Thingiverse contributor Drew Smith not only designed and made a near perfect replica of the visor worn my Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Geordi La Forge, but he then took it to be signed by the Twitter god himself. Nerd points +10!
Even better, he’s uploaded instructions on how you can make your own visor!
The TV show Community hasn’t appeared on this blog yet (as far as I know) but I’m going to have to declare it geeky. Some signs of geekiness include: massive amounts of internal and external “inside” geek references, holodeck-like sets, claymation episodes, some time-warps/alternate timelines, and of course, the fact that it is rumored to be ending prematurely, to the devastation of its small, but fiercely dedicated following. If that isn’t enough to establish geek cred, I submit, for your approval, this amigurumi tribute:
How did I not know this was a thing? There’s a whole TARDIS Builders Forum. That is kinda rad. More specifically rad: this half-scale TARDIS user Astromark built for his very lucky cat, Kaylee. I just adopted a kitty myself (her name is Fiona and she’s adorable), and I totally want to build her a TARDIS now. Will I? Nooo. I have a bit much on my plate right now. Do I want to? Of course!
I’ve had Trek on the brain lately, so I went searching for images of “Borg Cube” (of course!). And when I did, this little lovely showed up – a Borg Cube Cake.
I wonder…when you slice it, does it ‘bleed’ motor oil? Or does it automatically deflect the knife with shields?
I love that this project looks do-able – I’m betting I could figure out how to piece together a square cake (4 8×8 layers, perhaps?), and draw a bunch of icing lines. Sure, and that’s the kind of thinking that will end me up on CraftFail. So I’ll just settle for sharing the picture of the successful project here, and make no promises for real life attempts on my part.
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This is definitely a spoiler. . . For you! Thanks to Sara Montagnani, you can purchase this beautiful handmade charm of River Song’s Journal from her shop, Silly Love Crafts on Etsy.
This lovely reproduction of the journal is handcrafted from recycled materials. Sara even used coffee to tint the pages of the journal. The richness of the charm comes in the excellent details of the original diary. The journal comes with it’s own silver chain as well.
According to StarTrek.com, Romulan Ale is “an infamous blue alcoholic beverage with a powerful kick, the drink has been banned in the United Federation of Planets since before 2285, and is still not a commonly known commodity.” It “was illegal because of a Federation trade embargo in the late 23rd century (as mentioned in Star Trek II: The Wrath of The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) through the late 24th century (per Star Trek Nemesis). (SOURCE: Romulan Cuisine on Wikipedia)
If you aren’t lucky enough to find a contraband source (Quark, perhaps?), you can try making your own via this recipe for Romulan Ale.
If you aren’t interested in drinking something that might affect your gray matter, you might be more interested in these energy drinks from ThinkGeek.