February
4
2012

Australian Steampunk

I like Silver Goggles. It’s been part of my required reading Rss repository(1) for ages. This week, Jaymee interviewed Stephanie Lai, an Australian-Malaysian-Chinese lass, about Steampunk and Australia. Huzzah! And then I read the following “There are a lot of readers and writers, and as a community we are definitely growing, if the number of [...]

December
16
2011

Mandatory Bieber Thoughts

My thoughts are similar to other thoughts, however it appears that you must write a blog post about Bieber’s Christmas song in order to keep your steampunk license, so here goes.

December
5
2011

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Reanimated

There was a call for submissions to a Steampunk Shakespeare anthology in 2010, I made a comment on Twitter about “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Reanimated”. There was enough amused responses that I wrote something up. I spoke to one of the editors of the anthology and they said they were only taking Real Shakespeare plays [...]

September
19
2011

Prometheus Bound/ Bloodlust Ball

The August Prometheus Bound held something different this year, a cross-over with the event organiser’s 90′s event for goths: the Bloodlust Ball. Combining the two was a lot of fun; especially for those of us who like adjusting their outfits to fit the PB’s many themes.

June
15
2011

Steampunk Picnic

The Queen’s Birthday weekend was the perfect time to schedule a steampunk picnic in Brisbane. So, ROSEA did. This one was extra special for me as my wife Jocelyn made an effort to steampunk her attire, and my son Sean came along too. He wore a punk shirt, as he doesn’t fit his waistcoat and [...]

April
3
2011

Changes and Supanova 2011

I haven’t posted for a while as my wife and I have been getting ready for a rather large change in our lives.  We now have a son!  Sean is his name, and we’re very proud. Getting used to a lot less sleep is… interesting, but today my wife told me to go out and [...]