The Victorian laptop

[mdlbear]

Datamancer.net -- Datamancer's Steampunk Victorian Laptop

This may look like a Victorian music box, but inside this intricately hand-crafted wooden case lives a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop that runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. It features an elaborate display of clockworks under glass, engraved brass accents, claw feet, an antiqued copper keyboard and mouse, leather wrist pads, and customized wireless network card. The machine turns on with an antique clock-winding key by way of a custom-built ratcheting switch made from old clock parts.

(From Gizmodo.)

Also features links to some other cool steampunk articles. The site itself appears to be slashdotted at the moment.

Comments

[kayshapero]

Aha - I got through to the site earlier, but when my daughter tried the link I gave her she got a "you are not authorized" thingie. And now when I try I get it too. Good thing I saved a copy when I was on earlier... :)

[kayshapero]

Just finished going through the saved files and looking at the pictures again. This has got to be the most dramatically cool laptop I have ever seen. Drool.....

[mdlbear]

It definitely comes and goes. Try another day.