With the goal of our son moving into his new “big boy” bedroom during the first full week of May, it comes time to install for him a ceiling fan. Living in Phoenix, AZ it is almost impossible to go to bed at night during the summer without one. The theme for his room is [...]
The newest James Bond, SKYFALL comes out on Blu-ray & DVD this next week (Febuary 12th, 2013). So in honor of that, this week is a non-steampunk related post. However, I hope that you find some of this stuff useful. DISCLAIMER: Before you continue all the following information is for educational use only. If you break [...]
The Victorians loved their alcoholic beverages, though I believe this was mostly the case due to the quality and over all safety surrounding drinking water during that time. The most popular alcohols during the Victorian era being rum, champagne, vodka, wine, bourbon, and gin. Rum was popular in the Caribbean; Vodka was popular in eastern Europe; Wine was [...]
The Victorians were all about the manners. Knowing what was and what was not appropriate was held if high importance. The Steampunk Minimalist Gentleman should be no different. I ran across this interview with Tom Ford a little while back, and feel that these Tom Ford’s five easy lessons in how to be a modern gentleman, fit [...]
The final topic of Personal Use Technology on this Steampunk Minimalism series. I’ve already posted on Fashion & Home Décor in regard to Steampunk Minimalism; please check out those posts if you haven’t already. Now since truly steampunk technology (minimalist or not) is more something out of science fiction, I will be mostly sticking to that of having a [...]