dunning’s annoucement Skeptoid being a finalist for this year’s Parsec Awards in the category Fact Behind the Fiction. Good luck, Brian, you have my support! So I went over to the Parsec Awards’ Website and had a [...]

This time it’s war

Traveler | 1. September 2010

Gatehouse Gazette Issue 14 has been released today and its topic is once more on the serious side: War In it you will find tips for the military Steampunk look, observations concerning technologies coming out of wars and which changed all our lives in a positive way. Apart from war-themed essays, there is obviously more. [...]

Recommended Blog: Eclectic Ephemera

Traveler | 29. August 2010

Once more I want to direct you, my dear readers, towards another fellow blogger whose work I find of particular interest. This time it is Eclectic Ephemera, as the name suggests, it is a rather eclectic collection of ephemeral things. But: There is a definite trend apparent in all the things on Eclectic Ephemera and [...]

Weather Noir

Traveler | 27. August 2010

I like summer, it is my favourite time of the year. Right now, it seems that summer in Germany is coming to an end. This year’s summer has been rather wierd. First it was rather cool, then it was really hot and finally it was rather rainy. Right now it seems like the first autumnal [...]

Nightly Air Raid

Traveler | 22. August 2010

Last night, I was awoken from my slumbers, having dreamt of prowling the skys in search of the elusive Air Kraken and following the Nightgaunts on their pre-Halloween migration, by a sudden and unexpected air raid siren. The nightgaunts dispersed in a sudden frenzy of silent wings and snaking tails, the Air Kraken remained undiscovered [...]

The Art of Jessica van Hulle

Traveler | 11. August 2010

This blog is a little virtual biotope of its own. There are things going on I did not expect when I started two years ago and who knows where this will all lead to in the end… Ever since I installed the Tweet-meme button, I started looking at the people who tweeted and retweeted my [...]

News from Lightning in the Bottle

Traveler | 8. August 2010

I just wanted to pass the following message from the Lightning in the Bottle Team on: BTS – Lightning In The Bottle – Our sincerest Thanks from Drew Hall on Vimeo. There’s also an article on their blog. You should check it out, I guess. *Beam* People who looked at this item also looked at… [...]

Tesla Gun and Halitosis

Traveler | 7. August 2010

Commuting to work every morning holds some terrors I have thus far not reckoned with. Well, it is the time of the summer holidays in Germany now, so the train is actually quite empty in the morning and I can pretty much sit by myself. However, the people at Deutsche Bahn in their infinite wisdom [...]

Dieselpunk Alice with Guns and Zeppelins

Traveler | 28. Juli 2010

Right, next year the director of Watchmen and 300 has a new project. This one is Sucker Punch and IMDB has the following very short statement concerning the plot: A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her [...]