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As I've stated before, this blog is tracking my progress on steampunking a laptop, yet the title says it's a journey. The other reason (as I've stated before) is to explore this subculture. I've made it a point to slink (and even comment sometimes!) around the Brass Goggles forum. Those of you that are new to steampunk should give it a gander! I recommend a couple of threads to start off with

• A simple FAQ
• Steampunk Movies
  
• Problems only Steampunks have
  
• There's even some Steampunk food!
• One of my recent favs - Steam Slang -
  
• My profile
  

I've learned a lot from just perusing around the forum, a lot about the trends and fashions of the genre. About what is gluing-gears-to-things "steampunk" and what's using-gears-on-things Steampunk, and clockpunk vs steampunk vs dieselpunk and the street-urchins, the scientists, the dapper-dan punks of Steampunk (pg 8) about gears and spray-painted nerf guns amongst other projects people start off with. It's definitely been an adventure, like walking into a different country and having to learn and respect all the cooky stuff you don't understand just yet.

That was link-tastic!

Shopping list in hand, I bravely set forth on my quest. I found pretty much everything that I wanted to start off with.

My design will have 3 major influences to it. Firstly would be Steampunk of course. After some intense studying of Steampunk culture, fashion and function I think I’m getting it. I’d like to say that I have an eye for fashion, so that’s what I focused on. Heavily Victorian influence (unless it’s Dieselpunk, which is also really awesome) so there’s top hats, floral, bustles, corsets, cuffs and other things good. There’s one classic fashion piece for Steampunk though: Gears. Gears on hats, gears on goggles, gears on iPods, gears on everything that will sit still. I don’t think that’s what makes Steampunk so steamily delicious though. One cannot simple glue some clock parts on something and call is Steampunk, at least that is my opinion. I believe, I know, that Steampunk fashion has more to it than cogs and pressurized hot water vapor. I hope, even though I am a novice, to capture that.

Second is my love: Art Nouveau. I’ve been enchanted ever since high school. Being a ‘nature’ person, it made sense, as Art Nouveau was strongly influenced by the natural flow of things. The transition between Victorian and Nouveau is…well, rather natural! The two styles should not only be able to be mixed, but actually add to each other.

Third, last, and probably less prevalent is the classic cathedral style radio. My father restores old radios, and I love the way this one looks. If you look at it, it’s not that different from the natural lines of Art Nouveau.
Sorry for the lecture! I’m just very excited after shopping for parts

• Hours: 2 = 7 Total
• Cash: 40.11 (so far, not including the frame yet)