The Traveler's Steampunk Blog

res ætheris exploramus

Chestbursters and Zombies: A match made in some bizarre heaven?

| 5. März 2013

There are some questions people do not like to ask. Others are too horrific to be even considered by sane minds. Well, since I am on the mad scientist side of life, or fancy myself to be there anyway, I guess that counts, I can consider the following: Let us presume the following. There is [...]

Battle of the Puppets: Steampunk vs Superhero

| 28. Juli 2012

I know, the headline of this post sounds pretty weird, but trust me, it only gets weirder. How so? Well, the most honorable Mr Bradford can explain it to you: Yes, as weird as that. I suggest you check out the project and give your support, after all, you can get a personal message from [...]

When Cthulhu met The Highlander

| 10. Dezember 2011

A commenter on my blog, Celestial Elf, shared this one with me recently. As a devoted Cthulhu cultist it is my holy duty to share it with you, let the insanity commence: Iä! everybody…  

Sharing the Pain

| 6. Dezember 2011

A friend of mine shared this on the well-known ætherweb gathering place remotely connected to libraries (as far as the name is concerned). Now it is time to share the pain. It really made me cringe but it is also bizarrely amusing: And speeaking of bizarre, another friend of mine pointed my attention to this [...]

You could not make it up…

| 29. Juni 2011

This entry is brought to you courtesy of My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning. In case you have not heard of it before, it is a Tumblr blog I am following and a few of the images I have posted here on previous occasions are taken from there. Today’s little gem is a piece [...]

Dieselpunk hits Reality

| 11. Juni 2011

This post is brought to you courtesy of Dirk de Beer who wrote to me in response to my Creative Uses for Airships post. I mentioned the need to develop aircraft detection technology real fast and Dirk pointed me towards a site that has splendid examples of just that. To be more precise, the examples [...]

Mythos Musical Equipment

| 4. August 2010

The following photo appeared on the Ætherweb quite a while ago. Rumor has i it was first twittered by Neil Gaiman. Could be… I guess he has ways to access the darker corners of the cosmos. In any case, I guess this, errh.. Cthulele? proves that the dancers and players at Azathoth’s court have actually [...]

When Victorian Occultism meets Evolution

| 17. Juni 2010

Warning! Extreme weirdness ahead! I was just thinking… In a Steampunk world, you have advanced sience mixed with Victorian elements. And I was just listening to Tom Slatter’s excellent “Lines overheard at a Séance”. So this thought popped into my mind, it is just a thought-experiment, really… Let’s say you’ve got both evolution and ghosts/spirits. [...]

Save the Pacific Tree Octopus

| 24. März 2010

As a faithful member of the Cult of Cthulhu I have to draw your attention to an impending ecological disaster: The Pacific Tree Octopus is about to go extinct! Please unite in a glorious effort to safe the Cascade Tree Octopus! Join our Cause!

Dieselpunk Rocking Horse

| 15. März 2010

My thanks go out to my friend Timo who pointed my baleful eye to the following odd beauty: This is such a marvelously neat idea. Just think of th educational and play-related possibilities of this toy. You can basically teach your child to be a dieselpunk (or steampunk) style explorer who travels the world with [...]