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  1. Re:Of course they're overpriced. by BrokenHalo · · Score: 1 · on Is There a Hearing Aid Price Bubble?

    I am also wondering how much a hearing aid would cost if you just built it yourself.

    I'll admit I didn't think of that. I stumped up for hearing aids that are so discreet, it's hard for anyone to see them, but if I had thought about it, I could have come up with something scary that looks like a product of the Steampunk Workshop. ;-)

  2. Re:Will the same happen to phones? by tacarat · · Score: 1 · on Technology Changes To Kill Netbooks?

    I'll take one of these. http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml

  3. Re:Wrong Shape by Molochi · · Score: 1 · on Triangular Buttons Make On-Screen Keyboards More Usable

    Are you a DIYer?

    http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml

  4. Re:Stereotypes usually have some kernal of truth by geekgirlandrea · · Score: 1 · on Does Dell Know What Women Want In a Laptop?

    You missed the laptop for goth geek femme dykes (yes, we exist, please knock off stereotyping lesbians like that) that I would want. I'm imagining something like this, except with somewhat tarnished silver trim and wood several shades darker, and maybe some nice black velvet accents on the keyboard to rest my wrists on.

    Of course, I probably wouldn't actually care enough what my laptop looks like to buy it if it did exist, if it's a matter of choosing that or the nice plain-looking Thinkpad I have that doesn't need any horrible binary kernel modules for X to work and that I didn't have to pay for a Windows license I'll never use to buy. Marketing to specific niches is all well and good, but it only works when those niches are big enough to cover the fixed costs on the product line. I'm guessing that goth lesbian femme geeks who insist on strictly open-source systems, for example, is much too tiny a niche. Considering that, I can understand the frustration, but it does seem silly to get too offended at niche marketing aimed only at the much larger groups that are closer to cultural norms.

  5. Old school? Get in the time machine by Ronald+Dumsfeld · · Score: 1 · on Old-School Keyboard Makes Comeback of Sorts

    This is what I would have if I had money to burn.

  6. Re:Hear Much? by fyoder · · Score: 1 · on Review of the Model M-Inspired Unicomp Customizer Keyboard

    These things are dishwashable, right? Right? Just disassemble, clean it up, then reassemble like this.
  7. Re:Great, but by Eternauta3k · · Score: 1 · on Startup Claims to Make $1/Gallon Ethanol

    Brass.
    :P

  8. Actual power source better than headline by ThanatosMinor · · Score: 1 · on Rocket-Powered Bionic Arm Successfully Tested

    I much prefer the idea of a steam-powered bionic arm than a rocket-powered one. I myself would like to see someone typing on the steampunk keyboard at breakneck speeds with such an arm. Rocket-powered arms are better for breaking things, though.

  9. The Steampunk Workshop has a few good ideas. by Lethyos · · Score: 1 · on Softening the Edges of Technology

    Check out this old-fashion keyboard modification with early 1900s brass features.

  10. A Steampunk Stratocaster by VonSlatt · · Score: 1 · on What's the Coolest Thing You've Ever Built?

    That's hard to say - the most recent thing you build like the Steampunk Stratocaster I just finished always seems the coolest right then.

    The heaviest thing I ever built was a Schoolbus to RV conversion

    and if number of links on the intarweb count toward coolness the Retro Cellphone Handset is the coolest.

    Jake von Slatt.