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Plutonica.net’s half-birthday | Plutonica.net — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:11:47 +0000

[...] a write up about the Feasts I hold, what it meas to be “too popular”, Baudelaire, steampunk - mixed in with the usual reviews and news items. We also played around a bit with top five lists [...]

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By: Psyche

Psyche — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:20:29 +0000

That would be neat - I love stuff like that. It's just so cool.

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By: khephret

khephret — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:32:55 +0000

You know, I was at an event called the "Power Tool Drag Races" a few years ago and someone was driving around a steam-powered three-wheeled wagon contraption. I'll see if I can dig up the mobile shots I took of it for you. -k.

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By: Psyche

Psyche — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:05:49 +0000

Ok, now I really have to read this book.

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By: Anton Channing

Anton Channing — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:18:35 +0000

Okay, Naked Lunch spoiler alert! I've only just started reading the book, so I'm more talking about the film. I haven't reached this scene in the book, but in the film the type-writer gets turned on while he is typing and turns into an organic entity with sexual orifices and protrusions. The thought of getting sexual with a computer kind of reminded me of that... :)

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By: Psyche

Psyche — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:47:11 +0000

I've been a strict ovo-lacto vegetarian since I was a child (I don't eat or wear anything that had a mother). Leather stinks, but it's true, PVC and rubber don't really compare in terms of look and feel. I imagine that leather would respond better than rubber to the higher temperatures that a computer can reach - another moral setback for me! Still have yet to read Naked Lunch. Curious about the reference though?

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By: Anton Channing

Anton Channing — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:30:33 +0000

Well, I guess I'm about 90% vegetarian myself at the moment, but I still eat meat occasionally (maybe once a week or once a fortnight when I'm being really good), so I haven't got around to giving up leather yet. It would be hard for me to do so as I have a bit of a fetish for it. PVC and Rubber just don't do it for me in the same way as Leather and Silk. But anyway, as far as a book is concerned, I suspect the principles would be the same with leatherette? I mean, I don't plan to get sexy with my laptop! I don't love computers quite THAT much! Oh dear, now I have Naked Lunch on my mind...

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By: Psyche

Psyche — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:19:34 +0000

I'm a vegetarian, but I can't help but think that would look awesome.

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By: Anton Channing

Anton Channing — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:57:10 +0000

Yeah, a friend of mine leather binds books. Maybe I could get him to show me how to do it for my laptop. I did have a good look around that site and the scanner was one item that caught my eye... :)

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By: Psyche

Psyche — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:29:25 +0000

Check out the Opti-Transcripticon - a scanner modded to look like an old leather bound book. Perhaps you could do something like that? It's lighter than the wood and brass, but still very snazzy. Whatever you do: pics are a must!

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