http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/-t1.htm For more sensible off topic discussion Thu, 28 May 2009 11:43:18 GMT 10 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2154/2849726963_ab9204e49a.jpg?v=0 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/-t1.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/happy-birthday-to-markf-t451.htm jringling ]]> Off topic Thu, 28 May 2009 11:43:18 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/happy-birthday-to-markf-t451.htm#5649 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/happy-birthday-to-markf-t451.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/epik-psychedelia-t446.htm Thaif Blue or the Red pill?

Also, would you try these cakes I baked? They have a sekrit ingredient...]]> Off topic Fri, 08 May 2009 18:37:45 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/epik-psychedelia-t446.htm#5614 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/epik-psychedelia-t446.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/what-is-the-latest-fantastic-music-you-have-discovered-t438.htm JingleJoe As the title says, what is the latest fantastic music you have discovered!? Rowan recently found, and shared with me, a synth pop group called Yellow Magic Orchestra, have a listen to them! I'm totally addicted to them now Provide links to the awesome music you've discovered recently if you can! Off topic Mon, 04 May 2009 23:43:42 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/what-is-the-latest-fantastic-music-you-have-discovered-t438.htm#5542 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/what-is-the-latest-fantastic-music-you-have-discovered-t438.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/an-observation-t407.htm 5.6. Kaboom
tastes nearly as good coming up...

as going down.

-Dr. Hubert Friboullet. after first zeppelin ride, 1902]]> Off topic Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:07:54 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/an-observation-t407.htm#5135 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/an-observation-t407.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/really-chuffed-had-to-share-t413.htm Captain Lyerly I can't describe the content, as it is political, but on another forum I was astounded and pleased to find that someone had quoted me - and it was an original quote, no less - and was using it as their sig line, with attribution to me! I am truly honored that my little pearls of, well, what passes for wisdom or wit, have reached such a point that someone else finds them worth placing at the end of every post. I guess I truly am a Chuffed-Captain. Thanks (and apologies to those ... Off topic Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:59:13 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/really-chuffed-had-to-share-t413.htm#5260 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/really-chuffed-had-to-share-t413.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/the-meaning-of-this-quote-t367.htm T.T.
I found this quote while searching the web and I was wondering if anyone knew what it meant?]]> Off topic Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:13:36 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/the-meaning-of-this-quote-t367.htm#4639 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/the-meaning-of-this-quote-t367.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/military-game-continued-beta-testers-required-t63.htm Gadd I need beta testers/idea contributers for this military forum-based game I'm working on as a side project. It wouldn't be very time consuming, all I ask is that you have an open mind for this kind of thing, and that you're available at least an hour or so a day. Anyway, this is a combat and tech based game. Every player starts out with a home base, a few men, and a good amount of spendable wealth. The object of the game is to become either the most powerful faction, or the lone remaining ... Off topic Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:57:00 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/military-game-continued-beta-testers-required-t63.htm#603 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/military-game-continued-beta-testers-required-t63.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/goth-music-not-usually-considered-to-be-goth-music-t15.htm Orlando It's funny, things feel somehow different. It's as if this is the same old Steampunk Forum and yet not! Ah well, best get on ... Green is a funny colour - there are good greens and bad greens. There are a lot of shades of green I hate but rich dark emerald green is a lovely colour. So it is with Country Music - I'm not keen on the sparkly Rhinestone Cowboy, "Countrypolitan" style, but as serious modern American folk music, I like it. According to Wikipedia, Wichita Lineman ... Off topic Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:09:05 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/goth-music-not-usually-considered-to-be-goth-music-t15.htm#68 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/goth-music-not-usually-considered-to-be-goth-music-t15.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/mealtime-whats-for-dinner-t376.htm Dandeliondream , I was thinking this might be a food page like the It's teatime! What's your poison? page so people can give me some ideas on food's to try. what are your favorite dishes?
even share recipes and such.what do you all think?]]> Off topic Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:19:20 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/mealtime-whats-for-dinner-t376.htm#4781 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/mealtime-whats-for-dinner-t376.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/even-werebears-need-to-sleep-occasionally-t401.htm OldProfessorBear Catch ya tonight. Off topic Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:22:23 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/even-werebears-need-to-sleep-occasionally-t401.htm#5083 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/even-werebears-need-to-sleep-occasionally-t401.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/help-trying-to-find-something-t363.htm Jemima Annabelle Clough I'm trying to find something like this: in the UK. It's a device for punching/cutting small holes in metal (1/16" and 3/32"). I can always get the dremel out and use that, but when it's one hole in one small bit of silver, it's a bit of a faff. Searching for metal hole punch brings up the usual stationery supplies, but nothing along those lines. Anyone got any suggestsions where I can get something like that in the UK from? Off topic Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:31:04 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/help-trying-to-find-something-t363.htm#4587 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/help-trying-to-find-something-t363.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/my-halloween-handiwork-t348.htm magister A while back, I posted a new set of outfit photos I took, using some Halloween decorations as props, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was some general interest in seeing the elaborate decorations we set up at my house, and so without further ado, I present a photographic tour of Magister's Mansion of Manical Manslaughter... The Front Yard from across the street. Spoiler: A more detailed view from the driveway. Spoiler: The gruesome fate of Richard Nixon. Spoiler: The ... Off topic Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:54:44 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/my-halloween-handiwork-t348.htm#4363 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/my-halloween-handiwork-t348.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/post-apocoliptic-punk-t122.htm Silas Morgan First off. I am trying to avoid anything Political.... But my Boss keeps telling me how the economy is going down, and we are about to go into another depression..... OK..... cool.... I'm so stinking poor that I think I can live through that.... I make enough to buy rum or gin, and cigarettes...oh yeah... and some food..... Being poor in America ain't that bad....... Anyway..... if a bad depression Does happen...... how are you going to live through it? Kinda like the surviving ... Off topic Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:21:00 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/post-apocoliptic-punk-t122.htm#1208 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/post-apocoliptic-punk-t122.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/new-project-need-some-advice-electronics-and-such-t177.htm VonHart Afternoon all. As usual, I have a ton of 3000 and 4000 level homework which I am avoiding doing, so I have a project in mind that I've some questions about. Here's the basic idea: A pendulum suspended above a grid of halved ping pong balls. Attached to the pendulum bob are a few lasers, aimed so that the two, maybe three, beams converge on the ping pong ball halves. Inclosed in the ping pong balls are photoresistors (the pingpong ball halves diffuse the laser beam to get a larger trigger ... Off topic Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:07:04 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/new-project-need-some-advice-electronics-and-such-t177.htm#2008 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/new-project-need-some-advice-electronics-and-such-t177.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-t236.htm Dandeliondream This is off topic so..... Found this by a happy mistake,and I thought I would share. http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/carroll/lewis/alice/alice.html ‘. ‘I’ve forgotten the words.’ teacup instead of the bread-and-butter. ‘What a funny watch!’ she remarked. ‘It tells the day of the month, and doesn’t tell what o’clock it is!’ ‘ ‘Fury said to a     mouse, That he    met in the   house,  “Let ... Off topic Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:52:15 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-t236.htm#2931 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-t236.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/wow-we-have-4000-t329.htm OldProfessorBear ]]> Off topic Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:08:19 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/wow-we-have-4000-t329.htm#4083 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/wow-we-have-4000-t329.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/oovoo-tried-it-t223.htm Gadd www.oovoo.com

It's a free computer-to-computer video and audio messaging system. Gives you five free minutes to call any phone to start with, and it's only $5 a month for like... 500 minutes.

Figured maybe we could get a steampunk video thing going on.]]> Off topic Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:16:16 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/oovoo-tried-it-t223.htm#2743 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/oovoo-tried-it-t223.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/would-these-be-pi-rats-t298.htm The Kernel
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4962356.ece]]> Off topic Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:47:55 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/would-these-be-pi-rats-t298.htm#3689 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/would-these-be-pi-rats-t298.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/if-datamancer-or-jake-vs-ever-went-to-the-diesel-side-it-might-look-like-this-radio-t280.htm markf http://www.tuaw.com/2008/10/14/found-footage-1942-philco-radio-mac-mini-mod/]]> Off topic Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:41:08 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/if-datamancer-or-jake-vs-ever-went-to-the-diesel-side-it-might-look-like-this-radio-t280.htm#3399 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/if-datamancer-or-jake-vs-ever-went-to-the-diesel-side-it-might-look-like-this-radio-t280.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/1940-puja-thermo-pneumatic-clock-t260.htm markf Yowza, this simple looking mantle clock had quite a bit of complex thought behind it. Containers of alcohol are heated and the pressurized vapor pushes liquid in a connecting pipe to another container, which then gets heavier, evantually causing more stuff to move. More dieselpunk than steam (well, acutally it is alcohol steam), but utterly fascinating. markf http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2008/10/1940-puja-thermo-pneumatic-clock.html Off topic Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:49:22 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/1940-puja-thermo-pneumatic-clock-t260.htm#3103 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/1940-puja-thermo-pneumatic-clock-t260.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/anyone-use-slacker-t231.htm dman762000 I am just wondering if anyone uses slacker. I am trying to get them to put on an Abney Park station. If anyone here uses it write them and demand an Abney Park station. I have also set up a steampunk station, everyone is welcome to go and fiddle with it if they wish. Off topic Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:03:56 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/anyone-use-slacker-t231.htm#2871 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/anyone-use-slacker-t231.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/new-year-resolution-t50.htm Captain Dave Hawker So in January this year I decided I wanted to put on 2 stone in weight as I was on the bottom end of healthy in the BMI scale. I know the scale is flawed and I was very fit (ex Army-every-sport-that-got-me-a-day-off-work athlete) but I've always had the metabolism of a 14 year old schoolgirl. I also did not want to just eat myself heavier and risk heart disease and the like later on in life, so I swapped running for the gym and lifting heavy things. January this year is on the left and ... Off topic Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:52:50 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/new-year-resolution-t50.htm#431 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/new-year-resolution-t50.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/my-wedding-rings-hand-crafted-by-me-t193.htm VonHart Not at all steampunk, but I'm quite proud of them anyway. And I'd like to show them off. I designed and made these with the help of my mom (the experienced jeweler). They each consist of 2 14K white gold rings joined at an infinity symbol (draw your symbolisms where you will). The inner ring of each spins freely inside the outer, giving me something to fidget with (that was a requirement). My and my wife's rings match. Off topic Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:01:43 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/my-wedding-rings-hand-crafted-by-me-t193.htm#2251 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/my-wedding-rings-hand-crafted-by-me-t193.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/least-steampunk-music-that-you-secretly-like-t186.htm neon_suntan
I like Disco....

T Connection, Arthur Russell, Larry Levan, Arthur Baker, Dimitri from Paris, The Paradise Garage and all the clubs and tracks in between.


Surely I can't be the only one...]]> Off topic Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:01:27 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/least-steampunk-music-that-you-secretly-like-t186.htm#2139 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/least-steampunk-music-that-you-secretly-like-t186.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/what-are-goths-t182.htm Silas Morgan I do not want to be rude, but to be truthfully honest, I just don't know what Goths are (well other than the German tribes that invaded France a really long time ago).......I always thought that the Goths they were a mix of vampire, and Charles Addams cartoons... kinda tongue in cheek..dark fun. This year at Burning Man, I wanted to go visit the Goth camp....but they were arguing,and split up, so it wouldn't have been any fun to go there. So I still do not know what the Goths are.... ... Off topic Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:16:31 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/what-are-goths-t182.htm#2075 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/what-are-goths-t182.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/need-some-car-advice-t205.htm ms_boo_dreadful
btw this is on a 1981 toyota tercel]]> Off topic Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:03:01 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/need-some-car-advice-t205.htm#2426 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/need-some-car-advice-t205.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/hp-lovecraft-film-festival-t203.htm Mrs. Sullivan So Mr. S & I attended the HP Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, OR this weekend. The film festival was pretty good - as always, the films are a mixed bag. The feature film I saw ("Dark Paradox") was a bit cheesy. There were some good short films - "AM 1200", "Casting Call of Cthulhu", "Eel Girl", "The Amazing Screw On Head", "The Outsider". We ran into Mr. & Mrs. Crowe on Fri. night, and again on Saturday, & had ... Off topic Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:56:40 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/hp-lovecraft-film-festival-t203.htm#2392 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/hp-lovecraft-film-festival-t203.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/a-slight-technical-problem-t192.htm A.G.Morgan So, here's the deal, After the ol' computer caught the techno-zombie virus a while back, many of the more useful programs were lost in the repair process (I still haven't gotten Word back on it). One of the less useful but fun programs was Civilization III: Conquests. Now my problem is that I have the user code, but only the first (the play disc) and third discs, the second being lost despite my best search efforts. Now I have a friend and neighbor who also has Civ III, and I'm wondering ... Off topic Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:16:13 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/a-slight-technical-problem-t192.htm#2242 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/a-slight-technical-problem-t192.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/new-hitchhikers-book-t69.htm Captain Minty Gearhertz http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7619000/7619708.stm

I think that explains it all.

I am wary, after all it isn't Adams himself.]]> Off topic Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:24:34 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/new-hitchhikers-book-t69.htm#678 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/new-hitchhikers-book-t69.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/pedal-airship-flight-fails-t142.htm GarethG I am posting this here as I am not too sure where it should go, mods feel free to move it as you see fit:- http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080928/tod-france-britain-aviation-offbeat-6058bda.html I thought it might interest some of you as I remember a few posts about the pedal powered airships on BG Off topic Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:48:19 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/pedal-airship-flight-fails-t142.htm#1529 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/pedal-airship-flight-fails-t142.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/recognision-of-the-chartists-t147.htm The Kernel This will appeal to those following the politics of the Victorian era and they will be very familiar with the "Peterloo Massacre" and later the Chartist Movement. My home town has finally erected a "Blue Plaque" (familiar to anyone in the UK or visitors to the UK) on the site of Dr McDouall's medical practice (sometimes spelt McDougall) to celebrate his connection with the Chartist Movement and the political changes they managed to initiate. The original building still ... Off topic Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:15:07 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/recognision-of-the-chartists-t147.htm#1604 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/recognision-of-the-chartists-t147.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/aw-darn-t86.htm Nikola Tesla Supercollider not working very well.

Just though folks here might be interested.]]> Off topic Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:56:52 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/aw-darn-t86.htm#884 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/aw-darn-t86.htm http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/brawl-royale-quick-draw-game-a-la-final-fantasy-t27.htm chicar http://www.andkon.com/arcade/mousegames/brawlroyale/

Do you be faster than this bunch of japanese steampunk fantasy pygmalion ?]]> Off topic Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:33:37 GMT http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/brawl-royale-quick-draw-game-a-la-final-fantasy-t27.htm#205 http://sparegoggles.forumotion.net/off-topic-f10/brawl-royale-quick-draw-game-a-la-final-fantasy-t27.htm