Found via BoingBoing:
This great HOWTO illustrates the process of homebrewing your own Star
Trek: The Next Generation On/Off switch. I'm thinking it would be a
great controller for a garbage disposal — tell your kids that it's a
"transporter" and encourage them to "beam down" their left-over
vegetables (but caution them strongly against "transporting" their
hamsters and siblings, of course).
Technically speaking, this is an LCARS panel, but why quibble over technobabble. My wife would totally veto this, but a geek can dream, right?
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Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger — amusing and abusing IT pros. Read his full profile. You can a...
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Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger — amusing and abusing IT pros. Read his full profile. You can also follow him on his personal blog.
