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Another chunk of Twitter awesomeness: Things Star Trek taught me…
Instead of relaxing yesterday I got caught up in another great Twitter hashtag, #thingsstartrektaughtme (Things Star Trek taught me). Here’s my contributions: Touch typing on LCARS interfaces is a vital job skill in the future. You canna change the laws…
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Book Review: Star Trek 365
Working in Australia has some benefits, one of them being that there are different release dates than other countries… Like the United States, for example. In the US the coffee-table book Star Trek 365 from Abrams Publishing won’t come out…
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Quick thoughts on the Las Vegas Star Trek convention…
As I sit in the airport about to head back to Sydney for work, I wanted to put together some quick thoughts I had on the Star Trek convention I just attended in Las Vegas. It was my second Vegas…
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Photos from 2010 Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas
I may post some thoughts tomorrow (when I recover) but until then here are some of the photos I took at the Star Trek KHAAANNN! in Las Vegas, still in progress (as of the time of this posting). I had…
Geek, Movies, Trek
Photos: I Love LA!
Before this latest trip to the land Down Under I got stuck in LA for a day, so I did what all smart people stranded in the land of movies did… I turned tourist, with the help of my lovely…
Disney, Trek
My Geek Dream: Star Trek + Disney Parks = AWESOME!
Warning: This post contains extreme geekery and wish-fulfillment and should not be considered as anything more than my blue-sky fantasy on my part. I think it is a good idea, and hope that someone somewhere with the ability to “make…
Geek, Trek
VIDEO REMINDER: March 22nd is International Talk Like William Shatner day!
The Shat shares the same birthday as my youngest son (don’t get me started about how much planning THAT took), which is March 22nd. The great Maurice Lamarche has instituted that date as International Talk Like William Shatner Day and here is a new video explaining the concept, featuring Maurice and the best. Shatner impersonator. EVER: Kevin Pollak.
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Video: Shatner and Nimoy at Dragon*Con
Thanks to the power of YouTube, here’s the first part of yesterday’s Shatner & Nimoy panel at Dragon*Con. Click the video to get to the rest of the hour.
Geek, Trek, TV
Video: Happy birthday Patrick Stewart!!
Patrick Stewart turns 69 today, and I can’t think of a better birthday wish for him than this: [youtube]X6oUz1v17Uo[/youtube] Make it so!
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From Cracked.com: Instruction Manuals for the USS Enterprise
This is very funny. Example:
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Star Trek close to $150 million 11 days after opening
The title says it all – Star Trek made (an estimated) $42 million this weekend, to $147 million total. Right now, I’d give 50/50 odds that the movie makes over $300 million domestic by July (and if it doesn’t it’s…
Movies, Trek
Review: JJ Abrams’ Star Trek
Over the past week I read several early takes, from critics I respect, about how good the new Star Trek movie is. And I got really nervous. You see, I’m a Star Trek fan – at a certain point in…
Geek, Trek
Blast from the past: Top 12 Things A Klingon Programmer Would Say
Copied from my old blog, circa 2005 (source: an old Slashdot thread). 12. Specifications are for the weak and timid! 11. This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need dual processors if I am to do battle with this…
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Review: San Diego’ Star Trek: The Exhibition
Here it is, the promised review of the Star Trek: the Exhibition, currently housed at the San Diego Air and Space Museum (it will be moving to another venue in January). I had the good fortune of being able to…
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Star Trek: The Exhibition photos
Here’s photos from the Star Trek: The Exhibition section of the San Diego Air and Space Museum….