Steampunk!

[panthera]

Just saw this in Newsweek (see link below, if it fails search for "steampunk".
Neat, neat, neat.
Of course, for us it would be anathema to take a beautiful 1950's FL (even if it is turquoise to the max) gut it and fill it with "new" stuff.
But can you imagine a Frigimorelux in ArtDeco?
Scoobedo!

http://www.newsweek.com/id/67186

 

[sudsmaster]

Not sure what I think of it. Sort of like fake yet fanciful vintage stuff. Not bad looking, I'd rather have a modern, shock and water proof hardened notebook than a pseudo early 20th century one.

 

[athanasius80]

If only they didn't have to butcher nice typewriters to do it...

 

[red_october]

Steampunk is nifty...

But I prefer Cyberpunk. I type on an unmodified model M (actually an MII with the integral trackball -a rare bird indeed!) Sadly the more interesting keyboards out there are seldom for the IBM compatibles most of us hammer away at -they're all for terminals of one stripe or another. I'd love to find something that sparks of the old terminals, with smooth, black keys, colored function keys, and a huge case. Until something like that comes along, I'll stick with my model M. The typing feel is unsurpassed.

 

[rocketeer500]

What a cleaver idea...

Blending the old with the new. Now, I'm not an advocate for destroying any vintage item that still has utility, but if that piece has reached it's useful life, and can then be transformed into something that is pleasing to the eye and, again, becomes functional, I say "it's all good"!