Steampunks Invade the Colorado Railroad Museum

| January 31, 2010

Excuse me while I indulge you with a piece of local interest. Recently, the Colorado Steampunks were in attendance at the Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. On top of a great photo session, this was also a perfect opportunity to share steampunk with the masses, as the local news channel was there as well:

The Colorado [...]

Children! January Aether Salon – edited transcript

| January 19, 2010

Viv Trafalgar: Ladies and Gentlemen… and urchins! Welcome to the January Aether Salon – Children! A look at the experience of and literature about children in Victorian England, as well as in New Babbage. A look at the experience of and literature about children in Victorian England, as well as in New Babbage. We are pleased to welcome you to our fourteenth Salon – we think you will find the

Armstead Snow-Motor

| January 19, 2010

This subject is a bit more dieselpunk than the normal content of this blog, but if that bothers you, just pretend it’s being powered by a steam engine.
The Armstead Snow-Motor was developed in the 1920s as a solution to the problem of hauling objects during the winter months. Sitting atop two screw-shaped cylinders which turned [...]

Children! January Aether Salon – unedited transcript

| January 18, 2010

[14:01] Viv Trafalgar: we’ll be starting in about 30 seconds if everyone can find a seat?[14:01] Rod Zeddmore: mum! [14:01] Viv Trafalgar: hello Beq![14:01] Everest Piek: ??7 [14:02] Viv Trafalgar: Hello Sam! [14:02] Myrtil Igaly: stage is for speakers heheh[14:02] Jimmy Branagh: Everest ifn ya stay there ya gotta sing fer everyone [14:02] Everest Piek: Captain.. Jean-Luc Pic-card… of

Steampunk 2009 Year in Review

| January 8, 2010

Early in the year there was discussion throughout the community over whether or not steampunk was dead. This was apparently spawned by a lull in the popularity of the word “steampunk” as a search term on Google. However, a look at Google Trends right now shows that steampunk is certainly NOT dead, and is, in [...]

Children! January Aether Salon

| January 4, 2010

Sunday, January 17 at 2 pm sltBabbage Palisade & Academy of Industryhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Babbage%20Palisade/254/60/106 andhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Academy%20of%20Industry/2/56/106Those little darlings. The heirs to your throne. Washed and in their jammies, your children are true blessings. You pause. Is that smoke you smell? You hear giggling and footsteps racing up to the nursery.