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What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on
youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous |
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On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote:
What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well: http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. |
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On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:44:36 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote: On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well: http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Thank you! And what an appropriate topic for the home page. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous |
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On Aug 24, 7:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. I take my company to a trade show for electron microscope accessories once a year and I told my guys that I wanted to "steampunk" one of our old electron microscopes to take to a show and we could all go looking the part. They were all baffled and basically vetoed it by looking at me like I was nuts. I wanted to call the electron microscope an "Electrical Corpuscle Magnascope" and the x-ray spectrometers would be "Elemental Roentgen Ray Divisors". They just didn't see the fun in it. |
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On Aug 24, 6:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. you might say it'[s ssomething like a Cyborg gets trapped in Davey Jones's locker and writes 20,000 leagues under the sea" League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a good example http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/ |
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On Aug 24, 11:53*pm, Tim wrote:
On Aug 24, 6:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote: On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. you might say it'[s ssomething like a Cyborg gets trapped in Davey Jones's locker and writes 20,000 leagues under the sea" League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a good example http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/ I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. |
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On Aug 24, 11:15*pm, Katie Ohara wrote:
On Aug 24, 11:53*pm, Tim wrote: On Aug 24, 6:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote: On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. you might say it'[s ssomething like a Cyborg gets trapped in Davey Jones's locker and writes 20,000 leagues under the sea" League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a good example http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/ I did not see that one. *However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. *Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). *The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Now THAT is cool! http://media.photobucket.com/image/s...mel..jpg?o=218 This is, unless you're the camel, or trying to ride the camel and shoot the thing! |
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On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara
wrote: I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid sixties. --Vic |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara wrote: I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid sixties. --Vic David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show. And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie. |
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara wrote: I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid sixties. --Vic David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show. And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie. Also reminds me of a movie called "The Great Race" with Jack Lemon, Peter Falk. Not sure if that qualifies as "steampunk" though. "Van Helsing" might qualify. Heck, maybe even Frankenstein and Willie Wonka. --Vic |
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On Aug 25, 8:16*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara wrote: I did not see that one. *However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. *Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). *The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. *I knew this steampunk wasn't new. *WWW was one of my favorites. *Think WWW and that spy thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid sixties. --Vic David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. *Great show. And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie. Also reminds me of a movie called "The Great Race" with Jack Lemon, Peter Falk. *Not sure if that qualifies as "steampunk" though. "Van Helsing" might qualify. *Heck, maybe even Frankenstein and Willie Wonka. --Vic "Dune" |
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On Aug 24, 6:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. excellent! http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...g?t=1243927087 |
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When it gets to the point where I absolutely need eye glasses, I want
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On Aug 25, 9:58*pm, Tim wrote:
When it gets to the point where I absolutely need eye glasses, I want something like these: http://www.instablogsimages.com/imag...punk-five-lens... I WANT, I want. |
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On Aug 25, 9:58*pm, Tim wrote:
When it gets to the point where I absolutely need eye glasses, I want something like these: http://www.instablogsimages.com/imag...punk-five-lens... I'd say Frankenstein was the prototype steampunk novel. Why dont my employees see how cool they'd all look with glasses like that next to our steampunked trade show display. It;s be like a Victorean parlor with gas lights and the Electrical Corpuscle Magnascope (electron microscope) with the Roentgen Ray Divisor (x-ray Spectrometer) all done in brass and huge dials with a Jacobs ladder atop buzzing. It'd be AWESOME, Nobody would forget it. A couple years ago, the microscopy conference was in Fort Lauderdale so I got my people to dress in Columbia shirts and khakis with deck shoes to hand out packets of sunscreen with our logo while we had fishing stuff all over the booth. People still mention it when they call. |
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"Tim" wrote in message ... On Aug 25, 8:16 pm, Vic Smith wrote: On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara wrote: I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid sixties. --Vic David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show. And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie. Also reminds me of a movie called "The Great Race" with Jack Lemon, Peter Falk. Not sure if that qualifies as "steampunk" though. "Van Helsing" might qualify. Heck, maybe even Frankenstein and Willie Wonka. --Vic "Dune" That movie sucked to much to be steampunk. |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message . .. On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara wrote: I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid sixties. --Vic David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show. And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie. Also reminds me of a movie called "The Great Race" with Jack Lemon, Peter Falk. Not sure if that qualifies as "steampunk" though. "Van Helsing" might qualify. Heck, maybe even Frankenstein and Willie Wonka. --Vic Steampunk may be the stuff the EEngineering guy built on a far distant planet in the books published years ago by the ARRL American Radio Relay League. |
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, Calif Bill wrote:
David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show. I'm not sure it holds up. I liked the show when it was originally on, but I saw an episode several years ago. I can only say, it sucked. |
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara wrote: I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid sixties. --Vic David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show. And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie. Man, when I was a kid I lived for UNCLE. Trouble is, we lived in a valley that pointed toward Syracuse NY, so we couldn't get the closer Rochester stations. Our TV consisted of very snowy black and white. I remember my uncle would watch the evening news every night, and some nights you could barely make out a silhouette (damn I love spell check) of a person! |
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On Aug 26, 10:21*am, NotNow wrote:
Calif Bill wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara wrote: I did not see that one. *However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. *Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). *The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. *I knew this steampunk wasn't new. *WWW was one of my favorites. *Think WWW and that spy thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid sixties. --Vic David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. *Great show. And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie. Man, when I was a kid I lived for UNCLE. Trouble is, we lived in a valley that pointed toward Syracuse NY, so we couldn't get the closer Rochester stations. Our TV consisted of very snowy black and white. I remember my uncle would watch the evening news every night, and some nights you could barely make out a silhouette (damn I love spell check) of a person! One could get old fashioned welders glasses and replace the earpieces with adjustable leather straps. I already have the clip on magnifying lenses. |
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:58:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: When it gets to the point where I absolutely need eye glasses, I want something like these: http://www.instablogsimages.com/imag...s_uBYnd_54.jpg Yes. Those are cool. Wonder if they can put a prism in them. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous |
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:58:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: When it gets to the point where I absolutely need eye glasses, I want something like these: http://www.instablogsimages.com/imag...s_uBYnd_54.jpg Yes. Those are cool. Wonder if they can put a prism in them. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Remember in the late 70's and early 80's when ladies wore those giant eyeglasses? Forward to 2009, my wife gets all of these old 8 and super 8mm movies from her mom and dad's attic and has them made into a very cool dvd. Anyway, one of her first comments was something about how silly those things look now! BTW, if you ever want to do that, go to your local Wolf or Ritz Camera. They did a fantastic job. |
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"thunder" wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, Calif Bill wrote: David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show. I'm not sure it holds up. I liked the show when it was originally on, but I saw an episode several years ago. I can only say, it sucked. Was great in its time. But may be aged now. So? |
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On Aug 26, 12:31*pm, U-joint Buster wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:58:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: When it gets to the point where I absolutely need eye glasses, I want something like these: http://www.instablogsimages.com/imag...punk-five-lens... Yes. Those are cool. Wonder if they can put a prism in them. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous I figured they were already built in. |
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In article , says... Calif Bill wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara wrote: I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden Compass was another. Here is a compendium of Steampunk art: http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10 Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in. Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid sixties. --Vic David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show. And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie. Man, when I was a kid I lived for UNCLE. Trouble is, we lived in a valley that pointed toward Syracuse NY, so we couldn't get the closer Rochester stations. Our TV consisted of very snowy black and white. I remember my uncle would watch the evening news every night, and some nights you could barely make out a silhouette (damn I love spell check) of a person! Never really went for UNCLE.. but back then I was just outside of Hartford and we got the three main networks, pretty good... Me and a couple of friends had hiding places all over my uncle's barn where we'd play UNCLE. But mostly, I ran around in the woods, and fished for trout. |
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On Aug 24, 7:44 pm, Frogwatch wrote: On Aug 24, 7:21 pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. I take my company to a trade show for electron microscope accessories once a year and I told my guys that I wanted to "steampunk" one of our old electron microscopes to take to a show and we could all go looking the part. They were all baffled and basically vetoed it by looking at me like I was nuts. I wanted to call the electron microscope an "Electrical Corpuscle Magnascope" and the x-ray spectrometers would be "Elemental Roentgen Ray Divisors". They just didn't see the fun in it. You are talking my wife's language, Scanning Electron Microscopes, Dual Burner Gas Chromatographs, Porsity Meters. She's not really Steampunk but she has a closet full of early 80's clothes. |
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On Aug 27, 5:04*pm, BAR wrote:
Frogwatch wrote: On Aug 24, 7:44 pm, Frogwatch wrote: On Aug 24, 7:21 pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. I take my company to a trade show for electron microscope accessories once a year and I told my guys that I wanted to "steampunk" one of our old electron microscopes to take to a show and we could all go looking the part. *They were all baffled and basically vetoed it by looking at me like I was nuts. *I wanted to call the electron microscope an "Electrical Corpuscle Magnascope" and the x-ray spectrometers would be "Elemental Roentgen Ray Divisors". *They just didn't see the fun in it. |
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:21:57 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: On Aug 27, 5:04*pm, BAR wrote: Frogwatch wrote: On Aug 24, 7:44 pm, Frogwatch wrote: On Aug 24, 7:21 pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. I take my company to a trade show for electron microscope accessories once a year and I told my guys that I wanted to "steampunk" one of our old electron microscopes to take to a show and we could all go looking the part. *They were all baffled and basically vetoed it by looking at me like I was nuts. *I wanted to call the electron microscope an "Electrical Corpuscle Magnascope" and the x-ray spectrometers would be "Elemental Roentgen Ray Divisors". *They just didn't see the fun in it. You are talking my wife's language, Scanning Electron Microscopes, Dual Burner Gas Chromatographs, Porsity Meters. She's not really Steampunk but she has a closet full of early 80's clothes. Taht new? i still have a couple of J.C. Penney leisure suits around somewhere... (Here's a cheap shot.) Do they fit? -- John H "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson |
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Tim wrote:
On Aug 27, 5:04 pm, BAR wrote: Frogwatch wrote: On Aug 24, 7:44 pm, Frogwatch wrote: On Aug 24, 7:21 pm, Guzzistimo wrote: What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on youtube. -- John H "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!" --Anonymous Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still used. It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to modern implements. This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/ In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an "Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. Steampunk crazies always wear cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their devices produce. Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. I take my company to a trade show for electron microscope accessories once a year and I told my guys that I wanted to "steampunk" one of our old electron microscopes to take to a show and we could all go looking the part. They were all baffled and basically vetoed it by looking at me like I was nuts. I wanted to call the electron microscope an "Electrical Corpuscle Magnascope" and the x-ray spectrometers would be "Elemental Roentgen Ray Divisors". They just didn't see the fun in it. You are talking my wife's language, Scanning Electron Microscopes, Dual Burner Gas Chromatographs, Porsity Meters. She's not really Steampunk but she has a closet full of early 80's clothes. Taht new? i still have a couple of J.C. Penney leisure suits around somewhere... Powder blue? |
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