Technorama

Working the giant internet siv looking for the gems that we call listener feedback.

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Golfsmith U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Putter via listener Ron Staton

If you are in search of a putter head design with ultimate forgiveness, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 is a great way to “beam it” into the cup.

The Blu-Ray Laser Phaser via Bookaroo
So you still haven’t found a game worth playing on your PS3? Take the blue laser diode out of your PS3 and solder it into a Star Trek Phaser.

7 Engineering Wonders of the Modern World via Digg

Check out the 1000’+ outdoor elevator.

And don’t miss the 1000′ high Millau Bridge

Photo source: Peter Welland

Marv

Coming up on this show…

1. An interesting customer service story about Apple
2. Invisible Tanks
3. A geek’s tomb

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I Have No Idea What It Says, But This Website Owns via Digg
If Rube Goldberg were an online retailer…

9 Creative Staircases via Digg
Saw quite a few of these before but the staircase carved into a single tree trunk is really cool.

Steampunk Dalek via Boing Boing

Cybermen: “Our species are similar, though your design is in-elegant.”
Dalek: “Daleks have no concept of elegance!!”
Cybermen: “This is obvious.”

Marv

Can a spam filter play chess? via Digg

I’d rather see Deep Blue try to filter out spam, but this could be entertaining too. Hmm, has anyone heard of any progress on getting a computer to play Go competitively? From what I’ve heard, pattern recognition and intuitive, or right-brained thinking, are more important than look-ahead computation. And, the game gets more complex as game pieces are added to the board. This could be exactly what is needed for spam filtration.

8-year-old Ohio twins gain fame for anti-wedgie underwear design via Digg

This is what every 8-year old inventor needs, rip off underpants.

Lord of the Rings Origami via Boing Boing

Yup, you guessed it, this guy has way too much time on his hands. Perhaps more than any…

Life sized Jabba the Hut DIY project via Digg
No wait, that title belongs to this guy.

Marv

Tee Morris joins us once again for another exciting episode of .. Technorama

Check out Tee’s next Project, Morevi: Remastered a remaster of his Podiobook and novel MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe & Askana. (psst…go and subscribe)

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Star Trek Urns & Caskets via J.C. Hutchin‘s Twitter Feed

It’s never too early to prepare for the end. And the casket is the perfect container to go boldly where no man has gone before…unless they shoot you into an unstable planetoid.

Joss Whedon preps Fox series via /.

7 episodes of Dollhouse have been purchased by Fox. Man, there are so many ways this story can be spun. On the one hand, there are fewer ways to air this out of order, but on the other hand 7 episodes are 3 more than Fox’s 4 show drop dead rule.

8-bit Retro Game Sound Synthesizer via Boing Boing

Umm yeah, this is going to be Chuck’s new sound effect engine for the next year or so.

Marv

On Today’s Show

1. We left the porch light on for trick or treaters
2. OLD school star trek fan film
3. and some battlestar news

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The Great Pumpkin House via Digg

Every halloween season, the house at 748 Beech Street in Kenova, West Virginia is transformed into the Great Pumpkin House. The owner, Ric Griffith and hundreds of other volunteers carve thousands of pumpkins for display at his home every halloween.

3000+ pumpkins are planned for this year. I wonder if they are using candles for this.

Marv