Hello hello! During our Labor Day travels, we found that the Halloween stores have opened, huzzah. It's not too early to start plotting and scheming. Also, there's a lovely new Victorian Halloween site for the historically and/or steampunkily inclined.

Today, it's all about the gadgets! Steam bicycles (oodles of them), steam-powered salon carousels from days gone by, a steampunk lightsaber (from an even more civilized age, evidently), the amazing Phonofone for amplifying the sounds from headphones, and the even more amazing Inteli-Tube Pneumatic Transportation System are all presented for your examination.