Steampunk Gift Guide @ Make:Blog
Greetings everyone! It’s hard to imagine that an entire year has passed since MAKE asked me to write last year’s Steampunk gift guide. What a year it’s been too! Last year, I still had some doubt that Steampunk was a bona fide subculture, but so much has happened in
The California Steampunk Convention – Keynote
Hi Everyone! I’m in Seattle now hang’n with rockstars and anarchists for a couple of days of decompression post SteampoweredCon in San Jose. Steampowered turned out to be a really great event with lots of fascinating people of an even broader spectrum then the already broad spectrum I expected.
Buckle up your boots and adjust your brass goggles . . .
On Saturday morning the inestimable Molly Friedrich dropped me a note with a link to an MP3. I was entirely unprepared for the awesomeness that lay behind that link, Professor Auerbach’s Attack of the Steampunks Rap: Meeting the opposition like a hammer on an anvil Conquering the culture like
The Apocalypse Will Be Slow and Boring
In 1978 James Burke produced and narrated a series on the history of science called Connections. It’s a wonderful series and I highly recommend you get a hold of all three seasons. But right now, watch this video about technology traps. You’ll get the idea after the first ten
Cory Gross’ A History of Steampunk: Part V – Putting the Punk into Steampunk
In a brilliant cap to his series "A History of Steampunk" Cory Gross over at Voyages Extraordinaires has posted this cogent analysis of the coming course of Steampunk sub-culture. Boy that guy can write! I am immensely flattered that he’s credited me with initiating the controversy on the Brass
Mark Melchior’s Cigar Box Guitars
[Mark Melchior wrote me some time ago with some pictures of his wonderful cigar box guitars – apologies to Mark for the delay in publication! – Jake] Mark writes: Mark “Doc-o-rock” Melchior has been building guitars for some 20 odd years and decided on a return trip to Wisconsin
H.M.S Chronabelle Presents: The Adventures of Captain Mouse
There has been a lot of talk lately about ‘Steampunk ‘sub-culture’ and to be quite honest, I don’t really know what Steampunk sub-culture will turn out to be. I do hope that at its core will be people getting together and making things. I also hope that it turns
The Heather Gold Show
On Saturday May 3, Cap’n Robert of Abney Park, Libby Bulloff of SteamPunk Magazine and I will be on The Heather Gold Show which will be streamed live from the main stage at Maker Faire. From Heather’s site: How can you be authentic to yourself and part of a
Meredith Scheff Interviews Phil Foglio
[Editors Note: I'm very happy to have the opportunity to introduce you to Meredith Scheff who will be doing a series of articles for The Steampunk Workshop where she will "go exploring in the jungles of maker workshops; and share the images with you, the hopefully regular reader." Meredith
Molly ‘Porkshanks’ Friedrich’s Dieselpunk Headphone Mod
Guest artist Molly porkshanks Friedrich shows us how to update a pair of vintage headphones for use with an iPod or MP3 player. Greetings strangers and friends alike! I was emailed by Jake a little while back asking me if I would be interested in taking a turn as