Datamancer.net - Technical Art and Steampunk Contraptions

This list will probably grow very quickly beyond managability, but here's just a few off the top of my head to get started
*Steampunk Stuff*
BrassGoggles Blog & Forum	A blog full of wonderful steampunk findings and a forum full of wonderful steampunk people
The AetherEmporium Wiki	A wikipedia-like collection of steampunk links, articles, and interviews
www.steampunkworkshop.com	The website of Jake vonSlatt, a fellow steampunk tinkerer/ mad scientist type
www.jakeofalltrades.wordpress.com	Blog site of "Jake of all trades", another fellow tinkerer. Be sure to check out his take on the steampunk computer, the Telecalculograph.
www.SteampunkMagazine.com	Steampunk Magazine: A journal of misapplied technology.
Vernian Process	Originator of the steampunk musical aesthetic, Vernian Process is a cinematic journey through a fictional Victorian world. One that takes the listener through foreboding Industrial complexes, angelic cathedrals, misty cobblestone alleyways, ancient forests, war torn ruins, deep undersea caves, rotting clock towers, and all manner of timeless dreamscapes.
www.manydeadthings.tk	The impressive work of AlexCF, fine artist, prop fabricator and steampunk tinkerer
Andrew Leman	Creator of the ElectriClerk steampunkish computer mod, many great props, and co-creator of the Call of Cthulhu silent film (2005)
Abney Park	Abney Park : The Soundtrack to a Vintage Post-Apocalypse. An enchanting and prop-tastic steampunk band from Washington, USofA.
Sequential Glass	An amazing resource for steampunk odds and ends, antique glass, gears, cogs, brass findings and some beautiful mosaic artwork
honkytonkdragon.blogspot.com	A cool blog of steampunk and non-steampunk stuff. Be sure to check out the beautiful "Steampunk Vespa" mod!
aetheria.editboard.com/index.htm	Le forum incoutournable pour le steampunk et la science fiction
www.mechadex.over-blog.com	The accompanying blog to the aetheria forum
www.bongofish.co.uk/	The site of a cool graphic artist. Be sure to check out the homemade cintiq wacom project. Very cool!
http://gnomon.riverghost.co.uk/	Gnomon: The Online Graphic Novel
sorrowsbane.googlepages.com/steampunk	Steampunk Search Engine
handley.org.uk/fzz/	Professor Fzz' cool custom lamps and steampunkish blog
http://www.bigredhair.com/sitemap.html	Home of BoilerPlate, the fictitious Victorian Steam Robot!
www.lycettebros.com/automata/index.html	The Modern Compendeum of Miniature Automata
http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu /i/Chanute/library/Prog_Illustrations.html	Progress in Flying Machines (Illustrations)
The Museum of unworkable devices	Fun gadgets
http://www.unmuseum.org/unmain.htm	The Unmuseum - plenty of interesting topics, especially the Mad Science lab and Aviation wing
Crab-Fu Steamworks	Steam-powered robots, R/C vehicles, artwork and other wonderful things.
SteamGear Lab	"Steam Gear Lab is a twofold industry . We produce props , create makeup effects and provide production design services for film , stage and television . We are also a fine purveyor of steampunk haberdashery , mad science accoutrements , science guns and wonders of all kinds. All of our wares are hand crafted by two mad geniuses with over 25 years of model making, painting and fabrication between them. "




Assorted Links
MAKE Magazine Blog	A great resource for all of us DIY'ers and home tinkerers
www.SlipperySkip.com	The site of Jeffrey Stephenson, aka "Slippery Skip", a talented PC casemodder with many great designs. Love the art deco stuff!
www.AskOxford.com	All sorts of word trivia, word games, etymologies, literary factoids, good stuff
www.DeviantArt.com	An online art community with personal gallery pages and really cool, helpful people
www.frank.germano.com	Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest men to ever grace the earth, a genius on the level of DaVinci or Einstein..eh screw that...to call him a man is an insult to Tesla, and an undeserved compliment to mankind. Tesla was a demigod...nah screw that too, he was a full-blown god. The tales of Zeus were premonitions. This site has a ton of information about Tesla and his many suppressed inventions, overlooked innovations, and technologies he outlined that we're still trying to master today.
www.chriswaltrip.com/sterling/	Bruce Sterling is currently my favorite sci-fi author, followed closely by Gibson and Asimov. This is an online cache of Sterling's collected short stories and Wired articles.
www.Flamenco-World.com www.Flamenco.org	I goddamn love Flamenco. In case you dont know, Flamenco is that amazingly soulful, gritty, moving Spanish guitar, song, and dance. Born of Arabian, Indian, and Spanish Gypsy influences, it is really one of the most unique musical styles/lifestyles in the world. Hit up these two sites for info about Flamenco artists, history, and lifestyle.....¡Óle!
www.SixSixFive.com	"665, conceptually, is one of the more simple ideas for a website it's possible to have. Here's the explanation: Its creator, JSP, decided to create a list of six hundred and sixty-five different and (quite possibly) interesting things, ideally in a daily format (but we all know how these things turn out). Sometimes it will be personal stuff, sometimes photos (both original and found), sometimes drawings, sometimes essays, sometimes a link or whatever. Never really know." I've wasted away hours and hours at this site.
www.Hacktivismo.com	cDc initiated project to encourage anonymous, restriction-free access to the internet.
http://www.HackerGames.net/	Hacker games and challenges....computers its legal to break into!
www.BlackPeopleLoveUs.com	A hysterical satire of black and white relations, full of great cliches and mockeries of the white quest for hip tokenism, and stereotypes of black militancy.
www.Flimshaw.net	A dark-lantern society of armed, revolutionary linguists with eyes and ears all across the globe, and even a few above it. Flimshaw Industries operatives pilfer office supplies from the Illuminati, sell them to the Russians, then use the money to buy up office supply conglomerates, so they can stinkpalm office supplies, and sell them back to the Illuminati. Free mix tape with every purchase over 100 units.
www.EchoEcho.com	A useful resource of web design tutorials and downloadable content.
www.Mouser.com	This is where I get most of my parts for stuff I build
www.WretchedKustoms.com	Personal site of my buddy, Ethan. aka "Wretched". Rockabilly art, badass belt buckles, photography, cool lamps, all sorts of miscellaneous goodness.
www.xrefer.com	xrefer is a necessity for any serious research project. Accesses hundreds of libraries, and has an 'xreferences' feature that actually graphs your project in an overlapping chart, sort of like a Ven diagram.