Beautiful steampunk case mod

Long, long ago, when the spike was little, and computers were still steam-driven and made of wood, I posted a selection of case mods that recall this elegant Victorian era of computing, or were otherwise notable for originality and craftmanship.

I’d like to add one to that collection. Made by Ryan Sawyer (if I’m not mistaken), an illustrator of considerable skill, he posted a few pictures under the name Absinthetic to his LiveJournal. (Not only is that a blogging platform I just don’t get, but links from there get hidden in dark, dusty recesses by my own WordPress dashboard. Bad WordPress. But then, LiveJournal isn’t very nice to WordPress users either. But that’s a different rant for a different day.)

The computer is just beautiful, but the photos appear a little rushed, sadly. They could do with a more carefully set up, lit and staged shoot. Still, a couple are well worth reproducing here. He has some more views of his classy steampunk box, and while you’re there, check out the funky grandfather clock too. (Update: My bad. It’s a Chronotheric Fluxing Capacitron, not a clock, geriatric or otherwise. It does have a time-related function, though, since it served the Victorians as a flux capacitor.)

Nice work, Absinthetic. I’m all a-goggle.