CULTURE BUZZ: Enough with the brass tubes already! There’s a rising backlash against the sci-fi inspired, Victorian-flavored subculture and its love of all things Jules Verne.

The Best Links:

1. The Times Style Section: Once Again, Totally, Totally Wrong
2. Worst of All, It’s Inconvenient
3. Bulky, Ugly, Steampunky Watch
4. “Basically, it’s Goth with goggles and leather hats instead of eye makeup and black dresses.”
5. Dumb Steampunk Mouse
6. Steampunk Chicken-Walker Mech Costume
7. Steampunk Flat-Panel LCD Mod
8. Merlin Mann’s Steampunk Penis Pump