by Hyram Voltage | Apr 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I made a load of bread. Until a week ago I hadn’t made bread in decades. I have a bread machine, but it does not make a very good loaf. The store was out of yeast except for a couple of little packets that cost more than a loaf of bread. I got lucky... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Why does your steampunk main character invent. Many stories I’ve read treat the inventor as a genetic freak. It’s in their blood to invent, their parents were inventors. Think about Marconi. His father was an aristocrat. Now some minor royalty did dabble... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
I recently stumbled across an article about a toilet paper company that was displaying at CES in Las Vegas. Now why would Charmin be at the Consumer Electronics Show? Toilet paper is very not electronic. They were show casing RollBot, a robot that would bring you a... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
In all the science fiction I’ve read I can remember only one story that mentioned a new years eve party. The story called it a year end day party, but that’s a different blog post. If you’re looking for a story idea for your steampunk book then... by Hyram Voltage | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
I found a where you can get a handful of brass gears that are bigger than wrist watch gears. The timers that control old washing machines and clothes dryers used mechanical timers. Those timers used brass gears. If you can find a shade tree repair guy that fixes old...