Who Knew there was such a thing as Steampunk? I sure didn’t – but I like it! Steampunk came about as a sub-genre of science fiction starting in the late 1980’s and now a whole bunch of steampunk style items are showing up all over the place. Laptops retooled to look like old typewriters and check out this guitar currently for sale on eBay.
The whole Steampunk subculture even has a magazine and it’s own outfitters who provide tools and techniques for turning 21st century tech gear into industrial age artifacts. Very Cool.
While I am obviously in touch with my Inner Child today – have you seen the Dangerous Book for Boys? This fantastic manual for doing all sorts of great boy stuff was a HUGE success when published in England last year. Amazon.com has a nice interview with one of the authors click on the link below to read more and/or buy a copy.
A few sample chapters
The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know
Stickball
Slingshots
Fossils
Building a Treehouse
Making a Bow and Arrow
Fishing (revised with US Fish)
Timers and Tripwires
Baseball’s "Most Valuable Players"
Famous Battles-Including Lexington and Concord, The Alamo, and Gettysburg
Spies-Codes and Ciphers
Making a Go-Cart
Navajo Code Talkers’ Dictionary
You Know a Boy somewhere who needs this book.
My father bought this book for my 8 year old son and we’ve already built a go cart based on one of its entries.
The book is a frequent source of reference for all the kids on the block and I can already see it’s going to be an action packed Summer.