Dave's Wibble, Rants and Stuff

So you've got a steampunk computer, and decor, but the mouse doesn't run very well on your antique desk, and you don't want to scratch it.

The Mouse Rug looks like an ideal replacement for the nasty foam ones most people normally use.

They come in a wide variety of patterns- I particularly like this Persian design from a rug in the National Museum of Art in Washington.

Xposted to steamfashion

OK, so I've done a card reader (and wiping it over with black India Ink seems to make it look a bit better in photographs (it certainly gives it a nice darker finish to the eye).

So here we go with stage one of the big one. The computer case!

Still to come, new feet, real brass edging on the top, brass screws for the side panel, frosted glass on the window, and a Fleur-De-Lys stencil. Maybe even proper brass on the sides, if I can get it cheaply in the lengths I need. There might even be copper tubing.

And the keyboard project. (It'll probably look rather like this one from mbarrick, but I might base it on one of Swedx's wooden keyboards.)

Oh yes, and one more thing. Via the medium of a screwdriver and a needle, my Bronica SQAi is now a pinhole camera.