Anybody here into Steampunk?

I love the new trends the kids come up with. This one is especially neat. It's kind of Victorian dress, big Victorian kind of hair, raccoon eyes.

Saw it this morning in the NY Times.

Now I wish someone would come up with a really neat new trend for little old ladies like me. The Victorian kind of is attractive because it covers up so much - which at my age- is a good thing.

In fact I didn't know it existed as a cultural phenomenon until a couple of weeks ago when I ran into an article about some guy modifying his computer to look old.

It looks pretty neat. I'm not sure I'd go so far as to dress up like a dandy though.

:D

http://steampunkworkshop.com/lcd.shtml

Keyboard...

http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml

Here's a mouse to go with...

http://jakeofalltrades.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/img_0616-2/

but I also don't really get into the extremes of any scene, where people go all out.

but I do like some of the steampunk anime that's come out, such as Last Exile and Steamboy :)

For your further entertainment value, here's wikipedia's List of steampunk works.

It appeals to the side of me that always wanted to be just a little more punk rock in high school but didn't have the nerve for.

If I had the time and energy, I'd make over my home office in steampunk style.

but I wasn't aware of the sub-culture described in the NYT story until I read it this morning.

I became aware of it as a movement within Science Fiction.

but I don't think I'd want any of it. I'd rather have a nice sleek mac.

...novel The Difference Engine? My cool, younger teenage brother gave it to me at the time and I really enjoyed it. Love alternate-history concepts. Didn't think about it much until recently, when I started hearing about Steampunk as a style/lifestyle, etc. Couldn't help but be reminded of that book, which is over 15 years old. Has Steampunk been around that long? (If so, how'd I miss it?) Is that novel part of its foundation?

Personally, I've been a fan of Victorian/Edwardian style, design, etc. for most of my life-- and back in the '90s (in L.A., at least) this seemed also to be connected to the neo-Goth world that some friends of mine were heavily into.

Only connect....

Never heard of it.

:shrug:

I'm really tired of the worn out, trashy kind of clothes and the jeans that hang around people's knees. Why not have some fun. Victorian was so distinctive.

though not as big as Gor or Furry

http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=291

unlike most online games

Is there a danger that people who play those games might get lost in them? Or, do you think most people are very aware that they are just imaginary and for fun?

:rofl:

I think I would get way too involved in games like that. But, really, does it really hurt anyone if someone gets lost in computer games for a while. There have been times in my life when I would have been better off lost for a while.

that's something the fundies were scaring people with back in the late 70s/early 80s