First Contest
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Inspired by an article on Silver Goggles (“Friendly” Tech) I’m holding a contest. I’d like submissions of the finest FRIENDLY1 personally carried steampunk devices that you wear. A whole swathe of the costumed focus in Steampunk regalia is weapon related2, and I think we need to shift gears3. I know there are a lot of [...]
Explaining: DRM Using Greek Mythology
Explaining: DRM Using Greek Mythology
Digital Rights Management has always had more basis in faith than science. Media companies cling to it as holy doctrine, quoting scripture and verse about fiscal damage caused by a single shared song that impacts the studio’s bottom line with a Fibonnacian acceleration. Even their own publicising of evidence to the contrary fails to deter [...]
Finished reading: The Constantine Affliction
Cover: The Constantine Affliction
The Constantine Affliction Surprise, I have a lot of steampunk books. Some of them I’ve even finished reading. The Constantine Affliction was a book that just kept dragging me back to the iPad to read what happened next. The main characters are an investigative journalist and a bored aristocrat detective, with many other near-main characters [...]