I knew it was coming, but Jobs' death makes me really sad. His products changed my life in so many ways.

I have actually got a bunch of backed up posts, mostly about my trip to West Virginia but also about The Runaways movie.

In lieu of actual content, though, I have created a Steampunk theme icon, of which I have recently felt the need. It's a detail from this fabulous painting, Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000, by French artist Albert Robida, ( Read more... )

So I've been completely transfixed by a post in design_history about the Stout Scarab, a prototype car of the 1930s designed by an aircraft engineer. There's a big photo album at ConceptCarz. The Wikipedia article has even more great links, including some video of the Scarab on the road ( Read more... )

Coolest steampunk project of the season: The Telectroscope. I'm hoping I can get to Brooklyn before it's dismantled.