Steampunk Technology: Limits? Inspiration? It was a fascinating chat about the workings of steam boilers and the possibilities of clockwork, detouring into frivolity and tearing up at faithful dog stories. Lots of great ideas this week. Happy reading!
(You’ll need to scroll down to the bottom to read the chat from the beginning).
VonMalcolm RT @MichelV69: BTW, I have a set of posts on my blog about RW vs Steampunk tech in my books http://t.co/2cJwjobV #steampunkchat-11:01 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof RT @MichelV69: I have a set of posts on my blog about RW vs Steampunk tech in my books http://t.co/hWNkE7V0 #steampunkchat -11:01 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Angela_Goff RT @MichelV69: BTW, I have a set of posts on my blog about RW vs Steampunk tech in my books http://t.co/2cJwjobV #steampunkchat-11:00 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof goodnight everyone. support our steampunk friends! keep being awesome! #steampunkchat -11:00 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 BTW, I have a set of posts on my blog about RW vs Steampunk tech in my books http://t.co/2cJwjobV #steampunkchat -11:00 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @VonMalcolm bad puns, totally love ‘em 
#steampunkchat-10:59 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Y’all make hosting fun, thank you! & hope all @ #teslaconare having fun #steampunkchat -10:59 AM Dec 1st, 2012
VonMalcolm @Jenny_Schwartz This #SteampunkChat started out a little slow, but it picked up Steam! -10:59 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow RT @Siri_Paulson: @Jenny_Schwartz Thanks for hosting another fascinating #steampunkchat ! Yes thanks as always Jenny! -10:58 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Siri_Paulson @Jenny_Schwartz Thanks for hosting another fascinating#steampunkchat ! -10:58 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Okay, off to organise the transcript. Feel free to keep chatting, or see you next week! #steampunkchat :) -10:57 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow Thanks everyone, this was a fun #Steampunkchat ! -10:57 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @MichelV69 Help! I forgot whose idea the topic was… but it was a great one #steampunkchat -10:57 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Thanks, everyone, it was a fun chat! #steampunkchat -10:56 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof @JackBateswrites The Maritime Museum in Buffalo is pretty great #steampunkchat -10:56 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 @Jenny_Schwartz Thanks for hosting, as always. Great topic.#steampunkchat -10:56 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder Thanks, all, for the fun #steampunkchat -10:56 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Bookmarked. Thx RT @JackBateswrites: check out the Henry Ford Museum. Huge and full of steam http://t.co/IWqarWXI #steampunkchat-10:56 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof RT @VonMalcolm: A Retro Sci-Fi Blog http://t.co/a4W9DsYZ#SteampunkChat #AnotherPostIsNeededSoon #steampunkchat -10:55 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites Thanks all #steampunkchat -10:55 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites If you’re ever in Dearborn, MI, check out the Henry Ford Museum. Huge and full of steam http://t.co/UaRDOpkL #steampunkchat-10:55 AM Dec 1st, 2012
VonMalcolm A Retro Sci-Fi Blog http://t.co/JsAnGfG4 #SteampunkChat#AnotherPostIsNeededSoon -10:54 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Siri_Paulson #steampunkchat Thanks for the RTs and congrats, guys. You rock! -10:54 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Any last thoughts? #steampunkchat -10:54 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @Siri_Paulson I won’t make the party, but have a blast! and CONGRATS #steampunkchat -10:53 AM Dec 1st, 2012
VonMalcolm RT @MichelV69: BTW, my newest “steam tech” post just went up on my blog … Steampunk Dragons! http://t.co/nWNzRJSD#steampunkchat -10:53 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz RT @Siri_Paulson: #steampunkchat Shameless plug: my SP story is in an anthology that launches tomorrow. Twitter party in 10 min at#seasonseternal . -10:53 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow RT @Siri_Paulson: #steampunkchat my SP story is in an anthology that launches tomorrow. Twitter party in 10 min at#seasonseternal . -10:53 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @pjschnyder @LanternCityTV I am! following on FB. Looks fascinating. Wish I had more time to keep up with everything#steampunkchat -10:53 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 RT @Siri_Paulson: my SP story is in an anthology that launches tomorrow. Twitter party in 10 min at #seasonseternal . #steampunkchat-10:52 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof We’ll take any thoughts on how we can make our project even better #steampunkchat -10:52 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder Speaking of the “watch” list: keep an eye out for @LanternCityTV#steampunkchat -10:52 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz RT @MichelV69: BTW, my newest “steam tech” post just went up on my blog … Steampunk Dragons! http://t.co/nWNzRJSD#steampunkchat -10:52 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 BTW, my newest “steam tech” post just went up on my blog … Steampunk Dragons! http://t.co/nWNzRJSD #steampunkchat -10:51 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @wakefieldproof @SteamPatriots Oh no! #steampunkchat-10:51 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow My ongoing misadventures are always on the #deathrayhashtag on twitter. I’ll plug @TeslaCon_3 where most of our folks are!#steampunkchat -10:51 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Siri_Paulson #steampunkchat Shameless plug: my SP story is in an anthology that launches tomorrow. Twitter party in 10 min at#seasonseternal . -10:51 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof Also, we had to suspend @SteamPatriots on kickstarter, but please keep up with us – we’ll relaunch this spring #steampunkchat -10:51 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites RT @Siri_Paulson: You are not missing much, IMHO. The Boris Karloff animated version is still the definitive one! #truth#steampunkchat -10:51 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @Siri_Paulson Ok, I won’t feel so embarrassed by my Grinch-free life #Steampunkchat -10:51 AM Dec 1st, 2012
SteamworldChron RT @wakefieldproof: I’ll re-recommend @steamworldchron#steampunkchat -10:51 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @wakefieldproof @The_Fitzroy Submarines are very Verne-ish. #steampunkchat -10:50 AM Dec 1st, 2012
shoveke RT @wakefieldproof: I’ll re-recommend @steamworldchron#steampunkchat -10:50 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Siri_Paulson @Jenny_Schwartz You are not missing much, IMHO. The Boris Karloff animated version is still the definitive one! #steampunkchat -10:50 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof And it’s not technically steampunk, it is post apocalyptic on a submarine - @The_Fitzroy #steampunkchat -10:50 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @pjschnyder @BooksAndBraun Coolness! They’re on my watchlist #steampunkchat -10:50 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Fab cover RT @JackBateswrites: If you’re looking for#westerns, stmpnk Sorrow series http://t.co/l1iI1fcK #steampunkchat -10:49 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder Can’t share a project yet, but watch @BooksAndBraun - an awesome #steampunk project to be announced in coming months#steampunkchat -10:49 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof I’ll re-recommend @steamworldchron #steampunkchat -10:49 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites If you’re looking for #westerns, #MindWingsAudio launched my ‘gentle’ stmpnk Sorrow series http://t.co/3WGtvWBr #steampunkchat-10:49 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow @VonMalcolm I’m ashamed to say I’ve not seen the Grinch #popculturefail #steampunkchat -10:49 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow @VonMalcolm @Jenny_Schwartz I could see it. Grinch had clockwork elements, didn’t it? #steampunkchat -10:48 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Anyone want to shameless self promo or share a project you’ve fallen in love with? #steampunkchat Go for it! -10:48 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Siri_Paulson @Jenny_Schwartz #Steampunk Dr. Seuss? YES PLEASE.#steampunkchat -10:48 AM Dec 1st, 2012
VonMalcolm @Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow Clockwork Dr. Seuss? SteampunkChat #SteampunkingSneetches #SteampunkChat -10:47 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder @Jenny_Schwartz Yes! @VonMalcolm @ProfessorMorrow#steampunkchat -10:47 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @VonMalcolm @ProfessorMorrow Now you’ve done it! I WANT a steampunk Dr Seuss #steampunkchat -10:47 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder @JackBateswrites Spiders…not my thing, not even clever#steampunk spiders @ProfessorMorrow #steampunkchat -10:47 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow The script for Big Trouble makes more sense knowing that. But it also opens a door for a steampunk/weird west retelling!#steampunkchat -10:46 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @ProfessorMorrow Apparently his grandson was into spiders and wanted him to make a movie with spiders in it #steampunkchat -10:46 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder Speaking of absurd, shameless plug: EVIE’S GIFT is a holiday short feat a #steampunk sugarglider mech. http://t.co/udJWpDOG#steampunkchat -10:46 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @Siri_Paulson Yes! lots of stuff from comics need a wider life #steampunkchat Great call -10:45 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow On the new “Big Trouble in Little China” blu-ray release, John Carpenter mentions he meant for the movie to be a western.#steampunkchat -10:45 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz No, but I’ve made a note to watch. Thx RT@JackBateswrites: Have you heard about this? #ripperstreethttp://t.co/FtARXuu1 #steampunkchat -10:45 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow @JackBateswrites I hadn’t! Following on Copper’s success I would guess! #steampunkchat Haha, I had heard that about WWW. -10:45 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @cassiecaine Bye #steampunkchat -10:44 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Siri_Paulson @Jenny_Schwartz Giant clockwork elephants come to mind… <3 Also some of the visuals in Girl Genius. #steampunkchat -10:44 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @ProfessorMorrow The story about that goes the top producer would only invest in that film if there was a spider in it.#steampunkchat -10:44 AM Dec 1st, 2012
SteamworldChron @JackBateswrites That looks like fun..gorgeous illos#steampunkchat wishlisted them for next time I’m loading the tablet for train reading -10:44 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow @Jenny_Schwartz I regret nothing! #wildwildwest#steampunkchat -10:44 AM Dec 1st, 2012
cassiecaine Gotta dash. Stay steamy my friends! #steampunkchat -10:44 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow Someone had to mention it 
#wildwildwest #steampunkchat -10:43 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites Shifting gears: Have you all heard about this? #ripperstreethttp://t.co/oit8XvkN #steampunkchat -10:43 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow Part of the joy of steampunk is unbridled science+creativity goes wrong/sideways. Wild Wild West Spider-Absurdity! #steampunkchat-10:43 AM Dec 1st, 2012
mattdelman @pjschnyder @Jenny_Schwartz @cassiecaine Hey, if you’re going for spot-on loyalty and dedication … #steampunkchat -10:43 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz So what’s the most absurd tech you’ve seen or would like to see? #steampunkchat -10:43 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder There’s definitely room for the absurd in #steampunk tech. Built for curiousity or amusement. #steampunkchat -10:42 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow All I know about that stuff is from Mythbusters #steampunkchat #callingintheexperts :) -10:42 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Siri_Paulson @JackBateswrites Seconding this! Definitely room for absurdity in SP. #steampunkchat -10:42 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow @Jenny_Schwartz Sure! To take a page from American history, the CAS tried some pretty absurd cannons. Anvils and all..#steampunkchat -10:42 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @MichelV69 What a wonderful find! #steampunkchat -10:42 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @Jenny_Schwartz #absurdtechnology YES! #steampunkchat-10:42 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof @ProfessorMorrow I love to thumb through Wooden Boat Magazine. If I had the means, I’d build a wooden boat with a steam plant#steampunkchat -10:41 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz :) RT @ProfessorMorrow: I LOVE wooden devices. urge to hand-build pinhole cameras from wood was the birth of Prof. Morrow.#steampunkchat -10:41 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 @Jenny_Schwartz My wife just bought a Victorian antique quilting frame… the gears on the roller mechanism are made of oak.#steampunkchat -10:41 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder @mattdelman Hachi still makes me cry. I was thinking military dog, but Hachi… ;_; @Jenny_Schwartz @cassiecaine #steampunkchat -10:40 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow Should some steampunk tech simply be unapologetically absurd? Alice in Wonderlandish? #steampunkchat -10:40 AM Dec 1st, 2012
cassiecaine @Jenny_Schwartz @wakefieldproof Hehe, steampunk wood :p#steampunkchat -10:40 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow I LOVE wooden devices. I think my urge to hand-build pinhole cameras at random from wood was the birth of Prof. Morrow.#steampunkchat -10:40 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder @Jenny_Schwartz Agreed. #steampunkchat @wakefieldproof -10:40 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @mattdelman @cassiecaine I teared up just remembering. Yeah. #steampunkchat All those First World War stories #steampunkchat-10:39 AM Dec 1st, 2012
VonMalcolm Necessity (in the Steampunk Story) is the Mother of Invention.#SteampunkChat -10:39 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @SteamworldChron Check out this: http://t.co/UVsQNWGN#steampunkchat -10:39 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @wakefieldproof Oh, lovely. I think steampunk often misses the role of wooden devices #steampunkchat -10:39 AM Dec 1st, 2012
mattdelman @Jenny_Schwartz @cassiecaine Like that story about Hachi? The dog who waited at the rail station for his owner who died?#steampunkchat -10:39 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow I diagnose Magpie Curiosity & Collecting. I suffer from that #steampunkchat -10:38 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow That’s for “my” actual maker stuff. For fiction I tend to go for a straight speculative approach or a moorcockian absurdity.#steampunkchat -10:38 AM Dec 1st, 2012
SteamworldChron @JackBateswrites Thanks! #steampunkchat -10:38 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @MichelV69 As a reader, I appreciate that coherence in tech and world #steampunkchat -10:38 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof @Jenny_Schwartz here in AK we have lots of 75-100yr old wooden boats. I love the lines and old engines/props/controls etc.#steampunkchat -10:38 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow I get inspired by all kinds of things. Individual stories, retro tech I’m stuck on, design themes I can’t get out of my head.#steampunkchat -10:38 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 I like to approach my story from the perspective of “if it did exist, what does that do to the world it exists in”? #steampunkchat -10:37 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow It’s good to have minions#steampunkchat -10:37 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 @Jenny_Schwartz For me, it is mostly it’s world building. I like my “steam tech” to make some sense. #steampunkchat -10:37 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz LOL that works! RT @cassiecaine: Usually it’s inspired by whatever is being a thorn in my side. #steampunkchat -10:37 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow I tend to carry 2-3 small devices. A handmade camera, suit, deathray, bag, maybe goggles. My minions get the heavy tech.#steampunkchat -10:37 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @SteamworldChron Looks fascinating #steampunkchat -10:37 AM Dec 1st, 2012
cassiecaine Usually it’s inspired by whatever is being a thorn in my side.@Jenny_Schwartz #steampunkchat -10:36 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz For inspiration I love museums…esp those with great websites http://t.co/t8p00B4f Vacuum Museum #steampunkchat -10:36 AM Dec 1st, 2012
SteamworldChron @wakefieldproof Thanks! You’ve been a great supporter of ours and we really appreciate it. #steampunkchat -10:36 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @VonMalcolm Would have to be. Makes most sense.#steampunkchat -10:35 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof @pjschnyder the movie was quite the ride. lots of good visuals. #steampunkchat -10:35 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Okay, so what inspires your steampunk tech? whether you write about it or make it #steampunkchat -10:34 AM Dec 1st, 2012
VonMalcolm Professor Henry Jones would be The Gagdetologist?#SteampunkChat -10:34 AM Dec 1st, 2012
SteamworldChron @JackBateswrites those three words were the inspiration behind our steampunk adventure comic project #steampunkchat -10:34 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof @SteamworldChron Good to see you! Everyone needs to check out their project! #steampunkchat -10:34 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow Understated villainy…can’t beat it!#steampunkchat -10:33 AM Dec 1st, 2012
SteamworldChron . @JackBateswrites you REALLY outta take a look at this then http://t.co/9Xh1mjWb #steampunkchat -10:33 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof @cassiecaine Yeah, to see that written down sounds silly.#steampunkchat -10:32 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder @wakefieldproof I did like that section of SuckerPunch!#steampunkchat -10:32 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow One good thing about playing the villain for an SP group: The less obvious tech, the scarier you look to everyone else.#steampunkchat -10:32 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @pjschnyder @RobertCRomanJr LOL “Fortunately for him, Mad Scientists aren’t burdened with an overabundance of sanity.”#steampunkchat -10:32 AM Dec 1st, 2012
SteamworldChron RT @JackBateswrites: I keep wondering what a stmpnk Indiana Jones would have been like #steampunkchat -10:32 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof @Jenny_Schwartz if I remember correctly. Strange movie, way over the top, but kinda fun. #steampunkchat -10:31 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder @JackBateswrites Would love to see that. #steampunkchat -10:31 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 @Jenny_Schwartz … got those in my first novel. *grin*#steampunkchat -10:31 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @JackBateswrites Steampunk Indiana Jones? Irresistible!#steampunkchat -10:31 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder Actually for #steampunk tech and holiday combo,@RobertCRomanJr has an interesting short story: http://t.co/1wt7pjHf#steampunkchat -10:31 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 RT @Jenny_Schwartz: @MichelV69 Cool! Im waiting for breathing space over the holidays to read it Looking forward to it #steampunkchat-10:30 AM Dec 1st, 2012
cassiecaine @wakefieldproof Were they also ninjas? They sound like they should also be ninjas. #steampunkchat -10:30 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @wakefieldproof Was there really? Haven’t seen the movie#steampunkchat -10:30 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites I keep wondering what a stmpnk Indiana Jones would have been like #steampunkchat -10:30 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow There were a few things in the old theatre craft that competed for “stupid ways to die” #steampunkchat -10:30 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof did anyone mention the steampowered clockwork zombie nazis in the movie Suckerpunch? #steampunkchat -10:29 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @pjschnyder Costuming/setting/the giant elephant hotel#steampunkchat -10:29 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @pjschnyder A military canine automaton…such a good idea! #steampunkchat -10:29 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow @JackBateswrites I don’t think so, I will though, just looked it up! #steampunkchat -10:29 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow Old dimmers are probably the most stupidly dangerous thing I can imagine. “DIp this wired copper plate into that water”#steampunkchat -10:29 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 Thanks for stopping in Happy weekend!#steampunkchat -10:28 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder @JackBateswrites Moulin Rouge? I think i need to rewatch it. It’s been a long time. #steampunkchat -10:28 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof @Jenny_Schwartz that sounds like a great list!#steampunkchat -10:28 AM Dec 1st, 2012
writelearndream RT @pjschnyder: Better Late than never to the#steampunkchat -10:28 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites #steampunkbackdrop in movies: Moulin Rogue#steampunkchat -10:28 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @MichelV69 Cool! I’m waiting for breathing space over the holidays to read it Looking forward to it #steampunkchat -10:28 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder @Jenny_Schwartz I did! #steampunkchat -10:27 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @wakefieldproof Steam boilers, clockwork, frivolity, duty, um…lots of stuff #steampunkchat -10:27 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 @Jenny_Schwartz I have something similar in my latest novel. It’s the setting for part of the story. #steampunkchat -10:27 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder Wait, someone mentioned a faithful dog? Heartbreaking!#steampunkchat Especially a military dog partner. -10:27 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 Gotta jet, but I’ll catch up soon! Thanks, everyone!#steampunkchat -10:27 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @ProfessorMorrow Ever see Topsy-Turvy? #steampunkchat-10:27 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @pjschnyder You made it! #steampunkchat -10:27 AM Dec 1st, 2012
cassiecaine @mattdelman Who would be used to walking in one spot all day? Conan the Barbarian? #steampunkchat -10:27 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow Yes! *punches air* I’d love to read that. Theatre & steampunk #steampunkchat -10:27 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 RT @ProfessorMorrow ”My Clockwork Minions are terribly dangerous for about….three more hours…” #steampunkchat -10:26 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Siri_Paulson @ProfessorMorrow I’d love to read that! Backstage, low-tech special effects, pulleys etc. … #steampunkchat -10:26 AM Dec 1st, 2012
pjschnyder Better Late than never to the #steampunkchat -10:26 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @VonMalcolm @steamboat28 I’d love to see a Caliphate steampunk story #steampunkchat -10:26 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @mattdelman @cassiecaine Inc’ing faithful dog waiting at grave…could spin off story of faithful automaton? #steampunkchat -10:26 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow I always thought there was room for showcasing how ridiculously deadly theater technology used to be with a steampunk story.#steampunkchat -10:26 AM Dec 1st, 2012
mattdelman @Jenny_Schwartz This is true. @cassiecaine. There have been entire stories written about duty. #steampunkchat -10:25 AM Dec 1st, 2012
wakefieldproof hello all. can someone get me up to speed? #steampunkchat-10:25 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow @Jenny_Schwartz That thing is adorable. #steampunkchatIf you can handle function following form it’s perfect! #steampunkchat -10:25 AM Dec 1st, 2012
VonMalcolm @Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 What Medieval ‘Empires’ would be best suited for Steampunk? Holy Roman, Caliphate, Mongol, Tang?#SteampunkChat -10:25 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @Siri_Paulson Glad you popped in to say hi#steampunkchat #lurkingisgood -10:24 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 Random factoid: weight of the Frensel lense for lighthouse was turned by floating the frame in a track of liquid mercury … #steampunkchat-10:24 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Siri_Paulson #steampunkchat Lurking and listening. -10:24 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @mattdelman @cassiecaine Duty was also a huge theme of the Victorian Era. Interesting to explore #steampunkchat -10:24 AM Dec 1st, 2012
mattdelman @cassiecaine Because it’s not a lifestyle we’re used to …#steampunkchat -10:23 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz What about frivolous? Playful reworkings of old tech?@vscotttheauthor ’s find of Tickertape Tweets http://t.co/TnL1aeF4#steampunkchat -10:23 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow ”My Clockwork Minions are terribly dangerous for about….three more hours…” #steampunkchat -10:23 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow I’m envisioning a “clockwork power plant.” One giant crank, which in turn turns a million smaller cranks. #steampunkchat#clockworkarmytake2 -10:22 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @cassiecaine Hey! Great minds #steampunkchat -10:22 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @MichelV69 That makes such an interesting story…commitment, conflict. Very Victorian. Thx! #steampunkchat Love lighthouses -10:21 AM Dec 1st, 2012
cassiecaine @ProfessorMorrow @MichelV69 I’d love to read a story about that guy. I’m not sure why. He’d do the same thing all day. #steampunkchat-10:21 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 @Jenny_Schwartz A lighthouse is a good example of a large scale clockwork. Every day the keeper has to crank the fall weight#steampunkchat -10:20 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow @MichelV69 That’s true! That makes the minimum power plant “some guy” and the maximum output “spring tension” by hard rules.#steampunkchat -10:19 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 I like that…giving space for speculation#steampunkchat Yeah, that’s a bit part of steampunk -10:19 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @MichelV69 I was thinking trapping kinetic energy and then only needing a top up…like people walking along belted footpath?#steampunkchat -10:18 AM Dec 1st, 2012
mattdelman @steamboat28 Theoretically, yes #steampunkchat -10:18 AM Dec 1st, 2012
cassiecaine RT @ProfessorMorrow: @Jenny_Schwartz ”Automata are the new zombies” should be a T-Shirt. #steampunkchat -10:18 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Go for it! RT @ProfessorMorrow: “Automata are the new zombies” should be a T-Shirt. #steampunkchat -10:18 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 The problem is that clockwork isn’t a power plant, it’s a battery system. So you can’t just power something with clockwork. #steampunkchat-10:18 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow *envy* I wish I had tech skills. Just don’t have the mind to “see” ideas and make them real. #steampunkchat -10:17 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 @Jenny_Schwartz The idea in my head being, ultimately, that the absence of “modern” tech leaves folks open to other ideas.#steampunkchat -10:17 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow @Jenny_Schwartz ”Automata are the new zombies” should be a T-Shirt. #steampunkchat -10:17 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 Has anyone written an alchemical, medieval steampunk? #steampunkchat -10:17 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow My current offline project is a train with some clockwork. It’s very low key but exceptional in its own period/speculations.#steampunkchat -10:16 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 @Jenny_Schwartz While there are many types of steampunk, I tend toward the kind with monsters and alchemy when brainstorming.#steampunkchat -10:16 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow Automata are the new zombies for me — I decided after last week’s #steampunkchat So, clockwork forever! -10:16 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 @JackBateswrites Intrigued. Examples?#steampunkchat Mysticism in steampunk -10:15 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow Clockwork is good! There are intensely functional clockworks out there for hundreds Pre-Victorian years, that opens doors.#steampunkchat -10:14 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz and on the purity of steampunk…I don’t care! No one’s depriving me of the Nantes elephant http://t.co/NBRPiipa #steampunkchat#defiant -10:14 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 @JackBateswrites @Jenny_Schwartz All my favorite steampunk ideas involve mysticism of some sort. #steampunkchat -10:13 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow Does it have to be steam? what about clockwork? #steampunkchat -10:13 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 @mattdelman (though using homemade charcoal would theoretically be carbon neutral) #steampunkchat -10:12 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow You can then fuel it with, yes, as @steamboat28 and@mattdelman say any number of fuel sources based on your specific needs.#steampunkchat -10:12 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Bookmarked! thx RT @MichelV69: All – modern steam engine, if you haven’t heard of these guys: http://t.co/GlSUQjNt#steampunkchat -10:12 AM Dec 1st, 2012
cassiecaine @MichelV69 I’m digging that tech. #steampunkchat -10:11 AM Dec 1st, 2012
mattdelman @ProfessorMorrow Ah-yup. The fuel that creates the steam is immaterial. #steampunkchat -10:11 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow Without boiling down to a billion subgenre “rules” I think obviously the core piece of “acceptable” tech is the steam boiler.#steampunkchat -10:11 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @JackBateswrites I LOVE the idea: Wizardpunk#steampunkchat -10:10 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @mattdelman And every time #steampunkchat -10:10 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 You know, that’s so blindingly obvious, I missed it #steampunkchat Any fuel…hmm -10:10 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites Or would Rowling be #wizardpunk? (I was going to say wizpunk but that seemed sophomoric) #steampunkchat -10:10 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 All – modern steam engine, if you haven’t heard of these guys:http://t.co/uTGoNYDZ #steampunkchat -10:10 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 @Jenny_Schwartz And the technologies don’t have to be estranged; a steam-powered generator can use almost any fuel.#steampunkchat -10:10 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @cassiecaine Hiya #steampunkchat -10:09 AM Dec 1st, 2012
cassiecaine Hello steamy lovelies! #steampunkchat -10:09 AM Dec 1st, 2012
mattdelman Oh quantum dust … that stuff gets everywhere#steampunkchat -10:09 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @Jenny_Schwartz I was thinking only of her pure imagination #steampunkchat -10:09 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 Fascinating…esp with rise of electric bikes. Just coming into fashion in my cnr of world #steampunkchat -10:09 AM Dec 1st, 2012
VonMalcolm Does creating Steampunk clothes, accessories, gadgets, etc. give one an advantage in writing Steampunk? #IWouldThinkSo#SteampunkChat -10:09 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites @ProfessorMorrow (Brushing off quantum dust) Welcome, Professor #steampunkchat -10:08 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @ProfessorMorrow Glad you made it! are you in one piece?#steampunkchat -10:08 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 @Jenny_Schwartz especially with modern advancements in heating elements and such. #steampunkchat -10:08 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @JackBateswrites Interesting! I was thinking Verne’s successor wouldn’t be writing steampunk, but opening new world/genre#steampunkchat -10:08 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 @Jenny_Schwartz Though they take longer to start, historically, steamcars/bikes are supposedly more efficient by far.#steampunkchat -10:08 AM Dec 1st, 2012
ProfessorMorrow Crashing through a quantum barrier into #steampunkchat-10:08 AM Dec 1st, 2012
JackBateswrites #Verne: JK Rowling #steampunkchat -10:07 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 apparently there were cool refinements in steam tech, just as they ditched it for diesel #steampunkchat -10:07 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 There was an article somewhere recently how steam trains shouldn’t have been ousted by diesel…or not so fast#steampunkchat -10:07 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 @Jenny_Schwartz I’m interested in seeing a resurgence in steam-powered technology, as I’m told they still beat gasburners.#steampunkchat -10:06 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @VonMalcolm *checks off roll* Great! #steampunkchat :)-10:06 AM Dec 1st, 2012
VonMalcolm Present. #SteampunkChat -10:05 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @MichelV69 Verne had an awesome imagination. Who’s like him these days? #steampunkchat -10:05 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 Any sort of tech, or really, any topic. Looks like a quiet, relaxed hour #steampunkchat -10:05 AM Dec 1st, 2012
steamboat28 @Jenny_Schwartz I only say maybe because I may scoot soon, and I’m not sure what kind of steampunk tech we’re discussing. lol#steampunkchat -10:04 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 @Jenny_Schwartz I am. As I said last week… it’s a favorite topic. I’m a bit “Vernian” that way. #steampunkchat -10:04 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @steamboat28 Maybe! Okay, I’ll settle for a maybe #steampunkchat -10:03 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz I’m hopeless at tech stuff, but fascinated by Maker Fairehttp://t.co/POMRARa7 Any steampunk makers? #steampunkchat -10:03 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz So who’s here to discuss steampunk tech? #steampunkchat-10:02 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @MichelV69 Hi #steampunkchat -10:00 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz Welcome to #steampunkchat Roll call? -10:00 AM Dec 1st, 2012
MichelV69 Good evening, all! #steampunkchat -10:00 AM Dec 1st, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz 10 minutes till #steampunkchat – Steampunk technology: Limits? Inspiration? Cool things you’ve seen -9:50 AM Dec 1st, 2012
