Babbages Difference Engine #2

Filed in Events, Steampunk, Victorian, May 13, 2008, 12:02 am , , ,

What a treat to see a working Babbage Difference Engine, shown at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View this weekend.
The “engine” was never built in Victorian times, but now there are two of them one in London and the other, known as #2, is, for now, in Mountain View to be on display [...]

Maker Faire 2008

Filed in Events, May 7, 2008, 10:15 pm ,

My teenage nephew and his friend came down from Seattle for the Maker Faire. I probably embarrassed him good by going in costume, Steampunk, Scottish style – kilt, gaiters, pith helmet (hey, I wasn’t the only one). Whether it was the costume or just being at the fair I saw him for all of about [...]