Google protests

Google has joined in the protest,

The Google symbol has been covered with black, and the black box is a link to a graph explaining government sensorship.

Wikipedia Protest

Wikipedia has shut down it's website for 24 hours in protest. The website promptly bring you to a screen that states:

"For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia". Learn more.

Contact your local representative if you would like to help their cause.

Incredible Steampunk Gadgets

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain—that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology or futuristic innovations as Victorians may have envisioned them, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, art, etc. This technology may include such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne.

Here are a few fascinating examples of steampunk inspired gadgets: