A modded laptop to bash out your softcore romantic fantasies on

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Boing Boing is quickly pioneering a name for itself in the steampunk/electronics mod department, to the point where I think they could quite possibly branch out and create a whole new blog for the basement-dwelling masses.

Their latest feature is of a laptop kitted out to resemble an old-fashioned portable typewriter, courtesy of writer Mary Robinette Kowal. Bet I know the kind of Mills ‘n Boons-y type of poetic ramblings she’ll be tapping out on this baby, just look at the thing! If only Catherine had possession of one of these mods, Heathcliffe would’ve been hers, sob…

Video Interview: Kat talks to English explorer David Hempleman-Adams about his Toshiba Transatlantic Challenge


As you read on the weekend, I’ve spent the past few days in Newfoundland, Canada, peeking in on the life of English explorer David Hempleman-Adams as he prepares for his world-record attempt at crossing the Atlantic in the world’s smallest helium-powered balloon. I managed to grab a few minutes before he departed into the air, to discuss his trip, and the Toshiba Portégé R500 notebook which he carried aboard…