steampunk informed appropriation of mythical worlds and hardware ↑Captain Nemo‘s submarine “Nautilus” on the surface, getting entered by “cannibals”. The picture is for those, maybe a bit more traditionally oriented anthropologists, who dare to doubt that this vessel has anything … Continue reading →
Rich “↑Datamancer“ Nagy specializes in “prestidigital datamancery & paraphernalic technofetishism (now with 20% more superfluous pleonasm!!).” In strictly out-of-character words: he makes customized steampunk-themed computer hardware to order. Here is a long quote, illustrating the ↑rationale behind his occupation: … Continue reading →
Whenever I show “↑Blade Runner“ to people who neither know the movie nor were ever touched by cyberpunk æsthetics, they are somewhat puzzled by the technology to be seen. The eerie feeling seems to stem from the futuristic but … Continue reading →
It is eerie like hell, in my humble opinion. On 06 December 2007 ↑Toyota revealed two new “Toyota Partner Robots”, one of them able to ↑play the violin. At the World Expo 2005 they already had a couple of robots … Continue reading →
The manufacturer’s website offers a diagnostics tool, promising to have a look into the according hardware, detecting if more recent drivers are available and leading you through easy download and installation. All right, just for the fun of it, let’s … Continue reading →
More or less regularly my friend at Take2—who got me into all that—asks me what I am thinking about the consoles vs. personal computer issue. As someone interested in game modding and reworking, the strongest form of the appropriation of … Continue reading →
All ↵the parts I had ordered ↵finally arrived, and one week ago, on Monday, 05 March 2007, at 13:00h I unpacked the boxes. First things first. The case I leave aside and carefully unwrap the mainboard, an Asus … Continue reading →
The ↑steampunk keyboard mod out of the ↑steampunk workshop definitely is the perfect follow-up to the ↵high end keyboard. from just.be via e-mail—tnx!
Continue reading →The divine spark was the last to arrive. 700 Watts of it. During last week’s course god trickled in piecemeal—neatly packed into seven boxes of diverse sizes. Now I wonder if seven days will suffice for assembling and bringing … Continue reading →
Motherboard: Asus M2R32-MVP | CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+ | Memory: A-DATA DIMM 2 GB DDR2-800 | Graphic Cards: 2x Sapphire Radeon X1950 PRO (512MB each) | Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer | Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 700 Watt | … Continue reading →