hand-carved gears

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I had an opportunity to re-visit the John Muir desk today.  It seems a fine example of how close steampunk is to the potential of those years.  Also, it makes me feel like a lazy bum for purchasing a device to get me out of bed in the morning,, rather than whittling one.

Anyway, if you're near Madison, I highly recommend checking it out.  It's in

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[cerrberus]

Wow.
And mods can correct me if I'm wrong, but Steamfashion is about much more than mere clothing. I look forward to posts like this.

[astillac]

I agree.

[glamazonwarrior]

That's beautiful. Thanks for the link.

[ydnic]

Yes, same here! Definitely thank you for posting this :)

[zaure]

Oh, I should go check that out.

[donsimpson]

The more I learn about Muir, the more awesome he gets! Back in 1969 a company doing computer analysis of sounds pointed out that the shape of a landscape is encoded in the sound of the wind passing through it. But Muir had already noticed that, decades earlier....