International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (link roundup)

Seal of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. UC Davis students teamed up to document and out a grifter frequenting the area.

2. Extremely passionate glam metal plays during the end credits for Transformers: War for Cybertron.

3. Animated gif of Kirk and Bones nodding endlessly.

*Previously: I have a coat of arms.

*Buy patches at Amazon.

Video roundup

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 trailer.



Trailer for Child of Eden (fight pulsating laser jellyfish while listening to techno).



Dead Space 2 trailer.



Video shows several key plays from Game 7 of the Lakers/Celtics series. (Why is ESPN nothing more than a bunch of high-paid shouters with access opining about whether Kobe is a top 20 or top 10 all-time player?)

Guillaume Nery base jumping at Dean's Blue Hole @ Yahoo! Video

Watch freediver Guillaume Nery plunge into the abyss.



Classic Star Trek clips set to Kesha's Tik Tok. Via all these fine sites.

*Buy Street Fighter action figures at eBay.

Star Trek/Fantasy Island mashup

Khan and Cyborg Tattoo via these sites.

*Previously: Star Trek computer display desktop wallpaper.

*Buy Star Trek sketch cards at eBay.

Peter Pan on a beer label? (link roundup)

Peter Pan stars on this label by Shaun Lind for Bangarang Beer. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Star Trek red shirts cosplay (all dead, of course).

2. Preorder details for Fallout New Vegas.

3. Can you think of a better tagline for Topless Robot?

*Previously: When Peter Pan attacks.

*Buy Fallout bobbleheads at eBay.

Space Seed poster and desktop wallpaper

Martin Ansin's Star Trek poster featuring Khan for Mondo sold out pretty much instantly. I took the liberty of turning it into a widescreen desktop wallpaper:



*Previously: Jem'hadar Superstar.

*Buy Star Trek ornaments at eBay.

Clever Mercedes ad (link roundup)

Ponto de Criacao stuck Mercedes stickers on plane windows (and gave out miniature cars).

And a few more links:

1. Why not send your loved one an email from the serenading unicorn?

2. William Gibson's favorite scifi novels; Otto Penzler's favorite thrillers. Via.

3. Green Lips Sink Starships (Star Trek propaganda).

*Previously: Video game propaganda posters.

*Buy propaganda posters at eBay.

Cute photo of Leonard Nimoy and his son

Leonard Nimoy:

The makeup folks put ears on my son Adam to surprise me. A precious moment while shooting the original series.

Via.

*Previously: Leonard Nimoy in Mission: Impossible.

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How to make a Tribble (link roundup)

"A guide for how to make your own non-copyright-infringing version of a tribble."

And a few more links:

1. Apparently it makes good economic sense for Foxconn employees to commit suicide - - the company pays ten years worth of salary to their families.

2. Guild Wars:

Today we terminated more than 3,700 accounts for botting and match manipulation. In cases where guilds were found to be involved in these activities, the guilds were also disbanded. More than a dozen such guilds were disbanded and many others are under continued investigation. Today’s actions are significant not simply because of their immediate impact but also because they represent a new era in enforcement for us.

Via.

3. "By some estimates, about 40 percent of the cases in the Central African court system are witchcraft prosecutions." But is our system really that much more sophisticated?

*Previously: School decides to abandon its witch logo in light of its history of hanging witches.

*Buy Tribbles at eBay.

New Lost sketches by Graham Annable (link roundup)

Graham Annable posted several new Lost sketches. (Boy, last night's episode was terrible. Nothing more than treading water for 60 minutes.)

And a few more links:

1. There's some nice desktop wallpapers at the Stark Expo 2010 Iron Man 2 site. Via.

2. Birdhouses that look like seedy establishments.

3. Borg Cube paper toy. Via.

*Previously: Lost/Ghostbusters mashup.

*Buy Dharma Initiative collectibles at eBay.

The Trouble With Tribbles by Edward Gorey

The Trouble With Tribbles by Edward Gorey (by Shaenon Garrity). See the entire strip at the link. Via.

*Previously: Edward Gorey-esque video for Dead All Along.

*Buy Edward Gorey calendars at eBay.

Vintage Facebook advertisment (and more)

Vintage Facebook ad, poster for NASA, tentacled monster, Enterprise and Death Star - - a few samples from Moustafa Khamis' portfolio. Via these sites.

*Previously: Hamlet, written as a series of Facebook entries.

*Buy NASA collectibles at eBay.

Happy little cloud (link roundup)

Jess Neil is doing her best to turn this happy little cloud into a meme.

And a few more links:

1. Comment and win some art.

2. Spock says, "Go away, I'm blogging."

3. Tattoos by Dave Sinor.

*Previously: The Happy Little Handsaw.

*Buy tattoo collections at Amazon.

Classics given a Star Trek twist (link roundup)

Jesus Christ Superstar and The Shining given a Star Trek twist in this week's edition of Photoshop Phriday.

And a few more links:

1. How to take forced perspective photographs. Via.

2. A recent most emailed NY Times article claimed that there had been numerous killings in the Phillipines related to karaoke performance of "My Way." But as this analysis points out, the article cited no evidence whatsoever indicating that the story wasn't made up. Via.

3. Ron Jaworski breaks down Jay Cutler's 26 interceptions (they were Cutler's fault). Via.

*Previously: Star Trek recruitment poster.

*Buy Star Trek ornaments at eBay.

A splash of red (link roundup)

Striking, hyper-violent art at Motorcycle Boy Comics.

And a few more links:

1. Google apparently recently shut down a bunch of music blogs and discusses the move here.

2. The review scores for Dante's Inferno vary so dramatically that I wonder whether the care packages Wieden + Kennedy sent out explains some of the generous reviews.

3. Ten minutes of sex talk from Star Trek The Next Generation.

*Previously: Star Trek Lego CubeDudes.

*Buy Star Trek snowglobes at eBay.

SciFi Fairy Tales: Mirror, Mirror

"Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a horticulturist!" Dean Reeves' submission for the SciFi Fairy Tales art contest is a Star Trek/Snow White mashup.

There's still a few more days to participate in the contest. Grand prize is a $100 Threadless credit, and one random entry will win a $25 credit.

*Previously: Crow and the Tree of Knowledge; The boy who cried Cylon; Snow White and the Seven Techno-Dwarves; The Little Mermaid of Mars.

*Buy Star Trek snowglobes at eBay.

Star Trek Lego CubeDudes by Angus MacLane

La Forge, Spock, and Borg - - A few of Angus MacLane's Star Trek Lego CubeDudes. Also, go here for an interview with Angus - - he discusses how he makes the figures and shows off some sketches.

*Previously: Star Trek recruitment poster.

*Buy Star Trek ornaments at eBay.

Lego roundup

Micro-scale Tiberius class starship by OptimalControl.




Floating castle by qworg. Via.




Chibi tank (M8 Howitzer) by Captain Eugene.




Crimson Skies-esque plane by Mike.




Microscale Viper and Raptor by Matt.

*Previously: Tiny Lego flying castle.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Retro futuristic items (link roundup)

Hi-tech phonograph and armband radio from this Worth 1000 contest.

And a few more links:

1. Dead bees were quarantined in Australia and under examination, began to move. They contained real-life chestbursters.

2. British soldier Denis Avey smuggled himself into Auschwitz so that he could report on what was going on inside. Via.

3. Klingon Bird of Prey cake by Celebration Generation. See also: Wedding cake based on the movie Tremors. Via.

*Previously: Star Trek recruitment poster.

*Buy Alien toys at eBay.

Star Trek Recruitment Poster (link roundup)

This unused poster for the Star Trek reboot was much better than the posters actually used. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Road signs tease a wedding proposal, then announce a breakup.

2. A positive review of Gear Pods survival kits.

3. Former NJ Net Jayson Williams entered into a plea bargain to finally settle charges arising from the 2002 shooting and will serve time in prison.

*Previously: Ninja Recruitment Poster.

*Buy survival tins at Amazon.

Can you throw the ball through the gap in Michael Strahan's teeth?

BBDO hired Nik Holmes to create this image of Strahan for the Fandemonium contest, sponsored by Monster.

My first attempt to find the Fandemonium site led me here instead, where I found these adorable images of Cthulhu Maul and Cthulhu Star Trek:




*Previously: Cthulhu mask.

*Buy Cthulhu toys and collectibles at eBay.