via Dallas Nagata’s Twitter stream

Ahh, if only driver’s license photos came out this good …

I don’t know about you, but I can totally see myself in the Gun torrent on the Millennium Falcon picking off Tie Fighters.

• Behind the scenes at the making of Star Trek The Motion Picture
• News from the Futurama ‘verse
• What if Zork was Windows Vista?

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• 11 – Andy Helsby of Absoblogginlutely!
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News

• Microsoft Dev Team Sends Flowers to Internet Explorer 6’s Funeral : http://gizmodo.com/5487000/microsoft-dev-team-sends-flowers-to-internet-explorer-6s-funeral

Hacks & Strange Stories

• If Zork was Windows – http://www.angelbetweenthelines.com/2010/03/abtls1-comic9-choices/ – Thanks Tabz
• Star Wars ‘Force’ Toy Hacked To Shock You – Geekologie : http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/star_wars_force_toy_hacked_to.php

Remember When

• PopSci Archives: http://www.popsci.com/archives
• Old cameras: http://junkstorecameras.com/
• Old computer: http://oldcomputers.net/

Media Corner

• TrekToday » Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Behind The Scenes : http://www.trektoday.com/content/2010/03/star-trek-the-motion-picture-behind-the-scenes/
• New Eps Of FUTURAMA In… — Ain’t It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. : http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44169

What the Chuck!

English is so messed up. I’m calling for an RFC on a new language!

• “Milk the cow”, vs “Water the plant” vs “Dust the furniture”
• Why can’t we speak in computer terms? That makes more sense
• select milk from cow, insert water into plant, delete dust from furniture

What the Kreg!

Geek Library

• Binary Vanity Plate Fail « Albotas : http://albotas.com/2010/03/binary-vanity-plate-fail/
• Uh-Huh: Darth Vader Riding A Cat Into Battle – Geekologie : http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/_darth_vader_riding_a_cat_into.php

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• Show your RPG pride
• Computer Modeling Speeds get 100,000X upgrade
• Robot avatars on the moon

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• 07 – Ben Maddox a.k.a. CptRootbeer
• 07 – Caleb from Dancing With Elephants
• 08 – Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394
• 08 – BJ Keifer a.k.a bjk
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News

• (PSA) Make: Online : Read an RPG Book in Public Week : http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/read_a_rpg_book_in_public_week.html
• Perhaps we can give a copy of WordPress in 10 to someone with a pic of them reading an RPG book in Public. Most Creativity wins?
• Nasa is the Empire .. Pictures Prove it!
• Singin’ In Space – Space – Gizmodo : http://gizmodo.com/5477620/singin-in-space

Hacks & Strange Stories

• Engineers Solve 80-Year Old Puzzle to Make Computer Modeling 100,000 Times Faster – computer modeling – Gizmodo : http://gizmodo.com/5481225/engineers-solve-80+year-old-puzzle-to-make-computer-modeling-100000-times-faster
• Kill All The Natives!: NASA Wants To Put Robotic Scientist ‘Avatars’ On The Moon – Geekologie : http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/kill_the_martians_nasa_wants_t.php
• Make: Online : Professor destroys laptop with liquid nitrogen : http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/professor_destroys_laptop_with_liqu.html
• OhGizmo! » Archive » Jostens High School Rings For Gamers & Geeks : http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/02/23/jostens-high-school-ring-for-gamers-geeks/

Remember When

• Apple’s Original Beach Ball of Death – Beach ball of death – Gizmodo : http://gizmodo.com/5481544/apples-original-beach-ball-of-death
• TrekToday » Blog Archive » Rare Star Trek 1975 Convention Film : http://www.trektoday.com/content/2010/02/rare-star-trek-1975-convention-film/

Media Corner

• To Reality And Beyond!: Buzz Lightyear IRL – Geekologie : http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/to_reality_and_beyond_buzz_lig.php
• Make: Online : DIY Music comes to Maker Shed, killer guitar kits! : http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/diy_music_comes_to_maker_shed_kille.html
• Feign Being Cultured With Fake Foreign Scifi Film Posters – terminator – io9 : http://io9.com/5479416/feign-being-cultured-with-fake-foreign-scifi-film-posters/gallery/
• New ‘Iron Man 2′ Costumes Coming Soon! – Geekologie : http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/new_iron_man_2_costumes_coming.php

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In the LOLCATS format, what would you have this cat saying?

Saw this on @diggreel.

• Vintage technology we no longer use
• Size matters when it comes to cool Hasboro toys
• Is your child’s school spying on them at home?

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Introducing the team…

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• Happy Birthday to:
• 23 – Zhadum
• 23 – Keith Hughes (a.k.a. EdGizmo)
• 25 – Norbert
• 25 – Sandi Sheppard (Mark’s lovely wife)
• 29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer From Malmesbury UK
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Hacks & Strange Stories

• rotobotmouse: one unusual mouse on [technabob] – http://technabob.com/blog/2010/02/17/rotobotmouse-steampunk-mouse-aaron-ristau/
• SpyNet Video Watch Lets Your Kid Record You Picking Your Nose – Spynet – Gizmodo – http://gizmodo.com/5473382/spynet-video-watch-lets-your-kid-record-you-picking-your-nose
• Cylon Teddy Bear – http://www.instructables.com/id/Cylon-Teddy-Bear/ (Thanks Michelle)

Remember When

• Blast from the Past: Vintage Technologies That We No Longer Use | Webdesigner Depot – http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/02/blast-from-the-past-vintage-technologies-that-we-no-longer-use/

Media Corner

• Nathan Fillion Tweets Trek Love – Simon Pegg Challenges Him To Spaceship Fight | TrekMovie.com – http://trekmovie.com/2010/02/18/nathan-fillion-tweets-trek-love-simon-pegg-challenges-him-to-spaceship-fight/
• Hasbro Releasing 24″ AT-AT Toy This Fall – Geekologie – http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/hasbro_releasing_24_atat_toy_t.php
• When Space Opera Becomes Art – space opera – io9 – http://io9.com/5472264/when-space-opera-becomes-art/gallery/
• Best Action Scene of all time – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K9AxO5t4BE

What the Kreg!

• School Spies Students Through Their Laptop Cameras – blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District – Gizmodo – http://gizmodo.com/5474614/school-spies-students-through-their-laptop-cameras
• Update: Students Knew “MacBook Cameras Turned On Randomly” as School Administrators Gave Technical Excuses – blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District – Gizmodo – http://gizmodo.com/5474975/update-students-knew-macbook-cameras-turned-on-randomly-as-school-adminstrators-gave-technical-excuses
• Laptop-Spying School District Superintendent Covers Ass By Claiming Security Feature – blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District – Gizmodo – http://gizmodo.com/5475668/laptop+spying-school-district-superintendent-covers-ass-by-claiming-security-feature

Geek Library

• Make: Online : Best warning sign ever – http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/best_warning_sign_ever.html

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Sorry .. that’s all I got.

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• NASA takes us inside the ISS
• A tour of retro space posters
• Star Trek Experience items could be yours

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• Steve in Sumter
• 23 – Zhadum
• 23 - Keith Hughes (a.k.a. EdGizmo)
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News

• NASA successfully launches a new eye on the sun - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100211152456.htm
• Video Tour Of The International Space Station – Geekologie - http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/video_tour_of_the_internationa.php
• Chip Qwerty – Long-Locked Genome of Ancient Man Sequenced: Scientific American - http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ancient-human-genome

Hacks & Strange Stories

• Make: Online : Inside Blip, the Digital Game - http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/inside_blip_the_digital_game.html
• Watch Praying Mantis Tries To Catch Mouse Pointer Video | Break.com - http://www.break.com/index/praying-mantis-tries-to-catch-mouse-pointer.html

Remember When

• Dark Roasted Blend: Retro-Future: To The Stars! - http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/retro-future-to-stars.html
• Dark Roasted Blend: Travel Distant Worlds! - http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/11/travel-distant-worlds.html
• Dark Roasted Blend: Retro Future: To The Stars! – Part 3 - http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2010/02/retro-future-to-stars-part-3.html

Media Corner

• Here Comes Sharktopus! – giant monsters – io9 - http://io9.com/5470224/here-comes-sharktopus
• What’s Alan Watching?: Chuck: Schwartz and Fedak vs. the controversy - http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2010/02/chuck-schwartz-and-fedak-vs-controversy.html#
• TrekToday » Some Star Trek The Experience Assets To Be Sold - http://www.trektoday.com/content/2010/02/some-star-trek-the-experience-assets-to-be-sold/

Geek Library

• A Showcase of Minimalist Workstations | Webdesigner Depot - http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/02/a-showcase-of-minimalist-workstations/

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• NASA takes us inside the ISS
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Introducing the team…

• Shout out to the chat room
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• Steve in Sumter
• 23 – Zhadum
• 23 - Keith Hughes (a.k.a. EdGizmo)
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• NASA successfully launches a new eye on the sun - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100211152456.htm
• Video Tour Of The International Space Station – Geekologie - http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/video_tour_of_the_internationa.php
• Chip Qwerty – Long-Locked Genome of Ancient Man Sequenced: Scientific American - http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ancient-human-genome

Hacks & Strange Stories

• Make: Online : Inside Blip, the Digital Game - http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/inside_blip_the_digital_game.html
• Watch Praying Mantis Tries To Catch Mouse Pointer Video | Break.com - http://www.break.com/index/praying-mantis-tries-to-catch-mouse-pointer.html

Remember When

• Dark Roasted Blend: Retro-Future: To The Stars! - http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/retro-future-to-stars.html
• Dark Roasted Blend: Travel Distant Worlds! - http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/11/travel-distant-worlds.html
• Dark Roasted Blend: Retro Future: To The Stars! – Part 3 - http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2010/02/retro-future-to-stars-part-3.html

Media Corner

• Here Comes Sharktopus! – giant monsters – io9 - http://io9.com/5470224/here-comes-sharktopus
• What’s Alan Watching?: Chuck: Schwartz and Fedak vs. the controversy - http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2010/02/chuck-schwartz-and-fedak-vs-controversy.html#
• TrekToday » Some Star Trek The Experience Assets To Be Sold - http://www.trektoday.com/content/2010/02/some-star-trek-the-experience-assets-to-be-sold/

Geek Library

• A Showcase of Minimalist Workstations | Webdesigner Depot - http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/02/a-showcase-of-minimalist-workstations/

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World's Longest Married Couple

Herbert & Zelmyra Fisher been married since 1924 and will answer your Tweets on Valentine’s Day @ 10 a.m. EST. Just follow @longestmarried.

I’m trying to think of an appropriate hashtag for this but I’m only coming up w/ #yesdear.

Marv

• 50 Geeky Valentines Gift Ideas
• Man from Google has Tiananmen Square Moment
• Patrick Stewart doesn’t tweet

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• 10 – Drace (Shari from ND)
• 14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast
• 14 – Andrew back in Illinois
• 15 – Philip from Australia

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• USPTO won’t accept upside down faxes – http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005104/uspto-wont-accept-upside-down-faxes-demands-resends/?tag=mncol;txt
• 9 Year old going for 5th Microsoft Cert – http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/020510-marko.html#top
• A Googler Has his Tiananmen Square Moment – http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/a-googler-has-his-tiananmen-square-moment/
• Linus Torvalds like his Nexus One – http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-camper.html

Hacks & Strange Stories

• 50 Exquisite Geek Valentines Gifts – http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-exquisite-gifts-valentines-day/
• Can you Trust Chinese Computer equipment? – http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/02/05/1548226/Can-You-Trust-Chinese-Computer-Equipment
• Hubble spies some .. Aliens! – http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/drink_the_punch_do_it_now_hubb.php

Remember When

Media Corner

• Comic books will lok amazing on the iPad…so they say – http://gizmodo.com/5463681/comic-books-will-look-incredible-on-the-ipad
• Real Rules for Time Travelers – http://discovermagazine.com/2010/mar/02-the-real-rules-for-time-travelers/
• Patrick Stewart doesn’t Tweet – http://www.trektoday.com/content/2010/02/stewart-no-to-mad-max-but-yes-to-technology/

What the Chuck!

What the Kreg!

Geek Library

Mr. T Mobile – http://gizmodo.com/5465290/some-fool-done-gone-and-made-a-mr-t-mobile

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• Simon Pegg’s PSA
• Google’s paying out
• ILM explains warp drive

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• 03 – Euan Campbell McGregor – Scotland, UK
• 07 – Chad W. Smith from Chattanooga, TN
• 08 – Jan Scott from Yorkshire, UK
• 08 – Blake Noble in Pittsburgh, PA
• 09 – “Podcast” Mike Wills from Minnesota
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News

• Maker birthday: Douglas Engelbart – http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/maker_birthday_douglas_engelbart.html
• Douglas Engelbart’s Demo of all Demos 1 of 9 (1968) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfIgzSoTMOs
• Simon Pegg Offers Advice for Anti-Bullying Campaign – http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/w0000598.html

Hacks & Strange Stories

• Customize your Garmin GPS voices: http://lifehacker.com/5454800/garmin-voice-studio-lets-you-create-custom-voices-for-your-gps-device – Thanks Steve Holden
• The Lack Rack – http://wiki.eth-0.nl/index.php/LackRack – Thanks KC
• Google to Pay users for finding bugs in Chromium – http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/29/171208/Google-To-Pay-500-For-Bugs-Found-In-Chromium
• This is SO much more than just a Black box – http://gizmodo.com/5459463/this-is-so-much-more-than-just-a-black-box
• Interactive napping screen – http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/interactive_napping_screen.html

Media Corner

• Library of Congress explores ways to release Open Source Software – http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/29/2032255/Library-of-Congress-Explores-Ways-to-Release-OS-Software
• The Star Wars opening crawl reaches Earth – http://gizmodo.com/5460483/the-star-wars-opening-crawl-finally-reaches-earth
• Space Shuttle Destroyed in Orbit…at lease in this video – http://gizmodo.com/5456477/space-shuttle-destroyed-in-orbit-at-least-in-this-video
• ILM breaks down the Enterprise Jump Sequence – http://trekmovie.com/2010/01/25/new-video-ilm-breaks-down-star-trek-spacejump-sequence/
• Living with Robots (Short Film) – http://smart-machines.blogspot.com/2010/01/living-with-robots-short-film.html

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• NASA Lowers Space Shuttle Price : Slice of SciFi – http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/01/20/nasa-lowers-space-shuttle-price/
• Chuck’s ad for used space shuttles

Hacks & Strange Stories

• Man to Break Sound Barrier Jumping from Edge of Space – Red Bull Stratos – Gizmodo – http://gizmodo.com/5454895/man-to-break-sound-barrier-jumping-from-edge-of-space
• How to Replace a Lost Cellphone Charger (For Free) – Tricks – Gizmodo – http://gizmodo.com/5454612/how-to-replace-a-lost-cellphone-charger-for-free
• Pfft, I Would’ve Gone Higher: Man Soars To 15,000ft In Balloon-Rigged Office Chair – Geekologie – http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/pfft_i_wouldve_gone_higher_man.php
• Listener Erik sent us this Compaq case turned in to a cooler using a VW radiator – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z7PgqBJh9k

Remember When

• A 27-Year-Old Apple Tablet Prototype – Apple tablet prototype – Gizmodo – http://gizmodo.com/5455130/a-27+year+old-apple-tablet-prototype
• The Story Behind Apple’s Newton – Apple Newton – Gizmodo – http://gizmodo.com/5452193/the-story-behind-apples-newton?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

Media Corner

• Slashdot Science Story | NASA Will Crowdsource Its Photos of Mars – http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/01/20/2141205/NASA-Will-Crowdsource-Its-Photos-of-Mars
• More Spider-Man Reboot Details? – ComingSoon.net – http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=62521

What the Chuck!

What the Kreg!

• Pinewood Derby Followup – Pictures http://picasaweb.google.com/kreg.steppe/Pack205PinewoodDerby2010?feat=directlink

Geek Library

• Space shuttle launch view from a commercial flight – http://bitsandpieces.us/2010/01/08/space-shuttle-launch-view-from-a-commercial-flight/
• Commodore 64 Unboxing – http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/03/commodore-64-unboxin.html

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