Things 11 and 12

For Things 11 and 12, I thought I would use a subject that has recently piqued my interest, the steampunk culture. I've always had an interest in science-fiction and fantasy, but I find myself gravitating more and more towards the romanticism of the steampunk movement. Something about the brass and copper pipes,gears, and the beautiful Victorian inspired language inspires me.

I found that locating a Creative Commons image was a bit harder than I thought. A lot of the images I found were either of the Public Domain, or other copyright types and had multiple exceptions. I'm sure there are many places to find more specific CC images, but Wikimedia Commons does have a lot to offer, for one who's willing to put the time in.
The image I chose is a photograph posted by the author, which is of Steampunk cosplayers taking a look at the steampunk exhibition at Utopiales 2011 (Nantes, France). This seems to be a convention, which I would love to attend if I ever had the chance.





By Ceridwen (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


As for Thing 12, Wordle was OK to use, but it is time consuming to type or paste the words into the categories. I used the advanced function so I could put the 'weight' to the words I wanted emphasised. The site is a bit too randomised for my taste, as if you switch between two settings and then back again you won't get the same result twice. There are probably other word cloud sites which have more customisable settings than this one, but it's OK for a beginner. After much head scratching, I finally figured things out, so here is my word cloud: