tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post136543824881859916..comments2024-02-25T22:00:24.987-08:00Comments on The Steampunk Home: Would you put a Difference Engine in your Living Room?Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572116519532368015noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-79207300995536505672009-05-24T06:14:50.873-07:002009-05-24T06:14:50.873-07:00Would I put a difference engine in the living room...Would I put a difference engine in the living room? YES!<br /><br />...unless there is more space in the library/computer room.Nexxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12479800250281953071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-50488560309185285582008-07-09T08:12:00.000-07:002008-07-09T08:12:00.000-07:00No. But I will have Chris Garcia (Assistant Curato...No. But I will have Chris Garcia (Assistant Curator at the Computer History Museum where a Babbage Engine is housed) at the California Steampunk Convention this October to speak about the device.<BR/><BR/>http://www.steampunkconvention.comrbottomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13056858559653776210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-75099589558215930732008-07-08T22:06:00.000-07:002008-07-08T22:06:00.000-07:00I wouldn't put a difference engine in my living ro...I wouldn't put a difference engine in my living room, but I definitely would consider a framed picture of one. I think it's beautiful.twenty pound tabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05954536089892872581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-14251131872722494632008-06-26T09:34:00.000-07:002008-06-26T09:34:00.000-07:00The youtube lecture is *great*. Thank you for sha...The youtube lecture is *great*. Thank you for sharing it. I haven't gotten to the dinosaur in the living room, but I loved this story Swade told on Myhrvold:<BR/><BR/>"I asked him if it was OK if I spoke about polynomials... I had no idea he had 4 Ph.D.s"<BR/><BR/>"The engine was late, it was 2002, and I knew Nathan was building a house. So I said 'When do you need your engine?" On the other end of the phone there was a burst of laughter and he said 'one might question the use of the word need'<BR/><BR/>I'd assumed the gentlemen of Seattle, after supper, billiards, and brandy, knocked off a few polynomials."Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572116519532368015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-16039188291880135872008-06-26T08:59:00.000-07:002008-06-26T08:59:00.000-07:00chmweb -- wow, that must be some living room! I d...chmweb -- wow, that must be some living room! I did some quick searches and can't find a picture of said living room, but I'll keep my eyes open.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572116519532368015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-67240358411319519012008-06-25T20:41:00.000-07:002008-06-25T20:41:00.000-07:00During the lecture at the Babbage lecture in May a...During the lecture at the Babbage lecture in May at the Computer History Museum, Nathan Myhrvold mentioned that his living room was three stories tall so that his life-sized Tyrannosaurus Rex fit. So I'm thinking that the Babbage Engine won't be so out of place after all. You can see the lecture here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=p1sEowi1TxcUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07806076910948190814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-12849236314606448252008-06-25T07:12:00.000-07:002008-06-25T07:12:00.000-07:00LOL... who wouldn't put one in their livingroom?! ...LOL... who wouldn't put one in their livingroom?! Mount a plasma screen TV in front and have all the gears and rods sticking out around the screen. Priceless!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067959310778526397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119042395428183332.post-28696883526316165362008-06-24T10:29:00.000-07:002008-06-24T10:29:00.000-07:00noooo...not in the living room. Maybe the garage? ...noooo...not in the living room. Maybe the garage? Gears look better in the garage. <BR/>so I am a bit late to the party, but have become recently fascinated with steampunk. I make pendants, and have started using steampunk images, and am always on the lookout for new ones. <BR/>too bad this one won't fit on a pendant...woolieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09075203838346030541noreply@blogger.com