Happy Friday everyone, Here’s is your steampunk gadget for today: scintilloscope: an instrument for measuring gamma rays emitted by a radioactive body. Stay Steamin’ Lolita Marie-Claude Marie-Claude is not here much these days because when she is not being a Steamed Lolita and writing Steampunk fiction, she is Dr. Bourque, a Physicist, Meteorologist [...]
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Steampunk Gadget Friday: scintilloscope
Posted in Steampunk, tagged Steampunk, steampunk gadget, steampunk science on July 29, 2011 |
Steampunk Projects on Kickstarter
Posted in gadgets, Steampunk, Steampunk Gadgets, technology, tagged Kickstarter, steampunk projects, steampunk technology on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Got swag? I’m running a contest over at my other blog. Now, back to today’s post. Kickstarter. All the cool kids seem to be doing it. It’s a grass-roots project incubator allowing the average person to seek investors for projects. Investors usually get some sort of limited edition goodies for contributing towards the project’s goal. [...]
Steampunk Gadget Friday: topophone
Posted in Steampunk, Steampunk Gadgets, tagged Steampunk, steampunk gadgets on July 22, 2011 |
Happy Friday everyone, Here’s is your steampunk gadget for today: topophone: an instrument to determine direction and distance of a fog-horn. Stay Steamin’ Lolita Marie-Claude Marie-Claude is not here much these days because when she is not being a Steamed Lolita and writing Steampunk fiction, she is Dr. Bourque, a Physicist, Meteorologist and [...]
Steampunk Gadget Friday: variometer
Posted in Steampunk, Steampunk Gadgets, tagged Steampunk, steampunk gadgets on July 15, 2011 |
Happy Friday everyone, Here’s is your steampunk gadget for today: variometer: an instrument for measuring magnetic declination Stay Steamin’ Lolita Marie-Claude Marie-Claude is not here much these days because when she is not being a Steamed Lolita and writing Steampunk fiction, she is Dr. Bourque, a Physicist, Meteorologist and Oceanographer who is currently [...]
Advocating for Aesthetic
Posted in culture, Guest Thursday, Research, Steampunk, tagged guest thursdays, Mike Perschon, Steampunk, Steampunk Aesthetic, Steampunk Scholar on July 14, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Today we welcome Mike Perschon, also known as the Steampunk Scholar. Mike Perschon is a hypercreative scholar, musician, writer, and artist, husband to Jenica, father to Gunnar and Dacy, doctoral student at the University of Alberta, and English faculty at Grant MacEwan University. He runs the blog The Steampunk Scholar. Advocating for Aesthetic By Mike Perschon At my [...]
Steampunk Summer!
Posted in Steampunk, tagged Steampunk, summer, victorian lifestyle on July 12, 2011 |
I’m sure there are parts of the northern hemisphere that have been enjoying summer and all it’s splendor for months now, but in true Pacific Northwest fashion, summer doesn’t ever seem to show up around here until after the Fourth of July. The wonderful thing is, when she does arrive, she arrives in the most [...]
B is for Brass…and Editing Bunker
Posted in Steampunk on July 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
First off we have some winners to announce… We have the winner of the copy Shelley Adina’s Lady of Devices PatriciaW And we have the winner of Heather Massey’s Steampunk Anthology is Cathrine I’m up to my ears in edits and will be hiding in the editing bunker for the rest of the summer. I’m [...]
Steampunk Gadget Friday: radiogoniometer
Posted in Steampunk, Steampunk Gadgets, tagged Steampunk, steampunk gadgets on July 8, 2011 |
Hi everyone, Here’s is your steampunk gadget for today radiogoniometer: A device used to find direction through radio signals. Stay Steamin’ Lolita Marie-Claude Marie-Claude is not here much these days because when she is not being a Steamed Lolita and writing Steampunk fiction, she is Dr. Bourque, a Physicist, Meteorologist and Oceanographer who [...]
Steampunk Gadget Friday: cyclograph
Posted in Steampunk, Steampunk Gadgets, tagged Steampunk, steampunk gadgets on July 1, 2011 |
Hi everyone, Here is your steampunk gadget for today! cyclograph: A device used for describing arcs of circles without compasses. Stay Steamin’ Lolita Marie-Claude Marie-Claude is not here much these days because when she is not being a Steamed Lolita and writing Steampunk fiction, she is Dr. Bourque, a Physicist, Meteorologist and Oceanographer who is [...]