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Velokraft No Com – WANT!
WISIL HPVers is one of the best sites on the net for information about recumbent bicycles. I’ve recently managed to get sir CodPeace of The BostoDelphia Blog interested in them and he sent this link to a review of a bike that I must have. This bike was conceptualized
Toyota Sienna Evaporative Canister (P0446) and SVS Valve Repair or Think Like a Maker
Update: The procedure described below did fix the problem and the repaired SVS valve lasted for about 18 months before the vehicle started throwing the same code. I replaced the SVS valve with the one listed below and the car has not thrown any codes for the past two years. If
Burning Man Setup
Here's a short on setup for Burning Man (via Make:Blog) if you watch closely I believe you can spot our own Meredith Scheff who is on Man Crew this year and is the builder of the Man's Heart. Alas, I won't be going this year. But perhaps next year
Comic Book Tattoo – Tori Amos
As anyone who's hung out with me for more than a short while knows, I'm a long time Tori Amos fan. Well Tori's latest project Comic Book Tattoo is an intersection of two of our favorite worlds here at The Steampunk Workshop; music and comic books. From the Amazon
Finds: Heathkit Shortwave, RadioPhone, and Timex Sinclair 1500
More from the same house I found the radios a couple of weeks ago! Here we have a classic Heathkit Shortwave Receiver, A Heathkit SWR meter (used for measuring antenna efficiency on transmitters) an RCA RadioPhone transmitter and a Timex Sinclair 1500. My first computer was a TS-1000, the
Steam-mench Jay Leno’s 1909 Stanley
For our next instalment of Jay Leno Wednesday here at the Steampunk Workshop we have Jay stepping us through the start-up procedure for a 1909 Stanley and then giving us a ride. Well worth the watch if only for the part where Jay burns all of the hair off
I like the sound of this “Eamespunk”
Daniel Neville has posted an utterly brilliant Eamespunk Manifesto! I rather like the sound of this humanist movement! Who needs brass goggles and mirror shades when you can have wall size projector screens in bucky domes? Overturn the individualist agenda and share in media together! Collective humanist action will
Steampunk at the Groton Public Library
This past Thursday I had the honour of addressing an audience at the Groton Public Library. I’m afraid I rambled on for a bit at first, but once we got to the question and answer section the questions just kept coming! I also unveiled a new piece, a piece
Blogathon to Benefit Boston Area Rape Survivors
Something about this little inside-out temporally inverted matchbox really really appeals to me – and it will be mine unless you out-bid me! Actually you should out-bid me, and by a large amount as the procedes from these auctions go to benefit the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. [Update:
Finds: Brass Lanterns
Found this pair of brass lanterns on my way to work yesterday – I used the old "shoelace tie" trick to carry them with me on my bike. It absolutely kills me how many of these I have in my collection – close to 20 now, I think. Invariably