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YASPKB! Yet Another Steampunk Keyboard

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 12/23/2008 - 16:22

Steampunk Alchemy KeyboardHere's another Steampunk keyboard, and one of the closest copies of the original I've seen to date!  I was alerted to it by the creator of this wonderful example - Peter Sztojanov jr. from the beautiful city of Budapest - who commented on my MySpace page.

There are quite a few more shots in his Flickrstream here!

Since the caption on the leading photo reads "Steampunk Alchemy's 1st keyboard"  I am wondering if my good friend Rich Nagy a.k.a. Datamancer hasn't got some new competition from his ancestral homeland!

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Lyra's Lamp

Jake von Slatt — Sun, 12/14/2008 - 22:31

We have a new puppy in the house, and while this is a wonderful thing in general, it means I sometimes have to get up in the middle of the night to let him out. The problem is I don't have a bedside lamp so I end up stumbling across the bedroom to turn on the overhead lamp so I can find the leash as well as my robe and shoes. Needless to say this does not please The Lady. So, my next project had to be a new bedside lamp.

Like most of my lamp projects this one started with a visit to the junk bins.  At right you see part of an antique student lamp I rescued from the metal recycling bin before the ban on picking at our local dump went into effect.  It's quite nicely made, but this is all I was able to retrieve.  The other parts are from various more mundane fixtures and the bulb at left is a reproduction Aerolux glow lamp. 

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Steampunk Gift Guide @ Make:Blog

Jake von Slatt — Thu, 12/11/2008 - 10:16

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 course of the year that there can be no question now that it is.  2009 is already promising to be an even bigger year for Steampunk!

Here at the Steampunk Workshop some very cool things have been happening!   Last month Jeff VanderMeer and I announced our collaboration on a project-oriented book about the Steampunk subculture and in January you will see something I'm really excited about; the Victorian Technology issue of Make: Magazine and the debut of Make:TV - both of which I've had the honor and great pleasure of making some small contribution.

So without further adieu here is the gift guide!  This year I've tried for a somewhat more accessible array of items that are best thought of a 'gifts for the Steampunk' rather than 'Steampunk gifts' as I think that will be of greater utility those those of you choosing presents for the Steampunks in your lives!.    - Jake.

Steampunk Gift Guide 2008 @ Make:Blog
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Mad Uncle Cliff Wins at Steampunk

Jake von Slatt — Wed, 12/10/2008 - 11:13

Cliff writes:

Just thought you might like to see progress on the communicator, got the monitor done and it is almost ready to mount.
 
Then onto the keyboard...
 
Of course you know that I hold you responsible for this mad fetish of mine, all because a mate showed me this keyboard he was building from an old clicky after seeing your site!

For more on this build - go to www.austeampunk.blogspot.com
 
Steampunk is one contagious meme!
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Small form factor keyboard and monitor

Jake von Slatt — Wed, 12/10/2008 - 00:19

Here's a nice little keyboard and monitor set from Daniel Pon.  I particularly like the small form factor, I have a Happy Hacker KB kicking around the shop that I might do something like thing too.

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Steampunk Sheddie

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 12/02/2008 - 11:03

I love to see people's workspaces, probably because my workshop is just about my favorite place in the world to spend time. 

My workshop is in my garage, which is a common situation in the States. However, in the U.K. it's the garden shed that often houses the secret laboratories of British Steampunks. This is doubly exciting to me because I love tiny buildings nearly as much as I love workshops!

Clearly many people in the U.K. share my affliction for there is a website solely dedicated to documenting these architectural gems and today they are featuring the shed of one Outa Spaceman, who many will recognize from the Brass Goggles Forums.

What a lovely little place to spend the day constructing infernal machines!

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Steampunk Star Trek Wallpaper

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 12/01/2008 - 12:48

The title says it all - these are just brilliant! (via - Steampunkpics )

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The Clockwork Quartet

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 11/25/2008 - 10:54

I have legions of minions (both cybernetic and meatiform) so if you say 'steampunk' anywhere on the interwebs I'm liable to pop up in UR LJ or UR Flickr within hours.  Such was the case this morning when I discovered this marvellous machine built by banjo player Will Segerman for a musical group aptly named The Clockwork Quartet.

Will's Flickr stream is here (be sure to check out the Blunderbuss and Transparent Armour!) and if I were you I would sign up to the Clockwork Quartet's Facebook page. If these folks musicianship match Will's craftsmanship - they are going to be awesome indeed!

More pics after the cut!

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A Bit of a Pygmalion Moment

Jake von Slatt — Thu, 11/13/2008 - 17:24

Nathan and the Steampunk Strat.Yes, that is the Steampunk Strat in the hands of Nathaniel Johnstone of Abney Park on stage at SteampoweredCon 2008.

Sigh.

I made her but I could not give her what she needed as I have not the musical talent.  I'm glad she found a good home and I expect we'll all be hearing great things from her in the future.

In fact, I understand she's already laid down some mad trackz on AP's newest album project.

See ya 'round Lady Strat!

[Thanks to Kathryn Hedges for the photo!]

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Steampunk Keyboard from Germany

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 11/11/2008 - 17:55

Kay writes:

I have often been inspired and impressed by your work. Here you can see one  of my lastest projects.  It's a original german steampunk keyboard. More pics you find at: www.flickr.com/photos/steamtux

There is nothing I like to hear more then that! and man-oh-man did he do a fine, fine job!  There are a couple more pics after the cut and more on Kay's Flickr including in process shots here!

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