Dr. Warthan's Omega7Red » We’re All Going to Die http://www.omega7red.com SteamPunk Technology Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:48:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Exponential Times http://www.omega7red.com/2009/05/15/exponential-times/ http://www.omega7red.com/2009/05/15/exponential-times/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 18:43:00 +0000 Dr. Warthan http://omega7red.com/?p=174 Fantastic video on the progression of information technology.  Example: It is estimated that a week’s worth of the New Your Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.  Example: It is estimated that 4 exabytes (4.0×10^19) of unique information will be generated this year, which is more than the previous 5,000 years.

]]> http://www.omega7red.com/2009/05/15/exponential-times/feed/ 0 Art with Attention to Detail: Fail http://www.omega7red.com/2009/04/21/art-with-attention-to-detail-fail/ http://www.omega7red.com/2009/04/21/art-with-attention-to-detail-fail/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:57:05 +0000 Dr. Warthan http://omega7red.com/?p=95 The robot is interesting, and I like the train.  The double boiler implies a double fire-box, and the catwalk on the side is a nice touch.  But a steam locomotive requires fuel and water, always pulled right behind the engine; I don’t see that here.  Well, I don’t like it.  While nobody is going to question the giant robot, I think most SteamPunk fans have a good idea how a steam train works.  Attention to detail is important to me.  This is a fail, an example of what not to do.  More SteamPunk art.

robot_attacking_train

]]> http://www.omega7red.com/2009/04/21/art-with-attention-to-detail-fail/feed/ 3 WMD’s Found: It’s an Atomic Bomb! http://www.omega7red.com/2009/04/08/wmds-found-its-an-atomic-bomb/ http://www.omega7red.com/2009/04/08/wmds-found-its-an-atomic-bomb/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:37:43 +0000 Dr. Warthan http://omega7red.com/?p=59 The GOGBOT Festival in Enschede, NL – now with Nuclear Weapons!  I was searching for more SteamPunk related stuff to report on and I came across the GOGBOT Festival hosted by PlanetArt.  According to the description, it’s supposed to be some kind of SteamPunk related exhibition – well, it was in 2008.  I think they’re doing AtomPunk (Dutch version of AtomicPunk) in 2009, but they’re foreigners (Dutch) who think differently than us.  In any case, they are now clearly communist scumbags who are armed with a “Fat Man” type atomic weapon with a blast yield of 21-kilotons.

FatMan?

PLANETART presents the 5th edition of the GOGBOT festival in Enschede 18-21 September 2008.  More than 150 artists, performers, musicians and other creative spirits will show their talents at 10 locations of the free entrance expo’s. GOGBOT will show robotics, electronic music and audio art, virtual worlds, freakshows, inter-active installations, live-cinema, streetart, gaming, performances, keynote speakers, lectures, steampunk videoclips, DJ’s, VJ’s, parties, lots of steam, and  more….

It sounds like fun.  However, digging deeper, I looked into PlanetArt’s Photostream hosted on Flickr and found out what it’s really about.  I found bunny rabbit zombies, dead animals, a tree growing out a persons butt, rape immortalized in bronze, Iraqi political statements, Hitler, Jihad memorabilia, and I kid you not – a naked guy with a blow-up sheep doll on his woo-hoo.  Looks like PlanetArt and/or the Dutch are a bunch of really sick people.  I personally recommend against going to the GOGBOT Festival; but if you go, let me know…

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