@BMErdin:
No, the cake is a lie. The cookies are stale generic oreos, thus an abomination.

StarChaser Tyger

@strider_mt2k: The cookies are a lie.

BMErdin

12 Monkeys
Delicatessen
City of Lost Children
Steamboy

Anyone else?

Subterfuge

This is so 1887.

kenposan

I wonder how many 13 year-olds you could actually fool into believing that this is an antique laptop from the late 1800's. "It was back when Photoshop could only work on black and white images!"

techwriter7

Weird... I though I saw news about this laptop here on Gizmodo already. But maybe it was TecheBlog... some 3 or 4 months ago when the Steampunk news were getting lots of attention.

Anyways, very very nice. Though the laptop now must weight as much as a CRT TV or something...

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@curiosa863:
watch more Trigun.

nutbastard

im really, really considering taking on a "Sansa Steam280" project.

nutbastard

*bump*

nutbastard

@nutbastard:
Truly WONDERFUL!
And, it probably costs less than that rickety cork screw... [gizmodo.com]

ANoel

@strider_mt2k:
hey man lets steampunk our sansas. ready? Go!

nutbastard

@impartialobserver:
if you have to ask...

nutbastard

@curiosa863: It's cool and infatuating for the same reason people drool over just about any custom object.

Someone did that by hand. They took something built by a machine in the twenty-first century and made it look like it was built by hand (cause it was) in the 1800s. Not only that, but as these builds get more intricate and progressive, the things that make them cool like old clock parts or nixie tubes are starting to take on true functionality. Imagine if the guy found a way to wind up the clockworks to charge the battery on that thing, or if all those gears in the top case performed some function. I bet the next person to do something like this will take these things into account, and make them better.

We all have an appreciation for things that are hand made, and when they're made really well, that's all the better.

DeeJayQueue

@curiosa863: Steampunk's popular because it's got a big cachet among sci-fi geeks, and there's something cool about high-tech faux-antiques.

As for BSG, you're just crazy. Even non-geeks like that show. Unless you mean the original, in which case disliking it means you're not crazy.

typoink

@gazorp: God, shut up.

Dr. Freeman

@slumlord: Haha, you're right. When you open the lid this thing should at least emit a sound effect of the large medal latch being switched open and the pressure of the steam escaping, like the sound of 30 hot irons releasing in syncopation--better yet, like han solo in the carbon freeze chamber.

Subterfuge

I don't understand the infatuation you guys have with steampunk.
It looks cool, and different, agreed.
You do post a lot of crap about it though.
Maybe this is just one of the things that I'm not nerdy enough to get into, like manga or battlestar galactica...

curiosa863

steampunk always forgets the most important part. the steam. this thing needs a NOS jet to spray a little out the sides when its opened. also a small motor for the gears. its the kickass tho.

slumlord

man this is so totally awesome, how much is one of these?

impartialobserver

@Subterfuge: There's cookies?

strider_mt2k

Now THAT'S the real stuff right there.

WOW.

strider_mt2k

@gazorp:
Old news is people saying "Old news..." or "Welcome to 3 months ago" in the comments section. It's pointless and annoying. We all know you're the one who knows though, so I guess that was your real point.

*hands out cookie*

Subterfuge

I saw Datamancer's steampunk keyboards on eBay a few days ago, checked out his site, and saw this...I'm not ashamed to admit I felt a tingling in my nithers.

Being that the keyboards sold for damn near two-grand a piece, I'd be afraid to see how much this sucker went for.

rockosolido

Wow. I love it! I WANT it.

IrisMR

This guy should build stuff for the Doctor Who series....

A is for Awesome.

NZRUSS

/me goes to site...
it would friggin figure this thing has linux on it, still awsome none the less

invaderbacca

i love me some good steampunk mods. this is one of the better ones I've seen. must agree w/ UpIrons on this one, imagine how bad that pic would look if the screen had the XP splash screen.

kahri

Old news...

gazorp

Speaking of electronic mail when he hits the send button does a steampunk pigoen fly out the cardbus with a note attached to its leg? That would be neat.

F. BOTI

@hakubak: I agree. This is the first Steampunk custom job that I've actually wanted.

Kaiser-Machead

Bravo! I agree that it's the best steampunk project to date.

hakubak

you skipped the best part: the wireless card has a part for your quill.
finally, i can write my electronic mail like my great-grandfather did.

mitchel_stevens

Nevermind my last post. Didnt see the pic which shows Ubuntu running.

UpIrons

Man, that is pretty awesome. The only thing that sucks about it is that once you get the thing cranked up and running, Windows starts and ruins the whole experience. Instead of Windows XP he needs Windows SP (Steam Punk edition). Now there's a novel concept.

UpIrons

I'll take 3: one for my master, one for my dame, one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

RoyalKennebecasisAdventurersSociety

how heavy is this work of art?

greysky

I see the picture of the laptop on the main page, but then the Flux Capacitor Grandfather clock in here. What gives?

Kaiser-Machead

but does it run Linux?

(damn, i have got to stop reading slashdot...)

glaeven