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If you've ever owned a laptop for more than a couple of years, you've probably marveled at how ancient and clunky it looks next to the latest models. That once-sleek Dell Latitude LM, boasting a Pentium processor, is the size of a VCR, feels as if it weighs 20 pounds and seems about as cutting edge as a Betamax. But its antiquated feel has got nothing on Richard Nagy's Hewlett Packard laptop.
Steampunking Today's Technology With A Victorian Twist
Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 12:26 AM EDT
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I remember the old Kleinschmidt teletype machines had a Victorian look to them.
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#1 - Thu Nov 1, 2007 12:28 AM EDTHow retro. I was just about to rant about this article until I flipped to page 2 to see that they gave proper respect to "The Difference Engine."
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#2 - Thu Nov 1, 2007 1:23 AM EDTActually, Newsweek failed to credit the machine shown at the top of the article to Jake Von Slatt, whose Steampunk Workshop is mentioned later in the article. Here's another cool link they missed, the very extensive and deliciously steampunk blog of Tinkergirl.
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