Oh my god, there’s a giant steampunk robot, and they’re fighting on top of it. With cutlasses.
CUTLASSES!
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Authur C. Clarke, dead at 90.
RIP Mr. Clarke…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23697230/
Aw, man…. 🙁
I knew he couldn’t live forever, but still.
Holy crap cool. Larry Blamire’s movie Lost Skeleton of Cadavra is comedy gold, and a must-see for any fan of Ed Wood or MST3k.
Well buckle me swash…
Ah, so someone else had that moment of “OMG! People fighting on a giant robot head!!!” too. Nice. i09.com is my new land of wonderment. I love that site.
Would that I could get you in touch with my friend TJ. He leeeeeerves steampunk.
Hey Wil, Can you turn your RSS feed off from Live Journal for the strike on Friday?
Here are the reasons for the strike:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/394838.html
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395310.html
Hey Wil, you might like this:
http://seamassketches.blogspot.com/
Go down to the green robot.
B
Cutlasses are curved with a wider blade near the tip. They’re using sabers.
(speaking as a member of the Aegis Academy of Swordmansship)
Have you read the Girl Genius comic they have an interesting steampunk vibe.
Girlgeniusonline.com (sorry I don’t know how to make it a link)
Nothing wrong with Steampunk at all. Check out the wikipedia listing for various goodies that are either inspired or derived from Steampunk.
Definitely check out Girl Genius.
If Trek fans are “trekkies”, what are fans of steampunk called?
Steamers?
I knew it!
Oh and I second the Girl Genius suggestion but there’s no way that you are not already a reader. ^__^
Well since you’re now out as a stempunk fan you may enjoy playing this game. It’s a steampunk themed Firefox plugin – PMOG. Wired Mag has an article at http://tinyurl.com/39o2yx and you can get the code at http://pmog.com/
More Steampunk at
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/index.php
Hey Wil! If you and Anne are looking to get out of the hous e next spring and just hang with some other fans of sci fi for a laid back weekend, Look up Conflation. http://www.conflation.org
This years Theme is Steampunk! The site isnt updated yet, but I can aswer any questions you might have. We would love to have you there!
The more I read your Twitters, the more I find myself nodding along. Except for the Croc thing. You’ll tear my Crocs out of my cold dead hands. But man, you are a breath of fresh air. I live in Podunk, Texas — finding out our views align makes me very, very happy. And steampunk! I’m having a geekgasm over here.
And yes, the stupid does burn. Oh, my God does it burn.