Mr. Steampunk, Jake von Slatt

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erview I conducted with ToM favorite Jake von Slatt, the steampunk DIY hacker, is finally up on Wired.com.</p><a href="https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/29/vonslatt_full.jpg"> <p>It’s less a round-up of

e> tt has created than an analysis of Von Slatt’s inspirations and philosophies. I tried to structure the piece around one excellent point Von Slatt made to me about the shared allure of both steampunk and DIY:</p>

<blockquote> <p>The Victorian era was really the last era in which a high school graduate was given the complete set of scientific concepts to fully understand the tec

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,on Slatt says. “Because of this, part of what I wanted to do was to co-opt the term ‘steampunk’ and imbue it with this DIY component. DIY wasn’t part of the definition of steampunk … but I wanted it to be.”</p> </blockquote> <p>Unfortunately, my editor left out my line about the sweat-chilling horror of l

gkwork trilobites c all over your naked body. One day, Wired, in some subdued article about BIOS chip production, I’ll manage to slip that line by you!</p> <a href="https://www.wired.com/culture/design/news/2007/06/vonslatt">Meet Mr. Steampunk</a> [Wired]