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Heart of Iron – Ekaterina Sedia
I got to meet and sit on a panel with the lovely Ekaterina Sedia this past May and was lucky to receive an advanced copy of Heart of Iron. Alas my daughter grabbed it the moment I came home from The Steampunk World's Faire so I've yet to read it
Hey Portland! Savor Cakes Kickstarter
People send me their kickstarter projects all of the time and sometimes I'm in and sometimes I'm not. I only promote the ones that I actually contribute to. I can't wait to taste a Savor Cake!
The Shack is Back! – Our own Meredith Scheff for Radio Shack
I am so happy that Radio Shack has made the decision to return to it's roots and I'm even happier that they've tapped our own Meredith Scheff to help them tell the world about it!
Jigsaw and the Great Global Hackerspace Challenge
Gentlemen, ladies, and partially-sentient automata—start your irons! Guest post by Jigsaw member James Gray Right now, teams from thirty hackerspaces, makerspaces, and diffuse conglomerates of autodidactically-inclined individuals around the world are putting their heads together in preparation for what promises to be a creative contest of quasi-mythological, yea, of
A Lens of Yesteryear
By Isa Farnik If I had a nickel for every time the digital vs. analog photography debate has landed in my lap, I’d be rich. At those argumentative junctures, I reassure myself that it’s not the medium, but the subject which is important. It also underscores the importance/rewards in
Awesome, strange, weird mash-up micro-fad at Thingaverse
Over at the Thingaverse, the free 3D model download community centered around the Makerbot, strange things are afoot. Or a leg, with a whistle sticking out of it on top of a gun. It seems a mash-up fad has broken out, with people taking 2 or more models and
Things used to be prettier: The Slant-O-Matic 500
Just look at it. I'm spending my holiday getting ready for my Scarf-a-Day project, which means lots of looking at lots of fabric and sewing machines. I've thus far just been using a 1940's singer, but I think it's time for a change, and I want a machine that
Steampunk Etch-a-Sketch
Reddit user HaloKitty made this as a Christmas present for a friend. Well done!
Steam Analytical Engine – In Progress
I have seen some ambitious steam projects and this one adds to the list: So, it's not without trepidation that I say that it's time Britain built the Analytical Engine. After the wonderful reconstruction of the Difference Engine we need to finish Babbage's dream of a steam-powered, general-purpose computer.
Strowger Switchgear
I just finished a project for Jeff VanderMeer's Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities and while I can't show you the sculptures I made (we're saving that for the book's debut) I can tell you that one of the pieces exemplified a new aesthetic for me, sort of an early