Filed and misfiled accounts from the crew of our long-suffering airship. Expect corset incidents, questionable engineering, rogue goats, time-travel complications, and far too much tea. These log entries chronicle the absurd voyage of steampunkstuff.co.uk—one meme at a time.
Would you rather ride a mechanical dragon or command a mighty airship across the skies?
Vote below or tell me your dream ride in the comments!
(No wrong answers — just pure steampunk adventure.)
About the feature image:
This fine Victorian sketch was brewed up with a dash of imagination, a splash of AI wizardry, and a full tank of steam!
– Facebook 28 April 2025
This is probaly the first time I used the etched style everyone seems to love. The dragon image is the automaton’s rendition of a bronze finished resin-cased statue that you can get your hands on from here** and here**. 😀
This was probably the trend setter for the “Captains Log” memes.
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Image created with the aid of Chat-GPT AI. Please note, no artisans were harmed in its making.
Should Tea be served on an airship? With an image of Victorian and Steampunk-clad people sitting down for tea on/beneath an airship. Describe this meme.
The meme “Should Tea be Served on an Airship?” features a Victorian and Steampunk scene where elegantly dressed individuals enjoy tea at a lavish table while an airship soars overhead. This contrast between the tea ceremony and the adventurous air travel invites viewers to ponder the charm of sipping tea among the clouds, blending nostalgia and fantasy for fans of tea culture and Steampunk aesthetics.
This is my first time creating and using the old publication etched drawing image style.
Regardless, there came a point in my steampunk journey where it became clear that the only way to survive the absurdity was to document it—one meme at a time.
More of an ad than a meme, but an early leason in the power of AI, or the Steampunk phrase “Automaton Improvisation”. Published on Facebook 4th November 2024.
I didn’t set out to be a meme maker. I set out to share a laugh or a knowing nod with others who saw the beauty in brass gears, bad timing, and fictional airships. I posted a few early memes on Facebook, half expecting them to vanish into the aether.
But they didn’t. They took on a life of their own.
People responded. They shared. They quoted. Some even blamed Jenkins, as one should. And somewhere along the way, I realised that this odd little corner of satire, aesthetics, and storytelling was not only allowed—it was welcomed.
So I kept going.
These memes became my creative voice:
Short enough to post between tea disasters
Visual enough to reach people beyond the usual blog audience
Rich enough (sometimes literally poetic) to build a world over time
It wasn’t long before I started hearing people say, “When’s the next one?” or “This needs to be archived.”
Captain’s Log, Aetherwind, Day 1: Commissioned by questionable funding and powered by… Posted to Facebook on $th June 2025
I’m no master illustrator. I can’t draw to save my life—and not for lack of imagination, but due to circumstances that don’t need unpacking here. Let’s just say: I had ideas, but no traditional way to express them.
And then along came the machines.
AI tools gave me something I’d never had before: a way to visualise the chaos in my head.
The teacup disasters. The dignified cats. The spiral staircases of unnecessary engineering.
Suddenly, I could take what I saw in my mind’s eye and build it—slide by slide, meme by meme.
What started as a few Facebook posts became a way to tell stories, make people laugh, and build a little fictional universe. Not because I had all the right skills, but because I found the right tools.
This logbook is the result.
A place for airship mishaps, poetic nonsense, meme-making, and the occasional goat.
Not perfect. Not polished. But possible—and that’s what matters.
"The machain may assist, but the madness is mine.
Just a quick word on the images in this post at the moment. My actual media files for this entier blog, wich I have a back log of will be added as I create more posts and this will be added here and replace the placeholders over the weeks to come.
Tea has been spilled. Corsets misplaced. Goats… unaccounted for. And now—at last—the chaos is being properly filed.
The Steampunk Meme Logbook is the official archive of our long-running meme misadventures, previously confined to the aetheric scrolls of Facebook. Here you’ll find a chronological record of original steampunk memes: visual nonsense, poetic ramblings, etiquette violations, time machine failures, and the occasional airship cat.
This site exists for:
Longtime followers looking to revisit old favourites like The Corset Incident or The Laundry Chute Wormhole Theory
New readers curious about why Jenkins is always to blame
Search engines, who may appreciate that these are original, lightly toasted, and mostly coherent steampunk memes
Posts may include commentary, behind-the-scenes notes, and updated formatting for proper digital preservation (and SEO, naturally). The tone? Somewhere between a ship’s log, a public scandal, and a penny dreadful gone slightly feral.
🗂️ Start with the earliest log entries and follow along as the nonsense escalates.
Welcome aboard. Mind the gears. And never trust Jenkins with the kettle.
