{"id":1344,"date":"2007-07-09T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2007-07-09T14:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2007-07-15T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2007-07-15T18:44:36","slug":"steampunk-timepieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1344","title":{"rendered":"Steampunk Timepieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"steampunkwatch040\"<\/p>\n

There is, apparently, an ever-increasing interest in all things Steampunk<\/a>. I’ll confess my own affection for the stuff, but I’ve had an interest in such things since reading Jules Verne<\/a> stories in grade school. On the other hand, I have to wonder how much of today’s popularity is driven by what I assume to be the publics’ general sense of being overwhelmed by an avalanche of modern technology. Things used to be so much simpler, didn’t they?<\/p>\n

The watch above, one of a collection of similar pieces you can view online (Link)<\/a>, may be complex in form but it’s a visible<\/em> complexity and thus, probably to most people, a bit more open and friendly; not like technology that hides inside stuff so we can’t see it with our own eyes. Like… nuclear power plants.<\/p>\n

via boing boing<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

{Image Copyright \u00c2\u00a9 Haruo Suiekichi}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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