Chaos Computer Club Congress goes steampunk
FBZ sez, "The 24c3 (annual congress of the Chaos Computer Club) is going steampunk! The theme this year is 'Volldampf voraus!' ('Full steam ahead' in German). Any steampunk creator, other maker type people, robot builders, hardware hackers, and other such creative types are encouraged to answer this year's call for participation, as well as more traditional hacker themed talks and presentations."
The 24th Chaos Communication Congress (24C3) is the annual four-day conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Berlin, Germany. First held in 1984, it since has established itself as "the European Hacker Conference". Lectures and workshops on a multitude of topics attract a diverse audience of thousands of hackers, scientists, artists, and utopists from all around the world. The 24C3s slogan is Volldampf voraus! - the German equivalent of "full steam ahead" - a particular request for talks and projects featuring forward looking hands-on topics. The Chaos Computer Club has always encouraged creative and unorthodox interaction with technology and society, in the good tradition of the real meaning of "hacking".Link (Thanks, FBZ!)
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As a german boing boing reader, i can tell that 'steampunk' is getting really big here in europe. And why? Because of the great folks who do great work by blogging and writing about these things.
I personally believe that they wouldn't have chosen this motto if not every single self-respecting geek would read BOINGBOING and bookmark instructables.com. Even here overseas...
"Volldampf voraus" (full steam ahead) is really just a common figure of speech in German. And going by the actual announcement there doesn't seem to be any specific emphasis on steampunk.
For the record Corey, I curse your name every time I hear the word "Steampunk". I realize that language is a changing thing and new words are created all the time but dang it if that word doesn't piss me off.
Tom, Cory was in elementary school when Tim Powers and James Blaylock invented Steampunk and K. W. Jeter invented the word to describe what Powers and Blaylock were doing.
Jst fr th rcrd:
1) Stmpnk scks.
2) Stmpnk s rrlvnt.
3) Stmpnk s NT pplr.
4) Stmpnk s bzrr ftsh.
5) Cry s pssbly crzy.
Thr, fl bttr.
Don't even start. Someone who was honestly bored by the subject would pass it by and read something else.