NY Times on Steampunk

(By RUTH LA FERLA, New York Times) To some, "steampunk" is a catchall term, a concept in search of a visual identity. "To me, it’s essentially the intersection of technology and romance," said Jake von Slatt, a designer in Boston and the proprietor of the Steampunk Workshop (steampunkworkshop.com), where he exhibits such curiosities as a computer furnished with a brass-frame monitor and vintage typewriter keys.

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Old British Inventions

The British Library's Business & Intellectual Property Centre has been displaying some nifty gadgets from days gone by.

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