{"id":16728,"date":"2017-04-10T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T17:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16728"},"modified":"2017-04-10T18:05:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T17:05:41","slug":"steampunk-laptop-powered-by-a-raspberry-pi-is-a-work-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16728","title":{"rendered":"Steampunk laptop powered by a Raspberry Pi is a work of art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16729\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop.jpg?resize=560%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop.jpg?resize=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love a bit of steampunk, so this laptop caught my eye. Okay, so maybe you&#8217;d never want it on your lap, per se, but it&#8217;s still absolutely gorgeous. &#8220;Phrazelle&#8221; is the mind behind it and he created it for his girlfriend&#8217;s birthday. It has a lovely wooden case, plenty of bits and pieces bought from eBay and Etsy and key-caps to make it look like an old-fashioned typewriter. You can see an image below of the innards:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop_inside.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16730\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop_inside.jpg?resize=560%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop_inside.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop_inside.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop_inside.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop_inside.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop_inside.jpg?resize=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/steampunk_laptop_inside.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s added a USB hub and generally brought all the ports to where they can be accessed usefully. It&#8217;s powered by a special battery pack that outputs 5V, 12V and 9V at the same time! You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Steampunk-Raspberry-Pi-Laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\">check out his build log and how-to by visiting Instructables<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love a bit of steampunk, so this laptop caught my eye. Okay, so maybe you&#8217;d never want it on your lap, per se, but it&#8217;s still absolutely gorgeous. &#8220;Phrazelle&#8221; is the mind behind it and he created it for&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16728\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54,9,50,63,51],"tags":[320,319],"class_list":["post-16728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessories","category-cases","category-making","category-retro","category-tutorials","tag-laptop","tag-steampunk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Steampunk laptop powered by a Raspberry Pi is a work of art - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16728\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steampunk laptop powered by a Raspberry Pi is a work of art - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I love a bit of steampunk, so this laptop caught my eye. 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